Focus on New York

Can craft change the world? MAD, New York, explores the innovation behind 21st century crafts, framing craft as an agent of change and political activism

For over 30 years Kristina Riska has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible with clay. Her latest sculptures are on display in New York

Artist Lise Duclaux closely and playfully observes the world around us. Her current exhibition focuses on ‘Little Plants in the Crannied Sidewalk’

TLmag caught up with the Verhoeven Twins to discuss how they combine advanced machinery with craft and time to create their seemingly impossible artworks

What can beauty do in design? Can beauty be a tool? What even is beauty? Explore this questions and more at ‘SAGMEISTER & WALSH: Beauty at MAK’, Vienna

Fernando Mastrangelo talks to TLmag about the young artists and designers taking a post-industrial approach to materials in his studio’s current show IGC

At the New York museum, an exhibition titled The Senses: Design Beyond Vision experiments with the way touch, smell, taste and sound can affect the perception of an object

The two most recent projects from the French interior architect go from the personal —a fresco in a chapel at his home— to the global —his debut solo show in the US, titled Oops!

The Canadian furniture studio released their inaugural collection, called Tension, at this year’s ICFF in New York

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Zachary Sachs interviews Stephen Burks about his collaborative craft-based approach to industrial design, which can be seen in his A/D/O exhibition extended until June 11.

Shelving units are often seen as miniaturised versions of buildings. Subject to similar architectonic constraints,… Read more