Design Milk

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When you pick the right present, you’ll receive the most genuine, overjoyed response that will make your heart burst. From German award-winning stepping stones to a fail-safe option (play dough, of course, but with a twist), we found the best modern gifts for kids that will make your present their favorite of all.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On view through April 23, 2023 at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art in California, A Conversation With Trees exhibition showcases a series of monolithic sculptures and furniture carved out of recovered, fallen local trees from a windstorm in Claremont. One piece is made from the discarded wood scraps of his larger sculptures.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now living in London, Milovanovich works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting, and digital art while pulling from these lived experiences, learned techniques, jokes, and memories. Each sculpture pulls from cubism, surrealism, humor, and references to the natural world.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 23, 2024

On view at Dia Chelsea through July 2024, artist Delcy Morelos presents El abrazo , an exhibition of two site-specific sculptures that invite a sacred connection to soil that may be the most surprising and satisfying experience with art in New York at the moment. Delcy Morelos, Cielo terrenal (Earthly Eaven, detaill), 2023.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

We love that it essentially forces you to be nothing but present; no phones, books or other distractions can be involved. Two favorite walking spots that provide endless inspiration are the Myrtle Edwards Park/Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle and the Highline in NYC. It’s such a meditative and restorative activity!

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This month in New York, artist Antonio Santín presents shockingly hyperreal oil paintings that depict life-size undulating ornate rugs. Each painting is also a play between illusion and real physical depth: though the folds of the rugs are an illusion, the paint itself is sculptural.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Instead, his work forges bridges between the classical and the present in a way that makes it excitingly relevant to the world of the 21st century. Spanning across the expansive 440 sq m of gallery space, On Human Beauty features 14 sculptures, as well as paintings and drawings, many of which were commissioned exclusively for this exhibition.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

His work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including presentations in Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin. He has created popular illustrations for The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Guardian and recently published his first self-titled monograph with global art book publisher Phaidon.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The globally-celebrated Spanish designer brings his creative universe to the cultural center with a selection of his most iconic works, including furniture, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, tapestries, graphics, and even pieces that have never been presented in Spain. Jaime Hayon.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 22, 2023

Two must-visit sculptures have just debuted in New York City in equally incredible outdoor locations. Presented by Public Art Fund, four giant letters spell out “LAND” in an arrangement and font that references Robert Indiana’s famous “ LOVE ” design.

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Design Milk

MARCH 23, 2023

Her current exhibition Humming on Life presents 10 new artworks on view at Jeffery Deitch in New York through April 22 nd. Kennedy Yanko’s “Humming on Life” at Jeffery Deitch, NYC, installation What we re-quire is / silence, 2023 (detail) Metal feels weightless, refuse becomes beautiful, and paint breaks free from canvas.

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Design Milk

MARCH 18, 2025

Julian Opie’s distinct artistic language is recognizable across the world whether in massive pubic sculpture, digital animations, or paint, his human figures always surprise with how much individuality is conveyed in such reduced forms. The bright LEDs pixels give the works an extremely crisp presentation in person.

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Design Milk

JUNE 20, 2023

Ten years later, the 94-year-old Kusama presents a brand new (and much bigger) Infinity Room , included within a dazzling four-room exhibition that includes polka-dotted pumpkin walls, towering flowers, and new abstract paintings. Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023 (detail) © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

His newest exhibition The Disappointment Engine is a knock-out at Miles McEnery Gallery in New York, presenting 11 new works, including a massive wall-to-wall, cloud-like installation at the entrance. In short, Hashimoto’s work connects now more than ever.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 9, 2023

To Err is Human, 2023 © Samson Bakare. As he prepares to exhibit 15 brand-new works – including paintings, sculptures and pictorial installations – at Dorothy Circus London, we chatted with Samson to learn more about his unique approach to art. Cassandra in Wonderland, 2023 © Samson Bakare.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 21, 2023

” At Art Week Miami 2023 , the collaborative studio at the intersection of art, design, technology, and craft, showcased RIFLESSI , in collaboration with ARTXCODE. ” Optimism, Jeff Davis Jeff Davis , in collaboration with stained glass artisans Atelier Loire , presented visually striking, saturated pieces that carry narratives.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

” Their exhibition for Dutch Design Week 2023 was entitled Regeneration: Fashion From The Ground Up and explored what regeneration looks like in the fashion context through three lenses: Earth Care , People Care , and Fair Share. . . “We are fortifying the groundwork for a brighter future,” they say.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For Dutch Design Week 2023 , co-founders Daniera ter Haar and Christoph Brach curated an appropriately vibrant exhibition called Multiply to celebrate winning the 2023 Limburg Design Award and showcased 15 years of self-initiated and collaborative projects.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Five sculptural horses emerge through the lush curtain of textiles at varying points, appearing to gallop mid-air. As the title suggests, the show aims to present a more contemporary view of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and other Himalayan regions. Each flag’s color refers to the five elements and states of mind in Tibetan Buddhism. .

