Beyond our event coverage and daily posting, we brought on some new folks, launched new features, and beefed up our social media presence. Here are some of the highlights of the past year: Pinch Food Design’s Taste Column : we were so excited when Pinch said yes to our proposal and can’t wait to see what they cook up (get it!?) in 2013. The Two Percent presents Unframed : David takes us on a monthly art tour to show us the best that NYC’s art galleries have to offer. We made a video for the launch of PATCH NYC at The Shops At Target

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2012 Year in Review: Highlights

Happy New Year’s Eve!

Are you staying in tonight or headed out? I’m headed out, although these festive tablescapes are making me wish I was staying in! Last year I did and we had a great time decorating, cooking and drinking champagne. Not that there won’t be champagne this year!

There are just so many little and exciting details that go into a New Year’s Eve tabletop that are easy – like using the party noisemakers as part of the centerpieces and adding clocks around the table. Anything with glitter and/or sequins works for New Year’s too! Do you see the last image has watches as napkin rings? How cute is that!?

If you’re staying in this year, what fun details are you incorporating into your night?

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We do about 50 Friday Fives each year so we can’t review them all, but let’s take a look back at our favorite 10 (in no special order): Jacob Granat  - We love that he chose five inspirational people. After spending three winter seasons snowboarding in Chamonix, France, and a year in Hanoi, Vietnam working with students, Swedish designer Jacob Granat started his own company importing and selling furniture, lamps and textiles back in 2006. He quickly realized that selling them wasn’t as much fun as making them himself, so he enrolled in a cabinet-making course, then in university. Now, freshly degreed in furniture design, Granat showed his line ”The Sound of Forest” at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Superstudio Piu, Milan this year. Søren Rose  - Every item he chose is a joy to look at

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2012 Year in Review: The Best of Friday Five

Designer David Taylor is back with a container series entitled The Brand New Heavies, where he uses rarely combined materials like tin and stoneware. The juxtaposition between the heavy, dark brown stone with the shiny, lightweight metallic qualities of the tin, somehow work and balance each other out. As Taylor describes: I make work that marries disharmonious materials, bringing them together in order to find, if not a balance, then a means of coexistence. Each container was made in relation to the one made previously and throughout the day various sizes and shapes came about. The cast tin stoppers were slow-poured and made specifically for each container.

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Where Tin Meets Stoneware: The Brand New Heavies by David Taylor

In lieu of the holiday season, there won’t be a Weekly Six this week, but rather a round-up of sequins. Being that New Year’s Eve is on Monday, I’m in the mood for sequins. How about you?

Last night at the mall, I snagged up an adorable sequin dress and the gold sequin clutch above. So now I’m in the sequin mood more than ever! Wouldn’t it be fun to host a party with those sequin chairs or that sequin table cloth?

Or that sequin graffiti on the side of your house? Yes, please!

Will you be wearing or decorating with sequins this New Year’s Eve?

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The minimalist inside of me looks forward to Leo’s Skim Milk column every week, so let’s look back at the top 10 most popular Skim Milk posts from this past year. Keep reading to find out what the most popular post was.

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2012 Year in Review: Best of Skim Milk

A couple of months ago, the kind people over at AllModern sent me the awesome Artecnica Phrena Table Lamp you see above.

The base is a thin gold wire and the shade is a large and white, made of Tyvek construction – and it looks amazing in my bedroom! I haven’t decided if it will stay there, because my living room is full of gold and white accents and it would look even better there than where it is now. Initially, I wanted to put it on my desk, but that’s in the basement and this lamp is just too fabulous to hide!

In addition to this awesome lamp, AllModern has TONS of other home accessories and modern furniture if you’re in the post-holiday shopping mood!

What do you think of my new lamp? Any ideas for where I should put it?

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Daniel García & María José Vargas designed a series of lamps for Spanish company Woodendot called Ka. The collection, which consists of three versions: XL, M, and S, which each have different uses: ambient, reading and table. S table lamp Made from natural materials with careful attention to detail, they’re minimal and yet you can tell their design was anything but

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Ka Lamp Collection by Daniel García & María José Vargas for Woodendot

Merry Christmas Eve, to those of you celebrating.

What are your plans for the holidays? Whether you’re hosting or going to a friend or family member’s, today we’ve got a few festive Christmas Cocktails for you to serve or take with you. I’m always travelling for the holidays, and I can’t wait for the day when I’m hosting so I can put out fun garnishes and glasses to extend the holiday spirit to the bar menu. Anyway, here’s what we’ve got for you to serve this holiday season!

First up is the Santa Hat, which is a combination of cranberry juice, coconut rum and grenadine. Then we have the Sugar Cookie, which is brown sugar and tequila. Finally, there is the Candy Cane Martini, which is vodka, white creme de cacao and peppermint schnapps. Click through for the exact measurements.

Do you have any festive cocktail recipes to share??

Handcrafted from locally-sourced beech wood,  Leis  aims to revive a Slovenian woodcraft tradition called “suha roba.” A lovely minimalist design combining contemporary lines and long-established hand-crafted skills, the Leis set consists of a fork, spoon and spatula.  Gigodesign , who designed the products and packaging, worked with a manufacturing company called Rimarket, and are planning a future series of nature-friendly Christmas ornaments and office accessories. I’m pretty excited to see more from this team! Photos courtesy of Gigodesign. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime Derringer in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Leis Wood Cooking and Serving Utensils by Gigodesign