Industrial in design, Massproduction’s Smudge Tool is about as far from a stereotypical ski-shaped wooden incense holder as you can get. Made using folded steel sheet metal – with the unexpected addition of a wingnut – Smudge Tool feels raw, yet polished. Pair the yellow galvanized accessory with Eyes of My Mind’s custom Modern Spirit incense which interprets the brand’s mindset of ”the only way out is in” via scent for the full experience the collaboration intends to create.

Founded in 2020 by Axel Boman, Nicole Palacio, and Robin Ekemark, Eyes of My Mind launched with a Spiritual Stashbox. Loaded with items for spiritual exploration, it includes tools like sage, incense, and beeswax candles. When the time came to expand, they approached Massproductions’ Designer-in-Chief Chris Martin with the idea of creating an incense holder.

”An incense holder is always on display; it must look good but can be a modern industrial object that enhances one’s desire for incense,” said Martin. “Smudge Tool is an very functional incense holder, with a finish reminiscent of a psychedelic rainbow.”

Magnus Elebäck, CEO of Massproductions, describes the scent of Modernist Spirit as “an abstract idea, unrelated to olfactory delight – to bridge that divide is to unlock the experience. What is the scent of modernism? Here’s your answer.”

A match made in “not too hippy” heaven!

Smudge Tool and Modern Spirit incense are both currently available at  nittygrittystore.com.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she’s likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.

Toronto-based interior designer Vazken Karageozian’s work has primarily focused upon residential, retail, and hospitality projects across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and North America, designing various custom furniture pieces along the way. It was while searching for cat furniture for his two felines, Grayson and Ella, the designer realized he would need to apply some of that same talent in service of two important whiskered clients (and also to appease his own desire for an aesthetically pleasing, human-friendly solution). Thus, Papuk, Armenian for “soft and fluffy,” was born.

Papuk’s CONNECT Collection takes on a modular approach to cat tree construction and design, with a multi-level system furniture piece that can be personalized with a series of attachable accessories to extend the comfort and recreational activity options for roommates prone to scratch and climb human furnishings.

The Connect Tree operates as the foundational piece of a multi-accessory system that includes a scratching pad, cushion, tray platform, and hanging toy, available both as a bundle or à la carte.

In an interview with the Toronto Guardian, the Papuk founder/designer notes additional accessories in new colors, materials, and finishes are to planned to be released every season, inviting cat owners to design a cat tree bespoke to their particular feline’s proclivities.

Karageozian notes his mission in designing Papuk Cat Furniture’s CONNECT Collection was also motivated by the realization most cheaply made cat furniture often ends up in the landfill due to their poor construction and aesthetically questionable designs. In designing a cat tree built with solid-ash dowels, ash-veneered plywood shelves, and accessories secured with genuine leather straps, the Syrian-Canadian designer has fashioned a solution for “inter-species happiness” sorely missing in the pet category.

The Connect Cat Tree starts at $531, with the complete bundle including all of the current accessories available for $837 over at papuk.co.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

TELO, a new electric truck that was announced as the antithesis of the modern truck, a small but capable EV pickup designed for urbanites who want all of the perks of a truck with a fraction of the parking space footprint. Dubbed the “world’s most efficient EV pickup,” the TELO is still available for pre-order with a $49,999 base price, which seems pretty reasonable for the design-forward model.

If you’ve ever researched residential energy storage systems, you’ll notice most battery systems should be hidden away from view. Because nothing says eyesore more than big blocks of batteries with visible cables and wires needed to connect the system to the energy pathways of your home. Luckily, Lunar Energy’s Head of Design Matt Jones set out to find a way to balance functionality and aesthetics in a category within residential that typically leans towards the former.

This standout, 430-square-foot apartment in Rivne, Ukraine was designed by TAK office to make the most of its compact space. The main room operates as the kitchen, dining space, living room, and bedroom complete with a Murphy bed that hides in the wall when not in use. When it’s bedtime, the bed comes down and a curtain closes around it to create a private bedroom. The clever design proves bigger isn’t always better.

