On View Here Are 6 of the Most Daring Design Shows to See This Month (Think Chainsawed Furniture, Hamburger Vases, and Giant Crystals) These designers are starting the year with a bang. By Adrian Madlener, Jan 11, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions A New Show of Contemporary Mexican Design Explores the Explosive Scene on Its Own Terms "Everything Here Is Volcanic" features unusual materials—including actual volcanic rock—at Friedman Benda gallery. By Adrian Madlener, Jan 5, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions An Interactive Online Exhibition Explores Ray Eames’s Indelible Impact on Midcentury American Design We spoke with Ray Eames’s granddaughter and chief curator of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 22, 2022
On View An Istanbul-Based Furniture Studio Revives an Ancient Turkish Knotted-Wood Technique for a New York Audience The studio renders knotted wood in monolithic furnishings, available through Love House gallery. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 19, 2022
Art World In a New Exhibition at Guild Gallery in New York, Functional Artists Find Deeper Meaning in Everyday Objects Each object in the show contains a semblance of individual personality, and no two objects are exactly the same. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 14, 2022
Art World A Single-Owner Collection of More Than 200 Audacious Takes on the Humble Chair Goes on View in Switzerland Many of the chairs have been distorted by their creator to such a degree that they are rendered non-functional. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 13, 2022
Art World Finnish Fetish? A New L.A. Exhibition of 20th-Century Design Explores How Scandinavian Objects Won Over America Scandi-core and "hygge" are modern legacies of the midcentury design exchange. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 12, 2022
On View The Career of Willy Guhl, Creator of the Iconic ‘Shell Seat,’ Gets Another Look With an Exhibition in Zürich On view through March 28, 2023, the retrospective highlights one of Switzerland’s most influential industrial designers. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 9, 2022
On View Artist Ellen Pong Pays Tribute to Her Native Pacific Northwest in a New Furnishings and Sculpture Exhibition in New York The artist's exhibition “Middle Fork" is on view at Superhouse Vitrine in New York City through January 8. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 6, 2022
Art World 5 Standout Wood Furnishings at Design Miami Revive the Humble Material for the 21st Century Wood is re-emerging as a popular material among designers and artists, but not in the ways you might think. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 5, 2022
On View James Turrell Just Debuted a Brand-New ‘Skyspace’ Near Bergen, Norway, to Give Viewers a Fresh Lens on the Majesty of the Scandinavian Sky A collaboration with architecture firm A-Works, 'Hardanger Skyspace' is the 82nd iteration of its kind. By Adrian Madlener, Dec 2, 2022
Art World Beyond the Lobster: London‘s Design Museum Surveys the Overlooked Impact of Surrealism on 20th- and 21st-Century Design The Surrealism movement left its mark on everything from the decorative arts and interiors to fashion and photography. By Adrian Madlener, Nov 29, 2022
