Balance, Design
October 3, 2012
By Jamie Latendresse
Industrial designer Matthew Plumstead is having quite a year. The Cranbrook grad debuted his wall-mounted valet, Clip Tree (above), at the ICFF in New York where it was an ICFF Studio award winner. With raves from the press and public, he decided to bring the Clip Tree to market via Kickstarter. Recently, Matthew founded a design studio, McCarty Quinn, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with a focus on useful and contemporary home and office products. Take a listen to the music that’s inspired him along the way in this week’s Playlist.
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Design
October 2, 2012
By Amy Feezor
The start of October also marks the start of “Archtober” in New York City, a month-long festival of architecture activities, programs, and exhibitions. Here are a few events that we’ve currently got on our radar. For the full schedule (there are more than 100 events being held throughout the city), visit archtober.org. Read more
Design, Products
October 1, 2012
By Jamie Latendresse
Week four of our Why Design series features industrial designer and artist Irving Harper. In addition to creating the logo for Herman Miller, Harper helped produce some of the masterpieces of the mid-century design pantheon, including the Nelson Marshmallow Sofa, designed while he was working for George Nelson & Associates, as well as iconic clock designs for Howard Miller. Take a look at a few pieces from his extensive portfolio in our latest roundup.
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