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Should Museums Prioritize Emotional Wellness Activities? The Rubin Museum of Art Thinks So. — culture
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Should Museums Prioritize Emotional Wellness Activities? The Rubin Museum of Art Thinks So.

Dally Goods’s Aromatic Hand Washes Are Designed to Help You Unwind — culture
Dally Goods’s Aromatic Hand Washes Are Designed to Help You Unwind

Danish Design Firm HAY Heralds Its 20th Anniversary With a Superb, Highly Tactile Book — culture
Danish Design Firm HAY Heralds Its 20th Anniversary With a Superb, Highly Tactile Book

Eliminate Odors With These Bamboo Charcoal–Filled Linen Bags — culture
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Eliminate Odors With These Bamboo Charcoal–Filled Linen Bags

The Secret to a Better Night's Sleep? Alarm Clocks — culture
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The Secret to a Better Night's Sleep? Alarm Clocks

Skillfully Handcrafted Chairs, Designed with Toddlers in Mind — culture
Skillfully Handcrafted Chairs, Designed with Toddlers in Mind

These Public Toilets in Tokyo Promote Good Design and Inclusivity — culture
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These Public Toilets in Tokyo Promote Good Design and Inclusivity

These Scent Diffusers Enhance a Room in More Ways Than One — culture
These Scent Diffusers Enhance a Room in More Ways Than One

Get Your Home Gym (and Yourself) Into Shape With These Solutions — culture
Get Your Home Gym (and Yourself) Into Shape With These Solutions

Toilet-Paper Holders, Reimagined as Works of Art

With Art and Altruism, an Exhibition Explores the Strength and Beauty of Interconnection — culture
With Art and Altruism, an Exhibition Explores the Strength and Beauty of Interconnection

Artist Michael Pinsky’s Climate-Action Plan: “Pollution Pods” — culture
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Artist Michael Pinsky’s Climate-Action Plan: “Pollution Pods”

Cartier’s Newest High Jewelry Collection Was Crafted to Stimulate the Senses — culture
Cartier’s Newest High Jewelry Collection Was Crafted to Stimulate the Senses

Gohar World’s Handmade Tableware Makes for Satisfyingly Surreal Meals — culture
Gohar World’s Handmade Tableware Makes for Satisfyingly Surreal Meals

In “Social Works,” Antwaun Sargent Explores the Connections Between Space and Black Social Practice — culture
In “Social Works,” Antwaun Sargent Explores the Connections Between Space and Black Social Practice

Be Your Own Masseuse With These Handcrafted Massage Tools — culture
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Be Your Own Masseuse With These Handcrafted Massage Tools

A Multi-Venue Exhibition in Ghana Seeks to Shift Perspectives Through the Lens of Time — culture
A Multi-Venue Exhibition in Ghana Seeks to Shift Perspectives Through the Lens of Time

Vitsoe’s In-House Chef Will Leigh on Keeping the Company Fed in a Pandemic — culture
Vitsoe’s In-House Chef Will Leigh on Keeping the Company Fed in a Pandemic

Alexandra Lange on Mall Nostalgia, Romance Novels, and Twitch — culture
Alexandra Lange on Mall Nostalgia, Romance Novels, and Twitch

Vietnamese-American Stylist Beverly Nguyen Pays Tribute to Her Family and Friends With a New Pop-Up Shop — culture
Vietnamese-American Stylist Beverly Nguyen Pays Tribute to Her Family and Friends With a New Pop-Up Shop

A Brooklyn Studio Whose Creations Alter Our Perspectives on Time — culture
A Brooklyn Studio Whose Creations Alter Our Perspectives on Time

The Story Behind Lewis Miller’s Unforgettable #FlowerFlash Installations — culture
The Story Behind Lewis Miller’s Unforgettable #FlowerFlash Installations

A Bold Bulgari Collection Pays Tribute to Gems, Women, and Artistry — culture
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A Bold Bulgari Collection Pays Tribute to Gems, Women, and Artistry

