Designed Objects 2019: Gifts Gifts Giftsby Rick Valicenti | November 19, 2019 by Rick ValicentiNovember 19, 2019November 18, 2019Filed under:Designed Objects(zoom in to enlarge) Designed Objects feature page design by Anna Mort at ThirstDesigned Objects editor Rick Valicenti at ThirstRick ValicentiRick Valicenti has led the Thirst design studio since its founding in 1989 and has established himself as one of the most visionary designers in the country, winning the 2011 National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.Related StoriesGifts for the Design Obsessed: From Chicago by Chicago Beautiful gifts created in Chicago.One Recommendation for July: A Designed Life A taste of early Cold War America.Extraordinary Ordinary Objects: A Review of Jonathan Muecke at Volume Gallery An enormous rock with holes, a solid wood block, a carbon tube bench, a textile box, a flat shape.Perfect Sense: Jonathan Muecke’s Objects in Sculpture Rise Above Furniture and Architectural Design "Does color have shape? What is the texture of scale? Is it possible to eliminate surface? Can space expand?"
