Sonos Soundalier

We asked Lindsey Adelman to create a custom speaker for a unique audio experience during NYC Design Week

Advertorial content: Best known for her hand-blown glass and sculptural brass lighting fixtures, Lindsey Adelman is no stranger to exploring the limits of industrial design. Driven by this pionering spirit, Adelman’s studio, in collaboration with Kiel Mead of the AmDC, teamed up with Sonos to create the “Soundalier”, a centerpiece for the Sonos Listening Library being held at The Standard East Village at Noho Design …

Heather Benjamin for Bliss Lau

Sex and punk elegantly balanced in the sculptural jewelry designer's latest collection

Balance is the term that first comes to mind when describing Bliss Lau‘s approach to jewelry design. A soft-spoken Hawaiian with a New York sensibility, she embodies a certain duality that comes across in her work. The statement-making body accessories comprising Lau’s line are at once elegant and provocative, with a posh-punk aesthetic brilliantly captured this season by emerging illustrator Heather Benjamin. Benjamin is the …

Frieze New York

Highlights from and musings on the London fair's NYC takeover

“I think of our fair as a discovery fair,” explains Frieze co-founder Amanda Sharp. For the first US edition of Frieze Art Fair, Sharp and partner Matthew Slotover have taken over Randall’s Island, a sprawling piece of land at the confluence of NYC’s East and Harlem rivers. What began as a London-based magazine in 1991 soon evolved into a must-see contemporary art event at Regents …