Even in its concept phase, this 484-square-foot tiny home is a design that everyone seems to gravitate towards. The rectangular structure, which “lives” in an idyllic location surrounded by mountains, has floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the views while creating an open and light-filled interior. The inside boasts an open living space that’s cleverly designed to feel modern yet cozy with outdoor views from most angles, helping to connect the home with its location.

Those looking for new outdoor adventures got a worthy new competitor in the camper genre this year, thanks to Icelandic brand Mink Campers. They raised the bar with their latest creation, the MINK-E, a teardrop camper that isn’t just another camper – it’s the world’s first fully electric, towable teardrop camper. It makes non-camping people want to embark on an outdoor adventure within its sustainable, eco-friendly, and comfortable camper.

Another super cool electric teardrop camper entered the market this year – this time from Colorado Teardrops. The Boulder camper, which looks like it could have come off the Tesla assembly line, was designed to complement said company’s popular EV with it’s gull-wing doors and aerodynamic wheels. Packed with a 75 kWh bank of EV batteries, this camper will take travelers far without needing to stop at charging stations along the way.

Those that appreciate nostalgia when it comes to gaming clearly loved Analogue’s latest drop, a Game Boy Advance inspired device available in eight new hues. The Classic Limited Edition Pockets are tricked out Game Boys that plays everyone’s favorite retro game titles at 10x the resolution as the original. To top it off, this gaming machine is compatible with more than 2,780 Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance titles, as well as Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color, and Atari Lynx games with optional adapters. Whatever color selected, the user will have endless hours of gaming pleasure in their future.

Proving again that everyone loves interesting keyboards, the Geistmaschine ASP series lands in the Top 3 with it’s elegant exterior that’s embellished with polished steel, copper, or rose gold. Built with a modular customization system, the full-size keyboard is outfitted with ferritic stainless steel bands that allow the magnetic attachment of accessories as one sees fit. The monolithic shape can even be elevated by an accessory to 6.5 degrees to make typing more comfortable. So, if you’re looking for a keyboard that can be customized to your liking, that also looks like an aesthete’s dream, this may be for you.

IKEA’s collaborations proved more than popular this year, landing three of them in more than one Top 10 list. The Marimekko collab came out on top with its BASTUA Collection centered around self-care. The Nordic brands joined forces to release the limited edition series of 26 products – from furniture to textiles to glassware – with bold patterns that reflect nature. With its “wellness first” ethos, the collection aims to bottle up the feelings of endless summers and Nordic nature’s natural beauty.

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The readers have spoken and it’s all about the future of modern homes, and according to LG Electronics, it should be smaller, smarter, modular, and more energy efficient. The Korean brand showcased their LG Smart Cottage, as an example of possibilities, which is a pre-fabricated home they outfitted with their line of premium appliances and high energy-efficient heating and cooling solutions. Despite cottage being in the name, this high tech tiny home is all modern, but with added homey touches, like warm hardwood, tile, and fabric finishes. Still in the concept phase, yet it has us wondering when one of these homes for the future will become a reality.

Check out the rest of Design Milk’s end of the year coverage here!

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.

Are you one of the countless sleepers who benefits from the constant aural presence of white noise? If so, you are exactly the person the designers of the Snooz Breez Smart Bedroom Fan were thinking of when designing their air-circulating device. Equipped with independent controls that allow sleepers to separately customize airflow and the amount of ambient noise produced while the fan whirs away, this little bedside companion is made to help make falling asleep a breeze.

Subtly illuminated lighting across the Snooz Breez’s touch panel controls allows sleepy eyed users to adjust air flow and sound without disrupting the chances of falling back asleep.

The Breez’s brushless DC fan motor is quipped to maximize air circulation without producing more than a minimal amount of noise, a feature that is common in most household fans. Where the Breez stands out is the inclusion of a second smaller fan impeller designed solely to introduce the soothing constant whir of noise that some sleepers rely upon to welcome deep sleep.

