May 19

NYCxDesign 2014: Sight Unseen OFFSITE : A vibrant explosion of contemporary design from the duo behind the beloved online publication

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NYCxDesign 2014: Sight Unseen OFFSITE


Since 2010, former I.D. magazine editors Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov have taken a portion of the panoply found online at their design publication Sight Unseen into the physical realm through the Noho Design District—an ancillary event to New York’s annual spring design…

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Apr 11

TOG: All Creators Together: A simple, yet innovative approach to home decor, customization and great design

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TOG: All Creators Together


The dream of many a design enterprise—the best designers, meaningful materials, Italian production, a community of fans, reinterpretations made by artists—TOG is all of this, and more. “All creators together” is the idea behind this new design…

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Apr 02

Source Material: From sewing machines to petrified wood, this Milan exhibition showcases objects that inspired creatives

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Source Material


Inspiration is one of the most interesting and mysterious aspects of creativity. It’s those sparks that ignite the creative process which are the focus of Source Material, an upcoming exhibition due…

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Feb 05

Felicia Ferrone Furniture: Birdcage-like lamps and sculptural side tables blur the boundaries of shape and form in her newest collection

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Felicia Ferrone Furniture


by Paul Armstrong Born and based in Chicago, furniture designer Felicia Ferrone is set to launch a brand new collection that pushes her in a different direction, with a mix of organic shapes constrained (or accentuated) by…

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Jan 29

Maison & Objet 2014: Turkish Designers: Four up-and-comers twist their country’s tradition, from rugs to tea tables, at the Paris design fair

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Maison & Objet 2014: Turkish Designers


With every edition of the Parisian interior design show at Maison & Objet, a group of talented up-and-comers is celebrated as potentially famous signatures under the label “talents à la carte.” This January 2014 edition saw the jury putting the spotlight on the emerging…

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Sep 25

Cool Hunting Rough Cut: Drawing Machine

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Old school drawing machine creates analog art

Cool Hunting Rough Cut: Drawing Machine

During a recent visit to Maison&Objet 2012 in Paris we came across a neat and simple toy from the London based company All Lovely Stuff. Their super analog drawing machine uses a felt pen and simple tools that are assembled with a rubberband and can be configured to draw…

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Sep 18

Maison et Objet Fall 2012: For the Home

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Novel offerings from the Parisian design trade show

Maison et Objet Fall 2012: For the Home

Among the myriad of brands vying for attendees’ attention at the Maison et Objet 2012 were a handful of particularly innovative products—a high-tech foosball table not least among them—that caught our attention. In our multi-part look at the massive design fair, we start with the following standouts for just…

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Sep 11

London Design Festival iPhone App

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Weave your way through the fair with a handy tool that fits right in your back pocket

London Design Festival iPhone App

Like many of the world’s art and design fairs, when the London Design Festival began 10 years ago, the biggest challenge was actually navigating the event itself. Always teeming with a surplus of exciting offerings from across the creative disciplines, fairs present a vast array of work under one…

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