The Curvaceous Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard

The Microsoft Surface Studio desktop computer has garnered praise aplenty for its wow-factor tilting 28″ display design, a stunning transformative computer that will undoubtedly prove to be popular with artists and designers alike. The upcoming desktop system ships with a new set of matching ...

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City Flags Are a Hot Mess. Here Are Some Beautiful Redesigns

Good flags tend to follow five rules: They sport simple designs, feature meaningful imagery, use only two or three colors, avoid lettering, and maintain a balance between distinctiveness and familiarity. These aren’t arbitrary edicts; vexillological expert Ted Kaye canonized them in his boo...

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World’s First Gay Country Musician Finds Hope While Touring The Heartland

Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina. Over the past year, Patrick Haggerty ― frontman of Lavender Country, the first band to perform openly gay country music ― has been gallivanting across Trump country.
The band’s most popular song, “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears,” might make those who ...

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2016 Gift Guide: Under $50

When you’re out shopping for gifts, it’s easy to get carried away wanting to buy the best of the best for your family and loved ones but it’s also just as easy to feel defeated once you add up all the costs on your “To Gift” list. Fortunately, modern design is accessible at all price points (...

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Amanda Levete's firm proposes multi-storey football pitches for central London

Stackable football pitches could be erected on disused or temporarily empty plots across London, according to Amanda Levete and her London-based studio AL_A.
The concept, named Pitch/Pitch, aims to tackle the shortage of inner-city sports fields available in the centre of the UK c...

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LABB: Buckle-free, Loopless Band For Your Apple Watch

LABB is a pared down band for your Apple Watch that’s so simple it doesn’t use buckles or loops to stay secure. All it needs to connect are its two bands.




Designed by Benjamin Hubert of  LAYER for Swiss start-up Noomoon, LABB (short for The Loopless and Buckleless Band) has a textural sur...

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Want to Be an Ethical Shopper? Get DoneGood’s Chrome Extension

Yesterday, a.k.a. Cyber Monday, I clicked on a promotional email from Levi’s. The purveyor of denim goods had reduced all its prices by 40 percent—a scintillating deal. But as soon as I navigated to a charcoal gray “trucker” jacket, an orange-and-white box jumped out of the corner of my brows...

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‘Girl On The Train’ Author Paula Hawkins Has A New Book Coming Out Next Year

Just weeks after the theatrical release of “The Girl on the Train,” the author of the book it’s based on has announced that she’ll release a new suspense novel in May 2017.
Paula Hawkins broke all kinds of sales records with the story of Rachel, a woman struggling with heartbreak, alcoholis...

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2016 Gift Guide: Kids

Sometimes it’s the most fun to shop and pick out gifts for kids, especially when we get to “help” them with it. Toys don’t have to be the throwaway kind because these days, there are plenty of great choices that will last through the years. From building blocks to flash cards to toys that enc...

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RUST Collection by Prin London

French born designer Ariane Prin launched an offshoot brand, Prin London, where she’s created a line of one-of-a-kind pieces with unique finishes achieved through metal dust oxidation. The products in the RUST collection, which includes vessels and clocks, are made using a mix of metal dust w...

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WeTransfer focuses on its two most important letters in stripped-back rebrand

File-sharing site WeTransfer has unveiled its first ever rebrand, which includes a refresh of its logo, identity and website.
The updated site launched last week and is the first time WeTransfer – which enables people to send each other digital files via the cloud – has undergone a rebrand si...

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2016 Gift Guide: Jewelry & Accessories

Out fondness for jewelry is pretty obvious. I mean, we created a sister site, Adorn Milk, where we sell all kinds of modern jewelry that we obsess over. That said, jewelry is that added something we put on in the morning that elevates our outfits, and sometimes our moods. That’s why r...

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Patagonia’s New Super-Recycled Collection Is Super Impressive

Patagonia’s Re\collection line of jackets, vests, and pants is not made exclusively from recycled materials, but it’s close. “We got as near as we could humanly get to 100 percent recycled,” says Miles Johnson, Patagonia’s creative director of product design.
The collection includes ten style...

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'Xenophobia' Is Dictionary.com's Word Of The Year

There were a lot of surprises to come out of 2016, but “xenophobia” being named Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year is not one of them.


When you consider the rhetoric that galvanized people in this year’s Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential race, the proof that “xenophobia” is the word that...

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Studio Lorier’s Self-Watering Flowerpot

If you’re anything like me, you spend half your time worrying if you’ve overwatered your plants and the other half the time worrying if you’ve under watered them. Since the plants can’t tell us when to stop, maybe a pot can take all the guessing out of it? That’s the idea with Studio Lorier’s...

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Noordung's Angel Edition bike has a battery that doubles as a boombox

Electric bike manufacturer Noordung has designed a bicycle with a battery that charges phones on the go and functions as a backup speaker.
The detachable battery sits atop the company’s Angel Edition bike, where it sits upon a carbon fibre frame. Once removed, it doubles as a speaker ...

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Google’s A-Team Architects Will Shape Its New London HQ

Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studio—the same design firms working on Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters—are now moving ahead on the company’s new London offices. Unlike most of Google’s buildings, this one will be vertical—a 10-story structure that the two firms describe as a cros...

