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A reader of the Design Range called Jules Richards got in touch with me recently with a really straight up simple question that I (and I’m sure a lot of you) can related to.
“I am creative but not commercial, I am good at production but not business… How can I survive?”
How ca...
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Friday, September 30, 2016
What to Do When You’re Creative But Not Commercial
This Massive Painting Is Best Viewed From The Eiffel Tower
Los Angeles–based artist Cleon Peterson recently completed the first-ever mural located beneath the Eiffel Tower. Up close, the humongous image looks more like an abstract sea of black and white shapes. But when viewed from the higher vantage point of Paris’ iconic landmark, the mural reve...
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A Tel Aviv Apartment Gets an Injection of Color
Working under architect Amir Navon, Rotem Hanan and Sivan Livne Hakim designed this 105-square-meter (~1130 sq ft) apartment that’s located in the center of Tel Aviv. The outdated interior needed a renovation that restructured the layout for better functionality, which was made...
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The Poster Child for Luxe Minimalism: The Thin Gold Line
The following post is brought to you by The Thin Gold Line. Our partners are hand picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design.
“The Dark Side” references the way in which Star Wars shows the opposition between light and darkness, iconically expressed through the ...
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A Fold-Up Bookshelf You Can Reconfigure
The X2 Bookshelf is a fold-up shelf designed by Laurindo Marta for WeWood out of 100% solid oak. The modular design is made from two blocks that can be customized by increasing the width or height whenever you want. Each of the blocks is constructed of 48 wooden slats that work in tandem...
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Co-working spaces can benefit corporations as well as startups, Haworth finds
Haworth white papers: co-working spaces popular with small companies and individual workers could help large corporations be more innovative, according to a report by office furniture giant Haworth.
“Co-working is not just for freelancers and startups,” the white paper...
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Fresh From The Dairy: in4mation x Society6 Snapback Hats
Society6 has launched a limited edition Artist Series Snapback Hat in collaboration with Hawaii-based in4mation and five Society6 Artists. Each hat features in4mation’s signature “hi” (Hawaii’s state initials), which doubles as a fun greeting to everyone you meet. Show ’em you’re friendly!
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
Heckler TV Stand Helps Take the TV Off the Wall
Heckler Design wants us to forget everything we know about placing our televisions within our homes – beyond displays situated on top of a console or installed hanging from a wall. The free-standing and patented Heckler TV Stand liberates the TV from being a wallflower and opens pos...
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Gravity Sketch’s Wild VR App Will Let You Draw in Mid-Air
Back in 2014, a London-based startup called Gravity Sketch released a prototype for an impressive virtual reality sketching tool. The tech demo relied on a proprietary tablet-and-VR-headset combo that was eye-catching (it reminded us of something out of Tron), but commercially unavailable. Tw...
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Shimon Peres Never Stopped Looking for New Solutions to Old Problems
Shimon Peres never stopped seeking. He was always looking for new solutions to old problems ― and even ancient enmities. The older he got, the more he looked ahead, observing how the world was changing and what it would mean, including for the survival of Israel, the nation of which he was a...
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Kaspar Weyrer Strasse by Snøhetta
Kaspar Weyrer Strasse is a minimal residential complex located in Innsbrock, Austria, designed by Snøhetta and Werner Burtscher. The architectural arrangement of the housing units encourages interaction between residents, and facilitates social contact within shared areas such as the unde...
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Tailored: Playful, Hanging Shapes You Can Hug
Bryony Roberts Studio has created a collection of hanging shapes that are designed to connect with human bodies. The puzzle-like pieces, which make up the Tailored exhibition at pinkcomma gallery, fit snugly around a person’s shoulders, chest, and hips giving them a form of intimacy not u...
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Utopia: Mimi Plange Reimagines Roche Bobois’ Mah Jong Sofas
The iconic Mah Jong sofa has been a staple for French furniture brand Roche Bobois since it was introduced in the 1970s by designer Hans Hopfer. Over the years, the mattress-like seating has been refreshed by the likes of Missoni Home, Jean Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel Maison, and now by...
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Xu Fu-Min completes "paradise-like house" in rural China that brings the landscape inside
Parts of the mountain landscape extend into this house in southeast China, which was planned by designer Xu Fu-Min to offer its residents a peaceful retreat from city life (+ slideshow).
The client grew up in the countryside, but had spent many years living in the city and grown tired of it....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
How to Write the Perfect Design Brief for Clients and Designers
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Writing a good design brief is a matter of knowing what you want. Design is a creative process, and like any creative process it has a certain degree of organic growth to it. That’s a good thing in some ways, but for a business that needs to keep an eye on the budget, it can b...
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Has Its Eyes On Upcoming Host Lin-Manuel Miranda
Good news, “Hamilton” fans! Non-stop Lin-Manuel Miranda is slated to host “Saturday Night Live.”
NBC announced Tuesday that the Broadway star will appear Oct. 8 in the second episode of the new season with musical guest Twenty One Pilots. The network excitedly tweeted out the news with a perf...
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Apartment T by KC design studio
Apartment T is a 120 square meter (1292 square foot) apartment located in the East District of Taipei City that was designed by KC design studio. Breaking from its traditional closed off layout, they opened the living spaces up to increase interaction.
