by Chris Force | Jul 9, 2019 | Recommended
We recently gathered up some of our favorite guilty pleasures from around the world, from a candle that uncannily captures the scent of a fireplace—courtesy of a cultishly adored perfume house—to the perfect slim-cut leather jacket designed by one of the best indie...
by Stephen Gossett | Mar 28, 2019 | Product Designers
It’s probably safe to say that D.S. & Durga is the only perfume house that sports a fragrance inspired by the rituals of proto-Mississippian culture circa 1200. But if that scans as novelty, it’s quickly apparent in speaking with cofounders Kavi and...
by Max Gunawan | Mar 26, 2019 | Product Designers
Jakarta-born, San Francisco-based designer Max Gunawan is the creative brain behind the book-shaped, fold-open Lumio light. He raised nearly $580,000 on an initial goal of just $60,000 in a 2013 Kickstarter campaign for his trademark product. In 2015 he appeared on...
by Stephen Gossett | Feb 19, 2019 | Product Designers
Designer Timothy Jacob Jensen’s 2018 was punctuated by professional tumult, so it makes sense that his 2019 is all about taking stock. In October 2018 Timothy was unceremoniously dismissed from the famous design studio that bears the name of his father, the late...
by Stephen Gossett | Feb 15, 2019 | Designers, Furniture Designers, News, Product Designers
Known for incorporating recycled materials into her sleek objects and furniture, and for launching the New York-based Slash Objects, Arielle Assouline-Lichten is this year’s recipient of WantedDesign’s American Design Honors, the fair’s annual...
by Stephen Gossett | Feb 8, 2019 | Art, News, Product Designers
Brunelleschi versus Ghiberti. Banksy versus King Robbo. We’ve seen several heated art feuds throughout history, and while plenty have produced great artwork, few—if any—have produced great art materials. But that recently changed when British artist Stuart...
by Maia Welbel | Feb 7, 2019 | Illustration, Product Designers
Adam J. Kurtz is a designer, illustrator, author, and creator of the ADAMJK gift product line, but he never set out to make any of those labels a career. He says his multi-hyphenate reality is a result of sharing the things he makes without worrying about them being...
by Laura Rote | Jan 2, 2019 | Furniture Designers, Objects & Gear, Product Designers, Recommended
A contemporary step forward for classic, Scandinavian-style seating; avian-inspired vases from France; sleek, minimalist dinnerware and decorative ceramics out of Belfast, and more. Check out five of the best decorative-object and furniture designs to recently hit our...
by Julia Stone | Jan 2, 2019 | Objects & Gear, Product Designers, Recommended
SOG stays sharp—and not just because they make knives and multi-tools. The company started by creating replicas of the knives used by the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), a Special Forces team in Vietnam. Now the cutting-edge company uses research as its design...
by Laura Rote | Dec 10, 2018 | Interior Designers
Justina Blakeney has always been creative. As a kid, you could often find her painting or drawing, and she’s long had a love of ceramics, knitting, and even playing music (she sings and plays guitar). For years she dreamed of running her own design empire. Nearly a...