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Tatiana Navka, Wife Of Putin Aide, Sparks Outrage With Holocaust-Themed Ice Skating Routine

As the show’s official YouTube clip above appears to show, the routine was well-received by audience members.
But it drew considerable ire from social media users after New York Magazine and Daily Beast contributing writer Yashar Ali tweeted the clip to his 11,000-plus followers. Many dubbed ...

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Mag Container by Alessandro Di Prisco

Mag is a minimal wastebasket created by Italy-based designer Alessandro Di Prisco for Geelli. The designer graduated from Naples’ Università Federico II, and appreciates the amalgamation of R&D with his passion for the visual arts and design. The wastebasket is constructed of integral po...

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Förstberg Ling transforms blacksmith's workshop into house for Hem founder

Swedish studio Förstberg Ling has converted a former blacksmith’s workshop in Stockholm to create a light-filled family home for Petrus Palmér, co-founder of furniture brand Hem and design studio Form Us With Love.
Aptly named Home of Petrus Palmér, the house was created inside the old...

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Watch an Absurdly Lovely Film Dedicated to the Unexpected

In life, these things are certain: If a balloon lands on a cactus, it will pop. If you point a fan at a house of cards, the cards will fall. If you happen to drop a piece of toast, it will inevitably land jam-side down. (OK, so that last one isn’t always a given—but it definitely feels that ...

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Tom Hanks Still Loves How His Buttocks Looked In ‘Forrest Gump’

Tom Hanks can’t get enough of how good his butt looked while starring as the titular character in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump.”
“I had worked out quite a bit, it was all about running and I must say my buttocks, as Forrest would say, were as firm as tinned hams,” he told “The Graham Norton S...

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Jaw-Dropping Modernist Sandcastles by Calvin Seibert

It’s pretty easy to spend hours scoping out Calvin Seibert’s Flickr account where he’s amassed a catalog of jaw-dropping sandcastles that take on geometric forms you didn’t think were possible with sand. The professional sculptor erects these unbelievable structures with roots in brutalist ar...

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Herman Miller Launches a Flagship Store in NYC

Iconic manufacturer Herman Miller has decided to take a step in a whole new direction – they’ve opened a flagship, direct to consumer store in New York City. The retail shop spans 6,000 square feet on the ground and second floors of Herman Miller’s Manhattan offices at Park Avenue South, whic...

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Call for entries to YAC's Castle Resort competition

Dezeen promotion: Young Architects Competitions is inviting architects and designers to come up with ideas for transforming the ruins of a medieval castle in Italy into a holiday destination.
The Castle Resort contest is organised by Young Architects Competitions (YAC) in collaboration with M...

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You Can Compost Adidas’s Newest Shoe In Your Sink

Adidas manufactures more than 300 million products a year. Shoes, jerseys, hats. Most of that sportswear is made of polymers like thermoplastic or polyurethane. Some of those plastics are recyclable, but even those require fossil fuels to create. “For us, that’s a huge liability,” says James ...

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Artist Turns Random Dog Poops Into Donald Trump Art Installation

A graphic designer in Miami Beach has designs on turning Donald Trump’s last name into a new euphemism for “poop.”
The way he’s doing it will strike many as crappy: He’s putting Trump’s face and, occasionally, his quotes on pieces of dog poop he sees around his South Beach neighborhoo...

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Friday Five with Scott Hudson of Henrybuilt

Henrybuilt launched in 2001 in a shed on Washington’s Vashon Island and now, some 15 years later, the company’s Founder and CEO Scott Hudson has grown the business to include showrooms and offices in Seattle, New York City, and Mill Valley, California. Hudson named the design and manu...

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2016 Gift Guide: Modern Art

Not everyone gets around to buying art for themselves as many of us are focused on the necessities. But surrounding yourself with art, with various patterns, textures, colors, etc., can easily bring you joy and happiness, which most definitely is pretty necessary in these times. We looked...

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Bold Graphic Hooks by Design Letters & Friends

Danish brand Design Letters & Friends has designed a fun new collection of wall hooks. The bold, graphic HOOK2 Colour series begs you to can get creative with their playful dotted design by arranging them into various configurations on your wall. They’ll not only keep your gear nice an...

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Jony Ive and Marc Newson create room-size interpretation of a Christmas tree

An immersive Christmas tree installation by Apple’s Jonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson has been unveiled in London.
The duo worked alongside British set designer Michael Howells to create the “magical experience”, which is located in the lobby of...

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How Block Shop’s Soleri Scarf is Conceived

Southern California-based sisters, Hopie and Lily Stockman, are the masterminds behind Block Shop, a textile company that brings a modern California vibe to textiles that are created through the traditional hand block printing process in India. Working with a family of printers and dyers in...

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The Must See Cars From the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show

If there were three takeaways from this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show they were: 1. SUVs are back with a vengeance, 2. virtual reality is the new marketing tool of choice for auto manufacturers, and 3. matte grey paint is the unofficial concept car color of 2016/2017. Jaguar also unveiled a sh...

