Guillermina Neri, known professionally as NERI, is a multidisciplinary artist from Rosario, Argentina, working across painting, clothing design, makeup, jewelry, illustration, digital art, and sculpture. Her career includes exhibitions, murals, and live-painting events in Argentina, Spain, Miami, and Uruguay, as well as collaborations with brands including Edding and POSCA. In 2023, she published…
Design excellence took center stage as the winners of the 36th annual Best of NeoCon Awards were revealed at a lively breakfast celebration at The Mart on Monday, June 8. The highly anticipated awards program honored groundbreaking products from exhibiting brands that are pushing boundaries and shaping the future of design. This year, 274 entries…
The post See The Best Of NeoCon 2026 Award…
“Don’t forget to play,” said the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The idea captures something essential about Finnish design thinking: that the necessity of play exists beyond recreation; it is essential to creativity, innovation, and happiness. At PLAYROOM, during 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, three Finnish brands invite visitors into an imaginative world of games, interaction, and…
The…
Alex Lohn brings together a background in architecture, a life of prayer and service as a former Franciscan Friar, and a deep commitment to hands-on craft as a furniture designer and maker. After earning his degree from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he founded Alessandro & Maria Design in 2019 with the desire to create meaningful,…
The post Maker Monday: An aspire Exclusive Interview With…
“Agathla Golden Hour” by Miguel Nelson After decades shaping private collections, luxury residences, and cultural spaces behind the scenes, Los Angeles-based art consultancy D2 Art steps into the foreground with Curation of Time, a new group exhibition at Brodin Gallery in Los Angeles. Curated by D2 Art founder Danica Derpic, the exhibition brings together works…
The post D2 Art’s “Curation Of…
Stack your reading list for Pride Month and beyond with these 12 titles chronicling the struggles and celebrations of the Queer community. Art Essentials: Queer Art by Mollie E. Barnes, Gemma Rolls-Bentley | Thames & Hudson Queer Art is a definitive compendium of LGBTQ+ artwork, highlighting the expansion and endurance of queer aesthetics within modern…
The post Book Nook: 12 Titles Exploring…
Néstor René Neyret is a visual artist based in Funes, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. His work belongs to contemporary figuration, exploring the human condition through formal fragmentation and chromatic intensity. He has developed a sustained body of work focused on the human figure as a psychological and symbolic space, addressing themes of identity, memory, and…
The post Maker Monday: An aspire…
As friends and longtime fans of Field + Supply, Andrew Joseph PR is always excited to see the MRKT come to life: a riverfront weekend of craft, design, food, music, and the kind of thoughtful objects you end up thinking about long after you leave. Ahead of this weekend’s event — open May 29 through…
The post 10 Makers We’re Excited To See At Field + Supply’s 2026 Spring MKT appeared first on…
Solenne Collection | Brown Jordan The Solenne collection by Ann Marie Vering makes a bold, refined statement in any setting with its signature parallel slats inspired by sun-filtering screens and modernist facades. Warm teak and powder-coated aluminum offer seamless detailing. Joy Collection | CW Stockwell x Sunbrella The new Joy collection delivers heritage at…
The post Deck Out Your Outdoor…
The Africa International Design Awards (AIDA) has announced the winners of its inaugural 2026 edition, selected by a powerhouse jury of 41 distinguished members representing 18 nationalities — an extraordinary gathering of leading designers, architects, cultural thinkers, creatives, and educators from across Africa and the diaspora. The program received over 300 submissions from 40…
Judged by a select panel of design editors, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF)’s Editors Awards celebrates the best new product launches from this year’s exhibitors. Considered one of the design industry’s premier accolades, the awards recognize the top designs in 12 categories — body of work, new designer, furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting,…
The post See The…
The spirit of 16th-century Italy is coming to New York this Spring. On view now through June 12 at StudioTwentySeven New York, curators Nacho Polo and Robert Onuska present Tessuto, Francesco Balzano’s solo exhibition and collectible furniture collection. Comprising works conceived during his one-month residency at the historic Villa Medici in Rome in 2025, the…
The post TESSUTO: Francesco…
o.lamp by Ora.House Co-founded by Louisville-based design leaders Natalie Officer and Daniel Chaffin, Ora.House releases semiannual collections featuring their furniture designs alongside new works from carefully selected regional makers. Crafted with a solid beech wood base and topped with a hand-blown glass globe created in collaboration with a local glass artist, the o.lamp, released…
Designer Courtney McLeod is no stranger to color and pattern. Whether designing for a client, a showhouse, or in her own Harlem home, McLeod is known to utilize invigorating, joyful hues and layers of adventurous prints. But when it came time to design her new collection with Raka Studio, the artisanal, sculptural forms the brand…
The post Go Down The Rabbit Hole With Courtney McLeod And Raka…
Fresh off another year of global design fairs, including Coverings 2026, and new collection launches, Ceramics of Italy has unveiled its Spring-Summer 2026 Trend Report. Throughout the year, Italian ceramic and porcelain tile design has continued to evolve with a focused yet expressive exploration of color, materiality, and innovation. This season reveals a shift toward…
The post Ceramics Of…
