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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.
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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
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Designer of the Day: Gabriela Gargano
FASHION
Nicole McLaughlin Wants to Talk About Responsible Design
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A Community Raffle That Uplifts Queer Artists and Designers

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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
Project Spotlight
This Hillside Home Is Quintessential California Modernism
ARCHITECTURE
Vestre to Build the World’s Greenest Furniture Factory
Design
25 Designers On Their Favorite American Designs
ART
Public Art Fund Meditates on the Trauma of Today
WISDOM
Achille Salvagni’s Poetic Fusion of Past and Present

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    Nicole McLaughlin Wants to Talk About Responsible Design

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    Designer of the Day: Gabriela Gargano

    After working in finance for more than a decade, Gabriela Gargano decided to branch out on her own and pursue her lifelong passion for interiors. Her full-service firm, Grisoro Designs, has since established itself as one of New York’s most promising young studios—each project, ranging from Upper East Side pieds-à-terre to beach houses on the North Fork, seamlessly blends clean lines with rich textures and eclectic artworks to carve out elevated spaces full of soul and surprise.

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    After creating a modular dining system for restaurants impacted by Covid-19, the design firm is spearheading community-wide seating areas across entire city blocks. They may very well become the new normal.

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    Designer of the Day: Martin Laforêt

    Martin Laforêt illustrates the intimate relationships shared between materials. A brand-new body of work, inspired by industrial architecture and currently on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery London, achieves this through unlikely material pairings—by incorporating concrete molds and casts as part of the end result, the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate lends a sense of harmony to opposing forces.

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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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    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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