Vik & Fougere Bench Rack

Limited edition slingshots, Matthew Marks' pop up, Rodarte for Lula and more in our survey of the past week online

A simple solution for urban apartments or collegiate life, Contemporary Standard offers a glimpse of the Bench Rack by Canadian design studio Vik & Fougere, which will debut at the IDS Prototype Exhibit in Toronto Canada in January 2011.

Suburban Art

A look at domestic-themed work as seen at Miami's recent art fairs

Call it a deadpan response to the U.S.’s role in geopolitical affairs or just a meditation on the unexpected truth and beauty to be found in contemporary Americana, Art Week Miami 2010 provided some interesting insight into the enduring theme of suburbia. The concept, seen at Art Basel, Scope, Pulse, the Rubell Collection and Nada, made for a refreshing and often witty departure from the …

This is NPR: The First Forty Years

An interview with National Public Radio correspondent Ari Shapiro about the station's new book

by Noah Armstrong Both beautifully designed and infinitely interesting, “This is NPR: The First Forty Years” chronicles the first 40 years of National Public Radio. Correspondents who have been—and many who still are—in the thick of it all, including Cokie Roberts, Susan Stamberg, Noah Adams, John Ydstie, Renée Montagne, Ari Shapiro and David Folkeflick, each cover one chapter of the book. Going decade by decade, …