Cartier’s First Solar-Powered Watch Features Straps Made From Food Scraps — culture
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Cartier’s First Solar-Powered Watch Features Straps Made From Food Scraps

A Renaissance of Artful Puzzle-Making — culture
A Renaissance of Artful Puzzle-Making

What the Fashion Industry Can Learn From Biology — culture
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What the Fashion Industry Can Learn From Biology

A Smartphone Alternative We Can Totally Get Behind — culture
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A Smartphone Alternative We Can Totally Get Behind

Why Human Composting Is the Future of Death Care — culture
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Why Human Composting Is the Future of Death Care

Jewelry Designer Monique Péan Creates a Feat of Meteoric Proportions, Literally — culture
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Jewelry Designer Monique Péan Creates a Feat of Meteoric Proportions, Literally

How Kilomet109 Is Preserving Vietnam's Rich Fashion and Textile Heritage — culture
How Kilomet109 Is Preserving Vietnam's Rich Fashion and Textile Heritage

An Expressive Jewelry Line That Celebrates the Devices Worn by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People — culture
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An Expressive Jewelry Line That Celebrates the Devices Worn by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People

Design Miami’s Curatorial Director Sees Art Fairs as Powerful Platforms for Cultural Exchange — culture
Design Miami’s Curatorial Director Sees Art Fairs as Powerful Platforms for Cultural Exchange

The Obscure Familiarity of Eric Oglander’s Found-Object Sculptures — culture
The Obscure Familiarity of Eric Oglander’s Found-Object Sculptures

The Ambient Sounds of Your Office, Simulated by a Cheeky Website — culture
The Ambient Sounds of Your Office, Simulated by a Cheeky Website

Chen Chen and Kai Williams on Playing With Food — culture
Chen Chen and Kai Williams on Playing With Food

This Elegant Glass Speaker Magnifies Sounds From Your Smartphone — culture
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This Elegant Glass Speaker Magnifies Sounds From Your Smartphone

Meet the Graphic Designer Who Maps Cities by Their Scents — culture
Meet the Graphic Designer Who Maps Cities by Their Scents

Nakagawa Mokkougei Makes the World’s Most Exquisite Buckets — culture
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Nakagawa Mokkougei Makes the World’s Most Exquisite Buckets

The Crinkled Paper Lanterns of Bradley Bowers, a Magician of Materials — culture
The Crinkled Paper Lanterns of Bradley Bowers, a Magician of Materials

These Elegant, Easy-to-Customize Note Cards Add an Artful Touch to Letter Writing — culture
These Elegant, Easy-to-Customize Note Cards Add an Artful Touch to Letter Writing

Google’s First Retail Space Is Simultaneously Tranquil and Teched-Out — culture
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Google’s First Retail Space Is Simultaneously Tranquil and Teched-Out

Robert Stadler Has a “Playdate” With Philip Johnson at His Glass House — culture
Robert Stadler Has a “Playdate” With Philip Johnson at His Glass House

These Earthenware Vessels by Omar Sosa Invite Improvisation and Play — culture
These Earthenware Vessels by Omar Sosa Invite Improvisation and Play

Streamlined Watches Designed to Slow Down Time — culture
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Streamlined Watches Designed to Slow Down Time

Stefan Sagmeister’s Playlist of David Bryne Cover Songs — culture
Stefan Sagmeister’s Playlist of David Bryne Cover Songs

In Brooklyn, a Creative Campus Designed to Slow Artists and Visitors Down — culture
In Brooklyn, a Creative Campus Designed to Slow Artists and Visitors Down

How Tom van Puyvelde Transformed a Berlin Bathhouse Into an Office Rooted in History and Place — culture
How Tom van Puyvelde Transformed a Berlin Bathhouse Into an Office Rooted in History and Place

Fish Scales and Lunar Dust May Hold the Key to Building on the Moon — nature
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Fish Scales and Lunar Dust May Hold the Key to Building on the Moon

An Offbeat Exhibition in Madrid Puts the Focus on Curators — culture
An Offbeat Exhibition in Madrid Puts the Focus on Curators

