CITY Issue 56

CITY MAY & JUNE '08 / DESIGN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER John McDonald CREATIVE DIRECTOR Eddie Brannan EXECUTIVE EDITOR Alex Garinger FASHION DIRECTOR Julie Ragolia PHOTO EDITOR Anthony Cross ASSOCIATE EDITOR Renee Lucas DESIGNER & PRODUCTION EDITOR Alexander Wolf EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Erin Bremer FASHION ASSISTANT Luciana Cruz FASHION INTERN Michele Martuscello EDITOR-AT-LARGE Fabrice Frere CONTRIBUTING EDITORS & COLUMNISTS Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Bill Powers, Elyssa Dimant, Eva Hagberg Kristen Wolfe Bieler, Beverley Hyde, Hamish Robertson WRITERS Erin Bremer, Samuel T. Clover, Brian DeLeeuw Roger Joseph, Jessica Kraft, Eric C. Shiner Nancy Stanton Talcott, Andi Teran, Haley Thurshwell PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ILLUSTRATORS Kenji Aoki, William Brinson, Lane Coder, Nigel Cox, Anthony Cross Heidi Hartwig, Alex Norden, Ryan Pfluger, Travis Rathbone Benedict Redgrove, Julia Rothman, Vincent Skeltis, Martyn Thompson SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR Ann Jhun ext. 36 WEST COAST ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Quyenzi Pham (714) 463-4066 SALES ASSOCIATE Emily Gunsberger ext. 37 CIRCULATION DIRECTOR David Renard (MU Inc.) PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION CONSULTANT Rose Sullivan (201) 447-0847 SALES & MARKETING ASSISTANT Jewel Poe OFFICE MANAGER Clement Collado ext 10 CORPORATE COUNSEL Anthony A. LoPresti, Esq. (212) 425-0551 DISTRIBUTION CMG SPECIAL OPS Abdel Kachtiene BUSINESS DIRECTOR & CFO Joseph T. McDonald NEW YORK OFFICE P.O. Box 242, Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012 Tel (212) 965-9484 Fax (212) 966-3329 ONLINE AT WWW.CITY-MAGAZINE.COM WRITE US AT LETTERS@CITY-MAGAZINE.COM SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES / CUSTOMER SERVICE Call 800-969-1258 or e-mail circsupport@city-magazine.com. EXTRA CREDIT Mom & Dad, Josh Capon, Josh Taekman, Stéphane Dehais, the boys from Lone Panther Dan Del Vecchio, Greg Brainin, Robert Collins, Matt Dino and everyone at the MercBar and Lure Dr. Barry Cohen, Christine Cummings and Meghan Bird, Samuel T. Clover RE: DESIGN Receiving the shipment of advanced copies of each new edition of CITY is always one of the most exciting days of an issue’s life cycle. After lugging the boxes up a ﬂight of stairs, we tear open the closest stack and quickly ﬂip through the fresh copies, discovering how months of brainstorming, editing, writing, shooting, and designing ultimately manifested itself on the printed page. Last month’s arrival of the Travel issue was particularly noteworthy as it marked the debut of our top-to-bottom redesign. We were all thrilled to ﬁnally hold CITY’s new look in our hands; I told the editorial team that the magazine looked like a room that had just received a fresh coat of paint. Of course, creatives that they are, the buzz in the ofﬁce quickly gave way to more important matters — namely, ﬁguring out what small tweaks needed to be made for the next issue. The changes they foresaw would be barely noticeable to the untrained eye, but would be critical to the overall, lasting success of the redesign. It probably wasn’t a coincidence that this process all unfolded as we embarked on production of our annual Design issue, which you now hold in your hands. Although in these pages you’ll ﬁnd products, buildings, interior spaces, and fashion all in their “ﬁnal,” ready-for-the-public states, I can’t help but wonder how much designing and re-designing and re-re-designing went into each item’s creation. Much like magazines, design studios — cluttered with sketches and models and pie-inthe-sky dreams — are places where ideas suddenly spark to life, get bounced around for days, then are tossed away, resurrected, tinkered with, and ultimately ﬁne-tuned until someone smart says, “Okay, enough — let’s put it out there and see what people actually think.” The home renovation is perhaps the ultimate redesign. Over the years, our apartments and houses become playgrounds for trying new designs: we add and subtract, rearrange and reconsider, always curious to hear friends’ opinions when they come over for a dinner party. Then comes the moment when the radical idea of a complete reno becomes the only topic of conversation at the kitchen table: “What if we re-did the whole place?” And before we even get the dishes to the sink, visions of our dream homes overtake us. Armed with the conﬁdence to welcome change, we realize that redesigning is as essential a part of the process as the initial design itself. And what better place to start than with a fresh coat of paint? Copyright 2008 by Spark Media All rights reserved. Reproduction, in whole or part, without permission is prohibited. The publisher is not responsible for return of unsolicited material. John McDonald 10 CITY TY http://www.city-magazine.com

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City Issue 56 Contents Letter from City: Re: Design Our Friends: The Faces Behind the Stories Action: What's New, What's Hot, What's Now Wanted: Olympic Bound? Button Up City Moment: The Writing’s on the Wall How We Live: Concrete Jungle Fast Food: Bites of Spring The Amused Bouche: Blueprint Special In Rouge: Hero Worship Fashion: Welcome to the Boys’ Club Travel: My Pod Architecture: Out of the Blue Design: Home Remedies Tokyo Rising Zen and the Art of Catholicism Think Big Face Value Runaways Intimate Relations Where to Buy It: Store Locations Icon: The Infinity Pool

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