Virgil Abloh's latest concrete collection reminds us how an architecture education can push creativity

Recognized as the creative world's "jack of all trades," Virgil Abloh's multidisciplinary approach to design has positioned him as one of the industry's top rising talents. Over the last decade, his impact on the music and fashion industries has quickly created a robust following for the 39-year-old designer. Abloh's most recent venture outside of the fashion world pivots away from clothing, slightly, and toward concrete furniture pieces that retain his trademark nods to street culture. 

Abloh's furniture collection, "Efflorescence," showcases seats, coffee tables, and vases crafted from hard, concrete shapes embellished with bright graffiti and porous geometries. In addition, companion pieces include large, steel mirrors filled with holes that offer wavy and distorted reflections. The Brutalist-lite collection includes a total of 20 pieces on display at Galerie kreo in Paris, France. A...