The Enduring Relevance of Kintsugi, the Japanese Art of Repairing Broken Ceramics — culture
The Enduring Relevance of Kintsugi, the Japanese Art of Repairing Broken Ceramics

Spencer Bailey on Memorials, Abstraction, and the Act of Unforgetting — culture
Spencer Bailey on Memorials, Abstraction, and the Act of Unforgetting

The Fascinating, Often Shameful History of U.S. Voting Ballot Design — culture
The Fascinating, Often Shameful History of U.S. Voting Ballot Design

Stylist Kate Young on Her All-Time Favorite Awards Season Dresses — culture
Stylist Kate Young on Her All-Time Favorite Awards Season Dresses

Three Perfume Brands Transforming Trash into Sweet-Smelling Treasures — culture
Three Perfume Brands Transforming Trash into Sweet-Smelling Treasures

How to Design A Wine Label, According to Apartamento Magazine’s Omar Sosa — culture
How to Design A Wine Label, According to Apartamento Magazine’s Omar Sosa

The Prolific, Genre-Defying Output of Luca Nichetto

Janne Saario Subtly Integrates Skate Parks Into Landscapes and Cities — culture
Janne Saario Subtly Integrates Skate Parks Into Landscapes and Cities

Vintage Loudspeakers, Restored and Transformed Into Aural Works of Art — culture
Vintage Loudspeakers, Restored and Transformed Into Aural Works of Art

MoMA Curator Paola Antonelli on Pandemics and Protests — culture
MoMA Curator Paola Antonelli on Pandemics and Protests

The Colorful History of the Eliot Noyes House, Explained by Abby Bangser — culture
The Colorful History of the Eliot Noyes House, Explained by Abby Bangser

“The New Era” Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Prefers to Consume Media the Old-Fashioned Way — culture
“The New Era” Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Prefers to Consume Media the Old-Fashioned Way

Makgeolli Gets a Hip Millennial Update — culture
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Makgeolli Gets a Hip Millennial Update

Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance’s New Lisbon Studio Celebrates Portugese Craft — culture
Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance’s New Lisbon Studio Celebrates Portugese Craft

Meet Ri Serax, the Australian Jewelry Designer Who Makes Outrageous Gold Grills — culture
Meet Ri Serax, the Australian Jewelry Designer Who Makes Outrageous Gold Grills

Two Millennial Jewelers Practicing the Ancient Art of Goldsmithing — culture
Two Millennial Jewelers Practicing the Ancient Art of Goldsmithing

How East Fork Is Using Its Coveted Pottery to Promote Equality — culture
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How East Fork Is Using Its Coveted Pottery to Promote Equality

This Sound System Revolutionizes How We Listen to Live Music — culture
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This Sound System Revolutionizes How We Listen to Live Music

How to Break the Cycle of a Throwaway Society — culture
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How to Break the Cycle of a Throwaway Society

Protect Your Hearing With These Otherworldly Earplugs — nature
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Protect Your Hearing With These Otherworldly Earplugs

Kvadrat’s First New York Showroom Is an Elegant Homage to the Square — culture
Kvadrat’s First New York Showroom Is an Elegant Homage to the Square

In Detroit, a Six-Day Hermès Exhibition Celebrates Craft and Community — culture
In Detroit, a Six-Day Hermès Exhibition Celebrates Craft and Community

Pairing Champagne and Ice Cream, Stephanie Goto Masterminds an Extraordinary Omakase — culture
Pairing Champagne and Ice Cream, Stephanie Goto Masterminds an Extraordinary Omakase

An Exhibition Posits How Design Can Be a Steward of Nature and the Future — culture
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An Exhibition Posits How Design Can Be a Steward of Nature and the Future

Sight Unseen’s Jill Singer on Why She Doesn’t Actually Consume That Much Design Content — culture
Sight Unseen’s Jill Singer on Why She Doesn’t Actually Consume That Much Design Content

Stüssy and Tekla’s New Capsule Collection Offers Pared-Down Pieces for Surf and Sleep — culture
Stüssy and Tekla’s New Capsule Collection Offers Pared-Down Pieces for Surf and Sleep

