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Seeing Red
Design in China is still largely influenced by Westerners, but on the eve of the Olympics, we take its pulse and check its growth. Say ahhh.

Features


The China Chronicles
A designer records his journey to the land that trademark law forgot.
by Richard Shed


Beyond the Bird’s Nest
A new phase of Chinese architecture takes wing.
by Alex Pasternack

Suspicious Characters

On bringing Mandarin up to date
by David Barringer

Summer and Smoke
As the Olympics approach, China struggles to catch its breath.
by Teun Voeten

Blonde Ambition
A Barbie shop in Shanghai offers Chinese girls a plaything their mothers always coveted.
by Eve M. Kahn

Turning the Tables
Experts discuss the state of American furniture design.
Moderated by Aric Chen

Chair Man of the Bored
Martino Gamper can design and build furniture faster than you can read this sentence.
by Fiona Rattray

Medium: Rare
Meta resurrects antique crafts and materials to produce exquisite objects.
by Sarah Verdone

Slab Happy
By recruiting young designers working in wood, De La Espada begins to lighten up.
by Shonquis Moreno

Departments

...note
Vision in Milan; visibility in CHINA
by Julie Lasky

...update
Developments in I.D. stories from JUNE 2007

...expo
Priestman Goode gives MOTEL 6 a makeover
BUCKMINSTER FULLER mania hits New York
Snøhetta’s landmark OPERA HOUSE opens in Oslo

...q+a
Sociologist RICHARD SENNETT on neglected craft
Interview by Julie Lasky

...rant
Stop huffing and puffing and reduce EMISSIONS now.
by Robin Chase

...campus
A typography project takes LETTERPRESS to the cutting edge.
by Jane Margolies

...n+n
CORSO COMO SEOUL by Kris Ruhs
Frost Produkt’s national MAILBOX design for Norway
Kelly Lamb’s GEO BIRD HOUSE for Areaware
by Jill Singer

...crit
Product: YAMAHA TENORI-ON
(reviewed by Daron Murphy)
Exhibition: CHINA DESIGN NOW
(reviewed by Fiona Rattray)
Building: NEWSEUM
(reviewed by Bradford McKee)
Book: IDEO EYES OPEN
(reviewed by Alice Twemlow)

...back story
On the evolution of TABLE FORKS
by Susan Yelavich