A look at the top interior and exterior design trends, interviews with top designers and stagers who share what got them started, where they think design is going, and case studies of their best works.
The beginning of the Venice House adventure dates back to 2015 when Jonathan King purchased two adjacent properties in the walk street neighborhood.
Founder of Manhattan firm MR Architecture + Décor, David Mann’s more minimal brand of architecture would seem, on the surface, at odds with 18th-century anything, not least the red-bricked house he shares with his partner Fritz Karch.
Everything Chicago interior designer Summer Thornton touches turns fun, fresh, and in the case of the Naples, Florida vacation house, a beachy fantasy allowing her maximalist tendencies to flourish.
Originally built in 1790, the John Lord House has aged gracefully, but not always cohesively, given its many changes in ownership over two centuries has been overhauled by designer Jennifer Bunsa of Miami-based Bunsa Studio.
With a new collection for Beni Rugs, the Morocco-based maker of customizable rugs that blend modern design with heritage quality, designer Athena Calderone—the lifestyle impresaria and creative engine behind the award-winning lifestyle site EyeSwoon—is once again flooring the world of contemporary design.
The adventure of LAUN started in 2018 when friends Rachel Bullock and Molly Purnell—who both have woodworking backgrounds—decided to combine their skills to design beautiful and functional products.
Kara Mann’s flair for materiality and architecture, and more importantly her feel for these things, are all present in what is effectively a lakehouse set on the Northshore of Lake Michigan.
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.
Originally from Washington D.C., Ian Felton grew up in a family where creativity and curiosity for other cultures prevailed. He attended Montessori schools and spent time in Latin America with his family.
Estudio Persona’s deeply collaborative process allows them to create unconventional design pieces with sculptural lines inspired by natural forms that they describe as “a distinctly neutral and minimal take on the monochromatic melancholy of their native Uruguay.”
Since establishing his award-winning interior design firm at the ripe old age of 24, Nate Berkus has bridged the worlds of easy and elevated with a fine eye and light touch. With a megawatt smile and a sincerity of skill rather than outright swagger, he is, as one of his timelessly textured interiors, approachable.
In 1985, a new owner purchased the building with the objective of transforming it into a place where artists could live and work. Today, designers, musicians, sculptors, painters, photographers, and filmmakers continue to use it as studio space.
