Latest articles by Pei-Ru Keh
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Discover Super Bowl star-turned-designer Michael Bennett’s furniture
Working under Studio Kër, Michael Bennett imbues his sculptural furniture with poignant references to Black history and African diasporic design – now on view at Chicago’s Rebuild Foundation until 11 February 2024
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Pianegonda brings a fresh spin to sterling silver jewellery
Italian jewellery brand Pianegonda, under the creative direction of Betony Vernon, marries form and function with a genderless sensibility
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Homeware and design store Beverly’s puts down roots in New York’s Chinatown
Beverly’s was founded by Beverly Nguyen as a retail destination focused on community by supporting small business owners, creatives and craftspeople
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Alex Israel uses BMW technology for AI-powered video installation
Alex Israel’s 'REMEMBR' at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 uses AI technology to curate and choreograph a visitor’s phone camera content into a video installation across seven screens
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Nifemi Marcus-Bello makes an impression at Design Miami 2023
Nifemi Marcus-Bello takes us behind the scenes of his new works, now showing at his solo booth with Marta Los Angeles at Design Miami 2023
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Frank Traynor makes everyday objects extraordinary
Frank Traynor’s ‘A Can Opener of Myself’ – a ‘maximalist, minimalist contradiction’ of adorned objects – is at The Future Perfect, New York (until 31 December 2023)
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Comme Si’s first store in Brooklyn is a design lover’s temple to socks
Sock and loungewear brand Comme Si launches a temporary Brooklyn store, a rich and inviting space created with designers Elias Studio, John Sohn and Yoonjee Kwak
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Pierre Yovanovitch opens a home in New York
The Pierre Yovanovitch New York gallery is a 10,000-square-foot space within a penthouse in Chelsea, bringing a taste of Paris to the city
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Byredo introduces its first fine jewellery collection
Byredo fine jewellery launches with the ‘Virasaat’ collection, meaning ‘inheritance’, influenced by founder Ben Gorham’s Indian heritage
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Paul Smith and Maharam document 20 years of collaboration in a new book
Paul Smith and Maharam have created more than 40 textile, wall covering and accessory designs over the last two decades
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Peter Do and Swedish jewellery brand All Blues unite on a capsule collection
The 11-strong All Blues for Peter Do jewellery collection is rooted in modularity, wearabilty and minimalism – cherished values of both brands
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Café Carmellini brings old New York into the present
Café Carmellini, designed by Martin Brudnizki, is nestled within the Fifth Avenue Hotel, a former Gilded Age mansion with architecture by McKim, Mead & White
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Roy Lichtenstein studio is now home to the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program
The 1912 Roy Lichtenstein studio has been updated by Johnston Marklee to include individual artist studios, a seminar room and other facilities
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Inside Grace Wales Bonner’s ‘Spirit Movers’ at MoMA, a meditation on Black expression
Part of MoMA’s ‘Artist’s Choice’ series, British fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner curates an energetic collation of works inspired by the styles, forms and sounds of the African diaspora
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FoundRae’s Dallas, Texas residency gains steam
Jewellery label FoundRae’s Dallas pop-up at The Conservatory in Highland Park Village combines medallions, charms and homeware alongside vintage objects
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Abask gets real at Salon Art + Design in New York
Digital retail destination Abask presents its design collectibles as part of a select group of Special Design Partners, a new feature of the fair’s 12th edition (until 13 November 2023)
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Inside Valentino’s vast new store on New York’s Madison Avenue
The three-floor Valentino boutique, which was formerly a longstanding flagship space for Calvin Klein, has been transformed into a beacon of Italian style
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Completedworks unveils an exclusive capsule collection at Dover Street Market
Completedworks’ new jewellery collection is available at Dover Street Market’s New York and Los Angeles locations, and can also be purchased online
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Metropolis by Marcus Samuelsson is PAC NYC’s new restaurant, designed by Rockwell Group
Metropolis by Marcus Samuelsson is a contemporary American restaurant that draws from New York City – step inside
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Setting the trap: Trnk and Canoa Lab investigate traditional Spanish pottery
Trnk and Canoa Lab explore Alfarería de Trampa, the centuries' old Valencian tradition best known for the Botija Trampa, a bottle designed with innumerable spouts, resulting in spilled water rather than quenched thirst
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Studio J. Jih revamps historic Marblehead house in Massachusetts for a modern family
The Georgian revival Marblehead house from the 1920s is now filled with contemporary accoutrements like a sculptural concrete fireplace and a brass firepole for kids
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Jaeger-LeCoultre commissions digital artist Brendi Wedinger to create a trio of fictional flowers
The Los Angeles-based Wedinger is the latest addition to the house's Made of Makers programme
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Schaum/Shieh's creative retreat in Virginia stands in tune with the natural landscape
Shenandoah House, a creative retreat nestled within the slopes of the Allegheny mountains, is part of the Appalachian trail, and organised as a single line that traces the contours of the site’s topography
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Hotel Drei Berge brings a touch of elevation to the Swiss mountains
The historic mountaintop Hotel Drei Berge has been reinvigorated under the creative eye of Ramdane Touhami as a dream-like retreat that blurs past and present
