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by Anna Carnick Opening today and capping off a year-long 50th anniversary celebration, the Guggenheim presents Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. For this salon-style installation, the museum invited nearly 200 artists, designers and architects to submit their dream proposals for interacting with the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building’s central rotunda, or “void.” The central space, famously encompassed by the circular exhibit hallways,...

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For Valentine's Day jewelery designer Laura Lobdell, known for casting found objects like champagne corks and matchsticks in silver, created four new pieces, which each come accompanied by hand-painted cards. A take on the same concept as Margiela's hospital bracelet, the Four Letter Love Cuff says "I found you and you have made a big impression on me!" An immortalized cigarette butt reads "You...

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For Valentine's Day jewelery designer Laura Lobdell, known for casting found objects like champagne corks and matchsticks in silver, created four new pieces, which each come accompanied by hand-painted cards. A more gritty version of Margiela's hospital bracelet, the Four Letter Love Cuff says "I found you and you...

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by Richard Prime Shunning flashiness and gimmickery, Malmö, Sweden-based furniture brand RVW stands for "consistency in creation" while preserving Swedish furniture heritage. Founders Johannes Herbertsson and Jonas Nordgren explore the history of material use to slowly develop products which will stand the test of time and look good while doing so. The resulting beautifully-formed pieces demonstrate a borderline obsessive attention to detail with refined surfaces...

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Opening this weekend in NYC, filmmaker-turned-street artist, Mr. Brainwash's newest exhibition "Icons" features his paint-splattered portraits of famous fashion designers, musicians and other figures (including Campbell's soup-labeled spraycans and a Superman-Obama) in a 15,000-square-foot warehouse. The controversial eccentric is known as much for his over-the-top antics as he is for his artwork, splashing onto the scene in L.A. by relentlessly documenting fellow street artists...

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Dutch artist Melanie Bonajo's latest volume, Furniture Bondage culls her recent photo series which puts uniquely female subjects in precarious positions, encumbered with the objects of everyday life. Everything from house plants to an oscillating fan are bound to, balanced on and otherwise attached to women (often pretty humorously), subjugating them to the point where they lose any agency and are reduced to sculptural...

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With four long spider-like legs holding up a central pod, Portland, OR artist Brian Elliot' time capsule Aries2010 looks like a futuristic version of a Louise Bourgeois-meets-Home Depot sculpture. The project, commissioned by Nike Snowboarding, aims to build the brand's cred by telling the story of snowboarding through a collection of objects and films curated by Nemo Design co-founder and snowboard photographer Trevor Graves....

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by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab The first theatrical performance to immortalize the Japanese icon, Hello Kitty The Show is a collaboration between Italian school of performing arts Mas and Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, currently on view at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan. In a surreal setting, the show tells the simple but universal story of three girls, each with their own passion but...

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Incredibly delicious Happy Goat artisinal caramels redefine the old standard treat with their goat milk flavor. The "friend-owned" business crafts the sweets in small batches using traditional copper pots, combining Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans and locally-sourced, free-range goat milk. By using goat milk, the caramels not only have a slight tang but also are naturally lower in fat. They also make a great alternative...

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Young London designer and architect Asif Kahn recently unveiled his visually arresting Harvest Project, a small collection of chairs and a table created during his participation in the Designers in Residence program at the Design Museum London. Following a brief to develop "context-specific" projects, Kahn sought to highlight the living potential around us by using local plant life (Baby's Breath) as the raw material...

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