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Design Voices
“When people talk about design, they’re really talking about, technically, everything in the universe that has to do with intent.” —Milton Glaser “Design is by its very nature free. There is nothing in design that says certain things must be done in a certain way.” —Tokujin Yoshioka “It will always be up to good designers [...]
Architecture, Art, Design, Featured
Daniel Arsham: The Fall, The Ball, and The Wall
Daniel Arsham navigates in a space where architecture and art merge, often playing upon existing structures to create unexpected yet organic sculptures. And his latest exhibition, “The Fall, The Ball, and The Wall,” showcases the Brooklyn-based artist’s diverse, innovative practice and his ongoing interest in challenging expectations of accepted reality. Arsham presents three bodies of [...]
Fashion, Featured
In the Bag: Three Questions for Rennes Founder Julia Okun
Rennes celebrates craftsmanship and timeless simplicity with gorgeous, must-touch leather goods and accessories (check out the gallery below!). The Boston-based line was launched three years ago by self taught designer Julia Okun, who named the company in honor of Rennes le Château, a village in southern France known its local lore and mystery. Okun drafts, [...]
Design, Featured, Food & Drink
A Perfect Day for a PicNYC (table)
This week, Dutch architect Haiko Cornelissen introduces picNYC, a clever grass-topped dining table designed to bring the experience of picnicking into the urban home. The lightweight aluminum tabletop and legs form a solid framework for grass, soil, and stones, and owners can transform their dining spaces as they wish through variations in flowers, herbs, or [...]
Art, Design, Featured
FLYLIGHT
Studio DRIFT‘s latest commission is the stunning FLYLIGHT, an interactive light installation inspired by the seemingly random patterns of a flock of birds. Spanning two floors of a private residence in Moscow, the graceful, whimsical FLYLIGHT consists of over 200 glass tubes which light up and respond to the viewer. It was designed by Studio [...]
Fashion
Loup: Spring 2012
Posted on 15 December 2011
In direct defiance of the chillier weather that currently surrounds us, we’re opting for warmer weather dreams–courtesy of L.A.-born, New York-based designer Danielle Ribner’s chic new Loup Spring 2012 collection (gallery below). Pronounced “Lou”–like the French word “loup,” which means “wolf”–the brand’s name comes from Ribner’s childhood nickname, Lou. Loup began in 2008 as a [...] Continue Reading
Art, Design
Arne Quinze: My Safe Secret Garden
Posted on 02 December 2011
Belgian artist Arne Quinze‘s latest project, “My Safe Secret Garden,” takes residence at South Beach Miami’s Setai hotel this week during the Art Basel Miami Beach festivities. Quinze is known for confronting his audiences with dramatic, large-scale installations and both large and small sculptures–often from various types of wood painted in electric, fluorescent colors–that explore [...] Continue Reading
Art, Film, Photography
Miru Kim: Live (With Pigs) at Art Basel Miami
Posted on 30 November 2011
Artist Miru Kim, known for taking breathtaking nude self-portraits among the world’s urban icons and ruins, is making a splash at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach fair with a live performance piece during which she’ll spend 104 hours living with pigs. Earlier this year, Kim debuted her newest photography series, The Pig That Therefore [...] Continue Reading
Art, Design, Photography
Postcards from Japan
Posted on 08 November 2011
After the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan on March 11, power supplies, land lines, mobile phone networks and Internet access went down, making it incredibly difficult to contact family and friends. The Japanese postal service, however, was up and running again quickly. In many cases, in fact, the first news that loved [...] Continue Reading
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