Sustainability, cultural influences, and insider knowledge from experienced professionals are at the heart of each of these 8 new architecture titles. Green-Roof Houses: Environmentally Responsive Architecture by Oscar Riera Ojeda and James Moore McCown | Rizzoli This beautifully illustrated volume celebrates 32 innovative homes from around the world that transform rooftops into lush, living…
Based in Amsterdam and rooted in Taiwanese heritage, lighting brand Taiwan-Lantern was founded by Pei-Ching Hsiao and Jean-Marc Daniëls to sustain and revive traditional East Asian craft through a contemporary lens. Drawing from Pei-Ching’s deep connection to Asian culture, rooted in her upbringing in Taiwan, combined with Jean-Marc’s expertise in conceptual design, Taiwan-Lantern approaches…
With the doors now closed for Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026, the design industry is left to process a week of profound structural innovation, visually compelling compositions and concepts, and pure eye candy. While this year saw a shift towards furniture that is an extension of architecture itself, some of the most arresting pieces combined thought-provoking…
The post New Structuralism: 13…
Photo by Francesco Dolfo Milan and great design go together like spaghetti and a glass of Chianti: A match so natural, it’s hard to imagine one without the other. But while many associate the city with time-honored landmarks like Duomo di Milano and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan Design Week invites us to contemplate what’s…
The post Inside Milan Design Week’s Glimpse Into The Future…
This spring, High Point Spring Market 2026 unveiled a design landscape defined by contrast, craftsmanship, and a renewed sense of bold expression. Collaborations were aplenty, and designers leaned into warm, earthy colors that soothe — think sun-drenched terracottas, golden yellows, moody greens, and rich browns and burgundies. Curvy, organic silhouettes in natural materials remained a…
The post…
During Milan Design Week this past April, international wallcovering brand Arte paid homage to traditional craftsmanship with Echoes of Memphis, a pop-up city showroom featuring a bold installation inspired by ancient Egypt. The presentation in Brera revolved around pure materiality. Raffia, cork, woven grasses and shells are applied in unexpected ways, demonstrating the versatility of…
The post…
“Isis II”, Vanessa Barragão This week, Dernier Cri gallery presents Interwoven: Everything Touches Everything Else, a group exhibition exploring the unseen threads that bind material, maker, and the natural world. Across disciplines, the works in this exhibition reveal a shared language of transformation, where raw elements are shaped, layered, and brought into relation with one…
The post…
You could say it started with a song. But more accurately, it began with Mark Lloyd, a British-born, award-winning automobile designer, who says, “I wanted to find a way to translate the beauty of sound into my domain. So I learned to write algorithms into space.” Three years ago, he met the team of artisans…
The post Muse: How Mark Lloyd Designs Objects Derived From Sound appeared first on…
“Memories of the ’60s”, 1992; Photo: Sesthasak Boonchai Today marks the start of Willie Birch: Stories to Tell, the American Federation of Arts’ (AFA) national tour chronicling the groundbreaking artist’s singular vision of the Black American experience. The exhibition is co-organized with the New Orleans Museum of Art, and features six decades of work (from…
The post Willie Birch On Tour: Where…
Sullivan Owen is a Philadelphia-based floral designer and ceramic artist whose work sits at the intersection of floristry, sculpture, and functional design. Known for her intuitive approach to both flowers and form, she creates a tightly edited collection of handmade vessels designed specifically for arranging, with each piece informed by how flowers naturally move, gather,…
The post Maker…
Break out the bellbottoms — this summer, the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) channels the spirit of the 60s with Flower Power, a multidisciplinary exhibition celebrating flowers as a cultural symbol of peace and love that advances closer relationships with the natural world. The gallery show and gardens combine a vibrant flower show and monumental installations…
The post Channel The Spirit Of…
Living Heritage: Modern Interiors In Old-Town Homes text by Victorine Lamothe | teNeues In an era defined by constant change, the impulse to find permanence and soul in our spaces has never been more urgent, a quest brilliantly captured in Living Heritage. This exquisite volume explores what it feels like to breathe new, modern life…
The post Book Nook Up Close: “Living Heritage” Highlights…
From fresh flowers to reawakened sunshine, spring often beckons us to start anew. However, as the latest offerings from Innovations prove, the past can often inform what lies ahead. Since its founding in 1975, Innovations has been the premier destination for wallcoverings that blend uncompromising craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology. With its most recent collection, Facade,…
The post…
For Milan Design Week, Sten Studio transformed an abandoned chapel into the stage for a sculptural wedding ceremony. Titled The Wedding, the installation invites visitors to witness a symbolic union where objects gather like silent guests around a moment of encounter, celebration, and permanence. Presented within the historic setting of Alcova, the project emerged directly…
The post Sten Studio…
German painter and illustrator Olaf Hajek has created ad campaigns for the French department-store chain Printemps, holiday windows for Hermès, candle graphics for Diptyque and porcelain vessels for Meissen. Now, he has collaborated with Christopher Farr Cloth on a collection of four wallpapers and two printed linens, the first time his designs have been translated…
The post Olaf Hajek Teams Up…