Editor's Picks: 2024 in Design
From events and exhibitions to objects making their debuts, these were some of our favorite design moments of the year—including a lot of unusual lighting.
From events and exhibitions to objects making their debuts, these were some of our favorite design moments of the year—including a lot of unusual lighting.
As 2024 winds down, I decided to take stock of the spaces, places, and objects I saw that reminded us that—amid all of the acrimonious ugliness that filled our various feeds this year—people are making cool things out there. This is an incomplete list of inspiring design that made an appearance in 2024.
John Cameron Mitchell’s "Queer Art Church"
Photo: Chantal Anderson
The polymath writer, director, performer behind Hedwig, and other culture-defining work, renovated a truly strange house in New Orleans. The former regional HQ of the Order Templi Orientis (the esoteric society once helmed by Alister Crowley), the home’s defining feature is a large ballroom, and Cameron Mitchell uses the space as a venue for performances, drawing classes, and all kinds of events. Ahead of our feature, I was lucky enough to attend one, and check out the outsized Art Nouveau addition designed by Mitchell Kulkin and Justin Barton with Studio West Design & Architecture and Arch Builders.
Alessandro Mendini at the Triennale
Photo by DSL-Studio
The vogue for all things Memphis has certainly waned, but a career-spanning Mendini retrospective in Milan showed a titan of the movement enduring beyond any trend. Titled "Io Sono un Drago" after a self-portrait with the text "Io Non Sono un Architectto, Sono un Drago" (I am not an architect, I am a dragon) covered everything from his graphic and industrial design for all kinds of brands to his years at Domus and early artwork.
Ceramic and Glass at Alcova
Photo: Olga Mai
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