Bring on the Bling
A revival of ornament is in full bloom and shows no sign of fading. As smooth surfaces succumb to flocking and flourish, grids give way to glitz, and clean lines bow to creeping
vines, one thing is clear: It's no longer hip to be spare.
Features
Ornament Decriminalized
Decoration, once fallen from grace, returns in the guise of text, perforations, fractals, and bling.
by Steven Skov Holt and Mara Holt Skov
The Next Tone You See
How a Virginia nonprofit picks the palettes that dominate store shelves worldwide
by Michael Cannell
What Can Brown Do For You?
Microsoft's Zune heralds a return to chocolatey hues.
by Jesse Ashlock
Imperfect Proportions
FAT's architecture-on-steriods outmuscles modernism.
by Liz Farrelly
Design on the Cusp: The Artists Doth Protest
Lang/Baumann's spaces may resemble real interiors, but they're something else entirely.
by Diane Vadino
Shedding Skins
Why do we crave furniture that changes with the yank of a hemline?
by Amanda Fortini
Saks Symbol
A hoary brand finds its roots and chops them up.
by Colin Berry
Design on the Cusp: Worker Bee
Pearl Lam is determined to cross-pollinate China's most creative minds.
by Barbara A. MacAdam
Messing with Perfection
Eight proposals to ornament the Farnsworth House
by Monica Khemsurov
Recipe for Trouble
Only you can help a 1960s typographical icon from meeting its sorry end.
by Eve M. Kahn
Design on the Cusp: Beyond Run-of-the-Mill
Brooklyn's Commonwealth uses a CNC router to carve its own niche.
by Bradford McKee
Departments
/UPDATE
Developments in I.D. stories from March/April 2006
/NOTE
ornament's renaissance shows how much tastes have changed in a century. No, make that a decade.
by Julie Lasky
/EXPO
An opulent eatery opens in Istanbul
Kisho Kurokawa's tokyo museum
Droog's fairy-tale Table
/Q+A
GARY HUSTWIT on the perils of making a documentary about Helvetica
Interview by Kobi Benezri & Cliff Kuang
/RANT
Why can't AIRPORTS design a way out of security checkpoint hell?
by Greg Lindsay
/SOURCE
Post-Katrina, a RESOURCe center teaches eco-friendly building on a budget.
by Thomas de Monchaux
/STUDIO
A visit with maarten baas at his studio in Eindhoven-Waalre, the Netherlands
by Jeanne Tan
/TREND
The new ThronE is less for showing off than shutting in.
by Barbara Flanagan
/N+N
TIBI boutique by ArchLAB
Marcel Wanders' I hate camping collection for Puma
Art Nouveau Flatware by Greg Lynn
by Jill Singer
/CRIT
Building: institute of contemporary art
(reviewed by Nancy Levinson)
Exhibition: national design triennial 2006
(reviewed by Karrie Jacobs)
Product: leica m8
(reviewed by Robert Lane Greene)
Book: biedermeier: the invention of simplicity
(reviewed by Eve M. Kahn)
/BACK STORY
How the PAPERWEIGHT went from practical accessory to decorative kitsch
by Susan Yelavich
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