Issue 18
A View from the Porch
The shapes and sizes of our homes are changing, and society along with it. Avi Friedman has come to make sense of the new era of household realities.
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Connecting the Lots
City planners may shape streets and devise green spaces, but building community really starts where the pavement ends.
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Order in the Courts
Sporting endeavors keep us in shape and form shapes of their own: we take a closer look at the graphic patterns inherent in the athletic field.
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Compare and Contrast
Crimson with burgundy, indigo with cobalt, mustard with cornflower, cerulean with turquoise.
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A Day in the Life: New Tendency
Bauhaus-graduates Manuel Goller and Sebastian Schönheit believe in constantly redefining the norm and crafting fresh modes of thinking.
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Natural Perspective: Michele Oka Doner
Michele Oka Doner weaves the human-made and natural elements of her day to find balance in both.
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In Conversation: Ilse Crawford and Hugo Macdonald
Is current home design changing the way we live, or is the way we live changing current home design?
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Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham, Snarkitecture
The founders of the interior installation firm talk about reshaping spaces into shared experiences that invite audiences to step outside the norm.
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Margaret Howell
By forgoing trends in favor of classic patterns with distinctive details, Margaret Howell draws from her childhood memories to create simple pieces.
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Kai Avent-deLeon
Like her mother and grandmother before her, Kai Avent-deLeon has used grassroots innovation—and a dose of caffeine—to cultivate community in Brooklyn.
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Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty, Studio KO
Although these French architects’ large-scale projects have taken them across multiple continents, they still maintain their studio’s esprit de corps.
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The Black and White Menu
Despite being devoid of color, this menu is by no means short on taste—by limiting some of our senses, we can amplify others.
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Nikolaj and Mathias Mentze
As brothers and partners, this Danish design duo has learned to toe the line between combining complementary aesthetics and maintaining individuality.
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Happiness by Design
Think more like designers: The strategies employed to create a perfectly proportioned bookshelf can also be used to enhance our personal well-being.
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Petra Olsson Gendt and Tanja Vibe, All the Way to Paris
The friends behind this Copenhagen-based design studio discuss positive cooperation and how every idea is worth putting up on the wall.
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The Nature of Desirability
The head of Harvard’s Desirability Lab examines what consumers like and why so designers can create products that hit the sweet spot.
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Natasha Jen
Over the past 15 years, this New York-based designer has come a complete, digitally rendered circle from aspiring intern to inspiring leader.
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Sense in Symmetry
From radial swirls to mirror images, the natural world often shows that there’s beauty in balance.
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