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Now that everythings available anytime, anywhere, were renewing our search for the local.
We look back with Neri&Hu at their triumphant first decade in Shanghai and examine why Miami is designs new hottest destination. In Japan we see how brands are returning to their roots to reinvigorate their sales internationally and as Dover Street New York opens, we talk with Comme des Garcons CEO Adrian Joffe to discover his insights into how to think global, act local.
Contents:
Visions
First glimpses of the controversial MoMA expansion and a more tranquil development in the Austrian Alps
Stills
A bloody good Hermès interior, a void within a void in Mexico Citys iron palace and its hospital green for a very different kind of apple store inValencia
Features
What we really want is to shed any sort of stylistic signature : The first decade of Shanghai-based architects Neri&Hu
'Were just a shop and we sell stuff : Adrian Joffe, CEO of Comme de Garçons, talks retail
Brandtopia : Is San Franciscos tech scene really the best place to work?
Design Miami : How the MagicCity is becoming designs hottest destination
Case Studies
Waste turns to wonder in Denmark, and heritage meets street life in Beijing
Conversations
Interviews with Tokujin Yoshioka, Hans Ubbink and Overtreders W
Reports
At Okamura, high technology equals comfort
Goods
Gaetano Pesce is still provoking after 40 years, while Arik Levy has an antidote for mistakes
Essay: Why do-it-yourself design is back in fashion
One Artist, One Material: Monika Gryzmala goes mad with masking tape.
