Interview: Aiko Telgen: We talk to the designer about his glowing plasma Ion Two lamp at Milan Design Week

Interview: Aiko Telgen


Almost completely hidden in a small, dark booth inside Zona Tortona’s Temporary Museum of New Design, German designer Aiko Telgen presented Ion Lamps, one of our favorite finds at…

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Interview: Jason Bentley: KCRW’s music director talks about bringing his trailblazing electronic dance music show back to radio

Interview: Jason Bentley

Jason Bentley spends a lot of time wearing headphones. He can be found late night in LA and around the world DJing everything from small exclusive events to massive dance parties. In his endless quest to keep up with new music and find vintage tracks for his radio shows…

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Interview: Ethan Lipsitz of Apliiq: We talk fabric and more with the founder of the LA-based custom appliqué company

Interview: Ethan Lipsitz of Apliiq

By Vivianne Lapointe Ethan Lipsitz founded the Apliiq shop to satisfy his obsessive fabric hunting habit and to encourage creativity in the average shopper by allowing them to apply appliqués to garments. Inspired by popular shoe brands like Nike who offer a personalized experience by letting you customize their shoes,…

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Interview: Christian Patterson: The photographer talks about the third edition of “Redheaded Peckerwood”

Interview: Christian Patterson

When Christian Patterson published his photo book “Redheaded Peckerwood” late in 2011, the immediate and explosive popularity caused both its first and second printings to sell out in rapid succession. Now the book’s publisher, MACK, is releasing a new revised third edition, which expands on the project’s central inspiration:…

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Interview: Nabil Sabio Azadi : Personal contacts from all over the globe compiled in a handmade, fur-bound travel guide

Interview: Nabil Sabio Azadi

Nabil Sabio Azadi is interested in a specific form of intrepid, personally connected travel. His new book, “For You The Traveller,” is a painstaking work that combines personal anecdotes with a list of local contacts from around the world, culled from the artist’s five-year stint traveling across five continents….

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Interview: Gwenaëlle Chassin de Kergommeaux: We talk to the GCDK De.Sign principal about eggshell maps of China, furniture re-purposing and more

Interview: Gwenaëlle Chassin de Kergommeaux

Created in 2004 by Gwenaëlle Chassin de Kergommeaux as an artistic outlet, GCDK De.Sign is an unconventional furniture design company started in Paris and is now based in Beijing. Chassin de Kergommeaux bases her work on careful research of aesthetics and materials, using eggshells, silk, gold leaf, sharkskin, mother…

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Interview: Natasia Guo: Chinese e-commerce site Nuandao redesigns the way creatives shop and share their work

Interview: Natasia Guo

In recent years e-commerce has been booming at light-speed in China. Shoppers have quickly become familiar with online wonderlands like Taobao that suck you in as you start looking for an air purifier, only to lose track of time browsing design replicas and smartphones until finally you shut down…

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Interview: Renato Preti: The founder of Discipline talks refined design with "some Italian tomato sauce"

Interview: Renato Preti

In the panorama of Italian design, Discipline is one of the youngest and most interesting newcomers. Its motto, “beautifully designed, consciously made,” underlines the ambitious goal to meld aesthetics with the consideration of environmental issues from a contemporary and innovative point of view. The mind behind the project, Renato…

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Interview: Jen Stark: Math and psychedelia inspire "To The Power Of," a solo show at Martha Otero gallery

Interview: Jen Stark

by Vivianne Lapointe If you missed the jam-packed opening of Jen Stark’s stellar solo show at LA’s Martha Otero gallery earlier this fall, you’re in luck—”To The Power Of” has just been extended for another month. Born in Miami and now based in LA, Stark is a master of color…

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Interview: Laura Austin : The curator discusses Everyone’s a Photographer, a group show of Lomography images

Interview: Laura Austin

by Vivianne Lapointe Photographer Laura Austin has many tricks up her sleeve. Based in San Clemente, California, she got her start as the online editor for Snowboarder Magazine, a gig that gave her the chance to travel and refine her craft in some of the most beautiful mountains in…

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