Mass Modern Auction

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Nearly 500 modern designs from Alvar Aalto to Sori Yanagi will go up for sale at Wright’s final spring auction in Chicago on 9 July 2011. With no set reserves, you might just get lucky.

Rainbow Flag Redesign

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The design team at Worldstudio recently took on the task of modifying the widespread symbol of gay solidarity, updating the rainbow stripes in an attempt to redefine the image for today and to make it specific to the movement.

The Cloud

Asif Khan's indoor cloud machine at Art Basel

Tasked with creating an installation to spark dialogue at Design Miami this year as part of the W Hotel’s “Conversation Pieces,” Asif Khan took the anti-architecture route, using helium, soap and water to make a mini-cloud cover indoors. Khan explains it as “an architectural experiment into what’s the simplest way to create a shaded space where conversations can happen.” Check out the above video to …