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Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2002 Michele Lerner	Filling in the Blanks As suburban sprawl spreads, residents and developers have headed back to the city. But how long will this urban renewal last?
Fast Company August 2002 Fara Warner	Nike's Women's Movement Can a famously high-testosterone company, built on brash ads and male athletic fantasies, finally click with female customers? That's the challenge behind Nike Goddess, whose goal is a once-and-for-all shift in how the company sells to, designs for, and communicates with women.
Fast Company August 2002 Ian Wylie	La Dolce Vita, Internet Style Colletta di Castelbianco is a 13th-century Italian village that was on the verge of extinction -- until an architect gave it a new design and Internet connectivity gave it a new lease on life. The story of how it became a haven for mobile professionals.
Fast Company August 2002 Fara Warner	In a Word, Toyota Drives for Innovation "Oobeya" is Japanese for "big, open office" -- and it's Toyota's system for cutting costs and boosting quality. It's also the secret behind the redesign of one of history's best-selling cars.
Inc. July 1, 2002 John Grossmann	Edifice Complex Why is it that people who build companies become obsessed so often with building buildings, too? And why do they do it like this?
Fast Company July 2002 Keith H. Hammonds	How to Design the Perfect Product Start with Craig Vogel and Jonathan Cagan. Integrate style and technology with a dash of fantasy. Apply to everything from toasters to cars.
New Architect July 2002 Derek M. Powazek	Original Inspiration Web designers constantly face the challenge of creating yet another original Web site that sets its own style. The book Experience Design 1 by Nathan Shedroff approaches the challenge of combining visual design, branding, and information architecture, in a new way.
Salon.com June 6, 2002 Christopher Dreher	Be creative -- or die A new study says cities must attract the new "creative class" with hip neighborhoods, an arts scene and a gay-friendly atmosphere -- or they'll go the way of Detroit.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2002 John Teresko	Mechanical Design Challenge A California company aims to convert 1.5 million CAD users from 2-D to 3-D. think3 attacks cost, training barriers...
Fast Company June 2002 Linda Tischler	A Beautiful Find A Providence shop selling the work of RISD graduates is sure to be the place to find that one-of-a-kind item...
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