Designers Reflect on Kitchen Design Today
With entertaining season upon, we can’t help but think about the state of kitchen design now. We’ve asked interior designers what their clients have been gravitating towards and what they’re...
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Designers Reflect on Kitchen Design Today
With entertaining season upon, we can’t help but think about the state of kitchen design now. We’ve asked interior designers what their clients have been gravitating towards and what they’re...
Design Notes Archive
On View: Ceramics By Danny Kaplan
It’s been one year this month, since New York ceramist Danny Kaplan opened his live/work showroom in downtown Manhattan, where clients can view his celebrated lighting and furniture collections in-situ...
Copenhagen Mini-Break
Balineum founder Sarah Watson holidayed in Denmark over the summer and now we all want to go. Given how short the flight is from London — and how affordable tickets...
Historic Houses
Historic houses are enjoying quite a renaissance these days. While their revival has roots in the V&A’s groundbreaking 1975 exhibition, Destruction of the Country House, followed by decades of preservation...
On Our Radar
With summer holidays in their final stretch, we can’t help but eye the full roster of events that will be populating calendars next month. It’s easy to loll away these...
Illustrated Motifs
Decorating a house in the country—whether a full-time residence or a weekend retreat—offers designers the chance to conjure up a sense of escape with each decorative flourish. Such was the...
The New Blue Kitchen
Nightclubs come and go in New York City in the “flashest of flashes” (as Rowan Atkinson might say), but none may have been as fleeting as Only Love Strangers. The...
California Arts & Crafts Tile
Last month we highlighted an organization called Save the Tiles, which is rescuing historic tiles from the ruins of homes that were destroyed by the California wildfires earlier this year. In...
Save the Tiles
It’s going on 4 months since wildfires devastated parts of Southern California and we wanted to call attention to an organization that has been working tirelessly to salvage as many...
Optical Illusions
If you’ve been bitten by the Surrealism bug (kicked off by Faye Toogood’s Designer of the Year installation at Maison & Objet this year) then you’re in for a treat when Elizabeth...
Paris Design Week
Interior designers from around the globe descended on the showrooms of Paris last month for Déco Off—dubbed the fashion week of interiors—to see what’s new in fabrics and wall coverings. Meanwhile,...
Creative Exercise
If you’ve seen the jaw-droppingly preserved mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, then you’ve likely done a double-take at how modern the 4th century depiction of bikini-clad...
Selfie Stations
Party season is in full swing this month and that means many of us will be dining out in celebration. We’ve lost count of the number of brands hosting their...
Material Drenching
“The projects that have the simplest details are oftentimes the most complicated." So says interior designer Cayley Lambur of Electric Bowery. Bathrooms sheathed in tile are a classic example, especially when fully...
Trim Tiles
Check into a room at the Chateau Voltaire in Paris and you might do a double take at the tilework in the bathroom. It’s a subtle and sophisticated combination of...
The Modern Toilet
This month kicks off the London Design Festival and we can’t help but wonder if toilet design will be as hot of a topic as it’s been at other shows this...