January 22, 2013
It’s always great to see what happens when design fields from different ends of the spectrum, say fashion and architecture, mix. Typically, architecture is used as a backdrop to showcase a deisgner’s selected fashions, with the building forms complementing (or contrasting) the clothes and models on display. Still, there is always an exception to the rule— case in point, Joshua DeMonte’s line of wearable accessories that scale down pieces of architecture for the body. The collection incorporates elements of classical architecture such as porticoes, aqueducts, staircases, and arcades into over-the-top collars and twisted, brick-laden bangles. Read more.
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December 11, 2012
Product: Made of matte stainless steel, the NYC Metro Cuff features black embossed lines of the streets, and numbers of the famed New York City subway system. Who needs a subway map when you can sport this stylish bracelet highlighting the routes of those underground tunnels? Sized at 2” wide and a 2.5” diameter, this bracelet is the perfect accessory for tourists and natives alike!
Created by: Design Hype
Retail price: $37
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December 7, 2012
The first week of our holiday giveaways has come to a close, but don’t worry—new opportunities to win FREE STUFF recommences on Monday. We’ve rounded up an impressive selection of gifts from our favorite designers across the globe, from quirky light fixtures to architectural LEGOs. We’re giving away a prize every weekday to our loyal readers (just a small token of our appreciation for your dedication to Architizer!). In case you missed any of this week’s offerings, they’re all featured here. And good news: The LEGO giveaway is still open for entries!
Click through to see this week’s giveaways and be sure to check in next week for 5 new gifts!
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December 5, 2012
Don’t know what to get the stylin’ architect in your life for the holidays? No problem: Architizer’s got you covered. We’ve combed the globe for the coolest, weirdest, and most fashion-forward bags, T-shirts, accessories, and even shoes that even the most discerning design snobs will love. And don’t worry: we’ve included plenty of (not-so-basic) black. Click through to see our picks!
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December 5, 2012
Product: A set of gold-plated stainless steel Urban Grid earrings and necklace from AMINIMAL Studio. This “mnemonic “jewelry set, which reproduces the Manhattan grid and Central Park in flashy gold, will help you reminisce about great times spent in the Big Apple. The necklace is set on an 18″ chain, the perfect length to spice up any attire!
Designer: AMINIMAL Studio
Retail Price: $50 each ($100 for the set)
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May 31, 2012
Detail of “Cosmic Quilt” by The Principals
New York Design Week saw the fourth installment of Models Citizens, an annual showcase of work by independent and emerging designers. This year’s exhibit, which ran May 19-21, featured a diverse group of designers representing various disciplines — objects on display included furniture, jewelry, lighting and conceptual pieces.
Begun in 2008 by designer Mika Braakman, the series aims to foster a global community of kindred spirits; organizers actively reached out to numerous emerging designers to curate the show. With the work of professionals and students alike on display, experience level was a consideration secondary to ingenuity, vision and enthusiasm.
Click through for a few highlights from this year’s Model Citizens.
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March 8, 2012
“Drudo Silver Pendant”
The rapid development and adoption of 3-D printing have spawned a litany of custom products whose novel forms speak almost exclusively to the ‘newness’ of the technological processes which produced them. The tendency curbs the development of a robust design criteria fitting of our times and thus only diminishes the objects’ capacity to express the full breadth of contemporary life. This is the gap that designer Kevin Wei attempts to fill with his works, which meld digital tech with historical narratives and traditional methods of manufacturing. Continue.
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January 4, 2011
Bushwick Video from Metropolis magazine on Vimeo.
After the jump: Bushwick opens up, reenact that party scenes from Marie Antoinette this year, momentum against LEED grows, design your own cellular jewelry on your iPad, and more on Beijing’s eternal battle against pollution.
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