Camel brooch, Paris, France, 1926 Promotional video from the Set in Style: Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition.
Chinese Hats suite of jewelry, Paris, France, 1931. Made for the Exposition Coloniale. Promotional video from the Set in Style: Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition.
Mystery-Set brooch, Paris, France, 1936 Promotional video from the Set in Style: Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition.
Feather brooch, Paris, France, 1928 Promotional video from the Set in Style: Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition.
Interview with John Arpels, from the Set in Style: Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition.
Egyptian bracelet, Paris, France, 1924 Promotional video from the Set in Style: Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition.
Join London-based design duo Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien in a conversation about their new furniture collection for Moroso that combines handmade and industrial production, a design approach that reflects a cross-cultural creative process. The discussion is moderated by Julie Lasky, Editor-In-Chief of I.D. Magazine.
The evening of May 19th capped off a three-day residency at the Cooper-Hewitt for Natalie Chanin, founder and designer of the design studio Alabama Chanin. Chanin, one of the founders of the burgeoning “slow fashion” movement, followed up her two-day Design Directions workshop for teenagers with an hour-long public lecture and book signing. “Lecture”...
During a visit to Cooper-Hewitt about a year and a half ago, West-coast felt-maker Janice Arnold was intrigued by the form of the museum’s conservatory. Its domed roof and iron mullions resemble the radiating struts of the framework of a yurt—the circular tent dwelling of the nomadic tribes who first created felt. Next week, Arnold...
The Vermelha chair is an iconic piece, originally conceived and prototyped in 1993 for a gallery show in São Paulo along with several other pieces. The construction of the chair is very time-intensive, as it is handmade from a huge length of rope wrapped and woven to create the chair’s structure. Though the piece is...
