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Creative leads on the women that inspire them most

Creative Boom

After an early career as a lawyer at a magic circle firm, she began her art career at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Priya read modern languages at Cambridge University then received a distinction and the annual dissertation prize in the history of design from the Royal College of Art. Her inspiration. His inspiration.

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8 Standouts from London Design Festival 2023

Azure Magazine

Among the major themes of LDF 2023 was an emphasis on sustainability (expressed through alternative materials and processes); the rise of more collaborative, cross-cultural approaches to design; and a resurgence of craft production techniques like weaving. Gallery) has earned a devoted following for its curation.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. Glass beads. A whole lot of time.

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The 10 Most Influential Architecture Projects of the Decade

Azure Magazine

Grain silos turned cutting-edge art venue. CCTV Headquarters by OMA, 2012. The uppermost level of the museum, which includes more than 100 gallery spaces across seven public floors, is distinguished by a massive grid of “pillow” windows that offer commanding views. A moving monument to the Afro-American experience.

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The 10 Interior Designs that Defined the Decade

Azure Magazine

Their sculptural form and imposing scale suggest a labyrinth as envisioned by Henry Moore, but Cloud Garden, as the design is known, was created entirely with small fry in mind, its arches and cutouts tailor-made for scrambling under, climbing over and gamboling through. Starbucks Dazaifu Tenmangu by Kengo Kuma and Associates, 2012.

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15 DIY Cameras That’ll Blow Your Mind

Feature Shoot

“Even today, a century and a half later, there is a very cool and active DIY community devoted to the craft of building cameras.” I started learning more and more about design, machining, and craft–so much so that I eventually made a whole career shift away from Photography and into Engineering.