Posted on August 19, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
Categories: Product design, Art
Lily Yung, one of Toronto’s most original jewellery designers, has died. She will be remembered for her bold, beautiful and utterly unique necklaces, bracelets and rings.
Q&A with Ceramic Artist Li Xiaofeng
Posted on August 18, 2010 by Tory Healy | Comments
Categories: Art, Shopping, Fashion, Q&A
In our September issue, now on newsstands, we show how Li Xiaofeng used his fractured ceramic aesthetic to create a unique polo shirt for Lacoste. For this web exclusive, Azure went behind-the-scenes with the prolific artist just before he debuted his off-the-rack line, and specially made sculpture at Paris' Musée des Arts et Métiers in June.
Posted on August 5, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
These days, it’s nice hear about bookstores opening, even if they’re only temporarily. One of New York’s top contemporary art dealers, David Zwirner, is converting one of his three West 19th Street galleries into a pop-up bookstore, from August 9 to 13.
Posted on August 3, 2010 by Paige Magarrey | Comments
Categories: Product design, Art, Shopping
L.A. firm Nondesigns has created an art installation inspired by Lexus's newest hybrid.
Nymphenburg's Flying Tableware
Posted on July 30, 2010 by Paige Magarrey | Comments
Categories: Product design, Art, Graphic design, Shopping
Artist Carsten Höller has created a stunning collectible tableware line for porcelain manufacturer Nymphenburg.