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Week of May 9, 2022
A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: towering pavilions and whimsical creatures by Serban Ionescu, on view at R…
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A New Lighting Brand, With Deep Roots in New Orleans and France, Putting a Modern Spin on Traditional Techniques
Swadoh — an anagram of shadow that founder Valerie Legras devised after reading the Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki’s “In Praise of Shadows” — works exclusively with small artisans who do intricate and often…
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Cool Chromes and Candy-Colored Resin: Introducing the First Sight Unseen Furniture Collection, Created in Collaboration With Bestcase
As an editorial platform and sometimes-IRL design show, Sight Unseen has been showcasing furniture and accessories by talented designers for almost thirteen years. But it wasn’t until nearly a decade in, when our…
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Obsessed With Materials? This Italian Brand Is Turning Them Into Wall Art
Most object designers — and object-lovers too, ourselves included — have an unusually heightened appreciation for materials. We can feel moved simply by the surface texture of clay, or by the way a…
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At a Los Angeles Gallery, Ceramic Fountains and a Living Room Rendered Entirely in Clay
For those of us who’ve gotten to know our homes and domestic spaces a little too well in the last couple of years, House and Garden, a joint installation of new work by…
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Week of May 2, 2022
A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: four more new design talents to close out our two-week series…
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Lukas Cober’s Practice Grew From Building Surfboards in his Teens
From a young age, there was never any doubt in Lukas Cober’s mind that he would pursue a career in design. “I have always been into crafts, so for me, it was clear…
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Rutger de Regt’s Latest Collection is a Creative Take on Children’s Crafts
Rutger De Regt’s current project, “Mommy I made an ashtray,” on view at Casa Perfect in New York until June, expands on the Dutch designer’s research into balloon-sculpting, using ceramic in lieu of…