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Blu Dot: Democratizing Good Design One Chair (Or Sofa, Table, or Bed) At A Time

The National Design Awards are given each year by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, to honor lasting achievement in American design and to...

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Keeping It Real With Ethnicraft

With its natural beauty, impressive strength and ability to be recycled and repurposed, it’s no wonder that wood is one of the most popular...

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Meet the Makers: Catching Up With Joe Cariati

Creating beauty with fire, breath and glass, Joe Cariati designs and creates exquisite glass vessels that are thin, colorful and modern. Each glass piece...

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It All Started with a Chair: When Philippe Met Emeco

It all started with a chair. And not just any chair. In 1944, Emeco (back then more commonly known as the Electrical Machine and...

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Meet the Makers: Eastvold Furniture

When you think of modern design, lofty images of metropolitan cities that are epicenters of art (usually European) come to mind. Sometimes we forget...

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Meet the Makers: Ercol

It takes a lot for a design to be considered a real original. In the case of the Originals Collection by Ercol, it requires...

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Meet the Makers: Cherner Chair Company

Iconic for its shapely molding and famous history, the Cherner Chair was considered a pinnacle of style from its inception. Built with a deceptively...

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Discovering Modern Design in the Norwegian Countryside

Stop here for a moment. Imagine yourself hiking alongside the muted tones of rare shrubs, plants, and the last remaining reindeer in the remote...

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Bring Design Home: Hermès Showroom

You might not think so at first, but some stylish-looking retail stores populate the world’s malls, downtowns, and shopping centers. From high-end, ultra-modern to...

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Huppé for 50 Years

In this competitive world we live in, it is quite a thing for a company to last for 10 years, let alone 50. But...

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#mydesignicon: 10 Tastemakers Choose Their Favorite Timeless Design Pieces

When it comes to our homes, trends can quickly come and go—but great design withstands the ebb and flow of fashion and fancy.

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How Florence Knoll Revolutionized How People Work

Post-World War II brought on massive change for the U.S., especially when it came to design. With the economy booming, America began to take...

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Nanimarquina Turns 30

30 years ago, when Nani Marquina embarked on the adventure of establishing her own company, the textile market was sorely lacking in designs that...

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Exploring the Design Process of the Alessi IN-possible Collection

No one can deny that New York City in May is the place to be for design lovers. The reason? May is the month...

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Frank Lloyd Wright at 150 at the NY MoMA

Few architects are as well known in America as Frank Lloyd Wright. Even for those that don’t follow architecture and design, most people will...

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