ART Gesturing toward rebirth, spirituality, and enlightenment, the French artist recasts the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s serene Lily Pool Terrace as fertile soil for his elegant beaded sculptures to sprout like roses and lotuses. ...
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They’ve been likened to bowling balls conceived by Steve Jobs and mini Jeff Koons sculptures, but the mirrored spheres that have popped up from New York and Paris to São Paulo actually herald the launch of Worldcoin, an ambitious AI initiative to create digital identities...
Jaipur is often lovingly referred to as the Pink City due to the pink and terra cotta hues of its distinctive ancestral architecture. The Rajasthan capital’s vernacular of recurring stairs and arches has long captivated Asha and Arshana Chaudhary, whose father established Jaipur Rugs there...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS July 28, 2023 ...
Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life. Age: 57 Occupation: Designer of lighting and furniture. Instagram: @gentnerdesign Hometown: Chicago. Studio location: Chicago’s South Side. Describe what you make: I love to make functional objects that are over-engineered, wonderfully crafted, and esoteric...
Severine Tatangelo, the visionary French architect and founder of Studio PCH, has always been interested in linking sociology with architecture. Those familiar with the firm’s portfolio— Interscope Records’ Santa Monica recording studio, former Nikita restaurant, now Soho Beach House Malibu, and private residences —will recognize...
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J.C. Leyendecker illustrated countless magazine covers and ads throughout the early 20th century, but one in particular brilliantly showcases the subversion the queer German-born painter often hid beneath the surface. The crisp canvas depicts a robe-clad male model examining a bar of Ivory soap before...
Fabrication is fantastic, but it’s really the dye—the deep black of a perfect T-shirt, the iconic indigo in a blue jean, the Barbie pink that’s got us in its grip—that makes an item to die for. Literally: Rivers in Bangladesh run as black as those...