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The problem with national monuments

The problem with national monuments

President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order adding 105,919 acres of National Forest System land to the San Gabriel National Monument. According to a statement by the White House, the lands added to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

IED Firenze Launches a New Master Course in Future Store Design

IED Firenze Launches a New Master Course in Future Store Design

When you decide to buy something, there are many key factors involved. Customer experience has become one of the most relevant aspects to consider when designing a retail journey, whether physical, digital, or both. It’s time to define how retail spaces will evolve in the next years and to do so, Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Firenze just launched a brand-new Master Course in Future Store Design. 
In an era marked by rapid change, the course imparts essential knowledge and the skills required to design effective retail spaces, recognizing the profound shifts in this domain. More
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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

Now obsolete, the term zoophytes once referred to organisms that exhibited both animal and plant characteristics. It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending beastly and botanical forms by the late Claude (1925-2019) and François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008).
On view at Kasmin in New York, Zoophites brings together dozens of surrealist works from the French artists, known together as Les Lalanne, that bridge the divide between kingdoms. More
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Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel Cultivate Connections Between Sculpture, Nature, and Craft

Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel Cultivate Connections Between Sculpture, Nature, and Craft

The term “spoke” has traditionally referred to a piece of split log, like those used as supports in a wagon wheel. Traditional basket-making techniques draw on that same concept by weaving flexible material through a stronger framework. For French artistic duo Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel, notions of interlaced strands, patterns, ecosystems, and vessels shape their solo exhibition, The Weaver and the Spoke, at Antenna Space in Shanghai. More
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Althea Crome’s Miniature Sweaters Test the Limits of Traditional Knitting

Althea Crome’s Miniature Sweaters Test the Limits of Traditional Knitting

Have you ever sent a knit sweater through a dryer cycle and returned to find it a fraction of the size it once was? Well, think even smaller. Althea Crome’s incredibly detailed miniature sweaters didn’t shrink in a dryer but were instead created stitch by stitch with scrupulous dexterity over hundreds of hours.
The Indiana-based fiber artist began knitting in college and refined her skills by frequenting knitting shops. Crome was eager to learn new methods, and like many who are part of knitting communities, the artist was happily welcomed with advice, knowledge, and guidance. More
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