Editorial
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Read more: Beyond the Block: How Bloc Studios is Reimagining Marble for Contemporary Living
Beyond the Block: How Bloc Studios is Reimagining Marble for Contemporary Living
by Simone Lorusso
For centuries, marble has embodied contradictory values. It has been associated with monuments and power, permanence and prestige, often representi...Read more -
Read more: Objects With Narratives Meets Henry Van de Velde at Villa Westhinder
Objects With Narratives Meets Henry Van de Velde at Villa Westhinder
by Simone Lorusso
Throughout August, Villa Westhinder, overlooking the dunes of Knokke-Le-Zoute on Belgium’s North Sea coast, hosted the Summer Group Show by Objects...Read more -
Read more: Ana Kraš and the Making of HAY’s Ava Lamps
Ana Kraš and the Making of HAY’s Ava Lamps
by Simone Lorusso
Since its founding in Copenhagen in 2002, HAY has operated with a simple but radical premise: contemporary design should be accessible, expressive,...Read more -
Read more: Living Outside: Furniture, Culture, and the New Domestic Landscape
Living Outside: Furniture, Culture, and the New Domestic Landscape
by Simone Lorusso
Today, “outdoor” is no longer merely a physical environment located outside of walls and roofs. It is a cultural state of being, a social necessity...Read more -
Read more: Little James: When Architects Design for Themselves, the House Becomes an Autobiography
Little James: When Architects Design for Themselves, the House Becomes an Autobiography
by Simone Lorusso
There is a fundamental difference between designing a house for someone else and designing one for yourself. The first requires empathy; the second...Read more -
Read more: Annotations cc: Amber Zhang
Annotations cc: Amber Zhang
by Anoe Melliou
Amber Zhang, founder of NAKED SPACE, approaches design as a condition of gathering. Through shifting, soft topographies, her practice reclaims spac...Read more -
Read more: From Throne to Object: The Cultural Life of the Chair
From Throne to Object: The Cultural Life of the Chair
by Simone Lorusso
Few objects are as ordinary, and as culturally revealing, as the chair. It accompanies us through work, rest, conversation, ritual, and solitude. W...Read more -
Read more: Pedestal, Dear Maria and the Beauty of Small Rituals
Pedestal, Dear Maria and the Beauty of Small Rituals
by Simone Lorusso
For decades, contemporary culture has celebrated movement. Travelling, relocating, always being somewhere else became synonymous with freedom and s...Read more -
Read more: Annotations cc: Zeynep Boyan
Annotations cc: Zeynep Boyan
by Anoe Melliou
Zeynep Boyan explores tactility, memory and presence through biomorphic sculptural compositions. Approaching clay as a responsive, living material,...Read more
