December has arrived, which means Brooklyn is bursting with holiday markets offering local and handmade wares for gift giving. We've rounded up a few of the options happening around the borough this year, with both outdoor and indoor markets among the offerings. The textile-focused organization is hosting a festive market with handmade garments and gifts as well as materials for your own crafting inspiration. There will be cocoa to sip and free gift wrapping. An RSVP for the free event is recommended.
As part of our ongoing exploration of Almaty's identity through urban cafe interiors following our previously published project Fika (2023) this new space continues our investigation into the architecture and spirit of the city as both reference and point of departure.
In his ongoing bid to highlight the idiosyncratic properties of various raw and manufactured materials, seasoned British designer Max Lamb has forged an intrinsically sustainable practice. He's crafted distinctive chairs out of cardboard that, by the very rough and rudimentary nature of their assembly, can be infinitely repaired. Of course, doing away with the restrictive and largely outdated convention - formal and aesthetic - of pristine, unblemished finishing is central to this proposition.
