Issue No. 199
Mar/Apr 2006
Upfront: our regular round-up from the world of crafts. The news in brief:
Sugar rich: Rachel Mount’s crafted confectionary; Yesterday’s future: Modernism at the V&A; Fairy flight: Samantha Bryan’s mixed-media sculptures
Inside this issue
Regulars
Writers and thinkers
Colin Ward examines the ideas and influence of Lewis Mumford
Commissions
Works for the new headquarters of the Wellcome Trust
Writers and thinkers
Colin Ward examines the ideas and influence of Lewis Mumford
Commissions
Works for the new headquarters of the Wellcome TrustFeatures
Green lines
New designers explore the potential of ethical style
Second skin
Can science provide us with new materials for jewellery and textiles?
Natural selection
Organic form inspires Junko Mori’s shapes in forged metal
Lookout
Jewellery, stitch, glass and felt, by newcomers to the crafts scene
Return to glory
How Portugal put itself back in the heart of European designReviews
Exhibitions and books reviewed
