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When Algorithms Become the Designer
Computers take the lead in Chinese designer Zhang Zhoujie's world.
Arm Candy
A collection of poppy wristwatches by Richard Mille is equal parts delightful and divisive.
Mark Foster Gage is the Most Prolific Architect of Buildings That Don’t Exist
Blade Runner meets The Wizard of Oz in the New York architect's fantastical work.
This Hammer Museum Curator Uses Cinema to Educate and Empower
Erin Christovale creates inclusive new communities around gender, race, and class.
These Chinese Bookstores Feel Like Infinity Rooms
Li Xiang, the founder of Shanghai design firm X+Living, dreams up illusory bookstores that forge...
The Fashion Bricolage of Job Smeets
The Dutch provocateur wears his irreverence on his sleeves.
Don’t Want No Scrubs?
Direct-to-consumer brand FIGS is giving the health care industry a dose of millennial cool.
A Japanese Design Studio Threads the Line Between Human and Nature
Takt Project’s lighting fixtures melt and grow like icicles.
Kahlil Joseph is Challenging Representations of Black Life in America
With his riveting short films and installations, the video artist and filmmaker is emerging as one...
A Letter From The Editor
Welcome to the new Surface Art Issue.
Wisdom: Artist Judith Bernstein on #MeToo, Female Rage, and Navigating the Art World
"Women have a lot of rage. I have a lot of rage. My mother had a lot of rage. We should own it."
The Party Vol. 3
Surface hosted its annual party to cap Miami Art Week.
Inside Gentle Monster’s New Flagship Boutique, There’s Much More than Meets the Eye
"[We] deliver our most pure intentions and allow the space to curate emotions around the...
The Surface x EMP Experience
The two-day culinary event hosted with Eleven Madison Park, and celebrating Surface’s...
Surface and American Express Platinum Celebrate the Art Issue
American Express Platinum and Surface host a dinner in celebration of the magazine’s...
