NYCxDesign 2014: Sight Unseen OFFSITE

A vibrant explosion of contemporary design from the duo behind the beloved online publication

Since 2010, former I.D. magazine editors Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov have taken a portion of the panoply found online at their design publication Sight Unseen into the physical realm through the Noho Design District—an ancillary event to New York’s annual spring design week anchored by ICFF. This year the duo moved from NoHo to SoHo to launch OFFSITE. Their distinct vision was seen in …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Well-wishes for Vignelli, NYC's new 9/11 museum, tributes to two outstanding filmmakers and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Farewell, Sugar Man Director It surprised no one when Malik Bendjelloul won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 2013 Academy Awards. His film “Searching for Sugar Man” (which happened to be his directorial debut) won the hearts of fans the world over with his chronicle of the little-known musician, Sixto Rodriguez. People were, however, shocked to learn that Bendjelloul died this week …

ICFF Preview: Assembly Design + New Friends’ US Chair

Two NYC studios' styles collide for a striking, limited-edition furniture collaboration

In anticipation of the second official NYCxDesign week and this weekend’s opening of ICFF, New York-based furniture studio Assembly Design paired up with textile innovators New Friends for a beautiful, limited-edition piece. The “US Chair” perfectly balances and combines the strengths of each studio. Drawing on Assembly’s penchant for traditional designs and methods reinterpreted through a modern perspective, founders Peter Oyler and Nora Mattingly started …