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Laura Aviva collaborates with artisan workshops in Latin America to create L’Aviva Home’s lighting, textiles, and furniture. She approaches traditional craft as a springboard for sophisticated, entirely new designs and loves getting her collaborators to…
We’ve admired the use of reclaimed architectural salvage accessories (see Design Sleuth: Recessed Soap Niche) in the bathroom; if you can’t find an appropriate vintage product, consider the Graystone Accessory Collection at Subway Ceramics. The…
Waterworks co-founder and bath historian Barbara Sallick is the grand dame of bathroom design (she’s on the board of directors at the Institute of Classical Architecture); she and her husband, Robert, started Waterworks in 1978…
Sometimes the simple fixtures are the hardest to find: utility lights, spotlights, downlights. When I was remodeling my own house, I discovered (and used) the moderately priced Purity line from Seattle-based lighting company Resolute. Designed…
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 12 Considered Design Awards categories, on both In the Best Professional Bath Space category, our five finalists…
Guests of Rivertown Lodge in Hudson, NY, are often loath to leave. We ourselves frequently return by perusing the photos from our feature A Hotel with a Sense of Place. Proprietors Ray Pirkle and Kim…
When a client approached deVOL to redesign the small kitchen of her 1790s Georgian home in North Nottinghamshire village, she wasn’t looking for inspiration. She already had it: lace. “They live in the original house…
Mirko Beetschen and Stephane Houlmann of Zürich’s Bergdorf Agency for Concepts and Communication recently collaborated with architect Nick Ruef on the remodel of a 200-year-old chalet in the Bernese Oberland. The result is a perfect juxtaposition of new and…
It was either time to jump ship or to reinvent their north London townhouse. After nearly 40 years of living under the same leaky roof, Russell Vandyk and Alan Martin Day, both retired, daringly chose…
Discovered via Design Skool: online shop Ferse Verse, a venture of Hong Kong-based Furze Chan, an artist, designer, and blogger. Above: Cotton Good Morning Towel; "A towel printed with bright red wordings "Good Morning" and…