The 2-in-1 appliance is app controlled and can be adjusted using touch controls on its front face, with 10 settings to circulate air able to move up to 380 CFM (cubic feet per minute). The Breez also includes a temperature sensor, allowing the fan to kick in or turn off according to your ambient temp preferences, saving energy, and also preventing users from feeling too hot or too cold while asleep.

Herbst Produkt Design went through numerous iterations to finally land on an elegant Eames-inspired mid-century form factor imagined to blend in the rest of a room’s decor.

In contrast to its cooling function, the Breez’s design was warmly executed by design, brand, and strategy consulting agency Herbst. The team of designers drew inspiration from the mid-century tradition of bent plywood, utilizing layers of natural wood veneer to shape a fan that Ray and Charles Eames might have approved of. In fact, the design firm specifically cites the Eameses and their LCW bent wood lounge chair as the epitome of “nature and technical machine in balance” and “to evoke comfort and rest for the bedroom environment.”

The $200 Breez Smart Bedroom Fan & Sound Machine is much more expensive than other fans of its size, but considering its 2-in-1 functionality, app, and touch controls, and distinctly modern genuine wood design that elevates its presence within a room from necessity to decorative nicety, consider us a fan.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

The craggy archipelago of the Faroe Islands are renown as an adventurer’s paradise, making them a worthy inspiration for Copenhagen-based Norse Project’s SS23 collaboration with adidas. The collection’s two different shoes – one for exploring the city, the other for exploring rugged terrain – each represent the brands’ “Good for All Seasons” ethos down to their very sole.

The wonderfully weirdo vibes of cult design brand Online Ceramics meets up with the horological passion of watch website Hodinkee in the form of a keen and green special edition G-SHOCK 5600. We love the watch for its small, but distinguishing details, like the tiny snail that smiles back at you every time you take a glance at the hour.

Typically when someone tells you to “go take a hike!” it’s not a good thing. But it was all good vibes when we ventured up to Portland, Oregon to speak with adidas TERREX’s Elisa Schaller, Director of Product/Brand Outdoor, North America at the brand’s one and only semi-permanent pop-up shop dedicated to TERREX. Not only did we get to learn about the brand’s initiatives to make hiking more inclusive, but also got the opportunity to put their latest gear to the test on a small section of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Were you one of the fortunate few who got your hands on one of the strapping special edition collection of Aer x Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7 backpacks and slings? The highly coveted pieces of automotive swag created specifically for this year’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion honoring 75 years of the Porsche legacy is an example of event merch done right.

The geometric abstractions of Josef Albers and textile-focused artistry of Anni Albers make for a trio of chromatically compelling commemorative Projects Watches x Albers timepieces. The colorful and analog watches are less about tracking the exact minute and more about adding a bit of dimensionality to our perception of time.

It’s a puffer jacket! No, wait it’s a bag… it’s both? Drawing inspiration from the seasonal staple across cold climates everywhere, Nik Bentel Studio’s satchel-style crossbody laptop bag is the definition of a statement piece and a conversation starter in one.

The Eames Office got soft, cozy, and casual in collaboration with Japanese label Gelato Pique for the third time this year. Just imagine kicking back in one of these limited-edition, sumptuously soft loungewear pieces adorned with the iconic pair’s House of Cards toy and Dot Pattern graphic while relaxing in a lounge chair designed by the very same couple.

The lunar themed Merino wool sock boots might draw comparisons to the Vetements sock sneaker and YZY Pods, but neither of those minimalist footwear designs follows the footsteps of the world’s first net zero carbon shoes, complete with a sugarcane-derived foam midsole composed of 70% bio-based content.

If you’ve ever dreamt of cosplaying as one of the homesick astronauts from Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar, look no further than the monochromatic and moon-worthy Field System Gear collection from synth + music brand, Teenage Engineering.

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The sleek but chunky Nothing CMF Watch Pro resembles the Apple Watch, right down to its rounded aluminum alloy corners finished with chamfered edges. But where Apple’s wearable aspires to do everything well, Nothing’s budget-friendly accessories sub-brand CMF focuses on offering a basics-only smartwatch experience that should be (more than) good enough for most people.

