What to see: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Deigo Rivera 2, corner of Altavista, San Angel; Tues-Sun 10am-6pm; the pair of houses where Rivera and Kahlo lived, designed by Juan O'Gorman in 1931 in a rigorously functional style.
The architecturally daring Sculpture for Living, designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, was completed in 2004 on a former parking lot at 26 Astor Place.
The government analysis suggests some of the benefits of market town living be "designed into" other communities.
Once an optimistic discipline that improved our lives, design has become trapped between a fickle marketplace and a sick planet.
Speaking in support of the statement was Tarek Hegazy, creative director of Living Design, a company based in Sweden that has completed more than 250 hotel projects.
"Design is the reason why you love or hate something," says Luke. "As mobile devices get more integrated into people's lives, design will matter more than ever".
Although he works in the design world, he can live with design mistakes, and he tries to learn from them.
But in his sensibility he may most resemble Herreshoff's son, Francis, who lived and designed boats in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Until then, we would live without design.
To help you navigate this rich speculative terrain, she has produced customized mobile living units, design on wheels.
Ms. Crasset said that the hotel offered "a chance for people to try out living contemporary design".
