The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design will host in-person and online Holiday Shop events in partnership with Shelter design studio. It will take place in Asheville November 30 through December 3 and online from December 6 through 10. The work of more than 30 designer-makers from around the country will be displayed, including five Windgate Fellows.

China recently opened a new futuristic library that contains a staggering 1.2 million books. The five-story, 360,000-square-foot Tianjin Binhai Library was designed to look like a giant eye and features shelves spanning from the floor to ceiling.

Starting on Black Friday, Frau Fiber's week-long, pop-up alterations shop invites Santa Monica residents to bring in clothing for mending, altering, or tailoring. Participants will spin a Wheel of Wages to determine what they'll pay for their services and open up conversations about the cost of labor in the garment industry.

An interview with concept-driven embroidery artist Michelle Kingdom provides an intimate view of her creative process.

My Modern Met highlights seven chairs that have impacted modern design.

Roundabouts are one way to slow down crazy drivers. Dimensional-looking street art is another way.

Here are some ideas to make giving or receiving feedback on creative work useful.

ACC Fellow Albert Paley plans to sell some of his work at auction in January.

"Mano-Made," Gerardo Monterrubio's exhibition at the Craft in America Center, was reviewed in the LA Times. Monterrubio was selected as a shortlist artist for the 2017 American Craft Council Emerging Voices Award.

Don’t forget to put a little something aside for Giving Tuesday on November 28, when millions of folks worldwide will make donations.