by Sophia Conforti | Jan 21, 2021 | News
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by Sophia Conforti | Jan 14, 2021 | News
Every Thursday the Sixtysix newsletter delivers the latest creative news, designs, and insights straight to your inbox. Here are this week’s highlights. Not on the email list? Subscribe now. *** Social enterprise platform ISHKAR gives creatives in countries like... 
by Sophia Conforti | Jan 1, 2021 | Design
“I’m not interested in the neutral object,” says American designer Johanna Grawunder. What she does find intriguing is the experience. “Experiential design is the perfect way to meld architecture, industrial design, lighting, and furniture into what’s really... 
by Sophia Conforti | Dec 15, 2020 | Design
When Carlos Naude and Whitney Brown, the creative duo behind Working Holiday Studio, purchased Casa Mami’s 2.5-acre property two years ago, the house was fenced in, corrupting the view of the California desert. The couple removed the fence and upgraded the patio... 
by Sophia Conforti | Dec 11, 2020 | Products
By reimagining their entire product development process, The Urban Electric Co. went from producing one to two collections a year to nearly one new product a week—a shift that led to some of the lighting firm’s most innovative fixtures yet. For years they operated... 
by Sophia Conforti | Nov 27, 2020 | Products
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—and with it comes the busiest shopping day of the year. And though this year’s Black Friday looks different than, say, any other Black Friday in history, that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate, right? That... 
by Sophia Conforti | Aug 5, 2020 | News
When Stuart Semple created his blackest black paint—and then the pinkest pink—he set off not only to develop rich pigmentation but also to make art materials more accessible. Prior to what Stuart calls Black 3.0, artist Anish Kapoor owned the exclusive rights to the... 
by Sophia Conforti | Jul 22, 2020 | News
Astronauts have the International Space Station, and soon marine researchers will have PROTEUS™, an underwater research station and habitat designed by Yves Béhar and Fuseproject. Developed in partnership with the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center, the 4,000... 
by Sophia Conforti | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Banksy is at it again. The artist sprayed and stenciled a London Underground train with rats that use a face mask as a parachute, hoard hand sanitizer, and sneeze, leaving a trail of blue mucus in their wake. Banksy debuted his latest work in a video on Instagram... 
by Sophia Conforti | Jun 30, 2020 | Insights
Mary Jo Miller is hands-on in all of her creative projects. “Corporately, they want me to be more paper-driven, like a design brief,” the Vice President of Design and Creative Direction at HBF Textiles says. But that’s just not Mary Jo, who would rather test new color... 
by Sophia Conforti | Jun 4, 2020 | Insights
“I love branding because it’s kind of like the gateway drug to design,” says Ben Crick, creative director at COLLINS. Working with companies like Spotify, vitaminwater, smartwater, and Mailchimp, Ben is constantly talking with clients about the design decisions that... 
by Sophia Conforti | May 22, 2020 | News
It’s no secret that workplaces are changing. Remote work has become a necessary part of life, begging the questions: What happens when we go back to work? How will offices change, and what will their design focus be? Advertisement We might not have all of the answers... 