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Door Policy As
the face of Europe changes and religious tensions mount, immigrants to
the Netherlands discover that tolerance can look a lot like hate. BY EMILY GORDON
Neue Berlin Long
defined by cut-and-paste club “fly posters” of the ’90s, Berlin design
has grown up—but's keeping its independent spirit and connection to the
street. BY ALICE TWEMLOW
Mother Tongue In São Paulo, Brazil, the Museum of the Portuguese Language vividly unites language and cultural identity. BY MATTHIAS BRENDLER
Treasure Island In a Caribbean nation, vernacular and fine art have a lot in common. BY MELANIE ARCHER
Ray Fenwick, Boy Genius A weird and meticulous talent in Halifax, Canada, has won over the web. Call him The Chosen. BY CAITLIN DOVER
Sacred Tech Ranjit
Makkuni is using sophisticated technology to change how we interact
with computers. In the process, he’s taking traditional Indian beliefs
back to the future. BY DAVID WOMACK
Speaking in Scratch French designer Laurent Burte’s inventive transcriptions bring dynamic visual form to freestyle music.
BY HELEN WALTERS
DEPARTMENTS F.O.B. An eye-opening exhibition in Paris, customized trucks in Pakistan, handbag handbooks, and more. MONOLOGUE All Together Now Maybe it’s time to give universal design another try. BY ELLEN LUPTON AND JULIA LUPTON
DIALOGUE Chaz Maviyane-Davis, social activist, designer, educator. INTERVIEW BY STEVEN HELLER IN PRINT Vol. 3/No. 2 Comics’ ancient roots were explored in a 1942 issue of PRINT. Comics? In a serious arts journal? BY MARTIN FOX
BOOKS Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation, by Amid Amidi REVIEW BY JOHN CANEMAKER America by the Yard: Cirkut Camera, by Robert B. MacKay REVIEW BY BRIAN SHOLIS Century Girl, by Lauren Redniss REVIEW BYJOHANNA DRUCKER
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