Articles by Dan Howarth

Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump’s wall

November 16, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America’s southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country’s president Donald Trump is planning to build. The team made the purchase, and hired a lawyer that specialises in preventing the state from taking private land for public

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Cards Against Humanity buys land on US-Mexico border to fight Trump’s wall

November 16, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The creators of adult game Cards Against Humanity have purchased a vacant plot along America’s southern border, in the hopes of preventing the controversial wall the country’s president Donald Trump is planning to build. The team made the purchase, and hired a lawyer that specialises in preventing the state from taking private land for public

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Some “cartoonish” postmodern buildings are worth saving, says Norman Foster

November 13, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

British architect Norman Foster has criticised postmodern architecture for not being serious enough, but believes important examples like Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building in New York should still be preserved. Foster told Dezeen he dislikes the controversial movement. But despite that, he has lent his support to a campaign to prevent Johnson’s iconic New York skyscraper – one

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The Arrivals opens “alien” fashion retail spaces in three US cities

November 12, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Minimal fashion brand The Arrivals has opened pop-up stores in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, where designers Bower and Lotte Van Velzen have used metallic and russet surfaces to match the collection’s colour palette this season. Volcanic rocks, metal sheeting and mirrored stands are combined at the spaces showcasing the latest apparel by

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Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby transform Calvin Klein store with yellow scaffolding

November 9, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The Calvin Klein flagship on New York’s Madison Avenue has gone from “minimal to maximal”, with a bright yellow makeover forming the backdrop for artworks celebrating Americana. As the American fashion brand’s recently appointed chief creative officer, Belgian designer Raf Simons put his stamp on one of its most important retail spaces with the help

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Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby transform Calvin Klein store with yellow scaffolding

November 9, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The Calvin Klein flagship on New York’s Madison Avenue has gone from “minimal to maximal”, with a bright yellow makeover forming the backdrop for artworks celebrating Americana. As the American fashion brand’s recently appointed chief creative officer, Belgian designer Raf Simons put his stamp on one of its most important retail spaces with the help

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Raf Simons and Sterling Ruby transform Calvin Klein store with yellow scaffolding

November 9, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The Calvin Klein flagship on New York’s Madison Avenue has gone from “minimal to maximal”, with a bright yellow makeover forming the backdrop for artworks celebrating Americana. As the American fashion brand’s recently appointed chief creative officer, Belgian designer Raf Simons put his stamp on one of its most important retail spaces with the help

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“Tokyo meets New York” in dark-coloured ramen restaurant by Carpenter & Mason

November 8, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Indigo walls and furniture form dining areas for this Japanese restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, while geometric-patterned wall surfaces match the menus and tableware. Tonchin New York is the latest in a chain of family-run eateries. But is the brand’s US debut, and brothers Anan and Toi Sugeno’s first venture on their own. They asked Brooklyn-based

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The Drifter Hotel occupies 1950s New Orleans motel renovated by Nicole Cota Studio

November 4, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Another mid-century modern building has become a boutique hotel, this time in New Orleans, where Nicole Cota Studio has used troweled concrete and colourful tiles to refresh a former motel. The Drifter Hotel recently opened in New Orleans’ Mid-City neighbourhood, close to the French Quarter, with exterior work completed by Joel Ross of Concordia Architecture

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