current issue celebrating 30 blog multimedia books events neocon next generation design competition state of design ceu new products designmart Connect with us		May 2012 Features Destination: Downtown By Lara Kristin Herndon Piggybacking on the success of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York Design Week—which begins May 18—has now firmly established its own identity. Here’s our selection of not-to-miss events. Features Well-Grounded By Eva Hagberg Whether in a dramatic hillside home in California or an AIDS clinic in South Africa, Stan and Jess Field look first to the land. Notes from Metropolis Myopia By Susan S. Szenasy Architecture students focus on buildings, but not on the people who live in and around them. Dîa-logue(s) Dialogue Observed • Sowing the Seed • Modern Hospitality • Freedom of Assembly • Lunar Lighting • Beyond Sin City • Keeping It Real • Mexican Contemporary • Recurring Pattern • Both Sides of the Story America Pretty Little Pictures By Karrie Jacobs Even when MoMA is tackling real issues, its obsession with image manages to obscure some of its most important content. Perspective Vishaansanity By Philip Nobel SHoP’s new partner, Vishaan Chakrabarti, promises to turbo-charge a firm already operating at full speed. Portfolio No Place Like Home By Avinash Rajagopal An expansive new exhibition surveys the full range of American residential design. In Production All Dressed Up By Mason Currey Studio Catoir’s new Okumi armchair wears its kimono-inspired upholstery. Materials Thickness Matters By Paul Makovsky The chunky EVO2/e tile makes for an incredibly strong and versatile flooring system. Productsphere Across Borders By Paul Makovsky The global smorgasbord of design will be as vibrant as ever at this year’s ICFF. Reference Page Reference By Sarah Hucal So You Want to Be a Product Designer By Barbara Eldredge and Derrick Mead Seven influential talent scouts on getting your designs out of the studio and onto the market So You Want to Be a Product Designer — Areaware So You Want to Be a Product Designer—Matter So You Want to Be a Product Designer—Council So You Want to Be a Product Designer—Bernhardt Design So You Want to Be a Product Designer—Artecnica So You Want to Be a Product Designer—Design Within Reach Cities of the Imagination By John Hockenberry The building boom in the Middle East– spearheaded in large part by Western design firms–is the latest chapter in that region’s centuries-old struggle between its cultural identity and its utopian dreams. Schematic chart of ideological and design changes from the 1960s to the present By Massimo Vignelli Starck’s Material World By Marc Kristal More than ten years in the making, the designer’s new chair pushes Emeco—a manufacturer long famous for its iconic aluminum furniture—in a whole new direction. Order This Issue Now! Past Issues Of Metropolis

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