“Tools for Life” by Rem Koolhaas for Knoll

The innovative Dutch architect behind OMA teams up to create a collection of kinetic and transformative furniture

Following in the footsteps of such visionaries as Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen and Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas has been tapped by American furniture design powerhouse Knoll to create a collection of dynamic furniture to help ring in their 75th year. A collaboration for the ages, excitement over the project was only enhanced when Prada was thrown into the mix, offering their Milan exhibition …

First Container: Collision Works Story Box

Help kickstart a community-driven shipping container center in Detroit's Eastern Market

We’ve seen several creative applications for shipping containers in the past, and the fact remains that these steel structures are unparalleled in terms of durability and availability for a recycled building material. Friend of CH Shel Kimen has been hard at work in an effort to open Collision Works, a 36-room boutique hotel and creative space that will be located in Detroit’s Eastern Market. The …

Buckminster Fuller: Poet Of Geometry

Illustrator Cole Gerst paints a cohesive picture of the icon's prescient approach to design

Buckminster Fuller’s utopian design vision, unrivaled in the 20th century and anchored by his famous reinvention of geodesic domes, reflected the polymath’s philosophy that flexible thinking, good design and an honest desire for progress could solve humanity’s woes once and for all. Designer and artist Cole Gerst has been a devotee of Fuller’s works and ideas for more than a decade, but he found that …