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  1. why this looks like that
    The Artist Making Furniture Out of Real Flowers and Toy AntsChris Wolston’s “Flower Power” is on view at the Future Perfect through June.
    By Diana Budds
  2. design edit
    A New Antiques Gallery, Utopian Furniture, Bubble Glass and More FindsA special dispatch from the 2023 edition of NYCxDesign.
    By Diana Budds
  3. design
    These Chairs Were Made in 3 Days“Make-do,” curated by the L.A. gallery Marta and auction house Catalog Sale, is an homage to not overthinking things.
    By Diana Budds
  4. furniture
    Ikea’s Answer to Inflation? Make Things Flimsier.With hollow table legs, paper veneers, and more plastic.
    By Diana Budds
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    A Museum’s Pollinator Garden, Rare Pierre Paulin Furniture, and More FindsPlus a design scandal at the Milan Furniture Fair.
    By Diana Budds
  6. why this looks like that
    The Artist Making Furniture Out of Felted Concrete“People think the fuzziness is cute. Or they’re a little weirded out by it,” says Susannah Weaver.
    By Diana Budds
  7. on set
    Beef Gets the Design World RightFrom its bland, beige Calabasas minimalism to gloopy vases.
    By Diana Budds
  8. design hunting
    Gaetano Pesce’s Drawings, Helen Levi’s New Ridgewood Store, and More FindsPlus a furniture collection that captures “the explosive feeling of cuteness.”
    By Diana Budds
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    Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More FindsPlus, Public Records’ new “living room.”
    By Diana Budds
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    A Minimalist Ashtray, a Carved-Wood Lamp From the 1970s, and More Design FindsPlus a new bar in Greenpoint designed to look like it was always there.
    By Diana Budds
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    How to Sauna, the Ikea and Marimekko WayWith rhubarb-print robes, ripply towels, and birch benches from their new Bastua collection.
    By Diana Budds
  12. 21 questions
    Stephen Burks Wants to Finish a 20-Year-Old Conversation With Fran LebowitzThe industrial designer answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    By Diana Budds
  13. shopping
    What to Bid on in the Joan Didion Estate AuctionA rattan Peacock chair, a slipcovered sofa, and powder-pink pressed glassware, for starters.
    By Diana Budds
  14. design edit
    NASA-Inspired Lighting, Kid Cudi’s Netflix Special, and More FindsPlus labor-as-artwork in the 1970s.
    By Diana Budds
  15. design hunting
    Minecraft at MoMA, Barbie Dreamhouse Paint, and More FindsPlus a furniture and design exhibition in a landscape architect’s historic midcentury house.
    By Diana Budds
  16. interior design
    Designers Are Getting Horny“Sexy,” curated by Eny Lee Parker, features a phallic grill, racy candle holders, a squeezable vase, and more libidinous designs.
    By Diana Budds
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    Psychosexual Furniture, Raf Simons’s Shaker Home Goods, and More FindsPlus a new documentary on the global fight for safe streets.
    By Diana Budds
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    A LEGO Playscape in Harlem, a Squishy Chair, and More FindsPlus, a mural for Little Ukraine.
    By Diana Budds
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    Candy-Inspired Tables, an Archive of NYC Water, and More FindsPlus, a new ashtray from Seth Rogen’s weed brand Houseplant.
    By Diana Budds
  20. 21 questions
    Design Gallerist Jean Lin Used to Bedazzle Skullcaps for J. LoThe owner of Colony answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    As told to Diana Budds
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    Tables Inspired by Pasta, Hudson Square’s Walkable Upgrade, and More FindsPlus new stormwater flood maps for New York.
    By Diana Budds
  22. why this looks like that
    A ‘Comical Dungeon’ Designed in VR Takes Over a Chinatown GalleryNeo-feudalism and medieval creatures inspired Ryan Decker’s first solo show.
    By Diana Budds
  23. design edit
    Architect-Designed Birdhouses, a Busway Mural, and More Design FindsPlus fashion designer Duro Olowu mines the Cooper Hewitt’s archive.
    By Diana Budds
  24. objects of desire
    Inside the Obsessive World of Taschen’s Custom Book StandsThe publisher’s 50-pound editions are too big for most furniture, so it’s been making its own.
    By Diana Budds
  25. design edit
    Bioplastic Sculptures, an Okra-Inspired Rug, and More Design FindsPlus glass vessels for environmental causes.
    By Diana Budds
  26. why this looks like that
    Designer Minjae Kim Translated His Mom’s Paintings Into Chairs“I sent her a photo of the chair. She was like, ‘Oh, it’s my painting.’”
    By Diana Budds
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    This Filipino American Designer Is Reclaiming the Peacock Chair“To me, it’s about more than designing a collection; I’m inventing a style,” says Cheyenne Concepcion.
    By Diana Budds
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    Artist Shaina Tabak Likes a Table That Inspires Double Takes“My furniture makes you work to figure out what to do with it,” she says.
    By Diana Budds
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    Faith Ringgold’s Story Quilts, a Minimalist Vacuum, and Other Design FindsPlus, an exhibition about lower Manhattan’s malls at the Abrons Arts Center.
    By Diana Budds
  30. why this looks like that
    Chris Schanck Goes Cosmic With His Surreal Chairs and ChandeliersAnd branches out into more personal, story-based work for his show at MAD.
    By Diana Budds
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    Vintage CorningWare, A Whimsical Windsor Chair, and More Design Picks This WeekPlus a new book about women who changed architecture.
    By Diana Budds
  32. furniture design
    Finally, a Desk for Working ParentsThe Fairfield carrel was designed to help caregivers with young kids in tow better access their local library.
    By Alissa Walker
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    bell hooks on Design, a Tentacled Lamp, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus ‘Filipinx’ graphic design.
    By Diana Budds
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    Design’s Unruly, Organic, and Wild YearA dispatch from NYCxDesign’s 2021 edition.
    By Diana Budds
  35. why this looks like that
    Liam Lee Doesn’t Mind If His Work Unsettles YouThe fiber artist reveals a new furniture line inspired by microbes and enoki mushrooms.
    By Diana Budds
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    A Diane Arbus Tribute, Graphic Blankets, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, a public sculpture made from 400,000 acrylic fingernails.
    By Diana Budds
  37. furniture design
    The City’s Newest Design Gallery Is in a Chinatown MallSuperhouse Vitrine opens with an exhibition of Sean Gerstley’s ceramic furniture.
    By Diana Budds
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    BTS at the United Nations, Doughy Furniture, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, Richard Neutra’s VDL House reopens in L.A.
    By Diana Budds
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    Blobby NFT Chairs, Reinvented Shaker Design, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, a book on the Tokyo Olympic Stadium’s architect, Kengo Kuma.
    By Diana Budds
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    A Mosaic Stool, Fiberglass Mezcal Cup, and Other Things I Liked This WeekPlus, a London Design Biennale exhibit on the “archaeology” of 700 plastic spoons.
    By Diana Budds
  41. furniture design
    The Chiclet Is BackHerman Miller reissues its “friendliest” seating collection.
    By Diana Budds
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    Slouchy Ceramics, Deconstructed Furniture, and Other Things I Liked This WeekSelected pieces from four new design exhibitions and one crowdsourced Instagram account focused on graphic design finds
    By Diana Budds