Faris Jewelry: Minimal brass accessories referencing ’90s hip-hop and mid-century modernism

Faris Jewelry

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest one must find ways to deal with days spent inside due to the dominating rainfall that blankets the region. As a child, Faris Du Graf found herself drawn to design during such times, thanks to her family’s furniture business. “Alver Aalto and Mies…

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The Made Collection: Designer David Okum introduces a line of mid-century-inspired wood home accessories

The Made Collection

Driven to design a set of items that together form something greater than their individual parts, LA-based designer David Okum introduces The Made Collection. Now on Kickstarter, the handmade home and office accessories blend beautiful, mid-century modern-inspired aesthetics with contemporary crafting techniques. Aside from the solid aluminum trivet, the…

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Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: A humanist look at living in Mies van der Rohe and Detroit’s Lafayette Park

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies

Amongst the expanses of desperate homes and floundering businesses the media has repeatedly brought to light, a lone two towers and low lying complex of townhouses stands in downtown Detroit. Lafayette Park, as it’s called, comprises the largest collection of buildings designed by legendary minimalist Ludwig Mies van der…

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Dorm Room by Le Corbusier & Charlotte Perriand


Dorm Room by Le Corbusier & Charlotte Perriand

Living in graduate student housing isn’t all that glamorous… the architecture and interior design of my temporary living situation is new and clean, but lacks any semblance of taste, character, or style. The most frustrating thing is knowing that a much better solution could have been realized at the same cost or even cheaper. Also, I know I’ll get fined if I try to change anything… I would stay in school indefinitely if it meant living in a dorm room imagined by Le Corbusier and Perriand!

(via hoping for happy accidents)