Over the past few years, luxury fashion houses have gone to great lengths to court what they deem “very important clients” (VICs). It’s not uncommon for loyal spenders to fuel up to 40 percent of a label’s sales, especially as wealthy shoppers continue to seek...
George Platt Lynes, a young Yale dropout in 1926, had his sights set on becoming a writer. An introduction to publisher Monroe Wheeler and his partner, the writer Glenway Wescott, blossomed into a 30-year romance with the couple and led to Lynes taking up his...
Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life. Age: 50 Occupation: Creative director and textile designer. Instagram: @artisanproject Hometown: Tangier, Morocco. Studio location: Tangier, Morocco. Describe what you make: I design textiles and collaborate with Moroccan weavers to bring my vision, combined...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS June 04, 2024 Babel Tulum. Photography by Doublespace … The Design Dispatch offers expertly written and essential news from the design world crafted by our dedicated team. Think of it as your cheat...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS June 03, 2024 Pétanque Social Club in Marrakech. Photography by Fernando Marroquint, courtesy of Pétanque Social Club … The Design Dispatch offers expertly written and essential news from the design world crafted by...
Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life. Age: 37 Occupation: Designer. Instagram: @rudyguenaire Hometown: Paris. Studio location: Paris. Describe what you make: I make restaurants, apartments, chairs, tables, sofas, lights… The most important thing you’ve designed to date: Probably this restaurant for...
The Design Dispatch offers expertly written and essential news from the design world crafted by our dedicated team. Think of it as your cheat sheet for the day in design delivered to your inbox before you’ve had your coffee. Subscribe now. Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed...
In the last few years, I started going back to South Florida for Design Miami. I enjoy design fairs more than fine art fairs. I’m more interested in interior design. I don’t really go to get inspired for my own art. I like the people watching;...
As technology has progressed and new methods of creation have emerged, the word “design” hardly means the same thing today as it did centuries ago. Blueprints for buildings are no longer drawn in the sand or carefully traced on parchment with a quill; though few...
It hasn’t been a fruitful past few months for indie fashion labels. The Vampire’s Wife and Mara Hoffman announced their brands would shutter, online distributor MatchesFashion went into administration, and Farfetch narrowly avoided collapse by selling to South Korean e-commerce mainstay Coupang. When making it...