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“What’s So Great About The Diner?”

On the eve of Milan Design Week, opening night at The Diner was all about people, food, and fun.

ART
Weekend Cheat Sheet: April 16 – 22, 2018

Contemporary artists take on Plato in L.A., Elliott Puckette re-approaches the line, and more...

Design
3D-Printed Concrete Is Coming to New York’s Socrates Sculpture Park

A German-American design firm created comic book–esque public seating that encourages playfulness.

THE LIST
The Secrets to Good Design In the Print, Digital, and Physical Worlds

The founder of Hinterland design studio shares his secrets to a successful collaboration and brand...

Design
25 Designers On Their Favorite American Designs

We asked some of our favorite designers to help us celebrate American design.

DESIGN
8 Things to Know About Neri Oxman (That Have Nothing to Do with Brad Pitt)

A non-exhaustive primer on the venerable MIT professor.

Design
Jonathan Olivares Conceptualizes Color In a New Textile Collection for Kvadrat

The designer’s brilliant Twill Weave line launches next week during Salone del Mobile.

STANDOUTS
Top 10: Kitchen, Bath, and Tile

Our editors select their favorite designs from the hardest-working rooms in the home—along with...

THE LIST
A Pointed Yet Feminine Visual Identity for a Line of Convertible Handbags

Vere Verto’s branding, created by U.S.-based interactive firm Avec, is as elegant and...

SURFACE X MOMA DESIGN STORE
This Tech-Savvy Piano Packs a Quiet Presence—and a Powerful Play

The Roland Kiyola piano was meticulously designed for the digital age.

Design
Milan Design Week 2018 Preview: 14 Things Our Editors Can’t Wait to See

From Kvadrat’s experiments with upcycled textiles to Gufram’s disco fever, we pinpoint this...

WORDPLAY
Manhattan’s Starrett-Lehigh Building Is Covered in Fake Furniture

Our CEO points to a problem that pervades real-estate projects around the world: originality.

BACKSTORY
New York’s Most Famous Design Gallery Takes On a New Form

Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell reflect on Moss’s 18-year-run in a thoroughly entertaining...

Fashion
The Shoe Brand That Brings Bauhaus to the Runway

Designers Vanissa Antonious and Alan Buanne make high-design footwear that doubles as street art.

DESIGN
With “Yerma,” Witness a Woman Unravel Inside a Terrarium

Director Simon Stone explains how the set design for his new production—now in previews in New...