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Furniture Design
design edit
May 26, 2023
A New Antiques Gallery, Utopian Furniture, Bubble Glass and More Finds
A special dispatch from the 2023 edition of NYCxDesign.
By
Diana Budds
design
May 25, 2023
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
furniture
May 4, 2023
Ikea’s Answer to Inflation? Make Things Flimsier.
With hollow table legs, paper veneers, and more plastic.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Apr. 28, 2023
A Museum’s Pollinator Garden, Rare Pierre Paulin Furniture, and More Finds
Plus a design scandal at the Milan Furniture Fair.
By
Diana Budds
why this looks like that
Apr. 26, 2023
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
on set
Apr. 14, 2023
Beef
Gets the Design World Right
From its bland, beige Calabasas minimalism to gloopy vases.
By
Diana Budds
design hunting
Apr. 7, 2023
Gaetano Pesce’s Drawings, Helen Levi’s New Ridgewood Store, and More Finds
Plus a furniture collection that captures “the explosive feeling of cuteness.”
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Mar. 24, 2023
Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More Finds
Plus, Public Records’ new “living room.”
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Feb. 10, 2023
A Minimalist Ashtray, a Carved-Wood Lamp From the 1970s, and More Design Finds
Plus a new bar in Greenpoint designed to look like it was always there.
By
Diana Budds
design
Feb. 9, 2023
How to Sauna, the Ikea and Marimekko Way
With rhubarb-print robes, ripply towels, and birch benches from their new Bastua collection.
By
Diana Budds
21 questions
Nov. 7, 2022
Stephen Burks Wants to Finish a 20-Year-Old Conversation With Fran Lebowitz
The industrial designer answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
By
Diana Budds
shopping
Nov. 2, 2022
What to Bid on in the Joan Didion Estate Auction
A rattan Peacock chair, a slipcovered sofa, and powder-pink pressed glassware, for starters.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Oct. 7, 2022
NASA-Inspired Lighting, Kid Cudi’s Netflix Special, and More Finds
Plus labor-as-artwork in the 1970s.
By
Diana Budds
design hunting
Sept. 9, 2022
Minecraft
at MoMA, Barbie Dreamhouse Paint, and More Finds
Plus a furniture and design exhibition in a landscape architect’s historic midcentury house.
By
Diana Budds
interior design
Sept. 7, 2022
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
design edit
Aug. 26, 2022
Psychosexual Furniture, Raf Simons’s Shaker Home Goods, and More Finds
Plus a new documentary on the global fight for safe streets.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Aug. 12, 2022
A LEGO Playscape in Harlem, a Squishy Chair, and More Finds
Plus, a mural for Little Ukraine.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
July 29, 2022
Candy-Inspired Tables, an Archive of NYC Water, and More Finds
Plus, a new ashtray from Seth Rogen’s weed brand Houseplant.
By
Diana Budds
21 questions
July 18, 2022
Design Gallerist Jean Lin Used to Bedazzle Skullcaps for J. Lo
The owner of Colony answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
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Diana Budds
design edit
July 15, 2022
Tables Inspired by Pasta, Hudson Square’s Walkable Upgrade, and More Finds
Plus new stormwater flood maps for New York.
By
Diana Budds
why this looks like that
June 17, 2022
A ‘Comical Dungeon’ Designed in VR Takes Over a Chinatown Gallery
Neo-feudalism and medieval creatures inspired Ryan Decker’s first solo show.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
June 10, 2022
Architect-Designed Birdhouses, a Busway Mural, and More Design Finds
Plus fashion designer Duro Olowu mines the Cooper Hewitt’s archive.
By
Diana Budds
objects of desire
June 7, 2022
Inside the Obsessive World of Taschen’s Custom Book Stands
The publisher’s 50-pound editions are too big for most furniture, so it’s been making its own.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
May 28, 2022
Bioplastic Sculptures, an Okra-Inspired Rug, and More Design Finds
Plus glass vessels for environmental causes.
By
Diana Budds
why this looks like that
May 27, 2022
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
why this looks like that
May 19, 2022
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
why this looks like that
Apr. 15, 2022
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
design edit
Mar. 11, 2022
Faith Ringgold’s Story Quilts, a Minimalist Vacuum, and Other Design Finds
Plus, an exhibition about lower Manhattan’s malls at the Abrons Arts Center.
By
Diana Budds
why this looks like that
Mar. 1, 2022
Chris Schanck Goes Cosmic With His Surreal Chairs and Chandeliers
And branches out into more personal, story-based work for his show at MAD.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Feb. 11, 2022
Vintage CorningWare, A Whimsical Windsor Chair, and More Design Picks This Week
Plus a new book about women who changed architecture.
By
Diana Budds
furniture design
Jan. 25, 2022
Finally, a Desk for Working Parents
The Fairfield carrel was designed to help caregivers with young kids in tow better access their local library.
By
Alissa Walker
design edit
Dec. 17, 2021
bell hooks on Design, a Tentacled Lamp, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus ‘Filipinx’ graphic design.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Nov. 24, 2021
Design’s Unruly, Organic, and Wild Year
A dispatch from NYCxDesign’s 2021 edition.
By
Diana Budds
why this looks like that
Nov. 8, 2021
Liam Lee Doesn’t Mind If His Work Unsettles You
The fiber artist reveals a new furniture line inspired by microbes and enoki mushrooms.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Oct. 22, 2021
A Diane Arbus Tribute, Graphic Blankets, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus, a public sculpture made from 400,000 acrylic fingernails.
By
Diana Budds
furniture design
Oct. 15, 2021
The City’s Newest Design Gallery Is in a Chinatown Mall
Superhouse Vitrine opens with an exhibition of Sean Gerstley’s ceramic furniture.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Sept. 24, 2021
BTS at the United Nations, Doughy Furniture, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus, Richard Neutra’s VDL House reopens in L.A.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Aug. 20, 2021
Blobby NFT Chairs, Reinvented Shaker Design, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus, a book on the Tokyo Olympic Stadium’s architect, Kengo Kuma.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
June 18, 2021
A Mosaic Stool, Fiberglass Mezcal Cup, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Plus, a London Design Biennale exhibit on the “archaeology” of 700 plastic spoons.
By
Diana Budds
furniture design
May 4, 2021
The Chiclet Is Back
Herman Miller reissues its “friendliest” seating collection.
By
Diana Budds
design edit
Feb. 27, 2021
Slouchy Ceramics, Deconstructed Furniture, and Other Things I Liked This Week
Selected pieces from four new design exhibitions and one crowdsourced Instagram account focused on graphic design finds
By
Diana Budds