12.18.19
Sight Unseen Presents
Sight Unseen’s 10 Most-Read Stories of 2019
Today we’re counting down the most-loved stories from this year, from the vintage lamps we've been seeing everywhere to the coolest spots in Mexico City.
12.17.19
Excerpt: Exhibition
Two Berlin Artists, On View at a Café Where Brunch Meets Brutalism
The definition of gallery keeps expanding, and perhaps our favorite new entry is the mezzanine of the year-old café Baldon, located inside architect Arno Brandlhuber’s terraced, brutalist Lobe Block building in the Wedding neighborhood of Berlin. On view until the end of the month is a show that combines two artists of recent interest — Kim Bartelt, whose home and studio we featured here earlier this fall, and Yellow Nose, a Berlin-based studio founded in 2017 by two Taiwanese architects, Hsin-Ying Ho and Kai-Ming Tung.
12.14.19
Saturday Selects
Week of December 9, 2019
A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week, an exemplary #StickofButter interior, marble and travertine porn, a drama-filled office interior (above) and one more — excellent — New York holiday pop-up.
12.13.19
American Design Hot List
Kelly Wearstler Just Won 2020 With Her New Furniture Collection
LA designer Kelly Wearstler has had a big year, from the launch of her first book in 10 years to the rollout of her designs for Proper Hotels — most notably Santa Monica, which has become a major source of Instagram fodder for its chair orgy, its iconic curved headboard, and commissions from young designers like Chris Wolston and Wentrcek/Zebulon. Today we got a peek at her new collection for 2020, and it continues in the same excellent vein
12.12.19
Excerpt: Exhibition
A Mint Green, Foam-Encrusted Desk Suite is the Highlight of This French Painter’s New Exhibition
In the materials list for one of the new works by Paris-born artist Côme Clérino — on view now at Galerie Chloe Salgado — you might find MDF, plaster, acrylic resin, fiberglass, paraffin, fabric, thermoplastic glue, tile seal, ceramic, watercolor, felt pen, and colored pencil. But paint? Hardly, despite the fact that Clérino considers himself foremost a painter.
02.13.17
Excerpt: Exhibition
A New Show in London Highlights Experimental Design Works (And the Structures They Sit On)
Supports / Surfaces* — the current show at Seeds Gallery in London, featuring 21 contemporary and primarily European designers and curated by Studio Vedèt — is, like the space it's in, bound by a finely tuned color palette, unconventional materiality, and an experimental approach.
12.11.19
Fair Report
Your Guide to the 40+ Designers Who Made This Year’s Design Miami Great
Whatever anyone's opinion on last week's Design Miami fair, we could all agree on at least one thing — thank God there were no bananas. There were a few cheesy star power moments, to be sure, but compared to the circus at Art Basel, the design fair felt like a bastion of integrity and sound judgment. In our tent, we had lustrous, emerald-green consoles, a sustainably-sourced hairy pink bench, and the coolest hand-sculpted fireplace we've ever seen. In theirs, people were lined up for miles to take a selfie with a piece of fruit.
12.09.19
Current Obsession
This South Korean Furniture Collection Proves Tiny Pleats are the Defining Trend of 2019
The first time I saw South Korean designer Chiho Cheon's lacquered cement and corrugated cardboard Criteria chairs, I joked to Monica that they were the furniture equivalent of Issey Miyake's ready-to-wear cult-favorite Pleats Please brand. Now that I've seen Cheon's extension of the line — tables and chairs in vibrant shades of red, lavender, and robin's egg blue — I stand firmly by that assessment, especially as we've seen tiny plissé folds take over everything from fashion to architecture in 2019.
12.07.19
Saturday Selects
Week of December 2, 2019
A weekly Saturday recap to share with you our favorite links, discoveries, exhibitions, and more from the past seven days. This week: A tour of Suzanne Demisch's East Village home, our top finds from the upcoming Phillips design auction, a Meccano-esque DIY furniture kit, and chair (above) whose photo set we deeply wish we could live in.
12.06.19
Gift Guides
Own a Piece of Design History: The 2019 Sight Unseen Gift Guide, Part IV
The architect Philip Johnson spent 46 years building the 14 structures that comprise the Glass House, and 58 years personally living there. It's an incredibly important snapshot of design history, spanning the years 1949 to 2007, and our final gift guide this week has similar aims: We've rounded up 27 of our favorite important design objects that are available for sale in the Glass House Store, from iconic 1920s lamps and 1950s Aubock paperweights to more recent pieces that are on their way to becoming icons in the future.
12.05.19
Gift Guides
Croissant Lamps and Bauhaus Blankets: The 2019 Sight Unseen Gift Guide, Part III
For today's gift guide, we turned the tables, asking some of our favorite designers and influencers to share their best gifts for giving and receiving. The results were kiiiinda great — who wouldn't want a croissant-shaped lamp (that's Ellen Van Dusen's pick), a portable jacuzzi (chef Angela Dimayuga), or a shiny pink purse adorned with fruit salad (interior designer Sally Breer)? Plus, over on Instagram, you’ll have the chance to win four of the coolest items from this guide.
12.04.19
Gift Guides
Ceramic Goblets and Wavy Cutlery — The 2019 Sight Unseen Gift Guide, Part II
By now we've come to understand how hotly anticipated our annual gift guides are, so considering that it's after Thanksgiving, we'll cut to the chase: We did our gift guides a bit differently this year. In addition to our editor picks — today's by Monica — we asked our favorite designers and influencers to share their best gift ideas, and over on Instagram, you'll have the chance to win four of the coolest items from each of our three guides.
12.03.19
Gift Guides
Two-Toned Vases and Velvet Body Pillows — The 2019 Sight Unseen Gift Guide, Part I
By now we've come to understand how hotly anticipated our annual gift guides are, so considering that it's after Thanksgiving, we'll cut to the chase: We did our gift guides a bit differently this year. In addition to our editor picks — today's by Jill — we asked our favorite designers and influencers to share their best gifts for giving and receiving, and over on Instagram, you'll have the chance to win four of the coolest items from each of our three guides.