Architects and Artisans

Anyone who wants to see the real war in Iraq would do well to buy a copy of Michael Kamber’s new book, Photojournalists on War. It’s a vivid contradiction to many of the images widely broadcast and published during the past decade. That’s because Kamber, a veteran of 25-years in wartime photojournalism, hunkered down with [...]

It’s a whirlwind of a life for design editor Wendy Goodman. She’s been leading New York’s design coverage since 1997, and now edits the twice-annual, stand-alone Design Hunting too. The new summer issue is on the stands now, jam-packed with a full spectrum of aspirational types of living in New York – mostly in recycled spaces like apartments, [...]

There’s no question that Paul Makovsky, editorial director at Metropolis magazine, has a good eye. And at ICFF this year, he’s sharing what he recently discerned on a January tour of Norway. He’s curated an exhibit featuring the work of 21 emerging young Norwegian designers, age 18 to 40.  Some are still in school, and some are just [...]

Ethne Clarke is a writer, an editor and a publisher who’s on a mission. Besides serving as editor-in-chief of Organic Gardening, she’s just written a book on Cecil Ross Pinsent. If the name doesn’t ring a bell – well, that’s exactly why she wrote it. Pinsent was an English architect who worked in and around [...]

It started in 2011 as a design forum, an exhibition and a workshop, timed to coincide with ICFF and NYCxDESIGN. That year there were 35 participants.  This year, there will be 80.  Six thousand people attended last year; this year, about 9,000 are expected to attend, between May 18-20. WantedDesign has established its reputation as [...]

It’s not enough to have your  wallpaper showcased in a trio of windows at Bergdorf Goodman. Or to collaborate with Mike D of The Beastie Boys. Or to see your work installed on the walls of the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn. No.  If you’re Jon Sherman, creative director at Flavor Paper, you’ll want to create [...]

It’s an idea that only a couple of creative gallerists and curators might come up with: Pair up the work of contemporary French furniture designer Jacques Jarrige with signature pieces by the late 20th century masters who inspire him. That means bringing together tables, chairs, chandeliers and screens by Gio Ponti, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Royers. [...]

Sometimes, complexity is masked by simplicity. That’s the case for a series of four technology cabinets, designed by architects at Snohetta and executed by Eidolon Designs, for the James B. Hunt Library at N.C. State University in Raleigh. Eidolon’s Mike Parker brought together three different trades to engineer the parts and pieces for a trapezoidal-shaped [...]

A search through photography collections in the Research Triangle of North Carolina has led to a major exhibition of work at Duke’s Nasher Museum in Durham. “We wanted to get to know the collectors in our area, and we were shocked at what we found,” says Sarah Schroth, interim director at the museum and co-curator [...]

It’s an idea whose time has finally arrived. Fireclay Tiles has developed a manufacturing tool that allows customers to select designs and colors on a computer from home or work, then print out a rendering and place an order. “It gives them a good idea of what they’ll end up with,” says Jamie Chappell, creative [...]