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March 2011
Features
The Art of the Fold

The fashion designer Issey Miyake continues his career-long fascination with the essence of clothes.
Features
Mission-Driven

Leddy Maytum Stacy’s new Ed Roberts Campus epitomizes the firm’s commitment to socially relevant design.
Features: American Progress
Features: One for the Road
Features: Mission-Driven
Features: The Art of the Fold
Features: The Total Package
Features: Site Visits
Features: Dialogue
Features: Making Do
Features: Surface Appeal
Features: Ecology and Commerce, Revisited
Features: Ones to Watch
Features: Shelf Life
Features: Small Wonder
Features: Material Mimicry
Features: Blazing Saddles
Features: Made in the U.S.A.?
Notes from Metropolis
Site Visits

Two intrepid designers add their experience to our understanding of interiors.

Dîa-logue(s)
Dialogue


Observed
Making Do
Surface Appeal
Ecology and Commerce, Revisited
Ones to Watch
Shelf Life
Small Wonder
Material Mimicry
Blazing Saddles

America
Made in the U.S.A.?

A new exhibition on the American factory asks some provocative questions about the future.

Learning Curve
Prep School

A scrappy little organization in downtown Los Angeles provides an alternative path into top architecture schools.

In Production
Triple Threat

The Masters chair combines the silhouettes of classic seats by Saarinen, Eames, and Jacobsen.

Materials
You Look Worn-Out

A Belgian collective examines how architectural materials degrade as they age.

Productsphere
Clever Kitchens, Brilliant Bathrooms

This year’s best new products for the two most important rooms in the house

In Review
Bookshelf

Notable new releases on contemporary architecture, design, and culture.

Text Message
Amy Lau
The interior designer talks about trailblazing mentors, Greek cave houses, and the glories of tequila.

Reference Page
Reference


American Progress

Seven of our leading young product designers reveal how they’re conquering the tricky global marketplace.

One for the Road

Norman Foster and a team of auto restorers finally realize a roadworthy version of Buckminster Fuller’s legendary (and legendarily flawed) Dymaxion Car.

The Total Package

Grimshaw Industrial Design creates a seamless interface between the building and its users.

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