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Photography
George Byrne’s L.A. is Beautifully Eerie

The Australian artist's forthcoming monograph documents the past five years of his life in the City of Angeles.

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Social Media
Surrealist Dreamscapes Fill This Digital Designer's Instagram Feed

Barcelona–based Simon Kaempfer renders transcendental scenes that transport viewers to an alternative reality.
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Design
The Unsung Utility of Knitted Textiles

At Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign, Kvadrat gave 28 designers carte blanche to create objects of desire using fabrics from the Febrik collection.

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art
Lily Stockman in Full Bloom

Leading up to her second solo show with Charles Moffett, we drop by the abstract painter’s airy studio—a lush oasis in Joshua Tree, California, where the desert’s poetic grandeur has both broadened her perspective and fine-tuned her focus.
Partnership
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ARCHITECTURE
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Governors Island May Receive a Climate Research Center
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At SCAD, Emily Mae Smith’s Wildly Inventive Visions
Hotel
In Oaxaca, a Hotel With No Name
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ARCHITECTURE
Frank Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Finally Sees the Light
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architecture
Larry Silverstein Writes His Own History
NEED TO KNOW
The Gallerist Duo Championing Unsung Postwar Artists
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
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Social
Surrealist Dreamscapes Fill This Digital Designer's Instagram Feed
ART
The Story Behind Banksy’s Pink Refugee Rescue Boat
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Designer of the Day: Chris Halstrøm
Beauty
A Men's Grooming Brand with a Fashion Ethos
DESIGN
The Unsung Utility of Knitted Textiles
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A Graphic Toolkit to Encourage Social Distancing
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A Movie Theater Seat for the COVID-19 Era

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    Studio PCH and Nobu: Kindred Spirits

    The design firm and culinary empire share both their California heritage and a holistic ethos that's propelled six successful projects together, most recently the tranquil Nobu Hotel Los Cabos.

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    Designer of the Day: Claudia & Harry Washington

    Claudia and Harry Washington founded C&H Washington Studio on the notion that design should connect people to their human nature. The duo experiments with artisanal techniques native to El Salvador, where their studio is based, to create sleek furniture and lighting fixtures, including an ongoing partnership with Bernhardt Design that has yielded contract essentials such as the award-winning Mitt Chair and brand-new La Paz Tables.

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    Frank Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Finally Sees the Light

    Following a 21-year saga beset by bureaucratic and financial woes, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial opens in Washington, DC, bringing his political and military accomplishments to the fore.

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    Governors Island May Receive a Climate Research Center

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    Long inspired by the notion that all material carries a past, MJ Tyson focuses her practice on pushing material towards its next incarnation—and tracing its history. By melting, molding, and editing metal objects and jewelry from the living and deceased, the New Jersey artist creates intimate, one-of-a-kind sculptures that become conduits of human presence.

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