Metropolis (May 2010)

The latest issue of Metropolis is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

FEATURES

• THE INSIDE STORY The economy may be sluggish and budgets tight, but five up-and-comers are doing incredibly rich interiors. by Kristi Cameron, Paul Makovsky and Martin C. Pedersen
• THE VISCERALIST Combining a sensitivity to site with an elemental feel for materials and an affinity for people, Peter Bohlin has created a body of work grounded in the principles of enduring architecture. by Alexandra Lange
• THE STATE OF THE UNION How American designers are weathering the touch economic climate - and what they'll show at ICFF. by Kristi Cameron and Paul Makovsky
• THE OUTDOORSMAN In a long career that includes illustrious collaborations, the furniture designer Richard Schultz has carved out a space in the domestic landscape that's all his own. by Paul Makovsky
• NEXT GENERATION WINNER A bioengineered brick conceived by a young American architect may be modest in scale, but it has the potential for global impact. by Suzanne LaBarre
• NEXT GENERATION RUNNERS-UP This year's competition asked for simple but brilliant and elegant design fixes - small gestures with big reach. by Suzanne LaBarre

DEPARTMENTS

- METROPOLISMAG.COM New and exclusive on the Web

- NOTES FROM METROPOLIS Designers prepare themselves for better times to come.

- DIALOGUE Readers' letters

- OBSERVED

• Big Idea, Small Package GRO Architects finds major opportunities in a tiny residential lot in New Jersey.
• Light Work/Inherent Drama Building a better venue for art, and putting architecture onstage
• New Terrain With rolling floors and winding pathways, SANAA's student center in Lausanne is a building like no other.
• Stepping into the Light Jason Miller parlays the success of an antler-shaped lamp into a new company.
• The View from There A West Hollywood gallery is designed to capture the interest of passing drivers.
• High-Water Mark A Brooklyn designer makes novel use of a scrappy New York resource.

- AMERICA It took a trip to MIT's new media lab to realize that the era of the computer screen may be over. Karrie Jacobs

- IN PRODUCTION Patrick Morris's ceiling-hung planters free up space and optimize watering.

- MATERIALS A new collection from Oberflex brings visual flair to acoustic paneling.

- ENTERPRISE The architect Emanuela Frattini Magnusson brings her business education to bear on her latest design venture.

- PRODUCTSPHERE A fresh crop of products brings nature home.

- TEXT MESSAGE Karim Rashid talks about changing the world, dream clients, and guilty pleasures.

- REFERENCE More information on people, places, and things covered in this issue of Metropolis.

- BEN KATCHOR A 21st-Century Sweatshop