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Designer Spotlight: Snowbound Pottery by Anna Kasabian

Anna Kasabian, a local artist on the North Shore of Massachusetts working under the name Snowbound Pottery, emailed me in January with photos of her work. I was instantly taken with the delicate shapes and natural feel. The pieces are … Continue reading

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Designer Spotlight: Samantha Faye Jewelry

Samantha Freedman, a Newton girl whose family is in the  jewelry business (Downtown Crossing Boston diamond shop Freedman Jewelers is her dad’s), actually started out as a corporate lawyer before pursuing design. And even then, she did it on her lunch hour. I … Continue reading

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Designer Spotlight: Seema Krish Bombay Glitz

Textile designer Seema Krish emailed me a couple of weeks ago with details about her new collection, “Bombay Glitz.”  The colors are more subdued than those of her first collection. These designs are done in eggplant, persimmon, maize, and jade, as well as silver … Continue reading

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Designer Spotlight: Dror Benshetrit

I’ve been to New York several times recently to interview industrial designers for Design Milk’s “Where I Work” series. Today we published the profile of Israeli designer Dror Benshetrit, founder of Studio Dror (and cousin to fashion designer Yigal Azrouel—swoon). You can read … Continue reading

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Spotlight: Timorous Beasties

Yasumasa Morimura “Dialogue with Myself 1,” 2001 on  Timorous Beasties, “Glasgow Toile ” printed linen, 2004. Last fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston opened the new Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. We went with the kids, in a fit … Continue reading

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