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If Trump Wants to Fix Infrastructure, He Has to Learn From These Projects

President-elect Donald Trump wants to update America’s crumbling infrastructure. While it remains to be seen how he will finance his ambitious building spree, there is great potential for innovation beyond the (very necessary) repair of highways, bridges, tunnels, utilities, and rail lines, ...

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These 9 Graphic Mannequin Challenges Should Make Everyone Drive Safer

Get serious about road safety by watching these shocking versions of the #MannequinChallenge craze.
Police and fire rescue departments around the world are putting their own graphic spin on the viral trend, in which participants stand motionless while a camera pans around the eerily static...

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10 Modern Lofts We’d Love to Call Home

While loft living might not be for everyone, others find it dream-worthy. Wide open spaces paired with high ceilings lead to innovative storage solutions and clever furniture layouts for some, while others become overwhelmed with the lack of walls. When done well, lofts become the ...

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Society6 Launches Notebooks and We Want Them All!

Oh my gosh, I have been waiting for this. Notebooks from Society6!!! Now, you can take notes, create to-do lists, write poems, doodle, or whatever you do in a notebook, and be inspired by and support an artist. The notebooks are available lined or unlined. SO EXCITED!!! PLUS 20% Off + Free...

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Simple Pendants with Geometric Modules

HAENG is a Danish brand that launched in 2015 featuring two collections of pendant lighting made up of various modules. The geometric modules come in varying materials, like wood, cork, hardened glass, and handmade felt from merino wool, that are combined into eight pre-designed ...

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John Pawson converts WW2 bunkers into museum of Southeast Asian art in Berlin

Architectural designer John Pawson has transformed a pair of second world war telecommunication bunkers into an art and furniture museum in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood.

The Feuerle Collection is a private museum hosting the contemporary art, Imperial Chinese furniture, and anc...

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Alphabet Soap by Nava Workshop

Whether you are a hardcore lover of typography or not, these handcrafted Alphabet Soaps are super fun! The young Thai soap company, Nava Workshop, does not use mineral oils, parabens, or sodium lauryl sulfates (SLS) so they’re suitable to use on any skin type. Each letter is solid white in c...

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Society6 Launches Clear Phone Cases

We are stoked that Society6 has launched clear phone cases! They’re made of a polycarbonate hard shell for protection with frosted translucency. Check out some of our favorites:

Reminder clear phone case by SUBLIMENATION

Skull clear phone case by Ali GULEC

Rubber Plant Cure clear phone c...

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7 Graphic Design Trends for 2017

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As 2016 comes to a close, 2017 offers graphic designers new options and choices when it comes to what trends to adopt. Whilst many of 2016’s graphic design trends are still as popular as ever, there are a few new ones making their way into the forefront of designer’s minds. He...

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Ten Simple Retouching Techniques That Will Make Your Photos Pop

What are some of the easiest photo retouching techniques to learn for amateurs? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.


Answer by Archie D’Cruz, Editor, Designer, Writer, on...

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A House in Poland with Framed Views

Just outside of Poznań in Borówiec, Poland, mode:lina architekci designed the Fence House which presents as a geometric structure in contrasting colors from the outside. Two block-like volumes with pitched roofs and an off-center garage are composed of brick and concrete painted in black, whi...

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Surface Experiments: Ellen Van Dusen Explores Color + Pattern with Interactive Book

Dusen Dusen, the eponymous fashion label of Brooklyn-based designer Ellen Van Dusen, is in high demand these days. Her vibrant catalog of womenswear buzzing with kinetic repetition and color is complemented with an equally frolicsome home goods collection of pillows, bedding, throws, and even...

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One Point Perspective by Arnout Meijer

Dutch designer Arnout Meijer created a series of light sculptures that reference the idea of perception. Produced by Victor Hunt Designart Dealer, One Point Perspective comprises eight objects that manipulate light, each one a different shape, that changes depending on how you’re viewing i...

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Students create arching bamboo events pavilion in Hong Kong

Bent bamboo poles and translucent fabric make up this curving events pavilion in Hong Kong, designed by architecture students from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 
The ZCB Bamboo Pavilion was designed to host a series of events, exhibitions and performances that promote low-carbon livin...

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Illustrators Join together To Create Bookblock Notebooks

Notebook lovers, rejoice! The Bookblock Editions collection is a series of colorful and fun notebooks by 12 renowned illustrators. From soft watercolor landscapes to graphic geometry to hand sketched animal studies to vector cityscapes, there is a design for everyone. The artists created f...

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The BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 Is What Motorcycling Might Look Like in 100 Years

The BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 is the stuff of dreams, a zero-emissions two-wheeled concept designed to explore the possibilities of motorcycling without limits (or helmets). Unveiled as yet another of the German automaker’s stable of conceptual explorations – all with near nil likelihood o...

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Uber Wants To Make Drivers’ Jobs Easier With ‘Compliments’

Starting today, when you give your Uber driver a five-star rating, your app will ask you to provide them a little extra feedback. It’s not mandatory, but if you choose, you can give them a sticker that says something like “Awesome DJ!” or “Great car!” or “Above and beyond!” Or you can tap a p...

