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A+R Staff Gift Picks
|A+R Staff
It’s the thought that counts. With that in mind, what’s on the thoughtful holiday lists of the design-happy individuals behind A+R? No surprise that one has faraway cities in mind,... Read more...
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Color Me 2020
|Rose Apodaca
No need to wait a minute longer until you're blue in the face, as the Pantone Color Institute announced its 2020 Color of the Year, and it’s the antidote to... Read more...
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Touch Stones
|A+R Staff
From a restaurant in Spain, to a residence in Mexico, a cultural center in South Korea, to a museum in Morocco, among the 20 doors around the world open to... Read more...
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Our Man In NYC
|A+R Staff
Did you know that one of A+R’s own is now based in New York? Between A+D meetings and managing sales in and around his new home base, senior design advisor... Read more...
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Into One's Senses
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For all its democratization of spreading the gospel of design, the visual nature of social media impairs a complete picture of its promise, powerfully contends a striking new tome co-helmed... Read more...
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Fly Off the Wall
|Rose Apodaca
The British capital has well served artists for ages as muse, and for Cristian Zuzunaga, a return to the city of his formative college years has already given rise to... Read more...
Three slate grey angled desk and floor lamps with burgundy bases against deep blue walls
Paul Smith Does it Again
|Rose Apodaca
Consider it the highlight of London Design Fest: a trio of British design legends coming together to re-imagine a British design icon, inspired by yet another British design icon. It... Read more...
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Now Featuring
|A+R Staff
Guess who’s in this month’s issue of the national mag New Beauty? None other than our very own co-founder Rose Apodaca riffing on how she maintains her skin while balancing duties... Read more...
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Fish Butchery
|Rose Apodaca
With so much coastline and so many eateries boasting oysters, Australia, we imagined, would more than sate one of life’s primordial, palatable, prehistoric pleasures. The truth, we discovered over 3... Read more...
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Postcard: Sydney
|Rose Apodaca
As Austalia’s oldest yet patently modern-minded city, Sydney serves as the perfect port of entry into this captivating continent, and so it is here—harbor-side against a skyline gleaming from glass... Read more...
A large hanging garment of colourful ribbon fringe and wooden beads with beaded text reading People Like Us
People Like Us
|Rose Apodaca
Can a garment deflect bullets? Symbolically, if the ammunition is the decimation of culture, of identity, a garment can provide the power of transformation, of confrontation, of action. It can... Read more...
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Summer Reading
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Whether you’re escaping your zip code or basking in a staycation, there is nothing like a good read to enhance the adventure. The A+R team recommends the following books, new... Read more...