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Since I’m not much of a comic book fan, my first exposure to Romolo Stanco’s GreenLantern sent me straight to the reference corner for a quick schooling vis a vis the emerald-tinted hero. Apart from discovering that the persona has appeared in multiple guises with multiple narratives since circa 1940, Read more…
Collaboration can be the key to innovation. The marriage of vision and material have yielded a new collection: “Established & Sons have combined their focus in producing innovative contemporary design with the mastery of Venini’s glass manufacturing for their ongoing partnership.” Read more…
Meet Kimberly Manne of Warp Designs LLC—long-time Brooklynite, former proprietor of Williamsburg’s Warp Showroom; current full-time interior designer; and “Owner, Creative Director, Head Designer, and Most Enthusiastic Sculptor with a Business Plan.” Manne’s enthusiasm is palpable indeed, Read more…
“Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about,” from The Secret Life of Bees. The Honeycomb vase, a collaboration between Tómas Gabzdil Libertiny, a young Slovakian product designer, Read more…
What would a design trade show be without names like Philippe Starck, Luisa Bocchietto, and Zaha Hadid? Fortunately, I don’t have to answer that question as Serralunga is with us at IDS (straight from the beautiful lands of Italy). Read more…
Design Miami is a bit of an iconoclast in the exhibition circuit. As exhibit organizers attest, the event intends to blur the divide between art and design, rather than insisting on the primacy of a salable “product.” Read more…
Design with a conscious is no longer an alien concept to high-end manufactures who are becoming more and more receptive to trot uncharted, non-lucrative product territory. Read more…
