Akiko Busch recalls how Horace Havemeyer III’s innate understanding of architecture informed the early issues of his magazine.
When it comes to lighting, designer Linnaea Tillett often finds that less is more.
Entrepreneurship generally evokes qualities of individuality and determined self-motivation, so it seemed odd to find community building such a consistent topic at the Metropolis Conference, “Design Entrepreneurs,” presented at ICFF on Monday, May 19. As the emergent theme, however, it underlined the fact that design is, by nature, a collective enterprise. Or as Jennifer Carpenter of Truck put it more…
Akiko Busch discusses how a thoughtful citizenry can learn, understand, and act upon their findings as they observe the natural world around them
It was four years in development, but this summer an idea for a pool on the Hudson finally comes to life.
Why create a mystery around such a simple act?
A pillow embedded with the sounds of the sea proves irresistible—and oddly unsettling.
These exhibitions and events from the last 25 years continue to matter.
Pete Seeger and friends promote a permeable swimming structure for the newly cleaned-up Hudson River.
On May 8, while the New York Film Festival was winding down in lower Manhattan, a short film shown a few blocks to the north demonstrated the degree to which the city itself has developed its own cinematic presence. The occasion was MOVE, a conference sponsored by the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Initiating…
There are 93 World Trade Centers worldwide. So what bearing, if any, does this fact have on establishing the name of the trade center currently under development in downtown Manhattan? This was one of the questions raised at “Starting at Zero: Reinventing the Identity of the World Trade Center Site,” a panel discussion held Sept. 24 at the Fashion Institute…
Charles and Ray Eames were intended only to be the starting point for “Design Entrepreneurs: The Next Generation,” the conference organized by Metropolis and sponsored by Nokia on May 19 at ICFF 2003. But the designing couple’s presence resonated throughout the day, as the new generation of design entrepreneurs showed its work and talked about the business of running a…
As far as I know, John Hockenberry is right in pretty much everything he says. But he was wrong about something he said October 25. Hockenberry, an author and correspondent for Dateline NBC, was keynote speaker at the “What is Design Today” conference held that day at the Design Center at Philadelphia University and sponsored by Metropolis. One of the…
