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ONE-TRACK MIND Personal Rapid Transit, www.taxi2000.com

ADDING A WRINKLE Marcel Wanders, www.marcelwanders.com; Mandarina Duck, www.mandarinaduck.com

GRASS ROOTS TreePeople, (818) 623-4867, www.treepeople.org; Katharine Spitz Associates, (310) 574-4460; Morphosis Architects, (310) 453-2247, www.morphosis.net

OUTSIDE IN R 20th Century, (212) 343-7979, r@r20thcentury.com, www.r20thcentury.com

HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH... Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, (845) 424-3812, www.russelwrightcenter.com

RETAIL THERAPY www.mentalklinik.com

ROUTE #19 Allsteel, (888) 255-7833, www.allsteeloffice.com

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE SHoP, (212) 889-9005, www.shoparc.com; The Sam Schwartz Company, (212) 598-9010, www.samschwartzcompany.com

UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING Peabody Office Furniture, (617) 542-1902, www.peabodyoffice.com; Adaptive Environments, (617) 695-1225, www.adaptiveenvironments.org

THE FRAME GAME Globe, www.globefurniture.dk; Skypad Technologies, (616) 774-3599, www.skypadtech.com

UTOPIA NOW Auroville, www.auroville.org

MAKING BUILDINGS TALK Pentagram New York, (212) 683-7000, www.pentagram.com

THE SMART HANDS OF HELLA JONGERIUS Hella Jongerius, www.jongeriuslab.com; Maharam, (800) 645-3943, www.maharam.com

ICONIC WORKSPACES Save Connecticut General, www.savecongen.com; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, www.som.com; Mission Control, www.genekranz.com or read Eugene Kranz's Failure Is Not an Option (Berkley); Halston, see Elaine Gross and Fred Rottman's Halston: An American Original (HarperCollins) and Phaidon's Halston, www.phaidon.com; TBWA\Chiat\Day, www.tbwachiatday.com

SOUND + VISION Electronic Arts Research Studio, (212) 334-9969, www.earstudio.com

THE SHAPE OF INFORMATION Fontshop, (888) 333-6687, www.fontshop.com; Cassina, (631) 423-4560, www.cassinausa.com; Fossil, (800) 449-3056, www.fossil.com; Nienkämper, (800) 668-9318, www.nienkamper.com; Delta Faucet Company, (800) 345-DELTA, www.deltafaucet.com; Sony Robot, (888) 917-7669, www.us.aibo.com; Doors of Perception, www.doorsofperception.com; David Edward, (410) 242-2222; DeCorp, (866) 412-9901, www.decorp.com; Catalogue Design Progress by Ladislav Sutnar and Knud Lonberg-Holm is unfortunately out of print.

NO FRILLS AESTHETIC The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Design for a Modern America catalogue, (888) 763-7486, www.toledomuseum.org

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