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Marin’s Famous Birkenstock Building Just Got a New Owner—the Eames Institute
The legacy organization has announced plans to turn the midcentury property in Novato into an art and design museum.
Did Golf Just Get Its First Good Design Object?
Modular furniture maker USM has partnered with Head Golf on a putting green that you’ll actually want to look at.
Construction Diary: How Two Artists Turned a Cabin Outside Joshua Tree Into a Clear-Minded Retreat
They invite creatives to stay and work at the 1950s homestead structure, which they restored piece by piece with objects gifted,...