In our Friday Five column, we ask a designer, artist, or creative to tell us their five favorite things.
Jackson Schwartz, co-founder of Hennepin Made, shares his favorite facets of nature, including ice, light, snowy branches, and clouds.
Danish designer Lise Vester shares some of her favorites, including artwork, an impactful book, neon signs, and more.
Architect + artist Leo Marmol, co-founder of Marmol Radziner, shares his love of artist Robert Motherwell, Albert Camus, a fave museum, and more.
Stine Find Osther, vice president of design at global textile brand Kvadrat, shares her favorite poetry, music, artwork, and more.
Industrial designer and architect Ben Mickus shares some of his favorite things, and how he experiences them via the five senses.
Architect Elizabeth Graziolo, founder of Yellow House Architects, shares her love of nature, sunsets, door knockers, and more.
Damien Carrette, co-founder of Paris-based Désormeaux/Carrette, shares his love of molding, chairs, cooking with fire, mechanisms, and more.
Ceramic artist Jolie Ngo shares some of her favorite things, including a 3D printer, work clogs, and an album from 2023.
Ceramicist Alex Matisse, CEO and co-founder of East Fork, shares his love of a hippo tub, his cabin, a self-built kiln, and more.
Designer Rikke Frost shares her love of onions, her favorite sculptures, the beauty of the Danish coastline, and more.
Draga Obradovic and Aurel K. Basedow, of Draga & Aurel, share some of their Italian favorites, from a hat brand to a hotel in Venice.
Amanda Leigh, co-founder of House of Rolison, shares her love of the 427 Cobra, staircases, framing, and more.
Karim El-Ishmawi, co-founder of Kinzo, shares his favorite installations at Salone del Mobile, a tea pavilion in Portugal, Boston City Hall, and more.
Amanda Gunawan, co-founder of OWIU Design, joins Friday Five to share her favorite Japanese ryokan, her love of running, Flos lighting, and more.
Our Friday Five column delivers fresh inspiration every week. Come peek behind the curtain and see what made our top ten creatives tick!