31 May Hiroki Odo Heads to the Catskills, and Other News – SURFACE
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS May 31, 2023 ...
31 May Designer of the Day: Caleb Ferris – SURFACE
Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life. Age: 32 Occupation: Furniture artist. Instagram: @calebferris Hometown: Oklahoma City. Studio location: Oakland, CA. Describe what you make: I make sculptural tongue-in-cheek furniture that reflects my personal approach to design which is less serious...
30 May What’s New This May, From Our List Members – SURFACE
NEW & NOTABLE A rare cask from Louis XIII, Moss & Lam’s whimsical decor for Holly Hunt, Miami Design District’s vision for the future, and more from our List members. ...
30 May The Blanton Museum of Art Gets a Tasteful Refresh, and Other News – SURFACE
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS May 30, 2023 ...
26 May Artful New Beginnings for Brooklyn’s Infamous Batcave – SURFACE
It’s fitting that New York City, often referred to as Gotham, would have its very own Batcave. Situated at the edge of Brooklyn’s perennially polluted Gowanus Canal is a red-brick industrial building once home to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s central power station. The six-story...
26 May Astier De Villatte Is Reviving Fragrances Lost to Time – SURFACE
Perfume is often considered an olfactory time capsule, not only capturing the memories of the wearer, but serving as a reflection of the time and place of its creation. As years pass and trends come and go, so too do the given era’s fragrances thanks...
26 May The Revamped Book Building Toasts Detroit’s Past and Future – SURFACE
Few buildings on the Detroit skyline carry as much history as the Book Building, an Italian Renaissance–style structure designed by architect Louis Kamper that rose in the mid-1920s during the then-bubbling auto industry’s meteoric rise. The building, along with the storied Book-Cadillac Hotel, became one...
26 May A Beacon of the Arts Rises from the Hills of Los Angeles – SURFACE
The Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center is a cornerstone of the local Vista Del Mar Family & Child Services therapeutic performing arts program. Originally a synagogue built in the 1950s, AUX Architecture pursued material innovation when revamping the space, which engages families of children with...
26 May Kensington Welcomes the Latest Outpost of Locke, and Other News – SURFACE
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS May 26, 2023 ...
26 May Designer of the Day: Gustavo Barroso – SURFACE
Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life. Age: 28 Occupation: Artist and designer. Instagram: @gustavobarroso.eth Hometown: I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and raised in Nashua, NH. Studio location: Brooklyn. Describe what you make: I create objects, images, and memories. ...