Stacked Interiors Interior design shows are all the rage, but rarely do the revised kitchens and dens beg the question: can rooms have souls? Artist Franziska Sinn brings us a gallery from Berlin of rearranged interiors.

Mike Cina of True Is True Cina is a designer in the broadest sense. His work spans a wide range of commercial and personal art, including print and Web design, typography, painting, photography, and bookmaking. Also, he is a fisherman. Rosecrans Baldwin interviews the man behind True is True.

That’s My Vader… Some days you’ve got it, other days you don’t. And some days, you’re the dark lord of the Sith. Rob Eccles knows what it would be like if Darth Vader spent a day in his shoes, speaking only in memorable quotes from the original Star Wars.

Life Goes On? The Gulf Coast is in ruins, but that won’t stop the political machine from running—in fact, it means it’s only getting revved up. Our writer watches the waves of disaster that just won’t stop.