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  1. why this looks like that
    A Dutch Designer’s Grand Return to New YorkHella Jongerius’s first collaboration with Salon 94 features experimental textiles and a full cast of clay animals.
    By Wendy Goodman
  2. design edit
    Steel Ribbon Benches, Wiggle Chairs, and More Design FindsPlus a moody new piano bar in Hell’s Kitchen.
    By Morgan Meier
  3. chapters
    Donald Judd’s Everlasting InfluenceColin King, Nick Poe, and Landon Brown talk about the artist’s impact on their work.
    By Ian Volner
  4. design edit
    Frothy Gazebos, Beehive Lamps, and More Design Finds From a Brussels FairFor its New York debut, the Brussels-based Collectible design fair took over two office floors in Fidi.
    By Morgan Meier
  5. design edit
    Ruffled Vases, Chaises Longues Made of Pipes, and More Design FindsPlus, a new wedding-veil-inspired collection at Design Within Reach.
    By Morgan Meier
  6. designing for life
    Pottery Barn Made Some Remarkably Nice Furniture For SeniorsA new Michael Graves design collaboration is unusually subtle about accessibility.
    By Natalia Torija
  7. design month
    Fiberglass Chairs, Rodeo-Inspired Lamps, and More From Jonalddudd’s 2024 ShowThe independent design show included robotic lamps and a chair composed of interlocking apple-shaped slices.
    By Morgan Meier
  8. design month
    A Handles-and-Knobs Start-up by Sight Unseen’s Monica KhemsurovThere’s a vintage Salvador Dalí peephole, pomegranate drawer pulls by Pamela Love, and dozens of other designs.
    By Ian Volner
  9. openings
    Wendy Goodman’s Picks From Milan Design WeekNever before seen Eames lamps, modern craft collections, and new furniture made from scraps.
    By Wendy Goodman
  10. why this looks like that
    The Artist Making Furniture Out of Real Flowers and Toy AntsChris Wolston’s “Flower Power” is on view at the Future Perfect through June.
    By Diana Budds
  11. design edit
    A New Antiques Gallery, Utopian Furniture, Bubble Glass and More FindsA special dispatch from the 2023 edition of NYCxDesign.
    By Diana Budds
  12. design
    These Chairs Were Made in 3 Days“Make-do,” curated by the L.A. gallery Marta and auction house Catalog Sale, is an homage to not overthinking things.
    By Diana Budds
  13. furniture
    Ikea’s Answer to Inflation? Make Things Flimsier.With hollow table legs, paper veneers, and more plastic.
    By Diana Budds
  14. design edit
    A Museum’s Pollinator Garden, Rare Pierre Paulin Furniture, and More FindsPlus a design scandal at the Milan Furniture Fair.
    By Diana Budds
  15. why this looks like that
    The Artist Making Furniture Out of Felted Concrete“People think the fuzziness is cute. Or they’re a little weirded out by it,” says Susannah Weaver.
    By Diana Budds
  16. on set
    Beef Gets the Design World RightFrom its bland, beige Calabasas minimalism to gloopy vases.
    By Diana Budds
  17. design hunting
    Gaetano Pesce’s Drawings, Helen Levi’s New Ridgewood Store, and More FindsPlus a furniture collection that captures “the explosive feeling of cuteness.”
    By Diana Budds
  18. design edit
    Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More FindsPlus, Public Records’ new “living room.”
    By Diana Budds
  19. design edit
    A Minimalist Ashtray, a Carved-Wood Lamp From the 1970s, and More Design FindsPlus a new bar in Greenpoint designed to look like it was always there.
    By Diana Budds
  20. design
    How to Sauna, the Ikea and Marimekko WayWith rhubarb-print robes, ripply towels, and birch benches from their new Bastua collection.
    By Diana Budds
  21. 21 questions
    Stephen Burks Wants to Finish a 20-Year-Old Conversation With Fran LebowitzThe industrial designer answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    By Diana Budds
  22. shopping
    What to Bid on in the Joan Didion Estate AuctionA rattan Peacock chair, a slipcovered sofa, and powder-pink pressed glassware, for starters.
    By Diana Budds
  23. design edit
    NASA-Inspired Lighting, Kid Cudi’s Netflix Special, and More FindsPlus labor-as-artwork in the 1970s.
    By Diana Budds
  24. design hunting
    Minecraft at MoMA, Barbie Dreamhouse Paint, and More FindsPlus a furniture and design exhibition in a landscape architect’s historic midcentury house.
    By Diana Budds
  25. interior design
    Designers Are Getting Horny“Sexy,” curated by Eny Lee Parker, features a phallic grill, racy candle holders, a squeezable vase, and more libidinous designs.