Check out the rest of Design Milk’s end of the year coverage here!

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

Product launches and holiday campaigns are fleeting by nature and unequivocally rooted in consumerism – but they don’t have to be hollow. Santa & Cole’s collection fills the void left by other marketing schemes with the work of relevant designers whose pieces reveal the way some objects, inseparable from the art of living, can foster a more sensitive material culture.

Founded in 1985 on the ethos of editing, Santa & Cole has spent decades purveying design with merit to help customers consciously select artifacts for their home rather than accumulate items imbued with less meaning. This season sees a carefully curated mixture of their best-selling objects with fresh releases to serve as luminaries around which an architecture of textiles is constructed. “The embracing light” which guides them is an art direction developed in collaboration with Barcelona-based Clara Quintana Studio.

Básica Mínima Batería portable table lamps designed by Santiago Roqueta staged on the Peana Molina Jaume Sans

Trípode table lamp with shade by Júlia Esqué adjacent to the Oakland bookshelf

“Light is essential to every unfolding from the natural world to our interior spaces. It is the impetus for all creation and the beginning of physical, mental and emotional well-being, impacting mood, sleep cycles, and cognitive function,” Sarah Rigano, vibrational designer and founder of FORM + LIGHT, says. “Weaving complimentary illumination amid interior environs is essential. I am drawn to clean lines, natural materials, organic textures, and tones that gift a warming radiance. There is a beauty in light cast as it activates something primordial within our subconscious, sparking a remembrance, a connection to times past.”

“Interior de la casa Bofill y Fradera, Cadaqués” by Federico Correa

Infused with the essence of hospitality, these installations evoke a warm embrace meant to create microcosms for respite in one’s own home through mindful celebrations at an intimate scale. Fixtures featured include iconic designs plucked from time like the ’60s classic TMM lamp by Miguel Milá and a swath of artwork by 20th-century Spanish architect Federico Correa taken from Santa & Cole’s new Neoseries – authorized reproductions certified by the artist who will receive royalties. Contemporary creations showcased include the Escribano page holder conceived of in-house – a sophisticated accessory specially tailored to the reader who writes. Also highlighted is the Librero Oakland bookcase by California-based brand Book/Shop.

Left: Cestita lantern style table lamp by Miguel Milá Right: Sylvestrina rechargeable candlestick-style table lamps by Enric Sòria and Jordi Garcés

Cestita Alubat lantern style table lamp by Miguel Milá staged on the Peana Molina Jaume Sans

One demonstrative product made for conscious consumption, and exemplary of the brand’s re-editing approach, is the Sylvestrina table lamp originally designed in 1974 by Enric Sória and Jordi Garcés as an electrified oil lantern with a cable and switch. The iconic piece is contemporized with consideration for its entire life cycle to minimize environmental impact. Features like LED technology, serviceability, and an efficient rechargeable battery blend history with innovation and environmental responsibility.

TMM floor lamp by Miguel Milá

FAD table lamp by Miguel Milá

“Casa De Francisco Bofill y Santiago Fradera, Cadaqués” by Federico Correa; Cestita lantern style table lamp by Miguel Milá

“We have a theory that good design stands the test of time, and the objects selected for our campaign exemplifies this belief,” Santa & Cole says. “We embody a timeless approach. Unhurried and without pressure for novelty, we carefully convey memory while looking to the future.”

For more information, visit santacole.com.

With professional degrees in architecture and journalism, Joseph has a desire to make living beautifully accessible. His work seeks to enrich the lives of others with visual communication and storytelling through design. A regular contributor to titles under the SANDOW Design Group, including Luxe and Metropolis, Joseph serves the Design Milk team as their Managing Editor. When not practicing, he teaches visual communication, theory, and design. The New York-based writer has also contributed to exhibitions hosted by the AIA New York’s Center for Architecture and Architectural Digest, and recently published essays and collage illustrations with Proseterity, a literary publication.

