Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Metropolis Magazine

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Metropolis Magazine

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Preserving the Peace

Current Issue

Design Needs to Rid Itself of the "Obsession of the New"

In a manifesto timed to Salone del Mobile in Milan, designer Hella Jongerius and theorist Louise Schouwenberg set a new course for twenty-first-century design.

Samuel Medina

Design in Crisis: How Economic Bust Has Redefined the Value of High Design

An Italian design legend considers the positive effects that the world’s financial crisis has had on luxury design.

Piero Lissoni

A Robotic Installation That Aims to Close the Gap between Consumers and Manufacturing

Robochop has great ambitions—to turn everyone into designers.

Zachary Edelson

Archive »ARCHITECTURE

New Naturalism

Triptyque defies the conventions of Brazilian Modernism and São Paulo’s urbanism in the new Groenlândia gallery.

Samuel Medina

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

Archive »DESIGN

Food Alchemists Bompas & Parr Blend Willy Wonka with Makerbot

Underneath the playful antics of the British duo's mind-bending, tongue-tickling lies an architectural rigor.

Shannon Sharpe

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

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