The exhibition Errata: Books do Clutter a Room, which was on view at the Alphabet City bookstore Mast Books during 2019 New York Design … More
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BOOK REVIEW: Man Matter Metamorphosis — 10 000 Years of Design
Design retrospectives are typically organized by chronology and typology across short time periods. A recent exhibition at the National Museum … More
Remembering Norma Merrick Sklarek, an architect of many firsts
In 1975, New York-born architect Norma Merrick Sklarek (1926–2012) wrote in a letter to the vice chancellor at UCLA, where … More
Open source design: the chairs of Oscar Hagerman
Founded in 1999 by José Kuri and Mónica Manzutto, the Mexico City-based gallery kurimanzutto is best known for representing well-known … More
Donald Judd’s very specific furniture
Known primarily as an artist, Donald Judd was also as an architect, draftsman, designer, essayist, and an avid design collector. From antique Hungarian … More
COS Play: Karin Gustafsson and the soft power of art and architecture
Stepping into the shaded archways of the 16th-century Palazzo Isimbardi in the heart of Milan this April, a cement/wood composite … More
Pile Up: the fantastic world of Misha Kahn
“It’s a full-on Bowery lighting shop,” jokes Misha Kahn about Midden Heap, his show recently on view at Friedman Benda gallery in New York City. … More
BOOK REVIEW: El Internacional (1984–1986): New York’s archaeological sandwich
In the early 1970s, Catalan artist Antoni Miralda was among the wave of young creatives who took advantage of the … More
Progressland: a design exhibition challenges narratives of human advancement
In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth, taking the human race beyond … More
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