MCMC + Mociun Collaborate on a Scent for Summer: The Brooklyn-based brands join forces and create a bittersweet scent inspired by Sicily

MCMC + Mociun Collaborate on a Scent for Summer


With just one bottle remaining of her favorite fragrance, jewelry designer Caitlin Mociun (founder of a CH favorite, Brooklyn-based Mociun) needed a suitable replacement for her discontinued “hippie musk.” The answer came during a serendipitous conversation…

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The 10th Anniversary of Kartell’s Bourgie Lamp : An exclusive look at how Pharrell Williams, Rafael de Cardenas and Snarkitecture reinterpreted the iconic design

The 10th Anniversary of Kartell's Bourgie Lamp


Kartell is taking the 10th anniversary of its famed Bourgie Lamp, the classical baroque silhouette preserved ironically in plastic designed by Ferruccio Laviani, quite seriously. Earlier this year, the Italian…

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ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends’ US Chair: Two NYC studios’ styles collide for a striking, limited-edition furniture collaboration

ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends' US Chair


In anticipation of the second official NYCxDesign week and this weekend’s opening of ICFF, New York-based furniture studio Assembly Design paired up with textile innovators …

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Interview: Marc Newson: The acclaimed Australian designer on his collaboration with Safilo and how all design is problem-solving

Interview: Marc Newson


Recently, we reported on the launch of a new collaboration between Safilo and acclaimed Australian designer Marc Newson, meant to celebrate 80 years of activity for the historic Italian eyewear…

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Alley-Oop II at Poketo: Designers Eric Trine and Will Bryant bring their second colorful installation to the LA retailer

Alley-Oop II at Poketo


For years Eric Trine and Will Bryant have been both friends and collaborators with Poketo’s Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung. Last year the first installment of Alley-Oop filled…

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Playtype + Côte&Ciel Laptop Sleeves: Copenhagen design meets Parisian quality in a durable neoprene case that’s perfect for typography lovers

Playtype + Côte&Ciel Laptop Sleeves


Typeface is for more than books, signs and posters, as the Copenhagen-based Playtype (the more “fun” younger sibling of the Danish brand agency e-Types) shows, instilling their love for…

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Lazy Oaf + Garfield Summer ’14 Collection: The East London label meets the godfather of grumpy cats for a colorful and nostalgic summer collection

Lazy Oaf + Garfield Summer '14 Collection


Before Grumpy Cat became an internet sensation and a meme standard, Garfield (created by American cartoonist Jim Davis) starred in feature films, garnered multiple Emmys, broke a Guinness World Record for most widely syndicated comic strip…

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Design Indaba 2014: The Expo: Africa’s emerging and established design talent join together in Cape Town for the yearly exhibition and marketplace

Design Indaba 2014: The Expo


Each year that we attend Cape Town’s brilliant Design Indaba conference, the subsequent Expo seems to infinitely grow and improve—a testament to the design world’s increasing fascination with the opportunities abounding in the vibrant continent. Now a massive marketplace consuming the entirety…

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Of a Kind + Chen Chen & Kai Williams : Fruit-shaped cement planters produced in a limited edition by the experimental design duo

Of a Kind + Chen Chen & Kai Williams


Champion of creating limited-edition goods with independent designers, and the antithesis to flash sale sites, Of a Kind recently gave us a sneak peek of its latest creation, which highlights the work of Brooklyn-based experimental design duo );…

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Rijksmuseum + Etsy: The Amsterdam-based museum partners with the online marketplace to give historic artwork a second life

Rijksmuseum + Etsy


The famed Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses many masterpieces of Dutch history and culture, including “The Milkmaid” by Vermeer (c1660), “The Merry Family” by Jan Steen (1668) and, of course, “The Night Watch” by Rembrandt (1642). The…

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