Off The Grid at Gallery R’Pure

A designer camping trip with Frederick McSwain and François Chambard's first collaborative collection

If glamorous camping is “glamping,” does that make designer camping “damping?” Whatever you call the pristine, outdoors-inspired objects in “Off the Grid“—the collaboration between designer François Chambard of UM Project and artist and designer Frederick McSwain—the exhibition playfully riffs on the title, from literal interpretations of grid-based design to more free-thinking explorations of what it means to take the design off the grid. For Chambard, …

Delta Sky Deck

Watch the planes go by while enjoying a little sun at JFK's Terminal 4 outdoor lounge

by LinYee Yuan Taxiing planes and a buzz of runway activity at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s new Terminal 4 serve as a dramatic backdrop for interior designer Thom Filicia and Architectural Digest‘s new Delta Sky Deck—the United States’ first outdoor lounge and viewing deck housed inside an airport. We recently received a sneak peek at the landmark in travel-related design, which is part of …

Bec Brittain

The New York-based lighting designer's flamboyant and playful solo show for NYCxDesign

by LinYee Yuan Since establishing her own studio in 2009, New York-based lighting designer Bec Brittain has established herself with stripped down, crystalline forms in brass and glass. During this year’s New York design week, the designer showed a more flamboyant and playful perspective, debuting four new pieces in her first solo show at E.R. Butler’s SoHo showroom. The exhibition expands on the design vocabulary …