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Discover the best in design from roundups of beautiful interiors and sleek new buildings to the latest in design trends that have been influencing the creative juices of architects and designers around the world.

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Takashi Yanai of EYRC talks Custom-designed Santa Monica Home

ByAbigail Stone
September 2, 2021
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While it’s not without its gray days, the beauty of Southern California lies in its temperate climate. So, too, while it’s also not without its gray moments, the beauty of family is in being together.

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OWIU: Zen Spirit in Los Angeles

ByKarine Monié
August 18, 2021

Housed in the Biscuit Company Lofts building—which was erected in 1925 as the West Coast headquarters of the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco)—in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the 1,620-square-foot loft space was initially transformed into a two-bedroom apartment.

IKEA Tiny House, IKEA Tiny Home, Tiny Homes, Trailer Homes, Sustainable Tiny Homes, Sustainability, IKEA, Agunnaryd, Elmtaryd, Ingvar Kamprad, Jennifer Keesson, Jon Abrahamsson Ring, Lena Pripp Kovac

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IKEA Tiny House: Small Space, Big Style

ByKarine Monié
June 24, 2021

Since its debut in 1943, IKEA has been a pioneer. At that time, its founder, Ingvar Kamprad, was only 17 years old. He started the company with a small sum of money that his dad rewarded him for doing well in school. He chose the name IKEA as an abbreviation of Ingvar Kamprad from Elmtaryd (the family farm), Agunnaryd (the nearby village, located in southern Sweden). The rest is history.

Luss House, Art, Architecture, Object & Thing, Blum & Poe, Mendes Wood DM, New York, Design, Matt Bangser, Alma Allen, Lucas Arruda, Cecily Brown, Matt Connors, Green River Project LLC, Tony Lewis, Eddie Martinez, Ritsue Mishima, Paulo Monteiro, Johnny Ortiz, Frances Palmer, Marina Perez Simão

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Luss House: Art & Architecture

ByKarine Monié
May 13, 2021

On view through July 24, 2021, this exhibition showcases new and site-specific contemporary art and design works by 18 international artists taking place in Luss House, the former residence of Gerald Luss in Ossining, New York.

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Vincenzo De Cotiis: Rebellion in the Raw

ByJenn Thornton
April 16, 2021

Where does the story for a centuries-old building truly begin? As it pertains to Italian artist and architect Vincenzo De Cotiis, the question is not nearly as interesting as to how the story ends, particularly in the case of the austerely done residence he designed inside a badly neglected palazzo near central Milan.