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December 2012
Features
Living in a Material World

Through a process of deep research and close collaboration, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien craft buildings of quiet power and profound tactility.
Features: Fresh Purpose
Features: Free to Experiment
Features: Building Blocks
Features: This Day, That Year
Features: Saint Louis Blues
Features: Sharing Dreams
Features: Bending Light
Features: Smart Matters
Features: Tietz-Baccon
Features: Amuneal
Features: Machine Histories
Features: Living in a Material World
Features: Image Maker: Ezra Stoller
Notes from Metropolis
Sandy Hits Home

In the age of extreme storms, major physical and emotional challenges call for some serious design thinking.

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Dialogue


Observed
Fresh Purpose
Free to Experiment
Building Blocks
This Day, That Year

America
Saint Louis Blues

Residents of the River City have nothing to feel inferior about.

In Production
Sharing Dreams

A patented technology is the key to the OZ sofa bed’s effortless transformation.

Materials
Bending Light

3M offers a clean, uniform LED lighting solution that can turn corners.

Productsphere
Smart Matters

European products showcase the best and latest in material technology.

Reference Page
Reference


Tietz-Baccon

Based in Long Island City, these architect-trained digital fabricators bill themselves as “designers who make things.”

Amuneal

An industrial shop in Philadelphia, with roots in nineteenth-century manufacturing, remakes itself for a new era.

Machine Histories

The Los Angeles–based collaborative combines digital expertise with a real affinity for the physical tools of making.

Image Maker: Ezra Stoller

The daughter of the legendary photographer talks about her father’s enduring legacy and the impact he had on the modern movement.

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