Studio Visit: The Principals: The Brooklyn-based group designs everything from dominoes to shop interiors and high-concept installations

Studio Visit: The Principals


What does a studio—one that turns out a broad range of projects that require attention to the most finite details as well as broad strokes and big picture ideas—need? Balance. And after what The Principals founders…

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Gauzak Design: The Barcelona-based trio rethinks manufacturing as part of the design process, rather than an expense

Gauzak Design


Few creative teams are aware of the impact of design as Gauzak, the trio working on the basis that design is undeniably present in every object and every moment around them. Gauzak Design was born in…

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Tree Art Rugs by Moore & Giles: Leather rugs made in Lynchburg, Virginia inspired by the rings in tree trunks

Tree Art Rugs by Moore & Giles


Known for their gorgeous leather goods and travel accessories, and more recently their black walnut furniture, last weekend the artisans at Moore & Giles extended their range even further…

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Blown: Samuel Wilkinson uses traditional glass-blowing techniques and 3D CAD software for his new lamp

Blown


The newest creation from Samuel Wilkinson is Blown, a lamp for the Copenhagen-based design company &tradition. Aiming to explore the reflective and refractive properties of glass, Wilkinson drew his…

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CIFF KIDS: Three Scandinavian Kids Labels: From wool onesies to interior design, a look at the best offerings for little ones at the recent Copenhagen exhibition

CIFF KIDS: Three Scandinavian Kids Labels


Scandinavians have long been highly regarded when it comes to furniture, fashion and food, and some of the region’s finest children’s labels are ensuring the next generation grows up with that seemingly inherent sense of understated style. CH met with three of the best during last month’s Copenhagen International Fashion…

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Interview: Joseph Altuzarra: The luxury fashion designer on his process for transforming the greenroom at the Emmys

Interview: Joseph Altuzarra


by Mya Stark Like a modern-day fashion Midas, everything Joseph Altuzarra touches seems to turn to sleekness and sophistication. He launched his eponymous luxury ready-to-wear brand, in 2008 when he was a mere slip of a…

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Hermès Beverly Hills: A look into the new boutique on Rodeo Drive, stunningly redesigned by Rena Dumas Architecture Interieure

Hermès Beverly Hills


Braving a late summer heatwave in Southern California, the international team of Hermès gathered on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to reveal their newest boutique. Architect Denis Montel of Continue Reading…

Interview: Formafantasma Studio: The Netherlands-based, Italian “design bastards” put together their entire body of work for a solo exhibition

Interview: Formafantasma Studio


by Stefano Caggiano Formafantasma—a studio based in Eindhoven, Netherlands—is run by Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Ferrasin, who have become famous over the past few years for their alchemical approach to design and their use…

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Taylor Forrest Furniture: A fashion designer’s primitive twist on ’70s glam in a collection of leather chairs

Taylor Forrest Furniture


After graduating from Parsons with a BFA in Fashion Design in 2010, designer Taylor Forrest saw furniture as sort of experiment. Come November 2013, she will have been experimenting with designing chairs for a solid year,…

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“Osmosi” by Emmanuel Babled: The designer teams up with Italian craftsmen for a pairing of marble and glass




Some products own the rare ability to combine magic and technology, craftsmanship and digitalization, uniqueness and industrial processes—but Emmanuel Babled’s latest project, called “Osmosi,” incorporates all of that. Babled’s…

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