SPEECH PATTERN

Julia Chiang’s hand made, glazed earthenware installation consists of nine individual letters, tiny brass nails, and a variety of hanging configurations.

ORANGE AID

Looking fresh as ever, Pio Manzu’s Cronotime analog clock, designed in 1966.

IDENTIFIER

 

The Danish designer Thorbjorn Ankerstjerne cread this lovely identity for the fashion label Qasimi.

BRUSH STROKE

For an issue devoted to color, Arkitip magazine included a paint brush as an added bonus.

HEART BROKEN

Proof that some things are still best expressed on paper, a memorable business card designed for a couples therapist.

SPIRITED

It’s a little early in the day to be talking about whiskey, but not to early to be talking about how handsome this packaging for Ri(1) (pronounced Rye One) whiskey is.

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

Mid-century chairs have been frequently deified by collectors and interior stylists, but they’re a rare presence in actual houses of worship.  That rare exception may be St. Bartholomew’s Church in the Czech Republic, which underwent a secular refurbishment of sorts in 2007. Amongst the inspired touches overseen by the Czech designers Jakub Berdych and Maxim Velcovsky was the pairing of its exquisite Baroque interior with a selection of pure white Eames and customized Panton chairs. Pretty transcendent stuff.

ROUND OF APPLAUSE

A fairly splendid circle, this primitive hanging device from the French boutique, Neëst.

ITALIAN NICE

A lavishly illustrated cover for the Italian magazine, IL.

EYE-POPPIN

It may not be the products themselves that distinguish the online stationery store, Poppin, so much as their Pop art-inspired photography. Here, looking remarkably like a Claes Oldenburg sculpture, a lowly pushpin.