The way things look.

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• The U.S. Army's New Clothes Why has the Army redesigned its uniforms?
  Tom Vanderbilt Sept. 8, 2004
  
• Grand Old Flag? The tricky task of designing a national symbol.
  Christopher Hawthorne May 28, 2004
  
• Simply the Best MoMA celebrates everyday objects.
  Tom Vanderbilt May 11, 2004
  
• Drink Me How Americans came to have cup holders in their cars.
  Henry Petroski March 15, 2004
  
• Supersize It Our waistlines aren't all that's expanding—our stuff is, too.
  James Verini March 3, 2004
  
• Courier, Dispatched How the U.S. State Department put the kibosh on the typewriter font.
  Tom Vanderbilt Feb. 20, 2004