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NEVER A PAL LIKE MOM (AND ROSANNE CASH)
Dust-to-to-Digital is a unique recording company that serves to combine rare recordings with historical images and descriptive texts, resulting in cultural artifacts. We have previously written about...
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MOTHER’S DAY: (LAST MINUTE) GIFT IDEAS
The phrase “working mother” is redundant. –Jane Sellman Time always seems to get away from us—just have a look at our April calendar. It’s been busy at Alabama Chanin (and at home, and on the road)....
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A MONTH IN INSTAGRAM: APRIL 2015
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MAY + SWATCH OF THE MONTH
I am happy to greet May, partly because April came “as advertised”—dropping buckets of rain—but also because May is filled with so many good things. So many, in fact, that I might feel differently by...
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HEATHER ROSS: ALABAMA STUDIO SEWING PATTERNS
Today, we continue our series of blog posts from some of our favorite makers highlighting DIY garments, customized using the techniques and patterns of Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns. We last heard...
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ETTORE SOTTSASS + THE MEMPHIS GROUP
“I am a designer and I want to design things.” – Ettore Sottsass When Alabama Chanin started our MAKESHIFT conversation nearly three years ago, inspiration came from several places and sources. The...
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DESIGN + SCALE
I’ve been toying with the idea of scale and pattern recently. This thought arose because of a presentation I gave in March on Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group. The talk was part of the monthly On...
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DESIGN: PATRICK KELLY
Last July, we explored Alabama’s fashion design history and, in our studio conversations about that post, we started asking one another about other designers that have emerged from the South. Dana...
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NATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS
This year, friends and fellow designers were honored in two separate categories of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards (see more about the awards below): Our collaborators (and dear friends)...
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#MEMADEMAY2015
If there’s something we have learned from our DIY community and The School of Making programming, it’s that our fellow makers can be passionate and prolific. In a world focused on “fast fashion” we...
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