ArtBistro

PITTSBURG, PA - Last month, visitors to the opening reception of the exhibition "Inner Outer Space" at the Mattress Factory couldn't help but stare at the floor in a room on the fourth floor. For, cut into it was a 6-foot-wide hole. Looking down the hole, which is actually an artwork by New York City-based artist Sarah Oppenheimer, all one could ...

HOLLYWOOD , CA- Once upon a time, in a fashion industry far far away, celebrities weren't designers. Designers were designers. These days, the title may as well be included in a swag bag and distributed at VIP lounges in Hollywood. Among the most recent stars to hyphenate their credits are Ashlee Simpson, who has designed a line of tees for Wet ...

I recently received a book from Chronicle Books on product design - an area of my profession with which I'm not too familiar. I have to admit that my first impression was, "Oh boy, another book crammed with photos of off-the-wall or otherwise unusable 'products' that only a few pretentious people can afford to have." Kind of harsh, I know. I ...