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The London Design Festival Shortlist (opens the original)
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[*I’m sorry if you received this newsletter twice - technical difficulties!]September is off to a great start here in London. Last week I was invited to a dinner at the new Mayfair contemporary design showroom, Monologue. It was a fantastic space and curation, with enough bao to keep me full for days. I was so happy to reconnect with the lovely Romain Casella, who handles their PR, and catch up with designer Jakub Zak and his partner <a href="https://www.insta
A million reasons to go to Paris (opens the original)
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I’ve been complaining that Paris Design Week isn’t what it used to be, but I’m not above admitting when I’m wrong every now and then! There are incredible exhibitions happening there this week, enough to deserve their own newsletter, so here is a lil bonus episode for readers in town. Right now there are many reasons to visit Paris as design people:For example: Paris Design Week and Maison&
The Design Year Starts Now (opens the original)
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Hello friends!For our new subscribers: The Design Release started in 2016 when Leo Lei of Leibal and I (Julia) were working in NYC and travelling to overseas furniture trade shows to discover new designers for the fair I was producing, and for Leo’s store. We quickly realized the most interesting designers were often presenting work outside the larger shows, and there was no single resource for tracking design exhibitions and smaller events. So, with our third co-founder, tech genius Zack Kollar
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