SPOTLIGHT: Everything We Loved at This Year’s 2026 Frieze Week in LA

Despite being in LA in February once again for my annual winter sojourn, I promised myself this year that I would finally take it easy during Frieze week, not run around so much, maybe pick three new artists to spotlight in my newsletter rather than trying to digest it all. Well, dear readers, I failed at that task — hence this extensive roundup of everything I loved.
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5 Furniture Icons That Have Been Reimagined for Outdoor Living

While outdoor furniture has undergone its fair share of aesthetic transformations over the last century — from natural wicker to synthetic resin, Adirondack chairs to sleek lounges, curlicued wrought iron to ribbed aluminum — it has almost always looked, in the end, like it was purpose-built for the great outdoors. In many ways, this was a function of practicality, as it's incredibly difficult to build a piece of furniture that can actually withstand the elements, from ongoing dirt accumulation to full-on inclement conditions (which, if you have a sprinkler system, is pretty much every morning around 4AM). But something began to happen in the last decade or so, accelerated by the pandemic into a full-fledged trend: Brands began to treat outdoor furniture as simply interior pieces with different materiality, reimagining some of their most iconic works for outdoor use. When we heard that one of our favorite brands, Ellison Studios, was launching a capsule collection of some of their most beloved designs in outdoor-friendly fabrics and materials, we realized it was time to round up some of our favorites in the game.
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Announcing the 2025 American Design Hot List

Welcome to the 13th annual American Design Hot List, Sight Unseen’s unapologetically subjective award for the names to know now in American design. Founded in 2013, the ADHL serves as a guide to the US (born or based) talents influencing the design landscape in any given year, whether through standout launches, must-see exhibitions, or just our innate sense that they’re ones to watch. Considering we’ve recently changed almost everything else about the way we present Sight Unseen to the world, we decided to do things a little differently this year.
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Enter our $12K furniture and lighting giveaway, tour a vintage-filled NYC home, and more

The Sight Unseen Collection has teamed up with Audo, In Common With, and Known Work to offer our readers the chance to win what we’re calling a cozy corner — a chair, ottoman, side table, and lamp that will create the perfect nook for curling up in this winter to read a book, watch old movies, have a drink, or otherwise unwind. PLUS: A new craft prize, a vintage-filled home, and more.
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