Finally, we have a book about Hollywood that’s not celebrity-obsessed. Instead, “Modern Hollywood” addresses the contemporary houses the stars lived in. “They’re all modern, but it also shows how wide a range modern architecture is,” says Alan Hess, the architect who co-authored the book...
From Sept. 5-8, 5,000 lovers of functional, one-of-a-kind Western art will deliver the buying power of 50,000 to Jackson Hole, Wyo. Private jets from both coasts will slip down from the Wyoming skies. Fashions from New York designers will grace the runway at Thursday’s opening night. And locals will...
Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer know a good thing when they see it. That’s why they moved their firm, WJR Design, from New York to Jackson Hole nine years ago. It’s why they source materials, fabrics and furnishings from their discoveries at international design shows in Paris, London and Milan. And it’s...
“Inspired by Nature,” by Chantal Colleu-Dumond (Flammarion, June 2019), is a tour through the famous gardens of Château de Chaumont-Sur-Loire in France. The book is both a guide to the art of the garden and an homage to the palatial residence itself. Once a preferred retreat for kings and nobility,...
Shane Aquârt is a native of Jamaica who was educated in England, Canada and the States, and now lives on Grand Cayman Island. There, he’s dedicated his life to artistic pursuits – and the creation of a series of quirky, limited-edition Caribbean prints known as Dreadys. For the first time, his work...
If you were born in Paris, raised in Provence and summered with your grandparents on the French Riviera, chances are you’d have bunches of memories stored up. That’s certainly true for New York-based architectural designer Caroline Beaupère. To prove it, she’s got a new collection of stone, glass...
Founded in 1912 in Turin Italy by Renzo Frau, Poltrona Frau is a leader in high-quality, Italian-made furniture. The firm is known for its partnerships with architects and designers who collaborate to create one-of-a-kind pieces. Today, Poltrona Frau remains at the forefront of luxury design because...
One was a design writer who later studied at Harvard GSD. The other earned a degree in literature at Rensselaer, then chose the Peace Corps rather than graduate school. But they’re both founding partners in Los Angeles-based Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects. And now the 2015 AIA Firm of the year...
Designer Aimée Wilder has discovered the balance of living to work, rather than working to live. The graduate of the Chicago Art Institute, once employed by Martha Stewart and The Gap, is now on her own, creating rugs, wallpaper and fabrics with designs that look to the cosmos. Especially in her new Eudaimonia...
Terrazzo is on a roll. A hot ticket for flooring in the late 1960s and ‘70s, it’s trending again right now – on everything e from clothing to furniture. Even wallpaper’s getting into the act. Like the patterns Graham & Brown’s created in collaboration with Hemingway Design. It comes...
