He first crept into the public consciousness when a 2012 Gawker story about his being banned from Instagram went viral. (He got the boot after posting a picture of topless women sunbathing at Fort Tilden Beach.) Today, Daniel Arnold is back on the social-media platform, where he shares a steady stream of photos, and has published a monograph—Pickpocket—but hasn’t changed much otherwise. He is the street photographer of the moment.
This design duo seeks to blur the lines between traditional craftsmanship and modern fabrication, raw materials and fine finishes, art and function. Antoine Dumas brings the furniture-making vision, Benji Gavron brings the woodworking artisanship, and together they turn out striking, one-of-a-kind commissions. Lately, the pair have become close collaborators of Gabriela Hearst’s.
