Meredith Mendelsohn

2 weeks ago | 1stdibs.com | Meredith Mendelsohn

Those who know glass artist Jeff Zimmerman best for the vine-like chandeliers with blossoming handmade glass globes that he’s been making since around 2008 might be shocked to see what else he’s been up to in recent years when they open the pages of Jeff Zimmerman: Glass, Light, Space. Published by Monacelli in collaboration with R & Company, Zimmerman’s longtime gallery, the new monograph looks at his designs of the past decade through more than 200 color images.

3 weeks ago | 1stdibs.com | Meredith Mendelsohn

Every Woodpop surfboard is designed to ride the waves. But none has had the chance yet, it seems. “Collectors prefer to hang them up,” says the firm’s founder, Emma Wood. “As far as I know, no one has tried to use one.” It’s no surprise, really. Operating out of her studio, in the Black Mountains of Wales, Wood inlays her surfboards with elaborate marquetry. The board’s deck is her canvas, and each of her ocean-minded designs a gleaming work of art.

1 month ago | 1stdibs.com | Meredith Mendelsohn

Joan Mitchell never followed the rules. In an era in America when domesticity was idealized and women were pressured to stay home and breed — the best bulwark against communism, they were told — Mitchell went in the opposite direction. Making art was her top priority, and she poured herself into her work. Although her fellow AbExers may have been progressive in some ways, New York’s avant-garde art world was not a particularly female-friendly place.

1 month ago | 1stdibs.com | Meredith Mendelsohn

To say that the art and design worlds have transformed over the past few decades would be an understatement. The Internet has made an opaque marketplace far more transparent while providing unprecedented access to pieces at every price point. Not long ago, for instance, it would have been impossible to imagine bypassing a gallery or auction house when buying work by a legendary artist.

2 months ago | 1stdibs.com | Meredith Mendelsohn

The name Yellow House Architects may bring to mind a leafy small-town cul-de-sac. But it turns out to be a fitting moniker for Elizabeth Graziolo’s award-winning New York City–based design firm. In the five short years since Graziolo launched it, Yellow House — named for her favorite color — has become a glowing beacon in a vast field.