A bit late

Want to Make an Architect Cry?

Give him (or her, but she’s less likely to mind) Robert A. M. Stern’s latest monograph,...

Dec 19th

Making a list...

Is it weird that I love 10 Best lists? Maybe not, because when critics are forced into a 10 Best...

Dec 16th

Playing House

Modern Family is really funny. Yes, I like something, and it is on TV! The set-up seems overly...

Dec 15th

In a F.O.G.

Image of DZ Bank, Berlin, by Manuela Martin The fall semester is not yet over, and I have been...

Dec 14th

Seasons Greetings

Is there anything less contemporary than a Christmas card? (As the daughter of a Jewish father I...

Dec 11th

Where Have All the Type Geeks Gone?

Something has been bothering me about the Up In the Air ads. Not the cute teaser ads with little...

Dec 11th

UN, Now and Then

The United Nations is about to undergo a five-year renovation, systems and sustainability upgrade...

Dec 10th

Dumbing Down DIY

A propos of Todd Oldham, and modernist innovation, and Duchampian transformations of the everyday...

Dec 5th

DoubleX: Kid Made Modern reviewed

My review (with DIY slideshow!) of Todd Oldham’s Kid Made Modern is up on DoubleX today....

Dec 3rd

DWR = D/R?

I read Fast Company’s story The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach with great interest....

Dec 2nd

XL

UnBeige informs me that the High Museum of Art has prepared a tribute to John Portman,...

Dec 1st