Hasta La Ideas

Tuesday night in New York City, our friends over at Sight Unseen launched their first printed edition, Paper View, a collection of stories and personal reflections that document the inner lives and studio spaces of designers from around the world. The book features 24 brand-new and archival pieces that exemplify two and a half years of studio visits and interviews and was published with the support of Karlsson’s Gold Vodka’s UNFILTERED project.

Paper View is divided into four sections— My Mother or Father Was An Artist, I Studied X and Now I’m Doing Y, Material Obsession and Strange Ephemera—each addressing a larger theme that emerged from their interviews with designers. “For us, it’s always been about discovering the universal truths behind what it’s like to be a maker, regardless of medium or discipline,” the editors Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer explain in their foreword.

Monica Khemsurov, co-Editor of Sight Unseen

Studio visits, process deep-dives and inventories of favorite things fill the pages. My favorite subsection was more of a design interlude filled with an inventory of “8 Things”—from a who’s who of design publications, brands and retailers that include the founders of Roman and Williams, Sebastian Wrong (Established & Sons), Nacho Alegre (Apartamento magazine) and Jade Lai (Creatures of Comfort).

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