Inspired to put abandoned tents left after UK music festival Boardmasters to use, in 2018 Genette Dibsdall conceived The Maverick. It’s a transformable luxury garment that can be used as a cape, a nap sack, and a tree tent – made from the old tents and named after the campsite in which she found them.

Ella created a one-off artwork piece called “Paint Drop” during the pandemic, inspired by the idea of using leftover house paint as part of her commitment and passion for the circular economy. After gathering leftover paint from a callout on Facebook, she created the artwork on a reused canvas without a single brush.

Native Trails, the sustainable kitchen and bath manufacturer, has collaborated with hundreds of highly-skilled artisans throughout the world.  The company’s Vintner’s Collection, seen here, is made from reclaimed wine-making materials.

Column writer Katie Treggiden released her sixth book this year, Broken: Mending & Repair in a Throwaway World. The big question at hand is “Is repair the future of design?,” and the discussion around how the linear economy is no longer enough – we need to embrace circular design as fast as possible.

skinflint has been giving new life to vintage lighting from around the world for more than a decade. During that time they’ve saved more than 50,000 lights from ending up in a landfill, restoring each to modern electrical standards without compromising character.

TOAST continues to focus on repair culture through clothing, homewares, and accessories, and even offers a repair service for customers (3,579 mends and counting!). TOAST Renewed, which the brand launched earlier this year, is a collection of creatively repaired pieces that have had their lives sustainably extended.

Spoke is TAKT’s first sofa release, created in collaboration with Anderssen & Voll. Designed with repair in mind – to be long-life, low-waste, and entirely recyclable – Spoke is making its own way through the typically unsustainable furniture industry.

Bridget makes objects with materials from “broken things,” including a lot of ceramics. She also makes repairs, exploring and showing how we can reduce our environmental impact by approaching making in different ways.

A repair specialist with an education in surface pattern and textiles, Lucy describes herself as “a future-focused designer who loves to experiment and play.” She’s working within fashion through the exploration of concepts of visible repair and reworking garments.

Lucianne’s work focuses on sustainability and community, as she aims to bring solutions to the waste produced by the fashion and textile industry through the promotion of mending, repair, and creative well-being.

Check out the rest of Design Milk’s end of the year coverage here!

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she’s likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.

Designer Yeong-Kyu Yoo’s work shared under the moniker of Cloud and Co is populated with examples of elegantly sculpted objects, each exhibiting an inviting softness expressed through gentle curves. Whether designing a memory stick, a lamp, or humidifier, there’s also the evidence Yoo wants to tempt our desires toward the tactile. Which all makes the designer’s signature style befitting of the design of a bathtub, as Yoo has imagined for his AI-enhanced AquaIntelli bathtub.

Softly sculpted around its edges inviting bathers to sink neck deep into water, the AquaIntelli is a jet spa tub with an additional technological card up its sleeve, delivering a personalized jet water massage that becomes more immersive and relaxing as the tub’s AI-enhanced system learns to focus its efforts onto preferences specific to its daily user(s).

A flush mounted push button control activates or deactivates the tub’s spa features with obvious simplicity.

Beyond its jet massage acumen, AquaIntelli’s AI is imagined to automatically adjust temperature, water levels, and the jet intensity to the bather’s preferred specifications.

A waterproof digital display dial-button knob borrows from a digital + physical interface that any Nest thermostat user would quickly acclimate to. In addition to physical controls, Yoo has equipped the AquaIntelli with an app equivalent, giving the user the option to draw a bath even before setting a foot within the bathroom.

As all of this AI-enhanced technology seems fascinating, it’s really Yoo’s attention to form serving its function toward relaxation that has us hoping the AquaIntelli concept sees the light of day as a real world option.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

Porsche’s rich legacy of automobile design conspired with premium paint and wallcoverings brand Backdrop in a limited-edition palette of jewel-toned hues that paid homage to the iconic sports cars on their 75th anniversary. The partnership brought Porsche’s historic palette, by way of Backdrop formulations, into the realm of home interiors for the first time allowing enthusiasts to infuse their living spaces with vibrancy and spirit.

