I.D. Magazine March/April 2009 Digital Download

You'll Love This Issue If:

• You love mother nature
• You want to see product design inspired by nature
• You love the TED conference

The 2009 March/April Issue of I.D. Magazine is inspired by nature! Inside we'll feature design that's been inspired by, and works together with, the earth. Not to mention strategies for surviving the recession from top designers, an overview of the TED conference that's now in its 25th year, and more. All this inside I.D. Magazine's 2009 March/April issue.

In I.D. Magazine's 2009 March/April Issue You'll Find:

FEATURES

It Was a Dark and Stormy Year...
Top designers share strategies for surviving the recession.
by Ernest Beck

Love in the Time of Agita 
Obsessing over his favorite themes-community, utopia, and goo-Jerszy Seymour prepares to open a few design shows.
by Nick Currie

TED at 25
A brief history of the conference that's changed the face of invention.
by Nicole Dyer

Into the Wild 
Intrepid designers go to the ends of the earth for an upcoming Cooper-Hewitt show.
by Eve M. Kahn

Knots Landing
Richard Hearne stockpiles rare woods for designers and architects.
by Barbara Flanagan

Bloom Towns 
Urban farms are taking over America's asphalt jungles.
by Alissa Walker

Please Decay Just a Little Bit Longer
MIO designs eco-friendlier-than-usual gardening tools for Target.
by William Bostwick

Natural Selection 
We sent three designers to RISD's Nature Lab to find inspiration among the more than 80,000 specimens.
by Monica Khemsurov

Taking Charge 
Put your feet up and read about the new generation of electric bikes. 
by Gordon Kanki Knight

DEPARTMENTS

...update
Developments in I.D. stories from MARCH/APRIL 2008
...note
The view from our ECONOMIC FREEFALL 
..expo
AI WEIWEI riffs on classic furniture at Phillips; The MoMA Store showcases KOREAN design; Tomas Libertiny's new ink-stained CABINET
...q+a
MAJORA CARTER on greening beyond the Bronx
...rant
Our many STORAGE solutions add up to one big problem.
...eco
A new SYNAGOGUE earns LEED's highest accolade.
...n+n
VITRA AT ORGATEC by Dieter Thiel and Sevil Peach; Julian Schnabel's limited-edition BEACH TOWEL; Maharam's art-inspired TEXTILES
...crit
Architecture: CENTRAL LOS ANGELES AREA HIGH SCHOOL #9
Environment: GREENHOUSE
Graphics: MODERN PAINTERS
Book: THE ART OF ROMANCE
...back story
A breezy history of hand-held FANS