    By Diana Budds
  26. design edit
    Psychosexual Furniture, Raf Simons’s Shaker Home Goods, and More FindsPlus a new documentary on the global fight for safe streets.
    By Diana Budds
  27. design edit
    A LEGO Playscape in Harlem, a Squishy Chair, and More FindsPlus, a mural for Little Ukraine.
    By Diana Budds
  28. design edit
    Candy-Inspired Tables, an Archive of NYC Water, and More FindsPlus, a new ashtray from Seth Rogen’s weed brand Houseplant.
    By Diana Budds
  29. 21 questions
    Design Gallerist Jean Lin Used to Bedazzle Skullcaps for J. LoThe owner of Colony answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    As told to Diana Budds
  30. design edit
    Tables Inspired by Pasta, Hudson Square’s Walkable Upgrade, and More FindsPlus new stormwater flood maps for New York.
    By Diana Budds
  31. why this looks like that
    A ‘Comical Dungeon’ Designed in VR Takes Over a Chinatown GalleryNeo-feudalism and medieval creatures inspired Ryan Decker’s first solo show.
    By Diana Budds
  32. design edit
    Architect-Designed Birdhouses, a Busway Mural, and More Design FindsPlus fashion designer Duro Olowu mines the Cooper Hewitt’s archive.
    By Diana Budds
  33. objects of desire
    Inside the Obsessive World of Taschen’s Custom Book StandsThe publisher’s 50-pound editions are too big for most furniture, so it’s been making its own.
    By Diana Budds
  34. design edit
    Bioplastic Sculptures, an Okra-Inspired Rug, and More Design FindsPlus glass vessels for environmental causes.
    By Diana Budds
  35. why this looks like that
    Designer Minjae Kim Translated His Mom’s Paintings Into Chairs“I sent her a photo of the chair. She was like, ‘Oh, it’s my painting.’”
    By Diana Budds
  36. why this looks like that
    This Filipino American Designer Is Reclaiming the Peacock Chair“To me, it’s about more than designing a collection; I’m inventing a style,” says Cheyenne Concepcion.
    By Diana Budds
  37. why this looks like that
    Artist Shaina Tabak Likes a Table That Inspires Double Takes“My furniture makes you work to figure out what to do with it,” she says.
    By Diana Budds
  38. design edit
    Faith Ringgold’s Story Quilts, a Minimalist Vacuum, and Other Design FindsPlus, an exhibition about lower Manhattan’s malls at the Abrons Arts Center.
    By Diana Budds
  39. why this looks like that
    Chris Schanck Goes Cosmic With His Surreal Chairs and ChandeliersAnd branches out into more personal, story-based work for his show at MAD.
    By Diana Budds
  40. design edit
    Vintage CorningWare, A Whimsical Windsor Chair, and More Design Picks This WeekPlus a new book about women who changed architecture.
    By Diana Budds
  41. furniture design
    Finally, a Desk for Working ParentsThe Fairfield carrel was designed to help caregivers with young kids in tow better access their local library.
    By Alissa Walker
  42. design edit
    bell hooks on Design, a Tentacled Lamp, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus ‘Filipinx’ graphic design.
    By Diana Budds
  43. design edit
    Design’s Unruly, Organic, and Wild YearA dispatch from NYCxDesign’s 2021 edition.
    By Diana Budds
  44. why this looks like that
    Liam Lee Doesn’t Mind If His Work Unsettles YouThe fiber artist reveals a new furniture line inspired by microbes and enoki mushrooms.
    By Diana Budds
  45. design edit
    A Diane Arbus Tribute, Graphic Blankets, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, a public sculpture made from 400,000 acrylic fingernails.
    By Diana Budds
  46. furniture design
    The City’s Newest Design Gallery Is in a Chinatown MallSuperhouse Vitrine opens with an exhibition of Sean Gerstley’s ceramic furniture.
    By Diana Budds
  47. design edit
    BTS at the United Nations, Doughy Furniture, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, Richard Neutra’s VDL House reopens in L.A.
    By Diana Budds
  48. design edit
    Blobby NFT Chairs, Reinvented Shaker Design, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, a book on the Tokyo Olympic Stadium’s architect, Kengo Kuma.
    By Diana Budds
  49. design edit
    A Mosaic Stool, Fiberglass Mezcal Cup, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, a London Design Biennale exhibit on the “archaeology” of 700 plastic spoons.
    By Diana Budds
  50. furniture design
    The Chiclet Is BackHerman Miller reissues its “friendliest” seating collection.
    By Diana Budds
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