Explore - Minnesota

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   Alchemy Architects

   Alchemy Architects' mission is to make stimulating, engaging, and efficient design accessible and affordable for a wide audience.

   02.26.09

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   Blu Dot

   Blu Dot started in 1997 to bring affordable modern design to as many people as possible. Their products are found throughout fine modern living stores in the United States and Canada....

   01.13.09

3. City Desk Studio Architects

   The name of the firm expresses an interest we have in exploring the boundaries that architecture operates within - the larger boundless environment suggested by the CITY, and the intense focused...

   01.16.09

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   Coast to Coast

   If you're tempted by our Buyers' Guides in the current Make It Yours special issue but want to go "kick the tires," we've compiled a map of shops and showrooms in cities across the...

   08.16.10

5. Eastvold Custom Woodworks

   Eastvold Custom Woodworks is a small, creative, independent company based in Minnesota that specializes in building finely crafted cabinets and furniture for your home, office and business. Using...

   03.20.09

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   Eastvold Furniture

   Furniture that is designed and built to stand the test of time.

   07.02.12

7. Environ Biocomposites

   Environ’s manufacturing facility is over 180,000 square feet and is located in Mankato, Minnesota. Flexible equipment design allows them to switch product manufacturing with minimal...

   02.09.10

8. Escali

   Escali innovations in quality, accuracy, value and style are shaping the future of digital scales in home and professional settings. Synthesizing contemporary design with unmatched accuracy,...

   08.16.12

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   From Towers to Teakettles: Michael Graves Architecture and Design

   This exhibition will showcase Graves's style and will also focus on the roles of context, accessibility, and total design in his work....

   08.03.09

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    Graphic Design: Now in Production

    This major international exhibition explores how graphic design has broadened its reach dramatically over the past decade, expanding from a specialized profession to a widely deployed tool. With...

    09.09.11

11. Hygge & West

    WHY HYGGE? In their daily conversations, Christiana and Aimee often found themselves discussing ways to live more simply. Both believe in being more appreciative of small joys and living in the mo...

    01.29.10

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    Independent Bookstores Across America

    We're culling together a map of independent booksellers around the United States, highlighting the kinds of places where you might roam for hours, scouring the shelves and scouting the stacks. If...

    written by: Amanda Dameron

    03.05.11

13. Julie Snow Architects

    Julie Snow Architects, Inc. is an architectural studio practice focusing on projects that demand a creative, rigorous and thoughtful design process.

    09.01.10

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    Lifelike

    Lifelike invites a close examination of artworks based on commonplace objects and situations, which are startlingly realistic, often playful, and sometimes surreal. This international group...

    12.29.11

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    Loll Designs

    Loll Designs, outdoor furniture for the modern lollygagger, specializes in the repurposing of recycled materials to create durable, no‐maintenance outdoor furniture and accessories.

    02.03.09

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    Lost and Found

    In honor of our Rethink Recycling theme this month, we’re crowd-sourcing a map of resources across the United States for salvaged materials. Whether you’re looking for 200-year-old barn...

    01.03.11

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    Lost in the Discovery of What Shapes the Mind

    Illustrator Mike Perry is having a bright show full of awesome in Minneapolis. He'll be speaking on March 25th, and the show opens the next day. Check out his blog to take a peek into his process,...

    03.11.10

18. MENKE

    MENKE approaches products from a perspective of innovation and creative problem solving. The work is influenced by a modern easthetic while remaining aware of more organic aspects such as texture...

    05.14.13

19. Minneapolis, Minnesota

    01.16.09

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    NorthernGRADE

    Inspired by The Pop Up Flea by ACL in New York, this Minneapolis event is a gathering of like-minded designers, artisans and brands—all true symbols of the heartland. They offer high...

    09.08.11

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