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September 2012
Features
The Human Dimension

Ilse Crawford’s brand of immersive empathy results in rooms of uncommon warmth, tactility, and grace.
Features
Bohemian Rhapsody

Collaborating with global design partners, the Czech lighting-and-glass manufacturer Lasvit brings centuries of tradition and craftsmanship into the dazzling, digital present.
Features: Going Big
Features: Bohemian Rhapsody
Features: I Have Seen the Future
Features: The Human Dimension
Features: Visual Fixation
Features: Homegrown Ideas
Features: Computers and Crafters
Features: New Berth
Features: Welcome to Williamsburg
Features: Ultimate Oxymoron
Features: Dividing Line
Features: Tailor-Made
Features: Old Lamps and New
Notes from Metropolis
Visual Fixation

When designers favor only one sense, they fail to serve the full human experience.

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DIALOGUE


Observed
Homegrown Ideas
Computers and Crafters
New Berth

America
Welcome to Williamsburg

Our intrepid columnist moves to Brooklyn’s hipster epicenter.

On The Spot
Ultimate Oxymoron
Hotels are now worse for the planet than ever before. Recently built properties use twice as much energy per night as hotels built 50 years ago. Even so-called “green hotels” are often merely less-bad alternatives. Is hotel design inherently unsustainable?

Learning Curve
Dividing Line

While New Orleans continues to debate the fate of I-10, local design students propose solutions.

In Production
Tailor-Made

Cecilie Manz creates an understated formal chair meant for informal meetings.

Productsphere
Old Lamps and New

Recent lighting designs run the gamut from modernist classics to LED technology.

Reference Page
Reference


Going Big

Working at all scales, Lake Flato transforms from a regional player to a national powerhouse.

I Have Seen the Future

A new book on Norman Bel Geddes takes a fresh look at the utopian dreamer.

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