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In the early 1970s, the future was shiny, sleek, and full of promise. Few designers captured that hopeful, otherworldly energy quite like Serge Mansau with his Space Age Low Table (1973) — a sculptural masterpiece in steel and nickel that feels equal parts furniture, spacecraft, and dreamscape.
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Unemployment (2016), another chapter of Josh Klein’s ongoing cycle, is a stark series of installations set in the 2030s or 2040s – a vision of a near-future in which automation has replaced the majority of administrative office jobs.
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For his contribution to 200 Trunks, 200 Visionaries — an immersive exhibit celebrating Louis Vuitton’s 200th Birthday — artist and founder of Brooklyn Balloon Company Robert Moy molded ordinary rubber balloons into a sculpture that reveals the pliability and shape-shifting capabilities of the colorful birthday party decorations. Continue reading Eye On Design: Brooklyn Balloon Company-Designed Louis Vuitton Trunk
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Thanksgiving is now behind us for another year (Hello, Black Friday!) so it is no longer “too soon” to post about Christmas stuff — thank god! Because I’ve been holding onto these photos for weeks already.
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Josef Hoffman designed this stylized Table Lamp in 1904, when artificial light sources were shifting from gas to electric, which challenged designers to innovate in accordance with the new technology.
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