The N.Y. Times Magazine published their excellent Design issue this past weekend and I’ll try to refrain from linking to every article. There’s a profile of Amy Smith of MIT who invents gadgets that improve life in developing countries, a slide show on the making of a $5,500 Hermès Kelly bag, examples of designs for political campaigns, a piece on Auldbrass, the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Yemassee, S.C., and an update (for me anyway) on the work designers Andy and Kate Spade are doing for Delta‘s low budget Song Airlines. And best of all, there’s a revealing look at how undergarment maker Warnaco hired design firm IDEO to examine how women shop for bras and suggest improvements for the lingerie department. The revealing part is that Warnaco execs don’t seem to think there is anything wrong with the design and selection of their bras; it’s just that they are hard to find. I say give IDEO a crack at getting rid of underwires.