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Design
Announcing the Winners of the Surface Summer School Design Challenge

Surface’s partnership with the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at UPenn culminates with the winners of the competition to design a mobile testing unit for Covid-19.
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Fashion
The Story Behind Amoako Boafo’s Deeply Personal Collection With Dior

Dior Homme artistic director Kim Jones faithfully translates the rising Ghanaian painter’s rippling portraits to a standout collection that celebrates Blackness and all its layers.
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Design
Mark Grattan Won’t Be Put Into a Box

The creative force behind Mexico City furniture studio VIDIVIXI meditates on the ups and downs of being a queer black man in the design industry.
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Cover Story
The Free Agent

Pyer Moss founder Kerby Jean-Raymond is turning his fashion label into a cultural powerhouse.
DESIGN
Undeterred by Covid-19, Hem Readies a New Chapter
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Bower Studios
DESIGN
This Pillow Chair Is a Portal to the Italian Riviera
FASHION
Presley Oldham Is Democratizing Handmade Pearl Jewelry
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Nader Gammas
DESIGN
A Film Noir Take on VIDIVIXI’s Seductive Furniture

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DESIGN
Rockwell Group Is Rethinking the New York City Dining Experience
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Gabriela Gargano
FASHION
Nicole McLaughlin Wants to Talk About Responsible Design
DESIGN
A Community Raffle That Uplifts Queer Artists and Designers
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Martin Laforêt
Architecture
 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum Opens in Colorado
CURRENTLY COVETING
Kiki van Eijk’s Matrice Collection for Saint-Louis Is a Crystalline Wonder
TRAVEL
Virgin Galactic Unveils Cabin of SpaceShipTwo, a Tourist Spaceliner
Need to Know
Virserius Studio's Joyful Design Ethos
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Matt Gagnon
Partnership
YOOX’s New Fashion and Design Edit Captures the Essence of the Italian Summer
COMMUNITY
Inclusivity, Strength, and Resilience: How the Stonewall Inn Endured an Unconventional Pride Month
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Alchemy Studio
Need to Know
Kitchen, but Make it Opera
FASHION
The Story Behind Amoako Boafo’s Deeply Personal Collection With Dior
Currently Coveting
A Hospitality Brand for the Post-Pandemic Future
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Rooshad Shroff
ART
Public Art Fund Meditates on the Trauma of Today

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    A Film Noir Take on VIDIVIXI’s Seductive Furniture

    To mark his debut with The Future Perfect, VIDIVIXI founder Mark Grattan presents his latest collection in a cinematic rendering that channels the shadowplay of Alfred Hitchcock.

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    Presley Oldham Is Democratizing Handmade Pearl Jewelry

    The actor-turned-designer, nephew of fashion powerhouse Todd, channels his handicraft roots into a collection of zero-waste pearl jewelry meant to be worn by anyone and everyone.

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    Designer of the Day: Bower Studios

    With a defining spirit of playfulness and discovery, Danny Giannella, Jeffrey Renz, and Tammer Hijazi, the trio behind Bower Studios, aim to inject interiors with unexpected perspectives and a dose of serenity. They accomplish this by focusing on mirrors—objects intimately close to the human consciousness—rendered in satisfyingly simple shapes and materials.

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    Designer of the Day: Nader Gammas

    By injecting elements of narrative and performance into his fixtures, Nader Gammas crafts architectural lighting that verges on sculpture. The up-and-coming lighting designer, who splits time between studios in Dubai and Boston, often allows the site to influence the look and feel of his forms, creating dramatic experiences of illumination perfectly suited for their surroundings.

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    Undeterred by Covid-19, Hem Readies a New Chapter

    Though the Swedish furniture brand launched a studio space in New York right before coronavirus-induced shutdowns, its doors remain firmly, cautiously open.

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    This Pillow Chair Is a Portal to the Italian Riviera

    With playful contours and nostalgic stripes, Ash New York’s Pillow Chair channels the allure of the 1960s Ligurian Coast.

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A Film Noir Take on VIDIVIXI’s Seductive Furniture

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