SCP presented an exhibition of new, large-scale ceramic works by Dutch designer Floris Wubben during this year’s London Craft Week to showcase a series that fuses function with sculpture. His work, often inspired by nature, is made using bespoke, low-tech machines forged from proprietary designs. Thanks to these innovations, he’s been able to stretch his abilities and talent further to expand his collection into the realms of lighting, mirrors, and furniture. It was the perfect partnership between a producer and dealer of high-quality contemporary furnishings with an innovative creator.

Amazon’s new Midtown Manhattan office – nicknamed Hank – occupied the defunct Lord & Taylor building following a years-long renovation and restoration after being designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee in 2007. That history was an impetus for Amazon’s “Project Hank” to honor its roots while providing a comfortable, collaborative workspace for its more than 2,000 employees. The brand commissioned art consulting firm IndieWalls and two talented local textile artisans – William Storms and Brit Kleinman – to create larger-than-life art installations that became focal pieces within the refreshed space.

Working within the “Colour Vibes” theme, Tekla Evelina Severin transformed a 250-square-meter (almost 2,700 square feet) empty space for the FORMEX interior fair. The project parameters included exhibition design, curation, and styling a series of rooms. Taking cues from a labyrinth, hide-and-seek, and the Rubik’s cube, Dimensions of Colour composes multiple spaces in zigzag formation to facilitate changes in perspective according to view. New framed vignettes appear, as do ever-changing color palettes, making the space feel like it’s volleying between the natural and surreal.

Embrace the passage of time and jump into 2024 with a calendar that sparks joy. It’s never too late to invest in good design so take a look at 20 modern calendars that will help kick 2024 with some graphic flare.

Pittsburgh-based spatial artist and designer Brian Peters investigated the overlapping realms of art, architecture, and fabrication in his Dyadic Series, a collection of limited-edition 3D-printed ceramic sculptures that are demonstrative of being woven without the hallmarks typical of additive printing. This multidisciplinary approach exercises an ethos that believes the future art of making is an integration of digital coding that can help articulate artisan craft distilled through contemporary aesthetics.

Until recently, textiles have been overlooked as a serious medium or material of expression and relegated to craft. Movements like feminism and postmodernism have been slowly moving the needle leading up to current experimentation. Sheila Hicks and Tanya Aguiñiga’s immersive installations continue that shift, contextualizing their work as contemporary fine art. Threadwork: Women Redefining Fiber Arts includes 17 female-identifying textile artists for a collective body of work that includes mixed media tapestries, handwoven art objects, and tactile wall hangings.

3. Pantone Color of the Year 2024: PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz

What could only be described as the graphic artists new year, Pantone announced Peach Fuzz as Color of the Year 2024 with calendars coming to a close. This global authority determined that the warm and welcoming, velvety shade somewhere between pink and orange will provide some much needed respite from the din of 2023.

Artist Daniel Arsham subverts the mundane to make unsuspecting objects the subject of his artwork. Ashram’s affinity for the Porsche 930 Turbo made him an ideal collaborator for Mattel’s Hot Wheels Future Legends collectibles where the duo launched a capsule collection typical of his dilapidated, white sculptural aesthetic.

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Legendary design brand Herman Miller opened up their vault to reissue some of their most iconic archival prints having given design enthusiasts access to eight archival originals by Alexander Girard. Releases included some of his more recognizable designs, like Bouquet, Palace, Double Heart, and Eyes.

Check out the rest of Design Milk’s end of the year coverage here!

With professional degrees in architecture and journalism, Joseph has a desire to make living beautifully accessible. His work seeks to enrich the lives of others with visual communication and storytelling through design. A regular contributor to titles under the SANDOW Design Group, including Luxe and Metropolis, Joseph serves the Design Milk team as their Managing Editor. When not practicing, he teaches visual communication, theory, and design. The New York-based writer has also contributed to exhibitions hosted by the AIA New York’s Center for Architecture and Architectural Digest, and recently published essays and collage illustrations with Proseterity, a literary publication.