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Metropolis Magazine’s 8 Rising New Talents

From a nonprofit revitalizing L.A.'s overlooked corners to a studio specializing in experiential graphic design, this year's New Talents feature multidisciplinary skill sets.

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New Talent 2018: Nadine Goepfert’s Diverse Practice Encompasses Fashion, Textiles, and Interiors

The Berlin-based designer is propelled by an intense interrogation of materials; her work ranges from table cloths to office interiors.

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New Talent 2018: Joe Lawton’s Growing Studio Is a Hybrid of Graphic Design and Architecture

With a passion for environmental graphics, designer Joe Lawton has built a practice dubbed Media Objectives (M-O) within the architecture firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA).

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New Talent 2018: Maria Jeglińska Examines the Social and the Political Though Her Products and Installations

The Warsaw-based designer and Konstantin Grcic alum interweaves social narratives and familiar household objects.

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New Talent 2018: Karamuk Kuo Combines Levity and Rigor in Its Architectural Practice

In a relatively short time, the Swiss-American duo have built up an impressive portfolio, slyly navigating one of the more problematic yet compelling aspects of practice.

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New Talent 2018: For Furniture Design Company Kalon, Each Piece Starts in the Designers’ Own Home

The Los Angeles-based design duo meticulously develops each of their products, fostering a unique blend of beauty and sustainability.

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New Talent 2018: Nonprofit LA-Más Is Revitalizing Los Angeles’s Overlooked Corners

The nimble L.A. practice seeks to unlock the city’s potential by conceiving policy solutions and reimagining unglamorous spaces throughout the basin.

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New Talent 2018: Architect Thomas Kosbau Is Helping Create the Next Generation of Green Urban Tech

Just as he’s wrapped his largest and greenest project to date, Thomas Kosbau’s brand of idealistic architecture is growing up.