Marlène Huissoud Crafts a Provocative Chair for Insects — culture
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Marlène Huissoud Crafts a Provocative Chair for Insects

Yolande Batteau’s Latest Body of Work Reflects a Passionate Personal Investigation of Materials and Self — culture
Yolande Batteau’s Latest Body of Work Reflects a Passionate Personal Investigation of Materials and Self

Beautify Your Cacti With These Custom Planters — nature
Beautify Your Cacti With These Custom Planters

Lego’s Pleasing New “White Noise” Playlist Evokes Childlike Wonder — culture
Lego’s Pleasing New “White Noise” Playlist Evokes Childlike Wonder

Amy Auscherman on Rare Books, Celebrity Gossip, and Isamu Noguchi — culture
Amy Auscherman on Rare Books, Celebrity Gossip, and Isamu Noguchi

How a Finnish Furniture Company Explores the Potential of Pine — culture
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How a Finnish Furniture Company Explores the Potential of Pine

In Minnesota, a Denim-Repair Shop Celebrates Wear and Tear — culture
In Minnesota, a Denim-Repair Shop Celebrates Wear and Tear

MASS Design Group’s Model for Building a More Just Society Through Architecture — culture
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MASS Design Group’s Model for Building a More Just Society Through Architecture

In London, a Big Bouquet of Horns Brings People Together Through Sound — culture
In London, a Big Bouquet of Horns Brings People Together Through Sound

The Artist Plate Project’s Limited-Edition Dishes Serve Homeless New Yorkers — culture
The Artist Plate Project’s Limited-Edition Dishes Serve Homeless New Yorkers

Introducing Our New Podcast About the Future of Work — culture
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Introducing Our New Podcast About the Future of Work

This Radio Connects Listeners to a World of Fresh Foreign Sounds — nature
This Radio Connects Listeners to a World of Fresh Foreign Sounds

How Design Can Reframe Ocean Plastic as a Resource, Not Waste — nature
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How Design Can Reframe Ocean Plastic as a Resource, Not Waste

How This Antwerp Designer Uses Cork to Create Meditative Spaces of Silence — culture
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How This Antwerp Designer Uses Cork to Create Meditative Spaces of Silence

Pleated Clothing Designed to Grow With Your Kid — culture
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Pleated Clothing Designed to Grow With Your Kid

This New Book Highlights Spaces Made to Engage the Senses — culture
This New Book Highlights Spaces Made to Engage the Senses

A New Bauhaus Museum Worthy of Its Lineage — culture
A New Bauhaus Museum Worthy of Its Lineage

The New Book “Designers Against Coronavirus” Is a Powerhouse of Positivity — culture
The New Book “Designers Against Coronavirus” Is a Powerhouse of Positivity

A Book About Joints Celebrates the Big Ideas Behind Tiny Details — culture
A Book About Joints Celebrates the Big Ideas Behind Tiny Details

Why Mood Boards Are Key to Developing Personal Style — culture
Why Mood Boards Are Key to Developing Personal Style

For Rebecca van Bergen, Craft Is a Means to Change the World — culture
For Rebecca van Bergen, Craft Is a Means to Change the World

A Beautiful Bare-Bones Radio, Designed by an Architect Who Strove for Simplicity — culture
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A Beautiful Bare-Bones Radio, Designed by an Architect Who Strove for Simplicity

Devon Turnbull on Building His Cultish Handcrafted Speakers — culture
Devon Turnbull on Building His Cultish Handcrafted Speakers

A New Immersive Exhibition Brings Interiors From the Book Goodnight Moon to Life — culture
A New Immersive Exhibition Brings Interiors From the Book Goodnight Moon to Life

Willo Perron’s Debut Furniture Show Makes the Case for a “No Coasters” Design Movement — culture
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Willo Perron’s Debut Furniture Show Makes the Case for a “No Coasters” Design Movement

How Two Italian Designers Who Never Met Created an Iconic Floor Lamp

Alcova 2022 Presents Designs That Look Inward, Outward, and Beyond — culture
Alcova 2022 Presents Designs That Look Inward, Outward, and Beyond

