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A Shop for Small-Space Living
A retail concept we haven't seen before: a shop devoted exclusively to modular design. Founded by Donald Rattner, an architect and artist, the Brooklyn store specializes in "customizable,...
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Fashionable Chairs for a Cause from Marni
We've been admiring our favorite fashion designer's line of wildly pattered woven chairs for a while now; if you're heading to Miami for Art Basel this week, you'll be able to see (and purchase) the...
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The Ultimate Camp Stove
The founders of Biolite started the company with "a strong sense of responsibility not just to develop products that work well but also to create businesses that make a positive contribution to the...
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A Wooden Storage Headboard, Made with Walnut (and Love)
Montreal-based design studio Objets Mecaniques calls itself a "slow design laboratory"; we especially like a recently completed wooden storage headboard ("made with a lot of walnut and love," as they...
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A Photographer at Home in Brooklyn
The Clinton Hill Cooperative Apartments are a secret architectural gem, designed in the 1930s by Wallace K. Harrison (his oeuvre includes the Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center and Radio City...
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5 Favorites: Classic Delft Tiles in Modern Settings
On a trip to Amsterdam a while back, I visited Royal Tichelaar Makkum, the Netherlands oldest and, in some ways, most surprising company. The ethos encourages innovation, striving to "live up to this...
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An Indigo Pioneer in Mali
Ever since we spotted the work of Malian textile designer and calligrapher Aboubakar Fofana, at ICFF a while back we’ve been devout fans of his ethereal textiles. Fofana, who spent more than 20 years...
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Steal This Look: Food 52 Office Kitchen
When Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, the founders of cooking site Food52, moved into a new midtown Manhattan office space, they built a test kitchen that’s both photogenic and functional (not to...
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DIY: Painted Runner Tablecloth by David Stark
Tonight in Brooklyn (Wednesday, June 12, at 7 pm), David Stark and Remodelista NYC editor Francesca Connolly talk table settings–specifically, quick DIY tricks for creating a serene summer tablescape....
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Jesse James in Upstate New York
Aesthetic Movement founder and creative director Jesse James has spent the last decade carefully renovating his upstate New York country house, The Smithy, in verdant Schoharie County. Originally built...
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At Home with a Brooklyn Fashionista-Turned-Lighting-Designer
Lighting designer Michelle James’ 1890s brownstone in Brooklyn is like the perfect pared-down wardrobe: a little black dress; a crisp white shirt; a touch of velvet; and, of course, a bit of...
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Fabrics and Linens: New Designs from Lindsay Alker
We’ve been following textile designer Lindsay Alker ever since she debuted her first collection at the ICFF in New York a few years ago. At this year’s Decorex show in London, she launches a handful of...
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Spotlight: David Weeks’ New Tribeca Studio
We have been following David Weeks’ work for years (and buying his light fixtures: I own three of them and Julie convinced me to get her one, too, at one of David’s sample sales). His latest venture...
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Dinnerware Simplified, Jasper Morrison Edition
Jasper Morrison calls his design philosophy “super normal,” and describes it as a celebration of ordinary house objects. “Things which are designed to attract attention are generally unsatisfactory,”...
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Home Stories: High Style in Brooklyn Heights
Looking to bring a bit more gray into your life? Husband-and-wife shop owners Paul Gross and Sophie Yanacupoulus-Gross stand ready with suavely minimalist tableware and furnishings in the perfect...
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Gift Guide 2015: For the Evolving Hipster Man
I live in Brooklyn, where the hipster man originated and went on to become a marketing phenomenon around the globe (French department store Le Bon Marché launched a Brooklyn exhibition this fall). The...
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Bassett Hyde: Heritage Linens from Italy
As a stylist, Beverley Hyde has spent her career making other people’s products look lovely. Over the years, working for clients such as Calvin Klein Home and Williams Sonoma, she developed a keen eye...
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Design Sleuth: Made-in-the-USA American Flags
The Fourth of July has us thinking about flags; here are some sourcing ideas. Above: A large old American flag hangs in the hallway of a white painted barn. Photograph from Rachel Halvorson Designs....
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Sunny’s Callicoon Pop: An Upstate Shop from Sunrise Ruffalo
A couple of weeks ago, our architect friend Oliver Freundlich emailed us to let us know about his client Sunrise Ruffalo’s Sunny’s Callicoon Pop in upstate New York: “Sunny and her husband, Mark, have...
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10 Easy Pieces: Simple Doorknobs
Think how often you’ll wrestle with your doorknobs in the course of a lifetime and you’ll realize it doesn’t make sense to scrimp on this stalwart of the home. It’s worth seeking out the...
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