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Design
Virtual Reality is Coming Faster than You Think

We're on the edge of VR breaking into the mainstream in a serious way, and everyone from game...

Design
Steven Haulenbeek Casts Metal in Ice

The young designer borrows from one of the most basic casting techniques to bring his bronze works...

Tech
Genius is Out to Annotate Everything

Brooklyn-based software company Genius may have started with rap lyrics, but now it plans to...

Studio Visit
Robots and 3-D Printers are Joris Laarman’s Tools of Choice

The Dutch designer lets us into his robotics factory, MX3D, which is spearheading programs that...

Design
Neri Oxman Is Redesigning the Natural World

From 3-D printing exoskeletons to creating biodegradable architecture, the MIT Media Lab professor...

Design
Sotheby’s Hosts Wyeth 20th Anniversary Design Auction in New York

In addition to it's routine design sale this week, Sotheby's is hosting Wyeth: The Art of Timeless...

How It's Made
How It’s Made: B&B Italia

As the Italian furniture giant turns 50, we take a look inside its Novedrate headquarters, where...

design
This Kettal Executive Trusts Word of Mouth Above All Else

Alex Alorda's father launched the Barcelona-based outdoor furniture maker over fifty years ago but...

Studio Visit
Gaetano Pesce Embraces Clutter

He's one of the most celebrated Italian designers in modern history, and, as ever, social issues...

Transport
Pininfarina Comes to America

The Italian design house opens a new U.S. outpost and unveils a fantastical concept car.

design
Turning a Carry-On into a Concept Store

The new travel brand, Away, opens a downtown New York shop inspired by two of the founders'...

Travel
Insider: Paula S. Wallace’s Guide to Savannah

The SCAD president and co-founder shares her favorite places to browse antiques and enjoy a...

design
Othr is 3-D Printing Real Design

The American brand is freeing designers from mass-production and connecting consumers with...

design
Gandia Blasco Turns 75 and Is Still Picking up Steam

The family-run Spanish outdoor furniture empire takes stock of its past as it looks to grow into...

design
Maderas Collective’s Mighty Wind

Can an American-led furniture company be a force for change in Nicaragua?