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Berber rugs, the art of a “people from between somewhere and nowhere.”
Le Corbusier, Marcel Breuer, Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen used these rugs regularly in their interiors, which is not surprising. Their unusual combination of minimalism and handmade detail, restraint...
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Dazzle painting
“Dazzle painting,” devised in Britain during WWI, was based on the theory that complex optical patterns would confuse enemy naval rangefinders by disguising a ship’s speed and direction. It employed a...
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Arabesque fridge magnets by Asao Tokolo
Japanese designer and computer scientist Asao Tokolo has devised a way to tile a pattern of arabesques in such a way that each square tile can be randomly rotated and still match up with all of its...
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In the Wish I’d Designed That category
Birch/Bříza mug by Czech company whitefruits. It’s from 2006, but seems to have been a prototype only and does not seem to be in production now, which is unfortunate.
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Sial ceramic vase, Quebec 1970s
From the Canadian Design Resource. Late 70s Quebec vase from the Sial company.
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Please help me find one of these.
Missed on eBay. If you have this Jaleh and Joseph scarf and don’t want it any longer, I will pay. Need it very badly.
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Artists and architects for Sawaya & Moroni
The Italian design firm Sawaya & Moroni often commissions new furniture pieces by guest designers who are primarily artists or architects. Many design firms follow this strategy, but for some...
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White house black lava
Built on faith in lava not striking twice. Via Kateopolis via Michael Wells, photographer, “Scorched Earth.”
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