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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 by Julie Lasky ..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 Interview by Alissa Quart ...rant Our many STORAGE solutions add up to one big problem. by Barbara Flanagan ...eco A new SYNAGOGUE earns LEED's highest accolade. by Alissa Walker ...n+n VITRA AT ORGATEC by Dieter Thiel and Sevil Peach Julian Schnabel's limited-edition BEACH TOWEL Maharam's art-inspired TEXTILES by Jill Singer ...crit Architecture: CENTRAL LOS ANGELES AREA HIGH SCHOOL #9 (reviewed by Joseph Giovannini) Environment: GREENHOUSE (reviewed by Andrew Andrew) Graphics: MODERN PAINTERS (reviewed by Mark Lamster) Book: THE ART OF ROMANCE (reviewed by Ellen Lupton) ...back story A breezy history of hand-held FANS by Susan Yelavich
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