The German-born homeowner requested...
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Dusen Dusen Designs Modular, Magnetic Wallcoverings for Visual Magnetics
Dusen Dusen continually slays the print game bringing their signature, bold patterns to clothing and home goods that inevitably elevate everyone’s mood that comes in contact with them. Just last year, they collaborated on a cool wall installation that merged their dynamic aesthetic with Vis...
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10+ Awesome Things at IDS Vancouver 2016: Local Flavor + International Design
IDS Vancouver, and we knew we’d be in for a treat. Serving up a fresh dose of West Coast and Canadian design, IDS Vancouver is one show that we have enjoyed in recent years because of its great mix of high end and affordable designs, plus its serious focus on quality programming and local e...
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Barber and Osgerby base minimal wooden table on Japanese joinery
London Design Festival 2016: design duo Barber and Osgerby have created a limited-edition table constructed from just three curved pieces of oak (+ slideshow).
Designed for Galerie Kreo in London, the Hakone Table is based on the simplicity of Japanese joinery.
It is made up of three heavy ...
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Five Favorites
Want to personalize your home decor?… How about textiles made from your DNA?
Iona Inglesby launched a company called Dot One that converts data from .1% of your DNA into super unique textile patterns. It actually doesn’t get any more personal than that!
Image f...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Kano, The Beautiful DIY Computer, Just Got Three New Kits
Learning to code isn’t as easy as snapping a photo, but Alex Klein is betting that the two are more closely connected than you might think. Klein is the co-founder of Kano (the British company that developed the cleverly designed DIY computer kit that teaches kids to code), and on a recent f...
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The First Date Vs. The 21st Date, As Told In Comics
Let’s be honest: first dates are awkward. What to wear? Where to go? Should I invite him back to my place?
But by the 21st date, comfort sets in and ― well, you know how that goes.
In the CollegeHumor comics below, illustrator Hallie Cantor reminds us why date night with your long-time love...
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A Renovated Apartment in Buenos Aires
Remy arquitectos partnered with MYOO on the renovation of the 150 square meter (1615 square foot) Gascon apartment in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The interior was immediately emptied to get a better idea of the space they were working with and that led to the relocation of the ...
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ferm LIVING’S Autumn/Winter 2016 Collection
ferm LIVING continues to create simple yet stunning furnishings for the home with their latest collection. Despite the more subdued palette, each piece is carefully crafted to be a highly functional addition to the home, while also evoking a sense of serenity in the space. Simple shapes shine and a variety of textures add interest to each piece. Highlights from the collection include The Collect Lighting series, where one can mix and match different to create different looks, their sleek Mingle table, and the newest addition to their Herman collection, the Herman lounge chair, and of course, tons and tons of amazing home decor and accessories.
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Zaha Hadid's Port House in Antwerp captured in photography by Hélène Binet
Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet has shot the recently completed port authority building in Antwerp by Zaha Hadid Architects, which features a huge glazed volume mounted on its roof.
Binet photographed Port House ahead of its inauguration last week. The building is one of a string of projects designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid that are due to be completed this year.
Hadid’s firm converted a former fire station in Antwerp’s docks to create the headquarters, and added a glazed extension to its roof.
The volume is covered in triangular facets that are angled to give it a rippling texture at one end and a smooth surface at the other.
This smooth end is pointed like the bow of a boat and projects over the edge of the original heritage-listed building below, where it is supported by an angular concrete leg.
An integrated viewing platform is wedged between the old and new parts of the building.
Port House is designed to host 500 port authority staff in open-plan offices who were previously working across separate sites in the Belgian city.
Hadid, who died earlier this year, first unveiled plans for the project in 2009.
It is one of the most ambitious designs proposed by the British-Iraqi architect, whose firm hopes to realise over 30 projects that were in the pipeline at the time of her death.
They include a new airport terminal building in Beijing and a contentious stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Binet has been the go-to photographer for high-profile architects including Zaha Hadid Architects, Peter Zumthor, Daniel Libeskind and Caruso St John for decades.
She started working with Hadid in the infancy of the architect’s career, shooting her first major project, the Vitra Fire Station, in the early 1990s.
“Her buildings have changed a lot because the materiality has changed and technology has changed so much, and she is really playing with the technology,” Binet told Dezeen during an interview last year.
Binet shoots exclusively in film. In an exclusive interview with Dezeen last year, she spoke to Dezeen about her dedication to the analogue medium and the problems she perceives with digital photography.
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There Are Only 100 Pairs of These Hard Graft S1 Midtops Sneakers
If you’re all about exclusivity and are partial to midtop sneakers, you’ll want to redirect your to the Hard Graft website and cop a pair of these extremely limited run Hard Graft S1 Midtops Sneakers.
Hardcraft made 100 of these grey colorway versions, but they’re already all accounted for.
The handsome and understated style should dress especially well with dark denim, constructed with full grain leather and a supple calf leather lining, all made in Portugal. They’re only making 100 of these kicks in this sand colorway (grey has already sold out), with only sizes 10 and 12 currently still in stock, so we’d advise being decisive.
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