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Attik's Anti-Pitch

NoiseFour represents a design experiment unmotivated by profit, clients, or internal procedure. Glimpse this "couture line" before it revolutionizes the mainstream.READ»

The Importance of a Faceless Fireman

Scratch any geek, and you're likely to find a kid who grew up learning programming on the Lego "platform."READ»

What Children Need: A Little Creative Deprivation

Don't turn Lego sets into model-airplane equivalents, urges one mom. The product's gift was its ability to engage a child's imagination, not his direction-following skills.READ»

When Bad Things Happen to Good Bricks

Lego's catalog is a veritable textbook of its problems, says one fan. It features endless brand extensions but no coherent direction.READ»

The Architecture of Hope

Former senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, passionate advocate of cities, outlines a plan for galvanizing New York, beginning with the rehabilitation of Penn Station.READ»

We (Re) Built This City

As American mayors debated the repercussions of terrorism for their cities, the former leader of Bogotá, Colombia offered an inspiring vision for the future at the Urban Land Institute's big fall meeting in Boston.READ»

Simplicity + Technology = Sweet Success

Technology promised to make our lives easier. Instead, too many gadgets today seem to require an engineering degree to operate. Designer Brett Lovelady aims to change that by teaching his clients the mantra "Simplify, simplify."READ»

Home, Small Home

Sarah Susanka is the champion of a big idea -- the proposition that Americans should embrace "Not So Big" houses that satisfy their real needs, rather than build starter castles designed to make a statement.READ»

Leading Social Change

Paper(media) experiments with cutting-edge technology and maverick design techniques on Web sites for pro bono clients such as Doctors Without Borders.READ»

Jean Bellas

Founder and President of Space, New York, Oakland, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Tokyo, and Mexico CityREAD»

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