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Books | Do You Read Me?

Friday, October 24, 2008

There have been several welcomed additions to Berlin’s retail offerings in the past couple of weeks. One is the Image Mouvement video art space and DVD shop on Oranienbergerstrasse; another is the international magazine boutique Do You Read Me? Their website features highlights from current issues of some of the magazines they stock (and employs [...]

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Things | Deka Ray

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Eugenie Huang creates beautiful, architecturally-inspired jewelry.
Designing without literal representation of iconic ornamental forms, Ms. Huang creates objects that are familiar but not precisely realistic. Her work is otherworldly and technological in thought-process, yet imbued with the ambiance of natural environment as a tactile, material influence. Inspired by Edwin Abbot’s notion of humankind being [...]

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Things | Underrated Chairs

Friday, September 5, 2008

Some strangely beautiful chairs by a couple of oddly obscure industrial designers. Or maybe I’m just painfully out of it?

Sergio Rodrigues, Sheriff lounge chair. Brazil, 1961. Rosewood and leather.

Martino Gamper, Chair ‘n’ Box. Italy, 2008. Appropriated shipping crate plywood and furniture elements.
via Wright

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