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How Taylor Swift Taught This Gay Fan The Value Of Being Fearless

To the world, Taylor Swift is a country-pop, occasionally divisive superstar whose talent is matched only by white-hot ambition. But to Tyler Conroy, she’ll always be a role model who helped him through some of the darkest periods in his adolescence.
“Taylor is someone who’s lived a positiv...

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A Melbourne Home is Renovated for a Growing Family

NORTHBOURNE Architecture + Design was enlisted by a young couple in Melbourne to renovate their house in an effort to make room for their unborn child. Instead of adding an extension, NORTHBOURNE was able to save the clients money by reconfiguring the existing floor plan and optimizing ...

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VDW16: Vienna Design Week Celebrates 10 Years

Celebrating 10 years of “a city full of design”, Vienna Design Week’s main venue was the neoclassical former cabinet making workshop, the Bothe & Ehrmann Exhibition Halls, once responsible for producing furniture for the Austrian monarchy. For ten days in October, it was instead filled w...

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Wall Clocks You Can Crumple

We were first introduced to Veronica Szalai’s NEW TIME clocks last year and she’s back with two new versions – Holographic and Matrix. Just like before, the clocks are made of a durable cotton fiber that allows you to crumple it, smash it, or fold it into any shape you want letting you choos...

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Norm Architects creates minimalist workspace for Kinfolk magazine in Copenhagen

Danish studio Norm Architects has taken influences from both Scandinavian and Japanese design to create this pared-back gallery and workspace for Kinfolk magazine in central Copenhagen.
The local studio worked closely with Kinfolk‘s editor-in-chief Nathan Williams and communications dir...

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City in a Suitcase: Bobby Kim of The Hundreds Gives us an Insider Look at LA Culture

If ever there was a melting pot that made the most delicious stew, it would be Los Angeles. When you get past the Hollywood hullabaloo, you discover that LA is rich with culture that runs deep and wide. Bobby Kim had an idea for a t-shirt and wanted to get it made, so he started The Hundreds...

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Lynk & Co. 01 Simplifies Sharing the Car Into a One Button Affair

The ride share economy just took a whole new detour. The newly unveiled Lynk & Co. 01 was unveiled by an all-new carmaker with a notably non-auto brand sounding name with intentions of following the map of how and when we drive.


Designed and engineered in Sweden – Volvo’s Chinese own...

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9 Ways For a Graphic Designer to Build an Online Audience

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If you are a graphic designer looking to enhance your online presence, portfolio, there are several ways of doing this. In the digital age, there is so much more scope for showing off your work with the added bonus of reaching a very wide audience of potential clients.
Here...

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The Bottom Line: 'Swing Time' By Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith writes novels about the people and themes that seem particularly freighted with political baggage these days: immigrants, multiracial families and social groups, the white and non-white working class. Though she’s writing about her own home turf ― England, typically north-west Lon...

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SOFTlab: Materials + Inspiration = Experience

The following post is brought to you by 3M. Our partners are hand-picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design.

Michael Szivos, who founded SOFTlab in 2005, has said that the New York-based design studio is about material, experience, effect and engagement. Four...

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Vienna Design Week 2016: Passions Run High in Vienna

One of the most interesting parts of Vienna Design Week was the ‘Passionswege‘ or ‘passion path’ – a series of collaborations between contemporary international and Austrian designers and traditional Viennese production companies. Funded by Vienna Design Week, the project encourages both part...

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Woodi Stores Your Firewood, Books, or Magazines

Hanna Särökaari and Elina Ulvio collaborated on the multifunctional Woodi which is designed to hold your firewood, books, or even magazines. The minimalist birch design rests at a slant on three legs allowing it to be used either horizontally or vertically.

Being that it’s easy to man...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/woodi-stores-your-firewood-books-or-magazines/

Flat-packed cabin concept allows tiny houses to be assembled like IKEA furniture

A Vancouver-based startup’s conceptual design for flat-packed recreational cabins would allow users to build for themselves, making the wilderness more readily accessible.
The Backcountry Hut Company is an offshoot of interdisciplinary design firm Leckie Studio. Its goal is to fa...

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Fresh From The Dairy: Metal Travel Mugs

Last year, Society6 launched travel mugs and this year, they’ve added metal travel mugs to their lineup. These mugs have a 360-degree wraparound design and are crafted with lightweight stainless steel, keeping drinks hot or cold… and protected. Here are some of our faves:

Ivi metal travel mu...

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2016 Gift Guide: Tech

The best tech gifts aren’t just gadgets, but devices or accessories that make life easier, more fun, and a little more comfortable for the recipient. Give one of the gifts below and you’ll tell the person you know they like tech, but appreciate design and long-lasting quality even more....

