SURFACE SHELTER Melding old-world flair with a youthful edge, the celebrity-favorite interior designer lends his idiosyncratic eye to NoHo’s 40 Bleecker, a sleek multiunit building that feels like his most ambitious undertaking yet. ...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS July 29, 2021 ...
Soon after Christo left his native Bulgaria and eventually migrated to Paris, where he met his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, in the 1960s, he rented an apartment on the Champs-Élysées near the Arc de Triomphe. For decades, the environmental artist dreamed of wrapping the...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS July 28, 2021 ...
Whether a classic diner, museum installation, or setting for the Oscars, David Rockwell’s designs often aim to tell a story. Credit what he calls his “second career” as a Tony Award–winning scenic designer, having dreamed up more than a dozen Broadway productions with his 250-strong...
In the 1920s, the Irish architect Eileen Gray oversaw the construction of E-1027, a bracingly modern seaside villa that overlooks the turquoise waters of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in the south of France. Gray, then in her 40s and a major figure within the burgeoning Parisian Art Deco...
Under the direction of cofounders Robert Wright and Tiberio Lobo-Navia, Beni Rugs continues to push the Moroccan carpet industry headlong into the modern age with bold designs—such as the capsule by interior stylist Colin King inspired by the colors of Morocco’s coastal villages and a...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS July 27, 2021 ...
DESIGN With the Tokyo Olympic Games in full swing, we take a look at the delayed event’s most significant design moments, from the completion of Kengo Kuma’s Japan National Stadium to new public restrooms around the city by top-level...
Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life. Age: 47 Occupation: Artist. Instagram: @masakomiki Hometown: Osaka, Japan. Studio location: Berkeley, California. Describe what you make: Drawings, felt sculptures, installations, and public art. The most important thing you’ve designed to date: I just...