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Up and Coming: The American Design Hot List 24 Aug 2013 | 01:44 am
Last week on Ambra Medda's new site L'Arcobaleno, Jill was asked to cover the recent rebirth of New York design, discussing the transformation with key players like Jason Miller, Lindsey Adelman, and ...
Excerpt: Book: Pattern Box 23 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
We were already pretty sold on the idea of Pattern Box — a new postcard box set curated by New York's Textile Arts Center — which gathers together 100 different prints by 10 of our favorite illustrato...
Eye Candy: Julia Dault, Artist 23 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
Julia Dault tackles canvases with swift swipes of paint and rhythmic repeats. Dault's sculptures mimic the structure of her painting (or visa versa) with tubular and reflective curves, with lines and ...
Eye Candy: Lindsey Hampton, Ceramist/Graphic Designer 21 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
Lindsey Hampton splits her time between designing dynamic concert posters and soothing ceramics at her potters wheel. Her process and mediums are fluid, skipping from sculpture to print design is natu...
Up and Coming: David Kirshoff, Designer 19 Aug 2013 | 10:36 pm
If New York designer David Kirshoff's bright, blobby lamps and chairs have an element of the grotesque to them, to some degree it was fated: “I was raised around a shop that makes special effects for ...
Eye Candy: Hansje van Halem’s End Paper Collection 17 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
There's nothing quite like cracking open a new book and discovering enchanting patterned end papers. A complement to the cover, a welcome addition to the books design and a necessity to book binding. ...
Sighted: Anthony Gerace’s Seaside Towns Index 15 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm
A few months ago, the London artist Anthony Gerace made the blog rounds with a series of paper collages sourced from 1960s-era magazines. But arresting as those were, when we went snooping on his webs...
Eye Candy: Dave Hardy, Sculptor 15 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am
Dave Hardy transforms standard issue construction worker materials into striking visions of forms without function. Balancing the delicate nature of glass and the dependability of cushy foam, Hardy's ...
Sight Unseen Promotion: The BYCO Design Contest Results! 14 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
A few months ago, we launched a contest with BYCO, the new micro-financing site for fashion and housewares designers, founded by Jesse Finkelstein of JF & Son and his sister Meredith. The Kickstarter-...
8 Things: Michael Klein of Toronto’s MKG127 Gallery 13 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
According to Canadian curator Michael Klein, when people think of art in Vancouver, they think of photo-conceptualism. When they think of Winnipeg, it’s the Royal Art Lodge, the drawing collective fou...