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Throughout her career, Ju’s work has swing between scales and creative disciplines, borrowing from sculpture and architecture to create unique brand experiences that are functional and visually enticing. That feeling of being present and focused during the creative process resonates with me.”

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Design Milk

APRIL 3, 2024

Sami Kallio with his Pixel stool and bench Olivia Åhman Leather chair Winner of the 2023 Together scholarship and participant in the 2024 Together initiative, Åhman delivers a subversive take on form and materiality with the Leather chair. Olivia Ahman, the 2023 Together scholarship holder, with her leather chair.

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Design Milk

JUNE 26, 2023

See first edition here ) The playfully vibrant 2023 Summer collection glows with optimism inspired by the colors of summer and the season’s sociable warm evenings, represented by five new lights designed by four emerging, international designers. It retails for $248. Thanks for supporting Design Milk!

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Her soft sculptures draw attention to the climate crisis and our broken relationship with nature. Christopher Fronebner presented “Fishing for Nets” to tackle “ghost gear” – dumped fishing equipment that comprises the majority of plastic pollution in the ocean.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

bori' (sculptures carved from Japanese yew), mageki aka wood bending (a vital element of contemporary furniture making), latticework and masterful joining techniques. The exhibition runs from 29 September to 29 January 2023 at Japan House London, 101-111 Kensington High St, London W8 5SA.

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Design Milk

JUNE 24, 2024

That’s exactly what Japanese furniture brand Ariake facilitated in October 2023 when it led a cohort of notable designers and brands – including Gabriel Tan , Anderssen&Voll , Keiji Ashizawa , Norm Architects , Monica Förster , Naoki Terada , and Christian Haas – through a week-long design workshop in Saga, Japan.

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2023

Deadline: June 16, 2023. PST on June 22, 2023. Deadline: June 4, 2023. Deadline: 11:59 PST on June 5, 2023. Deadline: June 6, 2023. PT on June 10, 2023. EDT on June 12, 2023. Artist Grant applications are now open through June 16 at artprize.org. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. There is a $35 application fee.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

On view at three special NYC Ballet Art Series performances in January and February 2023. Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta are DRIFT, a multidisciplinary group that creates experiential sculptures, installations, and performances, uniting audiences with moments that inspire a reconnection to our planet.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: As admirers of Toronto designer Maha Alavi’s work (we featured her Frooot bowl in 2021 and her Lithic chair in our recap of this January’s IDS Toronto ), we were excited to hear that she’d be showing at London Design Festival 2023 and asked her to document the week through a designer’s eyes.

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Design Milk

MARCH 29, 2022

The idea of inviting other creators to create their own versions of the pouf came about when Hilland first presented the Lumi Pouf to Harjak. The plan is for the winning project to be showcased in NK’s display windows during Stockholm Design Week 2023. Maxjenny’s artistic approach makes the piece feel opulent and sculptural.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

PST on December 14, 2023. ET on December 11, 2023. Deadline: December 15, 2023. Deadline: December 27, 2023. Virgin Islands) This portrait competition is open to all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance art, and digital or time-based art.

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Refreshingly, Euroluce 2023 moved away from boxy, fully enclosed stands to embrace more open displays that encouraged easier exploration. Here is our tour of the standouts from Euroluce 2023. ” Appropriately, the display was anchored by a cloud-like glass sculpture by Lasvit art director Maxim Velčovský.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From Moooi’s eye-catching and exuberant Knitty Lounge chair to Richard Serra-inspired lighting from A-N-D, our top 10 product selects for 2023 made a lasting impression. This beam radiates out of the sculptural design, amplifying a barely-there presence into a dramatic focal point. This year was no different.

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Design Milk

MAY 16, 2023

During the occasion of London Craft Week , SPC presented an exhibition of new, large-scale ceramic works by Dutch designer Floris Wubben. The Studio Floris Wubben Collection , a large-scale ceramics series that merges function and sculpture, was in the spotlight.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

“Inspired by the Bell inequality test, Dirac’s three polarizers experiment with the hidden nature of materials and perception, the sculpture exploits the strange phenomenon of polarization and material,” he says. Photo: Katie Treggiden Carl Clerkin was also presenting Sons of Beasley with designer and colleague Alex Hellum.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Just this week, a trio of developers announced that Kengo Kuma and Associates will be introducing a new commercial complex in the city’s Design District — an area that already boasts a waterfall-esque façade treatment by Sou Fujimoto and eye-catching sculptures by the likes of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Buckminster Fuller.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

His newest exhibition “Your psychoacoustic light ensemble” is currently on view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York and presents a range of perception-tripping new works, including watercolors that emulate spectral light, new color-shifting glass sculptures, and a surprising room where sound becomes visible and light feels audible.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Wherever innovative architecture meets everyday needs while elevating life itself, our top houses of 2023 shows that great design has a big heart. The Whimsical Urban Infill: 19 Waterloo Street, Sydney, by SJB This whimsical residence took home the People’s Choice at the 2023 AZ Awards — and for good reason.

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