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Current Issue

I.D. March/April 2008
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Features

Architecture as an Adventure
A conversation with Jürgen Mayer H.
by Terence Riley

Is It Worth It?
Our test of sneakers, robots, razors, and coffeemakers proves that just because luxe costs bank doesn’t mean it won’t tank. Get ready for the ultimate consumer products smackdown.
by Nicole Dyer

What It’s Like ...
A compilation of first-person design experiences

Little Shop of Wonders
Low-profile graphics studio MadeThought has a cache of clients anyone would die for. How on earth did they do it?
by Hugh Pearman

Axles to Grind
Why can’t women make a real dent in the automotive industry?
by Jonathan Schultz

The Bees’ Deeds
You’ve probably heard of Studio Libertiny—or at least the
hive-minded project that had everyone buzzing.
by Fiona Rattray

Patch Me If You Can
Katherine McCoy not only defies labels—she makes art from them.
by Sarah Verdone

Beauty by Default
Mali has been a paragon of sustainable design for centuries.
by Kevin Walz

Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007)
An Italian design icon remembered
by R. Craig Miller

Departments

...note
Welcome to Kanazawa.
by Julie Lasky

...update
Developments in I.D. stories from March/April 2007

...expo
Italy gets its first national design MUSEUM
Behind the REVIVAL of five furniture classics
Art meets tech at a new Heathrow LOUNGE

..q+a
MIT’s SHERRY TURKLE on our robot love
Interview by Akiko Busch

...rant
Why must sports TROPHIES for children be so monumentally ugly?
by Jane Margolies

...raw
Materials and technologies for the KITCHEN of the future
by Chris Lefteri

...trend
Furniture’s beginning to look a lot like bedrock.
by Julie Lasky

...n+n
AFRO ART by Mattias Ståhlbom and Gabriella Gustafson
Arik Levy’s galactic RUG collection for Tai Ping
Tactile WALLPAPER by Australia’s Ilias Fotopoulos
by Jill Singer

...crit
Building: New museum
(reviewed by Joseph Giovannini)
Car: FIAT new 500
(reviewed by Phil Patton)
Game: ROCK BAND
(reviewed by Daron Murphy)
Book: GRAPHIC DESIGN: A NEW HISTORY
(reviewed by Ellen Lupton)

...back story
A brief history of LIGHTERS
by Susan Yelavich