Barcelona Design Week 2018: Highlights

Exploring the pragmatic and esoteric by reconsidering various approaches to design

Design form Catalonia has an identity rooted both in regional tradition and contemporary icons. Javier Mariscals objects and characters (like Cobi, the 1992 Summer Olympics mascot), Jorge Pensi’s Toledo Stacking Chair, and Rafael Marquina’s Marquina Oil Cruet (apparently one of the most copied design objects in the history of Spanish design) are all of note. These familiar names, along with the future of Catalan design …

LOEWE’s Limited Edition David Wojnarowicz Collaboration for Visual Aids

Work from the iconic artist and activist graces a small T-shirt collection

The medium for output morphed frequently with artist and activist David Wojnarowicz. As an artist, he cast powerful messages of action, change and outlying through his photos, paintings, films, performances and more. While his activism (both connected to and extending beyond his art) drew critical awareness to AIDs and HIV. To honor the beloved artist (who passed away in 1992) and to raise money in …

Everpress + Amnesty International’s Censorship Collaboration

Amnesty International has joined forces with custom, no-waste brand Everpress and 50 artists in order to create a collection of T-shirts that explore the concept of censorship. Designers, illustrators, photographers, cartoonists and more are taking part in the project—from Maria Falbo to Thierry Noir and more. Our pick might be BRICK magazine’s iteration: a screen-printed copy of the 1990 New York Times article titled “Obscenity …