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/2016-gift-guide-tech/

Woah, Google’s AI Is Really Good at Pictionary

For Google, it’s not enough that its products rely on machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company also wants you, its customer, to understand how these technologies work.
Last year, a few months after it open sourced its deep learning engine, a Google researcher partnered wit...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/woah-googles-ai-is-really-good-at-pictionary/

Donald Trump Is Really Upset Mike Pence Got Booed At 'Hamilton'

President-elect Donald Trump, who is just two months away from his inauguration, woke up Saturday morning with a pressing concern on his mind.
No, it wasn’t about the violence being carried out in his name, nor did it concern how to deliver his election policies amid a wave of protests ac...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/donald-trump-is-really-upset-mike-pence-got-booed-at-hamilton/

A Large Vertical Loft with an M.C. Escher-like Staircase

Westway Architects, in collaboration with Stefano Pavia, turned a railway workers housing building into a vertical loft in Milan. The exterior, which has been maintained, looks to be built sometime between 1920 and 1924, while the interior has dramatically changed. Inside, the building was...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/a-large-vertical-loft-with-an-m-c-escher-like-staircase/

The Miniatures of Jon Alameda

This month we are focusing on the new MINI trend. You’ve seen it all over social media, people making mini pancakes in a mini kitchen, with a mini frying pan. This seems kitsch and silly… but the art of miniaturizing is not easy.
I am lucky to call Chef Bob Spiegel my partner. He is the mas...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/the-miniatures-of-jon-alameda/

A Furniture Collection Inspired by a Hotel

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Or, in this case, the hotel or the furniture? For Vírgula i architecture studio, they first renovated the Hotel Minho in Portugal. As they were designing it, they also ended up creating over 37 custom pieces of furniture to match their vision for the ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/a-furniture-collection-inspired-by-a-hotel/

Red pyramidal rooms form Henning Stummel's London home

A cluster of red metal-clad volumes are arranged around a secluded courtyard at Henning Stummel’s self-designed home in west London.
The Tin House is squeezed onto a plot surrounded and overlooked by traditional terraced houses in Shepherd’s Bush. It was designed by Henning St...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/red-pyramidal-rooms-form-henning-stummels-london-home/

Friday Five with Karen Konzuk

KONZUK jewelry has been a Design Milk favorite for many years, so much so that we had to bring their wares to our sister site, Adorn Milk. The designer behind the brand is Karen Konzuk, who continues to create line after line of awe-inspiring jewelry. Each collection varies but the common ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/friday-five-with-karen-konzuk/

Corollaria: Algorithmic Jewelry by Nervous System

Nervous System is back with a brand new collection of jewelry that’s inspired by science and technology. Corollaria uses algorithmic design and digital fabrication to create a stunning collection of jewelry that’s inspired by the very things that make up our bodies—cells.



Inspired by biolo...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/corollaria-algorithmic-jewelry-by-nervous-system/

Working from home? Practical tips for creating your workspace

3 min read
Working from home as a freelance graphic designer is a great option. No traffic jams, no broken coffee machines, no waste-of-time meetings. But, you must get your space organized and separated from the rest of the house. You need to think work and creativity and not be...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/working-from-home-practical-tips-for-creating-your-workspace/

15 Inspirational Tattoos That Turn Scars Into Beautiful Works Of Art

Tattoos have the ability to beautifully cover up scars, but scars can also be creatively incorporated into a design itself.
The 15 people below worked with artists to turn their scars into some epic artwork. Included on the list is Lena Dunham, who last month revealed her newest tattoo: A ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/15-inspirational-tattoos-that-turn-scars-into-beautiful-works-of-art/

A Semi-Detached House in Belgium

Hired by a couple who love travel, sports, and books, Studio K renovated a semi-detached house near the center of Leuven, Belgium. The clients longed to brighten up the once-dark home so an extension was added with a courtyard in the middle to ensure light passed through the entire...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/a-semi-detached-house-in-belgium/

John Malkovich as David Lynch = Art Website Magic

If you’re looking to DIY a website, there’s really no better platform than Squarespace. (And I’m speaking from my own experience.)  The fact that someone with very little coding experience can create a phenomenal site, has been the genius of the tool. The DIY side of things falls right within...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/john-malkovich-as-david-lynch-art-website-magic/

2016 Gift Guide: Handmade

Selecting the perfect gift for someone is a pretty special way to show someone you love them. Add to that a gift that’s handmade and it shows double love. Just imagine all the love and care someone puts into a design they created and make with their own hands. Here we have chosen a c...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/2016-gift-guide-handmade/

Zaha Hadid Architects reveals plans for Infinitus Plaza in Guangzhou

Zaha Hadid Architects has begun work on a multipurpose complex in Guangzhou, which is modelled on the looping infinity symbol used in mathematics.
The Infinitus Plaza is located in the business district of Baiyun New Town, and will serve as a headquarters for the Infinitus – a health prod...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/zaha-hadid-architects-reveals-plans-for-infinitus-plaza-in-guangzhou/

The Minimal Instrmnt 02 Watch by Instrmnt

Instrmnt 02 Watch is a minimal watch created by Glasgow-based company Instrmnt. Instrmnt launched their highly anticipated 02 series watch with a short film produced by Raspberry & Jam. The film focuses on movement; from the newly engineered Swiss mechanics that power the latest watch...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/the-minimal-instrmnt-02-watch-by-instrmnt/

