There have been very few milestones in lighting design as monumental or revolutionary as Thomas Edison’s invention of the electric lightbulb — and despite a century of technological advances, that one little ever-present light source is getting a second go at the spotlight. Read more at Artinfo.

NEW YORK — “If you go to a cocktail party and meet someone you’ve never met before, and they ask you what you do, I never know what to say,” Wendell Castle tells ARTINFO in the basement of R 20th Century, a Tribeca purveyor of vintage and contemporary design. Read more at Artinfo.

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In a kids' entertainment world of expensive game systems and disposable plastic toys, there is an alternative: Make something. Play with it.

The August sale was a record breaker.

Kids are often enthralled with the wild kingdom, so it's fun to do their rooms with animal-themed decor.