Nissan Cube: The right angles

Behold the cube, that most forthright and earnest of the Platonic solids, the noble hexahedron, the proverbial box that it came in, whatever "it" happens to be. The cube is one of nature's transcendental shapes: Salt crystals are cubic, as are molecules of some of your better elements, such as aluminum, silver and gold. From ice to dice, from Picasso to Braque, cubism is very cool.

By DAN NEIL

January 29, 2008