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September 9, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

New York, N.Y. -- Danish design company VIPP is celebrating its 70th anniversary this October by hosting a charity auction in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR). The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.Leading figures in the worlds of architecture, art, design, fashion and entertainment including Oscar de la Renta, David Rockwell, Ralph Lauren, Yoko Ono, Izhar Patkin, Yves Behar, John Baldessari and Calvin Klein will be putting their signature touch on the iconic VIPP bin for the occasion. The customized VIPP bins will be auctioned at a gala event on Oct. 28 at Design Within Reach’s flagship store at 110 Greene St. The customized VIPP bins will be on public display for pre-b...Read More

September 2, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Sept. 3, 2009 -- A.N.T. GALLERY, created by Venice-based furniture, product and interior designer Ilan Dei as a forum for discourse between art, nature and technology, is hosting "Connecting Creativity and Commerce," presented by award-winning industrial designer Stuart Karten. Karten blends art and technology to develop products that are simple to use, yet capture users' imaginations. This process of "connecting creativity and commerce" involves getting into people's minds and finding hot points that get them excited. Using case studies from his work, Karten will share his strategies for customer-driven product design. The event starts at 7 pm, Sept. 3rd,  at the A.N.T. Gallery, 2100 Zeno Place, Venice, Ca. RSVP to ...Read More

May 31, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

From our fall 2008 issue of Design Today: designers Thomas Jayne, Amelia Handegan, Darryl Carter, Timothy Corrigan, Dan Andersen and Lorena Gaxiola discuss second homes:

DESIGNER: Thomas Jayne, Thomas Jayne Studio, New York

Jayne has completed numerous fellowships and internships at America’s most prestigious museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Historic Deerfield, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Smithsonian Institution. Jayne frequently lectures and has published several pieces on practical and historical decoration. He has been named to House Beautiful’s Top 125 Designers list and New York Magazine’s “The City’s 100 Best Architects and Decorators.”

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