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  to your health how synthetic skin, a flock of laying hens, the humalog/Humulin pen, two cats, a collision-sensing X-ray machine, the universal kitchen, telesurgery, house plants, and a freezer full of yard-long cow tendons will make you feel better
 the skin trade In the artificial body parts industry, the manufacture of our largest organ is only now being fleshed out. Wendy Marston tours the Integra lab, gets into their tendon processor, and walks away with a patch of skin. Plus: The best industrial design for medicine design futures With a gentle push, Akiko Busch opens the Cooper-Hewitt's immense bronze doors to explore the "Unlimited by Design" show of post-ADA objects, from shape-memory scissors to rubber razors. al tannenbaum, al tannenbaum Visions of aluminum Christmas trees and the people who love them. the bookmaker From design to advertising to marketing, Little, Brown creative director Michael Ian Kaye uniquely influences the publishing process. Alexandra Lange interviews the man who sets jacket-required standards. scroll down for Ben Katchor, The Metropolis Observed, What Goes Up, and other departments. More in the print edition of Metropolis aging in eden Birds, dogs, cats, flower and vegetable gardens--it's a nursing home! Eugenia Bone looks at long-term care facilities that just might be nice places to grow old in. the wee blue line In the Baltimore Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, detectives play with miniature crime scene models. David E. Brown investigates homicide: life in the dollhouse. without a trace They say you can't find a pencil in the studio of architect Greg Lynn. Susanna Sirefman asks him about his paperless office, treating computers as pets, and how to erect a church electronically from squishable surfaces.   dialogue Readers' letters and competition notices. the metropolis observed Whither wilderness?; why MoMA now delivers faster than Santa; the holiday leftovers that archaeologists dig; a new champagne bar in swigging London; action architects from the Hollywood fountainhead; the winter of Troy; one graffiti artist a-suing. what goes up Ever more inclusive, the Aga Khan Awards are redefining the borders of Islamic architecture. Michael Sorkin makes the mecca. in review Alexandra Lange on Steven Heller's Paul Rand. up and coming A preview of December's exhibitions, events, and conferences. ben katchor A comic of carbon-copy construction. More in the print edition of Metropolis enterprise Barry M. Katz tracks a new Silicon Valley animal: the outside consultant with an inside job. visible city In West Los Angeles Gregory Ain designed Modernique Homes 50 years ago. Michael Webb visits the development on its anniversary--at a time when all the kids want to move back into mid-century Modernism. by design Air is hot, and Festo's Axel Thallemer has the flying machines and inflatable landmarks to prove it. Hugh Aldersey-Williams watches the company flex its fluidic muscles. index of advertisers classifieds perspective Akiko Busch waxes poetic in the magnetic field. |
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