The Joule: Bringing Modern Sous Vide To The Home Cook

Despite being a favorite of molecular gastronomists for years, only recently has sous vide cooking become achievable for the home cook. For those who aren’t as familiar with sous vide cooking, it’s similar to poaching, but much more precise. Sous vide cooking is when a chef cooks meat and veg...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/the-joule-bringing-modern-sous-vide-to-the-home-cook/

Every Single Name on This Entrancing Map Is a Music Reference

My favorite song about California is Scott McKenzie’s 1967 easy-listening hippie anthem “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair).” I’ll admit: It’s not the best song about the Golden State. But I still like it. When I was a teenager, years before ever visiting San Francisco, the ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/every-single-name-on-this-entrancing-map-is-a-music-reference/

'The Little Mermaid' Directors Debunk Notorious 'Hidden Message' Once And For All

“What’s that thingamabob?” is a question parents probably dread when their children watch “The Little Mermaid.” Sorry, your kids ain’t talking about utensils.
The randy bishop in “Little Mermaid” has become a Disney legend. Supposedly, during the wedding scene on the ship, the bishop presidi...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/the-little-mermaid-directors-debunk-notorious-hidden-message-once-and-for-all/

Friday Five with Jordan Goldstein

Gensler is one of those architecture firms you hear about regularly as they’re busting at the seams with superb talent and incredible projects. Architect Jordan Goldstein is one of those people, whose career with the firm now spans two decades. The Washington, DC native earned a Bachelor of ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/friday-five-with-jordan-goldstein/

Rise & Shine Wall Mirror by Hunting & Narud

Hunting & Narud designed the sculptural Rise & Shine Wall Mirror with a person’s height in mind. The counter balanced mirror adjusts vertically to the user’s preference with the help of the attached weighted rope. Hanging from a wooden knob, the circular mirror becomes part of the c...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/rise-shine-wall-mirror-by-hunting-narud/

Studio Ben Allen uses geometric screens to create adaptable London apartment

Movable, perforated screens allow this north London apartment to be adapted to suit various situations.
Studio Ben Allen was brought on to make the apartment‘s layout more flexible and better suited to modern living.

The owners of the property, which is housed within a 19th-century...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/studio-ben-allen-uses-geometric-screens-to-create-adaptable-london-apartment/

Challky: A T-Shirt with a Drawable Surface

Do you love graphic tees but sometimes can’t find exactly what you want on one? Or maybe you just like to mix your message up from time to time. Challky is a minimalist t-shirt that comes with a surface where you can get creative and draw/write anything you want in chalk.

In school, c...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/challky-a-t-shirt-with-a-drawable-surface/

Yves Béhar Redesigns Western Digital’s My Passport Drives

Western Digital brought on designer Yves Béhar and his industrial design and branding firm fuseproject to inject an entirely new design language into the storage technologies brand’s catalog of consumer external hard drives.

The core of fuseproject’s design refresh resonates with the e...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/yves-behar-redesigns-western-digitals-my-passport-drives/

Design tools you should try

4 min read
The article suggests 8 design tools that every graphic designer should be familiar with and try out in their projects.
The job of a designer requires constant learning and analysis of new trends, capabilities and tools. When you are involved in designing digital products,...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/design-tools-you-should-try/

Artists Are Drawing The Faces Of Marginalized People In An Effort To Spread Love

Illustrator Tyler Feder’s reaction to the election of Donald Trump, and the loss of presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, is one many can relate to: “I felt completely defeated after the election results came in,” she told The Huffington Post over email this week.
The results, she speci...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/artists-are-drawing-the-faces-of-marginalized-people-in-an-effort-to-spread-love/

Listen: Episode 17 of Clever with Kevin Greenberg

In this episode of Clever, Brooklyn-based architect Kevin Greenberg of Space Exploration delights Amy and Jaime with tales of culture shock while working in Japan, notes that decades of architecture practice has re-wired his brain to notice bad design, and articulates how he would one day ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/listen-episode-17-of-clever-with-kevin-greenberg/

Furniture Made From Puzzle Pieces

Craft Combine has cleverly figured out a way to transform your framed art into functional furniture and then back again, if you choose. The Piece Furniture series features three designs that each consist of puzzle-like components that fit into a frame. Within that frame exists the pieces...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/furniture-made-from-puzzle-pieces/

Kaziu: A Portable Side Table from Ligne Roset

Poland-born, Germany-based Gregor Korolewicz is the designer behind this compact and practical side table designed for Ligne Roset. The Kaziu table uses open, rounded rectangular shapes that are interlocked to form the base that holds a circular tabletop. With clean, simple lines, the table...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/kaziu-a-portable-side-table-from-ligne-roset/

Job of the day: CAD technician at Stella McCartney

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a CAD technician with Stella McCartney, who teamed up with Adidas to design the uniforms for Team GB at the 2016 Rio Olympics (pictured). Read more stories about Stella McCartney or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.




