Tinker Hatfield on the Air Max Zero

Since its introduction in 1987, the Nike Air Max 1 has become a global icon in sneaker design, yet very few know its origin story—until now. To celebrate its self-proclaimed Air Max Day on 26 March 2015, Nike will launch the Air Max Zero, the very first shoe design to include a built-in, see-through bubble, which was eventually scrapped due to marketing issues. To learn …

The Book of Life’s Lil Pleasures

Following up on “The Mini Book of Major Events,” illustrator Evan Lorenzen has gone back to pint-sized publications with “The Book of Life’s Lil Pleasures.” A look inside the tiny booklet reveals pages of doodles detailing the small pleasures in life including the smell of rain, chirping birds, riding on the back of shopping carts and, um, eating cereal out of your enemy’s skull? Anyway, …

Muller van Severen at Matter NYC

The Belgian design house makes its US debut with a collection that straddles the line between sculpture and homeware

Belgian design team Muller van Severen is a paragon of creative conspiracy. What started out in 2011 as a simple experiment in co-creation between married visual artists Fien Muller and Hannes van Severen resulted in a critically acclaimed collection of furniture that straddles the line between sculpture and functional homeware—though neither Muller nor van Severen were trained furniture designers. “The decision to start making ‘furniture …