Vol. No.

COVER

(Cover Story)
Good design is everywhere these days. Great design is more elusive. Take a look at the standouts

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

In the Bag (Artifact)
The Hermès Birkin has it all: style, function and a reputation for playing hard-to-get. Carried by the world's chicest women, it's the ultimate must-have

Verbatim

(Icon)
The label "interior designer" does not adequately describe Andrée Putman, whose cool aesthetic reigned supreme in the 1980s and is still influential today

Working It (Working It)

In the Fold (Right This Minute)
Geometry takes center stage now that origami, no longer just a paper-folding pastime, is design's method of the moment

School of Cool

(Navigator)
Modern-design guru Murray Moss shares his favorite places to eat, drink, shop, sleep and meander in the British capital

PEOPLE

10 Question (10 Questions)
The restaurateur behind New York City hot spots Balthazar and Pastis talks to Kate Novack about his first Italian outpost, Morandi, and his Last Supper

NOTEBOOK

Rethinking Basics (Radar)

See Right Through It (Architecture)

Open House (Shopping)
A Dutch antiques dealer's rustic home is also her shop, and everything you see in it is for sale

Off the Wall
As the rage for modish wallpaper rolls on, the woman who started it all, Florence Broadhurst, is having an overdue revival

(Radar)

The A List
Seating options today run the gamut from curvy and modern to classic and tufted. Here's a look at what's selling around the world

London's Latest Organic Mecca (Green Notes)

Beauty (Beauty)

Diesel Revs Up on Melrose (Shopping)

Bookshelf (Bookshelf)

Shopping (Shopping)

The Soft Touch (Giving Back)
reached out to a broader population of babies in need of cuddling

TO OUR READERS

From Good to Great (Editor's Note)