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I’ve been pleasantly surprised lately by the interesting things that Urban Outfitters sells in its homeware section. America’s hippest chain store is introducing some emerging young designers and artists to a huge market across North America (I counted 123 locations in the US alone), which seems to me a win-win situation for everyone. Like these [...] This weekend, the Makers Market introduced me to a few designers in the New York City area, and further afield, whose work I was not familiar with. The market, held in Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens blew in a breath of fresh air – as well as a thunderstorm like no other – [...] Deger Cengiz, who calls himself “DC” for short, is co-owner of a new furniture store, Voos, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Trained as an architect, DC is also a designer of quirky conceptual pieces that fall somewhere between furniture and art. The chaise-lawn is an amended wheelbarrow planted with sod grass. The table above was created when DC sprayed [...] I recently discovered Justin Richel’s fanciful artwork at Spring in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Justin’s prints, made from his original gouache paintings, poke fun at stuffy bewigged historical men. You can see more of his Big Wig series here and another series that toys around with the almost sacrosanct image of old Abe here. (Not to mention a [...]  |
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