Departments
Notes from Metropolis
Blackout 2003 proves that it's time for design
solutions to our energy gluttony.
The Metropolis Observed
The art of surveillance; Richard Meier's Christian complex;
the landmark next door; out of the bamboo box; Norquist for president; regime
change is good; making sense of design; making muscles at the Olympics; glass
works in Mexico City; mom always said play ball in the house; remembering Doug
Michels.
Object Lesson: Put a Cork In It
By Paul Goldberger
Admiring the perfect marriage of spare, beautiful form to utter simplicity.
In Production: Va-Va-Boum!
By Paul Makovsky
Monica Graffeo's Boum chair.
Perspective: Identity Crisis
By Akiko Busch
A former craft museum has abandoned craft just when it's getting interesting.
Next Generation, a special supplement on the
Metropolis Conference at the ICFF. Includes
advice for design entrepreneurs, a
talk on
sources of inspiration, tips on
how to work a trade show, and a
new-product review.
Letter from Lower Manhattan
By Karrie Jacobs
Calls for re-imagining New York's historic district sound very familiar.
Far Corner: World Trade Center Index
By Philip Nobel
Year two at Ground Zero.
Productsphere: Play-Tech
By Paul Makovsky
Innovations seen at this year's trade shows.
In Review
Peter Hall on the Racine Art Museum; our review of Web design and resources;
new and notable books.
Up & Coming
Upcoming events and conferences.
Reference Page
More information on people and places covered in this issue.
Ben Katchor
Rules and Regulations of the Necropolis.
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Features
Space Craft
By Julien Devereux
Tom Wiscombe's Light-Wing for the P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art is as
forward looking in the way it was built as in its form.
Turning Down the Global Thermostat
By Christopher Hawthorne
A veteran of green design has studied global warming and sees its cause--and
possible solution--coming from the same unlikely source: architects. A call
to action.
The Material World
By Paul Makovsky
Prada's new flagship store in Tokyo, by Herzog & de Meuron, is a laboratory
of riches.
When Did Craft Become a Dirty Word?
By Kristi Cameron and Paul Makovsky
It may be disappearing from institutional marquees, but these days craft is the
star of the design world.
Sound Reason
By Christopher Hawthorne
The new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is the culmination of a long
collaboration between Frank Gehry and his acclaimed acoustician.
Art of the Possible
By Ken Shulman
A new ambulatory-care clinic for a remarkable institution seeks to become the
nation's first LEED-certified healthcare facility.
Two Years Later
By Jonathan Ringen
New York City's firehouse memorials. |
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