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 22

James Victore: Burning Questions : The graphic designer’s web series serves up a dose of sage wisdom for the creative set

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James Victore: Burning Questions


The lives of designers, freelancers and creatives are fraught with ups and downs. Projects come, contracts go, clients run the gamut from perfect to impossible, and sometimes the creative juices just don’t flow when they’re most needed. No one knows this better than beacon…

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Mar 11

Interview: Henrik Vibskov: The Danish designer/artist/musician on blurring the creative lines and making coffee

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Interview: Henrik Vibskov


A look at Henrik Vibskov’s Central Saint Martins student ID reveals a great deal about the formidable Danish designer: he’s curiously shirtless and sporting a pretty progressive haircut (particularly for 1998), but most telling are the…

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Mar 11

Awesome Without Borders: Greasing the wheels of greatness around the world with a new project each week—from experimental art to humanitarian causes

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Awesome Without Borders


Acting as a sort of reverse Kickstarter for do-gooders and action-oriented creatives worldwide, Awesome Without Borders (AWB) is non-profit funding mechanism like none other: there are few barriers to being eligible for the groups grants, whether…

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Mar 05

Gao Guqi: Nature Bred, Nourishing Home: The Chinese designer’s new collection calls on his multi-disciplinary background and holds its roots in the concept of home

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Gao Guqi: Nature Bred, Nourishing Home


Gao Guqi is a young furniture designer who has gained increasing popularity in the last few years. Once a graphic designer, then coffee shop owner and furniture designer, Guqi was born in North Eastern China and has lived all over, from Xiamen to…

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Mar 04

Design Indaba 2014: The Conference: South Africa’s annual discourse on how creativity and innovation can affect real change throughout the world at large

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Design Indaba 2014: The Conference


Many wondrously pioneering things happen daily in South Africa, yet surprisingly much of the world still seems slightly unaware of the nation’s enduring commitment to progressive reform. The country is often still regarded by much of the modern world as underdeveloped—and even worse, unconcerned or unable. But each year founder…

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Jan 27

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity: A look inside the complex mind of the world’s most innovative chef

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Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity


If you read Ferran Adrià’s explanation of his origins at elBulli, the renowned chef humbly explains that it was simply chance which determined his career. While destiny may have been the impetus for his place in…

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Jan 18

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : A Twitter-shaped short story, Google’s new Nest, Four Tet’s “Thriller” and more in our weekly look at the web

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Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Hero-Glyphics Designer, illustrator and self-proclaimed nerd, Josh Lane perfectly blends hieroglyphics with mythical superheroes through his series of “hero-glyphics,” in which the likes of Spiderman, the X Men and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get the…

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Dec 02

Riposte Magazine: A creative publication celebrating smart women making the world a more interesting place

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Riposte Magazine


A women’s magazine void of celebrities, fashion or housekeeping tips is harder to find than a taxi in downtown New York City on a pouring Saturday night. Aiming to change the status quo is the new biannual ); return…

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Oct 12

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : $2,000 beer, Hypercolor cars, Google’s Quantum AI Lab and more in our weekly look at the web

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Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Google’s Quantum AI Lab In May, Google launched its collaborative computing project with NASA and D-Wave, which is aimed at pushing the limits of understanding in everything from medicine to space travel. Now we are getting a );…

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