The Haas Brothers Volume 1

A beautiful, comprehensive monograph accompanying the artists' solo NYC show

With wildly imaginative designs and an eye for material, The Haas Brothers have been redefining home decor, art and furniture since 2010. Whether they’re tackling sexuality, science fiction or wild animals across vases, benches and lamps, each piece in their portfolio represents a distinct vision and care for the craft. Accompanying their first ever solo NYC exhibition, “Cool World,” debuting on 4 November 2014 at …

Test Drive: 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster

Power, maneuverability and style all packed into a surprisingly compact body, the British automaker delivers on all fronts

by James Willard The V12 Vantage was originally created as a love letter to 12-cylinder motoring. When the beloved British brand squeezed its most potent V12 engine between the frame rails of its smallest model, Aston Martin wasn’t aiming for success, but rather to prove its engineering prowess and the brand’s love and respect for driving. Embracing a run of unanticipated success, Aston created from …

Caicifang: A New Life for Ancient Porcelain

Salvaging precious shards of history to bring a taste of tradition to contemporary design

Since the beginning of last century, when the Qing dynasty was in its final years, China had a tradition of recovering old fragments of precious ceramic. In 1902, in the bustling commercial area south of Beijing‘s Forbidden City, several workshops were already giving a new life to broken vases by assembling little fragments into new pieces of jewelry. Wang Jing, owner and designer of Caicifang, …