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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/job-of-the-day-cad-technician-at-stella-mccartney/

Where I Work: Shanan Campanaro of Eskayel

We’ve had a thing for Eskayel for years and our love continues to grow as their ethereal collections do. At the helm of the Brooklyn-based furnishings brand is Shanan Campanaro, whose dreamy watercolor-like designs feature soothing repetitive patterns that are nothing short of hypnotic. S...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/where-i-work-shanan-campanaro-of-eskayel/

The Native Union Eclipse USB Hub Glows With Good Ideas

Tech accessory maker Native Union is no stranger to decluttering, simplifying, and beautifying the everyday lives of people drowning under the weight of all the devices requiring a charge or transfer. I’m already a big fan and user of their weighted knot cables, a Lightning-based connection o...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/the-native-union-eclipse-usb-hub-glows-with-good-ideas/

The Controversial Redesign of the Lowly Multivitamin (Yes, Controversial)

Ritual sells clear vitamin capsules in clear glass bottles. They arrive at your door in a sunny, white and yellow box sporting icons for the wellness perks you expect of vitamins (improves mood, protects skin) and the slogan, “The future of vitamins is clear.”
The packaging is a deliberate me...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/the-controversial-redesign-of-the-lowly-multivitamin-yes-controversial/

"Searching For Signs" By Katharine "Kat" Kramer

I’ve had the good fortune of being inspired by and having an opportunity to learn from great performers and artists in the arts and entertainment.One such artist is the Legendary Lily Tomlin, who has become my role model as a performer, and also as a socially-conscious entertainer....

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/searching-for-signs-by-katharine-kat-kramer/

Minimalist Chicken Coop by RASKL

Backyard chickens have become a thing over the last few years and at first thought, it seems pretty simple. However, like all animals, you have to think about feeding and sheltering them. Newcastle-based studio RASKL can help you out with the latter as they designed a luxury minimalist...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/minimalist-chicken-coop-by-raskl/

Swissted Launches Legends Series of 70s, 80s and 90s Rock + Punk Shows

Mike Joyce, of Stereotype Design, continues his Swissted project, which beautifully merges music, graphic design, and Swiss Modernism, with a new print series called Swissted Legends. Each vibrant print features one of 25 legendary punk and rock artists and a solo show they performed...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/swissted-launches-legends-series-of-70s-80s-and-90s-rock-punk-shows/

Unexpected: Furniture Made From Acoustic Panels

Canberra, Australia based Elliot Bastianon continues exploring the use of EchoPanel®, an acoustic sheet material, in his furniture designs through folding, bending, creasing, pressing, and pleating it for alternate uses. By experimenting and not pre-planning, Bastianon is able to come up wit...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/unexpected-furniture-made-from-acoustic-panels/

Job of the day: interiors/exhibitions specialist at Adjaye Associates

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interiors/exhibitions specialist at David’s Adjaye’s firm, which was recently selected to design a major new art museum in Latvia (pictured). Read more stories about David Adjaye or browse more architecture and design opportunities on ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/job-of-the-day-interiorsexhibitions-specialist-at-adjaye-associates/

TEGES Fake Stick Security Tag Jewelry

Enamel pins and brooches have definitely boomeranged back around as must-have fashionable accessories. Pinned onto jackets, shirts, coats, or bags, they offer at a quick glance the wearer’s allegiance to nearly any affiliation or topic (hot, or otherwise). But what if your activities fall und...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/teges-fake-stick-security-tag-jewelry/

Design Milk Gets a Refresh!

It’s been a few years since we made any dramatic changes to the Design Milk website and I thought it might be time for a refresh. Working again with the team at Electric Pulp, we conceived a slightly wider, responsive design that finally said goodbye to the sidebar, at least on all of the mai...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/design-milk-gets-a-refresh/

Understanding the basics of colour theory

1 min read
You might think that your co-workers or your projects or your meeting schedule determines your mood at work. While those are all contributing factors, there’s something else at play, too: colour. The colours and colour combinations in your work space, and in your home, have a...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/understanding-the-basics-of-colour-theory/

Stage Door: Sweat, Not That Jewish

The Trump presidential win isn’t expected to help the Rust Belt states. Despite campaign rhetoric and NAFTA vitriol, manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas for decades.


A tech-based economy has been wreaking havoc on American industry for years — and no one...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/stage-door-sweat-not-that-jewish/

Friday Five with James R. Harlan

Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based James R. Harlan is not only an architect, he’s an artist, author, and preservationist. After moving to LA to attend USC School of Architecture, where he earned a Bachelor of Science, he opened his own architecture studio in 1989 and focused on modern r...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/friday-five-with-james-r-harlan/

Fresh From The Dairy: Hands

This week, we’re all hands. Helping hands, shaking hands, hugging hands, high-fiving hands, creative hands—our hands can do so much good. Check out some of our favorite handy Society6 products…


Hands Hands Hands iPad case by Heiko Windisch

BLACK HANDS iPhone / Galaxy case by Matthew Taylor ...

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Shield Vase by Arnaud Lapierre

Using Corian, Arnaud Lapierre designed a collection of limited edition vases named Shield that double as sculptures. Each bold vase invites you to present flower arrangements that feel partially protected by the digital-like shield behind them. The curved back has a strong vertically striped...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/shield-vase-by-arnaud-lapierre/

Guadalajara offers "extraordinary opportunities very early" for young architects

Guadalajara is emerging as Mexico‘s architecture hotspot, as young firms forgo Mexico City for better chances to test ideas and stand out.
Contemporary Mexican architecture is still often associated with modernists like Luis Barragán, whose colourful surfaces and emotive spaces ensured ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/guadalajara-offers-extraordinary-opportunities-very-early-for-young-architects/

Design Milk Gets a Refresh!

