Interview: Sonia Rentsch

From garden grenades to dinner settings, the Melbourne-based designer turns everyday oddities into art

With a client list that includes the Washington Post, Rare Medium, QANTAS, Desktop and Inside Out, Sonia Rentsch is making a name for herself with unique, eye-catching images that force you to see everyday objects in an entirely new light. A former student of industrial design, Rentsch has decorated the globe with her creations, spending time in the US, Europe and Australia. We caught up …

The Modern Magazine

From printing issues on plywood to iPad apps, Jeremy Leslie of magCulture covers innovative design in the last decade of periodical publishing

London-based graphic designer and founder of magCulture, an editorial design consultancy and an equally-informative magazine design blog, Jeremy Leslie is channeling 25 years of experience into his newest book, “The Modern Magazine: Visual Journalism in the Digital Era,” published by Laurence King. “I realized that for most readers, magazines were temporary items,” explains Leslie, on his affection for the glossy periodical. “Most people buy, read, …

Taylor Forrest Furniture

A fashion designer's primitive twist on '70s glam in a collection of leather chairs

After graduating from Parsons with a BFA in Fashion Design in 2010, designer Taylor Forrest saw furniture as a sort of experiment. Come November 2013, she will have been experimenting with designing chairs for a solid year, and the upshot of her dedication can be seen in a recently-released first collection of leather sling chairs and lounges inspired by the malleability of the material, a …