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Be Original Campaigns Against Counterfeit Design

Jennifer Nalewicki — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:10:28 +0000

To help build awareness of the negative affect that counterfeited goods has on the design industry, Be Original Americas has launched a membership drive to campaign against knock-off products.

Edra Reveals Italian Furniture Process at DDC

Katie Bone — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:08:04 +0000

Beginning October 29, visitors to the DDC flagship showroom in New York will be treated to a rare look at the process behind the iconic designs by esteemed Italian furniture makers Edra.

Five Big Books for Fall

Matthew Powell — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:30:07 +0000

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10 Questions With… Harry Allen

Andrew Stone — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:16:38 +0000

Moody, sophisticated, celebratory, and elevated, the Harry Allen aesthetic—eclectic though its manifestations may be—has a few distinct threads running through it: clean lines, conceptual openness, a willingness to dare.

ASD Wins IIDA Dressed Competition

Jesse Dorris — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:16:42 +0000

Twenty teams of interior designers and manufacturers fashioned couture items from contract materials to compete in the International Interior Design Association Georgia Chapter's fourth annual Dressed competition.

Corning Museum of Glass Heads to Paris for GlassLab

Jennifer Nalewicki — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:03:15 +0000

This month the Corning Museum of Glass will be partnering with the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, pairing glassmakers with designers to work hand in hand making exclusive creations with molten-hot glass as part of its GlassLab program.

Mathias Kiss Installs 1,000 Mirrors at Le Perle Café

Tamara Moscowitz — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:17:14 +0000

Set to open during the French International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris from October 24 to 27, the Kiss Room is the brainchild of Mathias Kiss, a Hungarian-born, Parisian based-designer known for his stylistic references to trompe l’oeil.

Weekly Top Five: Textiles

Staff — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:53:22 +0000

See what textiles captured designers’ attention this past week on our site.

10 Questions with… Shashi Caan

Andrew Stone — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:05:55 +0000

Here, we ask Caan—the Otis College of Art and Design's 2013 Donghia Designer in Residence—about trend, the significance of today's design challenges, and the inner workings of her very own "United Nations."

Louise Campbell’s “Das Haus” for IMM Cologne 2014

Mairi Beautyman — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:46:56 +0000

Influenced by "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Danish designer Louise Campbell will include a bed sleeping up to 60 people in her vision of the house of the future, launching at the furniture fair in January 2014.