By Kristi Cameron
July 2001

THE METROPOLIS OBSERVED:
Nigeria's design for democracy; bringing the Rural Studio to Manhattan; farewell Detritus Institute; don't fence Droog in; L.A. needs parks-- Portland doesn't; remembering Sarah Tomerlin Lee; disposable cell phones; the Wexner Center deconstructs; private parks in public places.
The latest offering from Droog Design will have you sharing tools and playing Ping-Pong with the girl next door. The Table Tennis Fence, Share Fence, and Bicycle Fence--designed by Next Architects (a two-year-old Dutch firm whose principals are Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, and John van de Water)--are prototypes from Droog's latest collection: Me, Myself, and You: Human Contact in the 21st Century.
Offsite:
To view more of Droog's creative designs go to www.droogdesign.nl/index1.html. To learn about Next Architects, the designers of the Droog fences, go to their web site at www.nextarchitects.com.
"It's typical in Holland that one chooses his own garden fence," Schreinemachers says. "Normally it's just a border between two gardens--a way not to see your neighbors and to be sure there's no contact. We made an interactive border."


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