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• Contain Yourselves

  Annie Block, January 1, 2012
  Organizing the Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan this time invited worldwide artists to transform a dozen 20-foot shipping containers into visions of the home that fit the theme "New Sweet Style: Arbitat."  More

• Forever Yoors

  Annie Block, January 1, 2012
  At age 12, Jan Yoors ran off with a band of gypsies, an experience he later wrote a book about. In between, he trained as a sculptor, then became fascinated by tapestries and looms.  More

• A Family Affair

  Annie Block, January 1, 2012
  When graphic designer and art director Jennifer Garcia meets a fellow creative type, she feels a connection so strong that it can be compared only to kinship.  More

• These Boots Were Made for Walking

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, October 1, 2011
  It's a fashion milestone. The 148-year-old Frye Company has finally opened a Frye store, a 6,000-square-foot flagship in a century-old cast-iron factory in New York.  More

• The Art of the Dance

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, October 1, 2011
  Ever since Meghann Snow was a child in Cleveland, her feet have been her artistic outlet.  More

• On Top of the World

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, October 1, 2011
  The Cape Farewell Project has shepherded artists, writers, and musicians on seven ex­peditions up to the High Arctic region and one expedition down to the Andes.  More

• Looking Younger Every Day

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, September 1, 2011
  Kiehl's Since 1851 was founded on the very same East Village corner where the flagship stands today.  More

• New Exposure for Esto

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards., August 1, 2011
  Art and scultpre abound at architecture firms across the country.  More

• Interwoven Worlds

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, August 1, 2011

  

  
  Installations in "Fiber Futures: Japan's Textile Pioneers" are anything but tradition-bound.  More

• Busy Bees

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, August 1, 2011
  Presented with the National AIA Architecture Firm Award in 2009 and given a National Design Award in 2008, Olson Kundig Architects well deserves to rest on its laurels, you'd think-at least a little bit. Not so.  More

• Two on the Half Shell

  Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, August 1, 2011
  Now that Safdie Architects's Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is opening in Kansas City, Missouri, three local companies are relocating to a larger, more technologically advanced facility-with an incredibly conspicuous roof.  More

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