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A 2,700-Pound Concorde Sculpture Soars Above the Peninsula Hotel London

Design Milk

We are honored to present our ode to British aviation in flight at the monumental Peninsula Hotel.”

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Yinka Ilori x Domus = A Mood-Elevating Tile Collaboration

Design Milk

The abstract designs are screen-printed by hand in a selection of bold colors. The Yinka Ilori x Domus tile collection will launch May 23, 2003 at Domus Clerkenwell during Clerkenwell Design Week. .” His debut tile collection is no exception as he draws inspiration from nature, sunlight, and his British-Nigerian heritage.

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Top of the Stack: Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022

Colossal

It presents science and history alongside art and illustration, including biological renderings by Ernst Haeckel, Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock prints, and works by artists like Kerry James Marshall, Vincent van Gogh, and Yayoi Kusama. Nick Cave: Forothermore. Prime, Art’s Next Generation.

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From Gaga to Gandhi: designing a star-studded calendar for 2020

Design Week

Inspired by the optical measurement for clear vision, 20/20, the calendar features famous spectacle-wearers from past and present. Jim K Davies, from Totalcontent, says the idea came from seeing ‘2020’ printed in a newspaper. Elton John for example does not need glasses anymore thanks to a lens implant surgery in 2003.

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Women’s History Month–Worldview Purveyors

Thinking Design

Gere Kavanaugh (1929-present) The paragon of a multi-hyphenate designer, Gere Kavanaugh’s vibrant and daring imagination has sparked on everything from furniture, interior, and exhibition design, to graphics, toys, and textiles. Betsey Johnson (1942-present) Betsey Johnson is no stranger to style and cultural movements.

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Open Manifesto—the Quiet but Persistent Australian Design Journal—Was Ahead of Its Time

Eye on Design

This makes the legacy of Open Manifesto , the quiet but persistent Australian print journal that published eight issues between 2003 and 2018, all the more remarkable. You started Open Manifesto in 2003. 2003 is an interesting era for design publishing — and publishing in general — with the rise of blogs and blogging.

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Ashley Minner: building meaningful connections with art

Moo

Maggie and Milly and Molly and May, Ashley Minner, 2003. I wanted to bring the public presentation of who I am and what I do into alignment with who I am and what I do now. I wanted to bring the public presentation of who I am and what I do into alignment with who I am and what I do now. I like to walk a lot.

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