Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Metropolis Magazine

Friday, March 27, 2015

Metropolis Magazine

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His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society

Current Issue

The Best New American Makers

From Brooklyn to Bloomington, these ten creatives are changing the face of maker culture in the United States.

A.J.P. Artemel and Dora Sapunar

What Makes a Maker?

From potters to politicians, everyone today wants to be called a maker. What can designers really expect from this ideologically hazy movement?

Sam Jacob

Video: Animating Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Worldview

Period interviews with the genius engineer are brought to life in this colorful video short.

Estefania Acosta

Archive »ARCHITECTURE

Historical Revival

A historic site in Hong Kong that once housed its married police officers finds new life as a cultural hub and incubator for young designers.

Catherine Shaw

All Local Lumber

Behnisch Architekten inserts a sustainable wooden conference hall into Geneva’s maze of glass buildings, and breaks new ground for modern timber construction.

Clare Dowdy

Archive »DESIGN

His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society

One of the United States’ leading textile designers argues for gender-neutral design as the next frontier in the workplace.

Suzanne Tick

Designer Profile: Jader Almeida

The prolific designer skillfully blends Modernist influences with his Brazilian heritage in more than 150 products.

Vera Sacchetti

Archive »CULTURE

It's Time for Architecture to Celebrate Diversity

Metropolis's editor in chief looks forward to a more diverse architectural profession.

Susan S. Szenasy

To Reshape the World, Architects Need to Design at Every Scale

We should revive public works for the design opportunities they create, argues Metropolis's editor in chief.

Susan S. Szenasy

Archive »PRODUCTS

Recondite Retail

Please Do Not Enter isn’t a secret, but it isn’t exactly well-known either. To founders Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird, both originally from Paris, this means they are doing something right.

Guy Horton