LELO Celebrates Sexuality in Design

The brand encourages togetherness, enjoyment and experimentation with their UnDesign Awards

For 11 years now, Swedish design brand LELO has envisioned and created toys for pleasure that take into account sexual stimulation as much as exquisite design sensibilities. Their products are objects of which to be proud—not shy about—and the ultimate reward is fulfillment. Noticing a shift toward isolation and loss of connectivity (primarily related to our collective inability to separate ourselves from our mobile phones), …

Phaidon’s Monograph on Ettore Sottsass

A comprehensive review of the iconic Italian designer's work

As the mastermind behind vibrant, eccentric furniture—not to mention the iconic Olivetti ‘Valentine’ typewriter—Italy’s Ettore Sottsass established himself as one of the most important contributors to the Postmodernist movement. This famed founder of the Memphis Group brought wild imagination to ceramics, lighting and even vast architectural structures. The depth and breadth of his decades-spanning work altered pre-conceived notions that function outweighs design, and continues to …

Helen Toomer Takes Over Pulse Art Fair

An interview with the contemporary show's visionary new director

Few events each year successfully gather and contextualize movements within the arts world. In its ninth edition, NYC’s iteration of the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair manages to do exactly that. Fifty international exhibitors showcase the work of hundreds of artists in a highly connected, meticulously curated event. And, at the forefront of it all, stands HelenToomer; the newly appointed director of the fair. With an …