Designwire

Edited by Annie Block, Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards -- Interior Design, 11/1/2009

A Lensman's Legacy

Documenting modernist masterworks, he ensured immortality for such architects as Pierre Koenig, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra in the American psyche. Now Julius Shulman's own memory is living on through tributes around the U.S. First came Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, in which filmmaker Eric Bricker traced his subject's half-century career. >>More



Girard Generation

Call him the comeback king—Alexander Girard is popping up everywhere. That's partly thanks to Built, a company founded by two Cranbrook Academy of Art grad students and best known for pushing neoprene beyond wet suits. . .to wine totes and more. >>More



On the Boards

Check out these stunts. Skateboards are coming in from the parking lot—and bringing some street savvy to the world of decor. Totally rad, dude. >>More



A Dr. in the House

Originally standard-issue for the working man, Dr. Martens became the counterculture boot of choice. Clearly articulating that transformation is the brand's London pop-up shop, which materialized for a six-month run at Old Spitalfields Market. >>More

 

Le Blob Jewelry

We think Le Blob is le chic. Fernando Akasaka's jewelry collection—an offshoot of his furniture and product-design studio, F. Akasaka, in São Paulo, Brazil—debuts with sterling silver and 18-karat gold necklaces and bracelets as well as rings for ears, fingers, and toes. >>More