Nature’s Functional Forms, Billions of Years in the Making — nature
Nature’s Functional Forms, Billions of Years in the Making

Designer Jonathan Olivares’s All-Time Favorite Skateboarding Soundtrack — culture
Designer Jonathan Olivares’s All-Time Favorite Skateboarding Soundtrack

How the Pandemic Has Altered the Way We View Everyday Objects — culture
How the Pandemic Has Altered the Way We View Everyday Objects

Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood — culture
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Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood

The Analog, MoMA-Approved Rowing Machine Giving Us a Full-Body Workout

The Brooklyn Baker Modeling Cakes on Her Rock Collection — culture
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The Brooklyn Baker Modeling Cakes on Her Rock Collection

For Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the Cone Is “Perfect Geometry” — culture
For Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the Cone Is “Perfect Geometry”

Industrial Facility’s Pared-Down Home Accessories Are Happy to Be Handled — culture
Industrial Facility’s Pared-Down Home Accessories Are Happy to Be Handled

Glenn Adamson’s New Book Explains How Skilled Makers Made America — culture
Glenn Adamson’s New Book Explains How Skilled Makers Made America

These Wood Boxes Hold Centuries of Japanese Culture and Craftsmanship — culture
These Wood Boxes Hold Centuries of Japanese Culture and Craftsmanship

This Car Diffuser Transforms Any Road Trip Into an Opulent Olfactory Experience — culture
This Car Diffuser Transforms Any Road Trip Into an Opulent Olfactory Experience

Teenage Engineering’s OB-4 Speaker Redefines Radio as We Know It — culture
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Teenage Engineering’s OB-4 Speaker Redefines Radio as We Know It

These Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind — culture
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These Headphones Create Superior Sound and a Quiet Mind

How Artist and Designer María Elena Pombo Is Sowing Seeds for Change — culture
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How Artist and Designer María Elena Pombo Is Sowing Seeds for Change

New York Inmates and the Ladd Brothers Want You to Think About Prison — culture
New York Inmates and the Ladd Brothers Want You to Think About Prison

Ditch Your Loofah for This Exfoliating Shower Towel From Japan — culture
Ditch Your Loofah for This Exfoliating Shower Towel From Japan

Bjarke Ingels on Creating Extraordinary Environments for Today and Tomorrow — culture
Bjarke Ingels on Creating Extraordinary Environments for Today and Tomorrow

These Radical Textiles Grew Out of Focused, Open-Minded Attention — culture
These Radical Textiles Grew Out of Focused, Open-Minded Attention

This Soundscape Brings an Age-Old Model of Communal Living to Life — culture
This Soundscape Brings an Age-Old Model of Communal Living to Life

The Noguchi Museum’s Ginormous Online Archive, at Your Fingertips — culture
The Noguchi Museum’s Ginormous Online Archive, at Your Fingertips

Michel Rojkind on Rhythm, Drumming, and How Music Influences His Design Practice — culture
Michel Rojkind on Rhythm, Drumming, and How Music Influences His Design Practice

With His First Clothing Line, Stefan Sagmeister Visualizes Positive Global Trends — culture
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With His First Clothing Line, Stefan Sagmeister Visualizes Positive Global Trends

Julian Watts Heeds the Call of the Wild — culture
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Julian Watts Heeds the Call of the Wild

This Olfactory Design Studio in Berlin Makes Scents That Stimulate the Soul — culture
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This Olfactory Design Studio in Berlin Makes Scents That Stimulate the Soul

Make Restaurant-Quality Pies at Home With These Portable Pizza Ovens — culture
Make Restaurant-Quality Pies at Home With These Portable Pizza Ovens

In Wisconsin, an Exhibition of Analog Art Shaped by Digital Themes — culture
In Wisconsin, an Exhibition of Analog Art Shaped by Digital Themes

Jasper Morrison’s Latest Seats for Emeco Radiate a Warm, Tactile Presence — culture
Jasper Morrison’s Latest Seats for Emeco Radiate a Warm, Tactile Presence

