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Lexus Design Award 2019: The Finalists

Digging into innovations that could change our world for the better

2 May 20191 May 2019

Presented in partnership with Lexus

The six finalists for this year’s Lexus Design Award, presented during Milan Design Week, might have been the most impressive group yet. While only one was selected as winner (Lisa Marks‘ work on bringing algorithms into the design of patterns for hand-laced, custom-fit garments), all of them showed real-world potential and used creative problem solving on pressing issues. Each of these designers—Rezzan Hasoglu, Jeffrey E. …

Milan Design Week 2019: Items Available Now

Decor and design objects that will enhance the home

CH Editors

24 April 201924 April 2019

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Amidst debuts that aim to enrich the city of Milan and others set to inspire a global design audience, the week surrounding Salone del Mobile is also filled with products that people can buy to enhance their home. This meant 2019’s Milan Design Week featured destinations like the inaugural Gucci Decor pop-up shop and a Marimekko shoppable home inside a second-floor loft, accessible by a …

Interview: Giorgio Galli, Design Director of Timex Group

Behind the details on the assembled-in-Connecticut American Documents collection

David Graver

16 April 201916 April 2019

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From his multi-floor design lab in Milan, Giorgio Galli—the design director of Timex Group—oversees developments across the historic (and ubiquitous) brand’s portfolio. While headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut, Timex looks to the Giorgio Galli Design Lab in Italy for many reasons, including their illustrious experiences together and proximity between Galli and Timex’s luxury licensed brands, Versace and Ferragamo. Galli has been in the watch industry since 1990 …