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Ralph Lauren Helps Build New Bridges

Ralph Lauren Helps Build New Bridges

The memory of late architect Charles Gwathmey, who passed away 3 August this year, is being honored with a new eponymous professorship at the Yale School of Architecture faciliated by the generosity of American designer Ralph Lauren.
Lauren and his wife, Ricky, shared a close friendship with Gwathmey, whose vast design résumé includes the Holocaust Memorial [...]

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One More Time

One More Time

The lovely editors over at Dezeen have compiled a list of the site’s top ten stories on watches and clocks, all of which have us frantically checking our bank accounts to see if we can afford to buy every single one featured.
Time may be constant, but that doesn’t mean our timepieces have to be boring.
We [...]

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State of Independence: Nada se leva

State of Independence: Nada se leva

Nada se leva is a dynamic duo from Brazil whose streamlined, Baroque-inspired designs are garnering a lot of attention.
Recently featured by the blog 2Modern Design Talk and chosen as one of the 100 “most important young designers from around the world” by &fork, Nada se leva is an exciting design team that creates fresh, interesting, [...]

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Envelop // State of Independence

Envelop // State of Independence

Scenario 1: You’re most happy when you discover a unique and fabulous treat from a well-hidden store (or amongst the chaff of cyber space).
Scenario 2:  You’re an unknown designer/illustrator with amazing talent – but no place to put it.
Where do you two meet? At Envelop, an online store that takes independent designers’ amazing illustrations and plops them (in an eco-friendly [...]

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Bacteria’s Got You Covered

Bacteria's Got You Covered

Austrian designer Sonja Bäumel has created conceptual pieces of clothing meant to remind us of — get this — the bacteria that is constantly on our skin.
Her project, (In)visible Membrane, explores the idea that the healthy, natural human body is host to thousands of bacteria — a fact which we, especially in our hysteria over [...]

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Holey Moley: Wolplamuur by Heleen Klopper

Holey Moley: Wolplamuur by Heleen Klopper

You’re just about to leave the house when you turn around way too quickly and snag your favourite sweater on the corner of a table and create an irreparable hole that forces you to drown in a pint of Ben & Jerry’s to cope with the loss of one of your most treasured garments.
Relax.  We’ve [...]

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Paper Capers

Paper Capers

Move over, doilies. Cut paper’s just gotten a whole lot edgier. The New York Museum of Art and Design’s newest exhibit, “Slash: Paper Under the Knife,” showcases contemporary artists who use paper (a veritable endangered species in this digital age) in innovative ways. The result is an absolutely breathtaking array of human bodies, intricate machinery, and explosive clouds crafted [...]

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Tours, Talks, and Treats – OHNY!

Tours, Talks, and Treats - OHNY!

Once a year, in the city of New York, a magical thing happens. Doors that are locked, open. Gates meant to keep the masses out, let us in.  And we the people get the chance to explore. That’s right, October 10th and 11th marked the 7th annual Open House New York weekend, which meant that New [...]

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A Laptop You Can Roll Up

A Laptop You Can Roll Up

The laptop of the future may not only rock, it will roll. OK – despite the lameness of that pun (we couldn’t resist!) – the new “rolltop” announced by Orkin Design looks anything but lame. It’s just a concept for now, but the rolltop will have a flexible OLED display that unfurls into a 17-inch multitouch screen [...]

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Imran Amed's Signature9

Imran Amed's Signature9
The Business of Fashion editor introduces us to his signature style items

Diane Pernet's Signature9

Diane Pernet's Signature9
Fashion blogger and film festival creator, Diane Pernet, shares nine of her favorite things

Video interview with Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld

90 Seconds with Carine Roitfeld
In a Signature9 exclusive, we catch up with the Vogue Paris editor-in-chief