The Stealthy World of Olfactory Branding, Explained by Olivia Jezler — culture
The Stealthy World of Olfactory Branding, Explained by Olivia Jezler

Twenty Years On, Yves Béhar’s Designs Still Challenge the Status Quo — culture
Twenty Years On, Yves Béhar’s Designs Still Challenge the Status Quo

In Vietnam, Võ Trọng Nghĩa Merges Nature and Architecture — culture
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In Vietnam, Võ Trọng Nghĩa Merges Nature and Architecture

Make Space on Your Counter for Ghetto Gastro’s New Kitchenware Line — culture
Make Space on Your Counter for Ghetto Gastro’s New Kitchenware Line

Ini Archibong Creates a Traveling Monument Devoted to the African Diaspora — culture
Ini Archibong Creates a Traveling Monument Devoted to the African Diaspora

With Darning, Celia Pym Brings the Stories of Clothes to Life — culture
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With Darning, Celia Pym Brings the Stories of Clothes to Life

The Art of Gift Wrapping, Japanese-Style — culture
The Art of Gift Wrapping, Japanese-Style

Bjarke Ingels’s Miniature Wooden Panda for Architectmade — culture
Bjarke Ingels’s Miniature Wooden Panda for Architectmade

Home Furnishings That Rethink the Future of Plastic Bottles — culture
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Home Furnishings That Rethink the Future of Plastic Bottles

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This Mexican Fragrance Brand Borrows Its Notes From Local Vegetation

With Jasper Morrison at Its Creative Helm, Japanese Furniture Company Koyori Makes Splendid Seats

David Chipperfield Sets a New Stage for Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin — culture
David Chipperfield Sets a New Stage for Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

How Stylist Kate Young Picks the Perfect Premiere Dress — culture
How Stylist Kate Young Picks the Perfect Premiere Dress

This Alarm Clock Helps You Fall Asleep — culture
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This Alarm Clock Helps You Fall Asleep

Goodee’s Ethically Made Objects Make a Positive Impact on People and the Planet — culture
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Goodee’s Ethically Made Objects Make a Positive Impact on People and the Planet

How Serendipity Helps Omer Arbel Materialize the Unseen — culture
How Serendipity Helps Omer Arbel Materialize the Unseen

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A Brooklyn Wellness Brand That Harnesses the Power of Good Design

An Elegantly Imperfect Table Lamp, Translated From Cardboard to Clay — culture
An Elegantly Imperfect Table Lamp, Translated From Cardboard to Clay

Milan Design Week 2022 Preview: Salone del Mobile Is Back, But Not (Yet) in Full Force — culture
Milan Design Week 2022 Preview: Salone del Mobile Is Back, But Not (Yet) in Full Force

These Knitted Kinetic Lights Take Playtime Seriously — culture
These Knitted Kinetic Lights Take Playtime Seriously

In Aspen, an Exhibition Meditates on “Mountain Time” — culture
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In Aspen, an Exhibition Meditates on “Mountain Time”

DADA Daily Makes Healthy Snacking Incredibly Appetizing — culture
DADA Daily Makes Healthy Snacking Incredibly Appetizing

Four Do-Not-Miss Highlights at This Year’s Design Miami Fair — culture
Four Do-Not-Miss Highlights at This Year’s Design Miami Fair

Japanese Designer Naoto Fukasawa’s New Stool Collection Raises the Bar of Sustainability — culture
Japanese Designer Naoto Fukasawa’s New Stool Collection Raises the Bar of Sustainability

In Miami, an Amsterdam Studio Builds a Pared-Down Portal to Japan’s Serene Birch Forests — culture
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In Miami, an Amsterdam Studio Builds a Pared-Down Portal to Japan’s Serene Birch Forests

Editor and Publisher Kai Brach’s Inspiringly Minimalist Media Intake — culture
Editor and Publisher Kai Brach’s Inspiringly Minimalist Media Intake

These Dyes Made by Bacteria Could Transform the Fashion Industry — culture
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These Dyes Made by Bacteria Could Transform the Fashion Industry