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Riff on This

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, May 1, 2010

Pity the guitar that gently weeps. From a cubist collage to living-room furniture, the instrument is currently striking a major chord in the world's aesthetic melody. More
A Call to Action

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, May 1, 2010

Taiwanese cell-phone company HTC made a call of its own when its U.S. user-interface team needed a new Seattle office. On the other end of the line were Lisa Chadbourne and Daren Doss, whose Chadbourne + Doss Architects was already in the midst of renovating the house of HTC's creative director. The 5,000-square-foot office is on the second floor of a 1900 warehouse recently converted by Shed. More
Designwire

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, May 1, 2010

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council has extended its reach to Governors Island, ½ mile away across New York Harbor, by bringing in Davis Brody Bond Aedas to retrofit a 14,000-square-foot 1870's military building as studio, exhibition, and rehearsal space for visual and performing artists. Since March, approximately 30 of them—chosen by a committee that includes Storefront for Art an... More
Try These On for Size

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
Slip on your walking Choos. Museums everywhere are exploring their fashion sense this spring. At the Indianapolis Museum of Art, "Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture From the IMA's Collection" documents the liberation of the female form. Think trailblazing garments from Issey Miyake androgyny to Gianni Versace audacity. More
Wash and Wear

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
Think of it as a high-style bake sale. Ilse Crawford and Anne Mieke Eggenkamp, dean and executive board chair at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, have selected projects by 2009 graduates for a selling exhibition at Sotheby's in London. The 25 items will be sold from May 13 to 18. From the academy's quirkily named Man and Well-Being department, which focuses the emotional and sen... More
Something's in the Air

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
Sight and smell are mingling more than ever. Among the whiffs of evidence: limited-edition packaging, furniture begetting fragrance, designers turned perfumers. New York's Museum of Modern Art and Parsons the New School for Design have even teamed up for a symposium called Headspace: On Scent as Design. More
Filled With Meaning

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
Seeing the empty drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory in New York is awe-inspiring in itself. Now imagine the 55,000-square-foot column-free space appointed with 45 neat piles of secondhand clothing, demarcated by iron posts, and a 66-foot-long partition, built from biscuit tins, while the sound of amplified human heartbeats reverberates throughout. More
Q: Fashion to Interiors

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
Crossover dreams can be sweet. We asked our people, "Which fashion designer has made the smoothest transition to interiors?" More
Local Heroes

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
What's really left of New York's garment district in the year 2010? Which designer showrooms and factories are still there? In terms of urban planning, does the district function as efficiently as possible? These concerns and more are being addressed by Made in Midtown, a study organized by the Design Trust for Public Space and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. More
A Family Affair

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
"They both start from sketching," Jane Yang points out, comparing interiors and fashion. A former senior associate at TPG Architecture, she's just launched Anaïs & I, a girls' clothing line where comfort, charm, and easy care reign. Aside from natural fibers and machine-washability, Yang's secret weapon, also the brand's namesake, is her 4-year-old daughter—a one-person focus gro... More
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Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2010
"Why Design Now?" That's the question asked by New York's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, for its National Design Triennial, opening May 14. The first Cooper-Hewitt triennial with a global reach, the exhibition offers an answer in the form of 125-plus products and projects reflecting how the international design community can help solve such world problems as climate change and poverty. More
Big BAM

Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards, Edited by Annie Block, February 1, 2010

Commissioned to replace the carpet in the cinema center at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music, designers with a flair for the obvious might have simply rolled out the red. Madeline Weinrib, on the other hand, conjured up free-flowing botanical imagery. More
Liberty of London for Target

Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards, Edited by Annie Block, February 1, 2010

Thomas O'Brien designed a collection that was strictly for the home. So did Victoria Hagan. Liberty of London for Target, launching March 14, is the mega-retailer's most comprehensive Design for All series to date. More
Q: Oscar-Worthy Design

Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards, Edited by Annie Block, February 1, 2010
As the red carpet is readied for the Academy Awards, we asked, "Which 2009 film should snag an Oscar for design?" More
It Speaks Volumes

Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards, Edited by Annie Block, February 1, 2010

Never underestimate the networking potential of a book club. After joining one that often meets at New York's McNally Jackson Books, Front Studio struck up a friendship with owner Sarah McNally. More
An Icon Remembered: Verner Panton

Annie Block and Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2010

Based on archival evidence that's, at best, sketchy, 2010 may have us toasting the 50th anniversary of Verner Panton's first drawing for his namesake chair. Or else the congrats are a year overdue. More
Pointing the Way

Annie Block and Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2010

The current objects of our affection, arrows themselves have become directional. Let's hope they point up for 2010. More
Go, Big Blue: HOK Bus Depot

Annie Block and Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2010

Public transit is the most sustainable way to roll. So, when the HOK office in Los Angeles tackled a City of Santa Monica maintenance facility, the firm knew that—regardless of the name Big Blue Bus—the depot had to be green. More
A New Wave: Design Museum Holon

Annie Block and Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2010

London is the longtime location of Ron Arad Associates, but its namesake principal's native country is Israel—where the Design Museum Holon has been slowly rising from the ground. More
Martin Puryear Prints

Annie Block and Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2010

Most people know him for his thought-provoking wooden sculptures, many with slightly irreverent titles. Fewer probably know that he's also a draftsman and printmaker. More

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