I always enjoy listening to architects talk about their own homes, satisfied by living in an environment that they designed, a personal epitome of years of architectural reflections. The latest DWELL issue covers a few of the most interesting cases of architects working with and being inspired by an existing construction, then adapting and adding to it to suit them. Reading about the smallest of construction details, you can feel the love of building.
— Pages 158-165, 174-181. Vol 8, #7 (June 2008).

QVEST features its Annual Design Issue: tip your hat to 100 ad-free pages of incisive and pertinent design-related content accompanied by generous photography spreads. I especially enjoyed the analysis of Frankenstein Design which a lot of young designers are particularly fond of, contemporary forms made out of and with old defunct objects; followed by the Martino Camper interview (which puts last month's ID article to shame); a photographic tribute to Dieter Rams and a behind-the-scenes look at the construction of the Hadid-designed glossy-white Chanel Art Pavillion.
— Pages 51-146, Issue #31 (April/May 2008), still on the shelves.

Among the usual dedicated activist commentary and wake-up calls on consumerism, design and, most importantly, the role of designers are often discussed in ADBUSTERS. Though the last issue covers media democracy (the articles on the on-going debate over thought control in economics are must-reads), it also includes a short but interesting spread on the idea of designing objects that can speak up and confront the user instead of simply bowing to their usage as it has always been, either by communicating energy consumption or simply accentuating the end use of the object itself.
— They don't believe in page numbers, Issue #78 (July/August 2008).