The various sneaky things that companies do to convince you their products are great for the planet, when they really aren't.

The High Line’s newest feature is designed for kids, who have, until now, been its most overlooked audience members. “The weirder and harder it is, the easier for me,” says Cas Holman, industrial designer, toy inventor, and the creator of the Workyard Playkit, a crate of toys and parts for playing, or, as she calls it, a souped-up grandpa garage.

The blogs have been buzzing about California artist Chris Burden's toy-car megalopolis project, Metropolis II, for ages. The latest news: A collector bought the installation for "millions" of dollars, but was gracious enough to donate it to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for display over the next 10 years. (Whew!) But what does it take to design something like Metropolis II, and what does it all mean, anyway?

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