01.18.19

Up and Coming

This Toronto Designer Makes Furniture You Can’t Keep Your Hands Off Of

Studio Paolo Ferrari approaches individual designs as components of a unified whole, connected not only by tangible similarities (layered upholstery echoed in both a sofa and a chair, say), but also by the desire to achieve that elusive balance between exhibit-worthy sophistication and everyday functionality.

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01.17.19

Excerpt: Exhibition

Dancing Cradles and Ceramic Chickens: A Life-Sized Dollhouse Exhibition at Friedman Benda is Surrealist Fun

Guest curator Felix Burrichter and his collaborators, the New York/LA-based architects Charlap Hyman & Herrero, have transformed the gallery into a life-sized dollhouse, with each designer asked to create a piece in miniature that is then blown up to human scale in a way that leaves it a bit uncanny.

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01.15.19

Sighted

A New Ceramics Collection Wants to Sand Down the Edges of Brutalism

Founded by Orion Janeczek, a graphic designer and stylist from Portland, Oregon, New Material's first collection is called Brutalism for Lovers — i.e. thick slabs made cuddly in the form of footed trays and planters, tubetop vases, and a dinnerware set that are all sorts of chunky, cute, and slightly absurd.

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01.14.19

Excerpt: Exhibition

From a 19th-Century French Metalworking Atelier, New Work by Four Exciting Designers

Curated by Léa Padovani and Sébastien Kieffer of POOL, the exhibition highlights a collection of eight pieces created by POOL, Fabien Cappello, Paul Loebach, and Fredrik Paulsen in collaboration with Atelier François Pouenat, a 130-year-old metalworking atelier in the north of France.

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01.12.19

Saturday Selects

Week of January 7, 2019

A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: A Danish design studio combining flowers with furniture, an Italian artist making neo-classical baskets, and a mystery interior with the perfect 60s-meets-80s vibe (above).

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01.11.19

American Design Hot List

The 2018 American Design Hot List, Part V

Today, get to know the fifth and final group of honorees in our sixth annual American Design Hot List, an unapologetically subjective editorial award for the 20 names to know now in American design. The list acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to those 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 — and in exciting news, it's now shoppable on Moda Operandi!

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01.10.19

American Design Hot List

The 2018 American Design Hot List, Part IV

Today, get to know the fourth group of honorees in our sixth annual American Design Hot List, an unapologetically subjective editorial award for the 20 names to know now in American design. The list acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to those 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 — and in exciting news, it's now shoppable on Moda Operandi!

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01.09.19

American Design Hot List

The 2018 American Design Hot List, Part III

Today, get to know the third group of honorees in our sixth annual American Design Hot List, an unapologetically subjective editorial award for the 20 names to know now in American design. The list acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to those 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 — and in exciting news, it's now shoppable on Moda Operandi!

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01.08.19

American Design Hot List

The 2018 American Design Hot List, Part II

Today, get to know the second group of honorees in our sixth annual American Design Hot List, an unapologetically subjective editorial award for the 20 names to know now in American design. The list acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to those 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 — and in exciting news, it's now shoppable on Moda Operandi!

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01.07.19

American Design Hot List

The 2018 American Design Hot List, Part I

Today, get to know the first group of honorees in our sixth annual American Design Hot List, an unapologetically subjective editorial award for the 20 names to know now in American design. The list acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to those 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 — and in exciting news, it's now shoppable on Moda Operandi!

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01.07.19

American Design Hot List

Announcing Our 2018 American Design Hot List Honorees

Today, we’re pleased to announce the honorees of our sixth annual American Design Hot List, an unapologetically subjective editorial award for the 20 names to know now in American design. The list acts as Sight Unseen’s guide to those 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 — and in exciting news, it's now shoppable on Moda Operandi!

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12.28.18

Sight Unseen Presents

6 Insiders on the Best Design Moments of 2018

We come here every day to tell you about our favorite things, so for our last round-up of 2018, it seemed only fair that we spread the love. We asked six of our favorite designers, journalists, and more to reflect on their top design moments of the past year — an experience they had, an exhibition they saw, a discovery they made, an interior they fell in love with — as well as the one thing they’re most looking forward to in the new year. Enjoy, and see you back here in 2019!

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