AIGA’s Well-Trained “Eye on Design”

The design industry's leading authority brings its perspective into the 21st century with a new blog filled with creative inspiration

Fresh from celebrating its centennial anniversary in 2014, AIGA—one of the ultimate authorities on design—has turned its focus to the 21st century with its new blog: Eye on Design. AIGA has always stood on the cutting edge of the design world (and helps set its standards more often than not), and the highly anticipated launch of Eye on Design opens the juggernaut’s expert perspective to …

Tyler Hays’ M. Crow & Company

Leather watches, wooden toys, shrunken heads and more in the BDDW founder's creative take on a century-old general store

In a slight departure—at least, geographically speaking—from designing furniture in Philadelphia, BDDW founder Tyler Hays recently acquired a 107-year-old general store located in the notably small town of Lostine, Oregon. Opened by the Crow family, who were among the earliest settlers to reach the remote Wallowa Valley in the late 1800s, the modest shop has served as a community hub for generations. It also inspired …

Rare, Obscure and Framed: Re-Issue Posters

Sourced from design archives and museums around the world, diverse and brilliant prints for the home or office

Mass-produced prints add as much to a space as a tiny sprig of parsley atop an entree—sure it adds some color, but it’s far from memorable or meaningful. Ditch the cookie-cutter dorm room pop-art prints in favor of something truly unique from Re-Issue. The Melbourne, Australia-based company scours the globe for beautiful design-driven prints—many of which are the last remaining editions. Favoring museum archives and …