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Nymphenburg x Patrik Muff: Essentials Jewelry
Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, the legendary porcelain factory based in Munich, recently launched "Essentials," a collaboration with the Swiss-born designer Patrik Muff. For the company's inaugural jewelry collection, Muff focused on the "essentials" of human existence: faith, love, hope and death. Using simple archetypal symbols, these themes are readily deciphered without the need for additional explanation. The cross stands for faith, the heart for love, the...

Design Collective Gallery and Boutique
A cross between gallery and gift shop, Design Collective fosters fresh style and original designs in the Twin Cities. Located in Uptown Minneapolis, the store gives local designers the opportunity for exposure by providing them with shelf space and marketing capabilities. Keeping things "designer-centric," Design Collective remains focused on nothing but local designers and facilitates relationships within the Twin Cities' artistic community. Due to...

Miju Jewelery: Ebony and Ivory
Newly added to Miju, the new collection "Ebony and Ivory" consists of custom, laser-cut pendants featuring two initials in 1/16" thick acrylic. They're selling them as sets that includes both a white pendant in "Century Schoolbook" and a black one in "Black Letter" fonts. Each set comes with your choice of gold, silver or bronze chains. Designed to work as both daily flair and...

New from BY:AMT
by Russ Lowe Is good design recession-proof? We think so but regardless it can't hurt to hedge your bets on items like those from this latest crop from BY:AMT that are beautiful, functional, fresh and sensible. And, just in time for stocking stuffing, the Brooklyn design sweethearts, headed by Dutch designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew, recently launched a nifty new web store aptly named BUY:AMT. No more...