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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.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
O.N.S Clothing Carves Out a Permanent Home in Manhattan
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Atang Tshikare
CURRENTLY COVETING
Pucker Up! In Honor of Bocca Sofa's Birthday, Gufram Adds 25 New, Lip Kit–Hued Colorways
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

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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
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
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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

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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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    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: Atang Tshikare

    Long inspired by his father, an illustrator and anti-Apartheid activist, Atang Tshikare channels his Tswana culture into an array of imaginative sculptures that impart narratives about his identity as both a maker and South African citizen. They often take the form of regional flora and fauna, paying homage to the rich diversity of African myth and culture.

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    O.N.S Clothing Carves Out a Permanent Home in Manhattan

    The pared-down men’s clothing label persisted through the pandemic to open its first physical flagship, a pristine storefront that nods to Nolita’s window displays.

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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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    Pucker Up! In Honor of Bocca Sofa's Birthday, Gufram Adds 25 New, Lip Kit–Hued Colorways

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