Art & DesignInterior Designers Discuss Post-COVID Home Office ConceptsJune 3, 20208 mins4234 viewsThe outcome of this year’s pandemic might have a silver lining: the home office. As more companies are…
EventsICFF New York, an Informal and Crunchy VibeJune 12, 20194 mins688 viewsAt this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), an emphasis on asymmetry and coarse unpolished surfaces ungirded many…
Art & DesignEventsSalone del Mobile—New Furniture for Contemporary LivingApril 16, 20193 mins383 viewsPerhaps because it is the Centennial of the Bauhaus or just more evidence that mid-Century Modernism is enjoying…
Art & DesignYour Bathroom Center Stage: Preparing for a New AgeMarch 4, 20195 mins605 viewsBathrooms have always been places to take a break; whether from noisome colleagues or quarrelsome spouses. Now thanks…
A Preview of the Trends Shaping the Home of TomorrowJanuary 14, 20193 mins389 viewsAs one of the top furniture fairs in the world, IMM Cologne is a great place to see…
Art & DesignInterview. Street Artist Alexandre Farto for Hennessey’s Limited EditionJuly 4, 20183 mins434 viewsStreet art today doesn’t have the cachet in high-end art galleries it had back in the 1980s with…
Art & DesignHow Retailers Select Their Dream ProductsJune 13, 20186 mins453 viewsLearn about two different approaches for how retailers in NYC select the products they sell in their boutiques—two…
Art & DesignBathroom Design: Adults Here, Kids ThereMay 23, 20182 mins893 viewsWhen it comes to public and private bathroom trends, styles and choices can provide a unique experience for…
PeopleQ&A with Soraa on Radiant and Healthy LED BulbsMarch 14, 201810 mins504 viewsLED lighting has transformed workplaces and homes of people throughout the world. The bulbs last longer and are…
People“Just Pure Response” PearsonLloydOctober 11, 20174 mins381 viewsLuke Pearson and Tom Lloyd, schoolmates from London’s Royal College of Art, founded PearsonLloyd in 1997. From its…
EventsThe Goings-on at NYCx DesignMay 15, 20176 mins352 viewsIn May at the Brooklyn Expo Center in the Greenpoint neighborhood, the design fair Bklyn Designs is one…
ArchitectureDeconstructionA10 Urban Road Solution by UNStudioApril 7, 20173 mins344 viewsCities are at a tipping point. By 2050, the United Nations estimates that 66 percent of the world’s…
Art & DesignDesigning Unique Objects for Museum ShopsDecember 13, 20169 mins222 viewsMass production has come to connote outsourcing and soulless factories where workers labor long hours for little pay…
PeopleFinding Treasure at MoMA Design StoreDecember 12, 20164 mins386 viewsNothing epitomizes the sweet smell of success for a product designer like seeing their wares for sale at…
Art & DesignInspirationDistrict One: A Haven Within DubaiNovember 30, 20163 mins401 viewsDubai is the financial and nightlife capital of the Arab world. The city is defined by thumping discos,…
Events“Everyone Poops”October 6, 20163 mins283 views“I am going to spend the next couple of minutes talking about poop,” the New York City-based architect…
ArchitectureInspirationThe Kitchen: All Things GlassOctober 6, 20163 mins403 viewsPhilip Johnson’s Glass House, built in 1949, broke down the barriers between public and private. The translucent structure’s…
EventsICFF: Designing for Small SpacesJuly 17, 20165 mins306 viewsSo-called global cities are running out of space to put everyone. To meet the demand, a new market…
ArchitectureArt & DesignThe Future of Flying in AfricaJuly 17, 20164 mins428 viewsAfrica is leading the world in population growth, but its inferior infrastructure remains a major impediment to progress.…
PeoplePablo Designs Products for NomadsJune 28, 20164 mins321 viewsLife is getting more comfortable for global nomads who might want to personalize a generic hotel room or…
EventsICFF: Vitra Presents Nanimarquina RugsMay 27, 20163 mins349 viewsRug designer Nani Marquina is like a modern artist frustrated with the confines of the traditional square canvas.…
ArchitectureDeconstructionChipperfield’s Floor WarApril 19, 20163 mins290 viewsDavid Chipperfield’s Museo Della Cultura (Mudec), a repurposed steel factory on the outskirts of Milan, has won praises…
ArchitectureDeconstructionDubai: Zaha Hadid’s Opus Reworks Glass FacadesMarch 16, 20164 mins560 viewsAdvances in glass technology have some of the world’s most fashionable architects saying goodbye to the four-corner curtain…
Art & DesignThe Growing Advances of Vertical FarmsNovember 17, 20158 mins347 viewsWater is growing scarcer, arable farmland is disappearing and global hunger is such that one out of nine…
ArchitectureFacing East: Chinese Urbanism in AfricaOctober 26, 20156 mins360 viewsThe crowd of upscale Kenyans was in a festive mood dancing, drinking and laughing at a Nairobi nightclub.…
EventsNYC Presents Women in Art, Craft and DesignOctober 12, 20154 mins283 viewsPostwar Modernism in the United States was not a female-friendly movement. There was little room for women atop…
ArchitectureNYC, a Melting Pot for Green Stormwater InfrastructureJune 30, 20157 mins263 viewsIncredible as it may seem, runoff from heavy rainstorms and melting snow is one of the biggest environmental…
EventsPeopleICFF Studio Brings Back “The American Dream” for Young DesignersJune 30, 20156 mins240 viewsOne must-see exhibit at the International Contemporary Furniture Show this year was a series of stark white display…
EventsICFF 2015 Discusses Electronically Tapped MaterialsJune 30, 20157 mins228 viewsWouldn’t it be convenient to have a wooden table that could do double duty as a desk and…
Art & DesignEventsThe Best of New York’s ICFF: Designs that Crossed OverJune 30, 20155 mins257 viewsThe 2015 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) was more than twice the size of last year’s design extravaganza,…