It’s been a few years since we made any dramatic changes to the Design Milk website and I thought it might be time for a refresh. Working again with the team at Electric Pulp, we conceived a slightly wider, responsive design that finally said goodbye to the sidebar, at least on all of the mai...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/design-milk-gets-a-refresh/

Understanding the basics of colour theory

1 min read
You might think that your co-workers or your projects or your meeting schedule determines your mood at work. While those are all contributing factors, there’s something else at play, too: colour. The colours and colour combinations in your work space, and in your home, have a...

Read full post here:
http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/understanding-the-basics-of-colour-theory/

Stage Door: Sweat, Not That Jewish

The Trump presidential win isn’t expected to help the Rust Belt states. Despite campaign rhetoric and NAFTA vitriol, manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas for decades.


A tech-based economy has been wreaking havoc on American industry for years — and no one...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/stage-door-sweat-not-that-jewish/

Friday Five with James R. Harlan

Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based James R. Harlan is not only an architect, he’s an artist, author, and preservationist. After moving to LA to attend USC School of Architecture, where he earned a Bachelor of Science, he opened his own architecture studio in 1989 and focused on modern r...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/friday-five-with-james-r-harlan/

Fresh From The Dairy: Hands

This week, we’re all hands. Helping hands, shaking hands, hugging hands, high-fiving hands, creative hands—our hands can do so much good. Check out some of our favorite handy Society6 products…


Hands Hands Hands iPad case by Heiko Windisch

BLACK HANDS iPhone / Galaxy case by Matthew Taylor ...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/fresh-from-the-dairy-hands/

Shield Vase by Arnaud Lapierre

Using Corian, Arnaud Lapierre designed a collection of limited edition vases named Shield that double as sculptures. Each bold vase invites you to present flower arrangements that feel partially protected by the digital-like shield behind them. The curved back has a strong vertically striped...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/shield-vase-by-arnaud-lapierre/

Nike's Zoom Spiridon trainers are covered in London Underground font

Nike has released a pair of trainers patterned with the Johnston100 typeface – the font used by Transport for London.
The Nike Zoom Spiridons, which were first released in 1997, are inspired by the 90s garage rave fashion scene. This iteration repurposes the century-old font as a bold p...

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Traditional Bags Get An Elegant Twist

Venque is a Canadian brand focused on making everyday bags stand out with an elegantly stylish twist. The brand was born out of necessity—founders Viktor and Simon Cui were looking for accessories that “pushed the boundaries of form and function,” but at an affordable price point. Thus, Venqu...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/traditional-bags-get-an-elegant-twist/

How One Designer Used Squarespace to Create a Design Business (and you can too!)

The following post is brought to you by Squarespace. Our partners are hand picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design.
Site created by Lovably for Hernandez Greene, photographed by Victor Harshbarger
Dylan Seeger was a 19-year-old with $6 to his name when he d...

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A Beautifully Agonizing Video of Unsatisfying Moments

Life is filled with tiny defeats. Moments of scowling, sighing, face-palming frustration—like losing a spoon in a bowl of hot soup, or staring down a progress bar that never… fully… loads. You know the feeling. And so do the filmmakers, animators, and illustrators at Paris-based design stud...

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Here's The History Behind 'Loving,' A New Film About A Major Civil Rights Victory

WASHINGTON ― “Loving,” a film from writer-director Jeff Nichols (”Midnight Special,” “Take Shelter”) that opens in theaters on Friday, tells the story of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that overturned state bans on interracial marriage.
Instead of dramatic courtro...

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Salt & Water’s Portable Tiny House Concept

Russian design studio Salt & Water has created a tiny house that’s designed to work within any landscape. The Tiny Eco-House is a prefabricated concept that’s only 20 square meters (215 square feet) and constructed of mostly natural materials, like wood.


The cozy interior...

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Fresh From The Dairy: Around the World with Maps

Here’s a roundup of Society6 artist-designed products featuring maps that speak to the wanderlust in all of us.



City Map Turin by TheMonsterMec

Tokyo Map Line by City Art Posters

Copenhagen city map by Maptastix

MILAN MAP by Jazzberry Blue

London Map by F...

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Cyl: A New System to Create Office Landscapes

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec were originally planning a series of tables for the home but instead created a new office system intent on making people feel more comfortable and relaxed. Designed for Vitra, Cyl is a collection of tables and sofas that are minimalist yet they have a homey vibe tha...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/art+culture+news/cyl-a-new-system-to-create-office-landscapes/

Bricklaying robots create bulging brick facade for Shanghai arts centre

Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects programmed robots to construct the undulating brick facade of this art gallery in Shanghai’s West Bund district.

The new exhibition space run by the Chi She artists collective provides space for art exhibitions, events and workshops at the heart o...

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