Primitivo Terracotta Lamps

Chilean designer Abel Cárcamo Segovia uses painted clay to create lustrous and timeless lamps

Santiago, Chile-based industrial designer Abel Cárcamo Segovia—founder of Primitivo—is most comfortable when playing with natural materials such as wood, wicker and clay to create curious pieces for the home. Terracotta, however, has become his favored medium for molding lamps. His first series “Terracota” (the Spanish spelling) pairs the baked clay with unusual partners of wood and aluminum. The lamps’ edges are irregular, and seem as …

Miguel Cardona’s Coffee Cups for Charity

A San Francisco-based artist illustrates on the common to-go cup and donates all the proceeds to children in need

by Eva Glettner Miguel Cardona is a professor of design and an illustrator with an unusual canvas: the paper coffee cup. No subject is off limits for Cardona—in fact, the more obscure, the better; be it Breaking Bad’s Walter White, aliens or sea creatures. But it’s what Cardona does with his myriad coffee cups that is even more special. He sells them and donates all …

Highlights from the North American International Auto Show 2014

From Porsche's 2015 Targa to the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, our picks from Detroit

The North American International Auto Show, Detroit (known as NAIAS) always serves as a major platform for American brands, as well as for foreign brands who sell a lot of a specific model or manufacture them in the USA. The showcase also stands as a key litmus test for unveiling concept cars. And this year, several of both delivered the excitement we’ve come to expect …