Stuart Haygarth’s chandelier made from trinkets found along the beach, from the January 2006 issue.
Chandeliers designed by Naoto Fukasawa for Swarovski, from the December 2006 issue.
The balcony of a residential tower in Copenhagen, designed by MVRDV out of an old soybean silo. From the March 2006 issue.
A mosaic of constellations, on the floor of a dialysis center in Pistoia, Italy. From the October 2005 issue.
Table of contents featuring legendary Modernist photographer Julius Shulman. From the September 2008 issue.

A selection of opening pages to the Observed section, which introduces the editorial content of each issue.