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North American Design 2018
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Pacific Northwest Design: Emily Carr University’s New Digs Look to the Future While Respecting the Past
The new facility in Vancouver, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, includes light-filled studio, exhibition, and performance spaces.
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Pacific Northwest Design: Vancouver’s Ste. Marie Designs Interiors That Could Be Film Sets
For Ste. Marie’s Craig Stanghetta, the creator of some of Vancouver’s best-known interiors, design is never far removed from local culture—or personal history.
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Pacific Northwest Design: The Handcrafted, Pragmatic Approach of Seattle’s Graypants
They might not sell trousers, but this design duo exalts everyday objects and the spirit of collaboration.
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Pacific Northwest Design: How Abundant Natural Beauty And Rich Cultural Exchange Shaped a Region
An ambitious culture of craft and design lies amid the region's internationally successful creators of computer code and yoga pants.
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North Carolina Design: This Studio is Tapping Into Asheville’s Craft Roots
The Asheville, North Carolina–based design duo Shelter Collective grounds its practice in the personal and place-based.
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North Carolina Design: Anchored by Deep Roots, the State’s Furniture Industry Is Evolving
Three furniture manufacturers from the Tar Heel State discuss how their companies have adapted to a shifting market.
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North Carolina Design: How the Tar Heel State’s Modernist Heritage Endures Today
Decades of investment by the university system are paying off and many industries are looking to North Carolina's Research Triangle for meaningful innovation.
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Minnesota Design: Snow Kreilich Architects Aims to Elevate “Underdog Building Types”
For years, Snow Kreilich Architects has amassed a portfolio of finely wrought buildings throughout Minnesota.
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Minnesota Design: OOIEE is Playfully Challenging What It Means to be a Designer, One Project at a Time
For its March 2018 issue, Metropolis Magazine explored the three great North American design regions: The Pacific Northwest, North Carolina, and Minnesota. We looked at each area’s deep historic connections to archit
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Minnesota Design: Jonathan Muecke Blurs the Lines Between Art, Furniture, and Architecture
Jonathan Muecke, who often experiments with composite materials, is one of three experimental design practices that are putting the Twin Cities on the map.
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Minnesota Design: Tracing Architect and Designer Ralph Rapson’s Reign
For over five decades, the Modernist architect was the driving force for design in Minnesota.
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Minnesota Design: Dream the Combine Creates Otherworldy Installations
The studio is one of three experimental design studios that are putting the Twin Cities on the map.
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Minnesota Design: Uncovering Minnesota’s Influential Modernist Past
From the flat-roofed house to the shopping mall, Minnesota was a dynamic proving ground for pioneering midcentury design ideas.