Departments

/letters
On readers' opinions, frumpy furniture, and the real point of Army uniforms

/editor's note
On the Makeover

/expo
Courrèges produces eco-friendly car, Wiener Werkstätte turns 100, dyslexic designer creates easy-to-read font

/q+a
Questions for architect Renzo Piano
By Christopher Hawthorne

/rant
Why America should kick the air-conditioning habit
By Barbara Flanagan

/r+d
How Dyson's CR01 washing machine found its form
By David Sokol

/n+n
Product highlights from London's 100% Design show

/scape
Breaking down the design of Trafalgar Square
By Clare Dowdy

/crit
Karim Rashid's Copco line, reviewed by Tony Whitfield
Adobe Atmosphere, reviewed by Amit Asaravala
Liska + Associates' Racine Art Museum identity, reviewed by Catharine Fishel
William J. Mitchell's Me++, reviewed by Tom Vanderbilt

/flashback
I.D.'s founding co-editor Jane Thompson revisits
volume 1, number 1, exactly 50 years later

Features: The I.D. Fifty
I.D. turns 50 this year. In celebration, we combed the country for designers of every stripe to represent each American state. More than an anniversary gimmick, The I.D. Fifty recognizes the place of place in design. Our profiles of, say, a Kentucky luthier and bluegrass musician, a Rhode Island product designer marketing an electric bicycle, and a Hawaii architect restoring a sanctuary on Molokai show how local landscapes incubate creativity and how local materials have emotional, not just economic, power.

Representing the State of...
Alabama /Natalie Chanin
Alaska /Fran Reed
Arizona /Steve Martino
Arkansas /Jerry and Judy Lovenstein
California /Richard Koshalek
Colorado /Rafael Fajardo
Connecticut /John Canning
Delaware /House Industries
Florida /Robert Behar and Rosario Marquardt
Georgia /Stalrør
Hawaii /Spencer Leineweber
Idaho /John Larkin
Illinois /Rick Valicenti
Indiana /Alpha Blackburn
Iowa /Frank Jeffrey
Kansas /Lance Rake
Kentucky /Homer Ledford
Louisiana /John Novak
Maine /John Bielenberg
Maryland /Horace Mitchell and Gregory Shirah
Massachusetts /Kennedy & Violich Architecture
Michigan /James Ludwig
Minnesota /David Salmela
Mississippi /David Perkes
Missouri /Robert Cassily
Montana /Jeffrey Conger
Nebraska /Robert Hillestad
Nevada /Paul Steelman
New Hampshire /David Lamb
New Jersey /Machineart
New Mexico /Pedro Marquez
New York /David Childs
North Carolina /Bryan Bell
North Dakota /Gregory McCarthy
Ohio /Airstream
Oklahoma /Rand Elliott
Oregon /Windwing Designs
Pennsylvania /KieranTimberlake Associates
Rhode Island /eGO Vehicles
South Carolina /Gil Shuler
South Dakota /John Nordlie
Tennessee /Yee-Haw Industries
Texas /DJ Stout
Utah /AND Works
Vermont /Burton Snowboards
Virginia /Timothy Stenson
Washington /Montrail
West Virginia /Blenko
Wisconsin /Walter Hamady
Wyoming /New West