After working at Knoll for three decades, design director Carl Magnusson is leaving the company and returning to school. "I've always felt that business people need more design, and design people need more business knowledge," he told our reporter, Cindy Coleman. We hope his syllabus includes "Design and Business: Bridging the Gap," a supplement I.D. produced with students and faculty at the Institute of Design at IIT. Conveniently, it's bound into this issue. Good luck to you, Carl!

Features

Designer of a Different Stripe
His rainbow dishware for Iittala led to a pot of gold, but now Alfredo Häberli is on to more important discoveries.
Interview By Nico Schweizer

Customize This
These days, consumers can put a personal stamp on almost any product. What does it mean for design?
By Ernest Beck

Flash Forward
Pioneering programmer Joshua Davis works with a star pupil: his software.
By Rich Hoxsey

North Korea Style
Touring the last remaining open-air museum of communist design
By Teun Voeten

Ay, There's the Hub
The lowdown on those little circles that keep CDs in their place
By Paul Lukas

License to Chill
An adventurer equips himself for the not-so-common cold.
By Tom Vanderbilt

Speed Demon
A revolutionary motorcycle hails from the deep South.
By Phil Patton

Design and Business
Bridging the Gap
A supplement developed by I.D. with the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology

Departments

.../update
Developments in I.D. stories published a year ago

.../note
Why can't American design fairs be like Milan's?
By Julie Lasky

.../expo
Herman Miller's loopy chair. Matisse's fabric inspirations. Berlin's inflatable building.

.../q+a
Pritzker winner Thom Mayne on his bad-boy rep
By Bradford Mckee

.../rant
Waiting for your website to load doesn't have to make you crazy.
By Jessica Helfand

.../eco
Tiles that offer a breath of fresh air
By Jane Margolies

.../market
An online community offers designers virtual freedom.
By Justin Tyler Clark

.../n+n
Duravit headquarters in Hornberg, Germany, designed by Philippe Starck
By David Sokol

.../crit
Exhibition: Tim Hawkinson
Reviewed By Tom Igoe
Movie: Robots
Reviewed By Steven Skov Holt
Software: Visual Thesaurus Version 3
Reviewed By Colin Berry
Magazine: Emigre No. 68
Reviewed By Rick Poynor

.../flashback
I.D., March/April 1979
The Market Connection
Written By Jim Mann
Annotated By Paula Scher