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A Curated Marketplace for Artistic Hardware

Sight Unseen co-founder Monica Khemsurov channels her love for vintage hardware into Petra, an...

CULTURE CLUB
Backdrop and Xavier Donnelly Make a Toast—and an Ice Luge

On May 8, an intimate group of design-world notables gathered in Manhattan to raise a glass to...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Gergei Erdei

Gergei Erdei found early success as a ready-to-wear designer and embroidery illustrator in the...

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Marcin Rusak’s Ghostly Vessels Slow Down Time

The Polish talent is pushing his practice of fashioning one-of-a-kind furniture and objects with...

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Designer of the Day: Sina Dyks

With recycled PET yarns as her material of choice, Sina Dyks weaves abstract emotions into complex...

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Hate Touching Grass? Try These Artworks Instead

A new exhibition about biophilia at the Denver Art Museum proves there’s an abundance of ways to...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Han Chiao

Han Chiao’s ceramics are replete with contradictions—classical forms reimagined in surreal...

CULTURE CLUB
Annex Giancarlo Valle’s Opening Night Draws a Crowd

On April 30, New York’s design cognoscenti gathered to toast the opening of Annex Giancarlo...

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With a New Home, Colony Doubles Down on Its Mission

The design co-op gallery forgoes its longtime Manhattan loft for a Tribeca storefront that affords...

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Antiquity-Inspired Paintings, Imagined As Frescoes for Your Walls

Xavier Donnelly, the creative director of design firm and hotelier Ash, partners with Backdrop to...

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Vincenzo de Cotiis Is Leaving His Mark on Venice

With the launch of his namesake foundation in a historic Venetian palazzo, the Italian architect...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Roham Shamekh

A trained interior designer and practicing photographer whose product design practice is bearing...

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Dimore Studio Flirts With Darkness

At Milan Design Week, founders Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci recreated the cosmos inside a...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Momina Watton

Momina Watton was working as a beauty publicist until a friend noticed her obsession with curating...

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Saudi Arabia Makes It Clear They’re Taking Design Seriously

In a wide-reaching show at Milan Design Week, the oil-rich country conveyed design’s role in the...