In his wonderful book Art Faith A Theology of Making renowned artist Makoto Fujimura describes the ancient Japanese art form of Kintsugi In it the artist takes broken pottery originally tea ware and pieces the shards back together with lacquer threading gold into the cracks ldquo Kintsugi rdquo Fujimura explains ldquo does not just lsquo fix rsquo or repair a broken vessel rather the technique makes the broken pottery even more beautiful than the original rdquo Kintsugi first implemented centuries ago when a warlord rsquo s favorite cup was destroyed and then beautifully restored became art that rsquo s highly [... more]

Sunday Morning presents its annual edition on all aspects of design hosted by Jane Pauley In our cover story David Pogue looks at homes from the grand to the miniscule Also Kelefa Sanneh visits the newly-renovated headquarters of Tiffany amp Co Mo Rocca steps into the debate of shoes on or shoes off Serena Altschul examines the history of Levi's blue jeans Tracy Smith profiles magician David Copperfield Faith Salie rides a history of elevators Lucy Craft traces the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi Seth Doane looks at how traditional Moroccan riads influence designs today Nancy Giles dishes up secrets [... more]