samedi, 02:04 AM
After a friend took part in the artist residency program at the Château de la Haute Borde a few summers back, I’ve admired the interiors and images of artists and guests gathered around long dinner…
Terence Conran has a knack for paring a room down its bare essentials. In Bathrooms: Simply Add Water, Conran offers a comprehensive guide to bathroom design; consider it essential reading for anyone embarking on a…
We first discovered the charms of lightweight cotton Imabari towels on a visit to Los Angeles (see Fabrics & Linens: Yoshii Chambray Towels from Japan). Our latest obsession is Imabari's new line of handwoven organic…
We recently featured NY company Izola’s shower curtains (see Bath: Izola Shower Curtains). Now Izola has introduced a trio of bamboo toothbrush designs, which are offered in sets of four (perfect for the environmentally aware…
Keeping things generally picked up and uncluttered doesn’t have quite the same impact in the bathroom as it does in other living spaces. Bathrooms require real elbow grease. But the feeling of bleach against skin…
In the high-stakes world of speculative real estate, it’s not surprising that so many people stick to familiar and unimposing design choices. But what made us take note of this Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, townhouse fixer-upper…
Several months ago, my close friends Serena Cameirano and Ron Keizer bought their first place together, a two-story 1930s row house in San Francisco. The structure is in great shape–I’m more than a little jealous–but…
Currently surfacing all over, the checkerboard is the motif of the moment: see Trend Alert and Checks, Please. We’ve been admiring the many ways the design classic is being put to fresh use. Case in…
Earlier this week we featured the new Ace Hotel in Shoreditch; here’s another project from the same design team, the newly imagined One Leicester Street. Formerly the St. John Hotel (we covered it back in…
Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston’s Brooklyn architecture firm, CO Adaptive, specializes in environmentally responsible, future-resilient retrofits, including their own 1889 Bed-Stuy brownstone that they converted into a passive house. The gut renovation followed a set…