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Steal This Look: Cape Cod Artist's House
In the late 1930s, a group of émigré European Modernists—Marcel Breuer, Serge Chermayeff, Walter Gropius, and Eero Saarinan—began to build summer homes on Outer Cape Cod, mostly in Wellfleet. "Though...
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A Beacon of Light
Davide Berruto of Envronment, the LA-based store that brings high design to sustainably made furniture, teamed up with Outofstock, a young design collective based in Singapore after meeting them at...
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10 Favorites: Architect-Designed Art Studios
Artists and architects have forever shared a passion for light, composition and space Here are 10 favorite art studios designed by architects. Above: In his new vast studio/office on La Cinega...
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Best Professional Bath Space Winner: Chambers + Chambers Architects
"Everyone's idea of luxury is different," says Barbara Chambers of Chambers + Chambers Architects. "Some clients want a wine cellar, some want a large walk-in closet." For one Mill Valley couple, who...
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A Rustic Farmhouse and Artist Studio in Pope Valley
Californian sculptor and artist Richard Carter restores a farmhouse with painstaking attention to detail, embracing its natural imperfections to create a simple home where humble materials take center...
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A Natural Dye from a Surprising Source
Daniera ter Haar and Christoph Brach of Eindhoven-based Raw Color studio have done it again—this time with an unexpected dye source: sawdust. The "Paper Wood" project is a collaboration between Raw...
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Required Reading: Artists' Handmade Houses
In his book Artists' Handmade Houses, writer Michael Gotkin takes us into the homes of thirteen artists and craftspeople in America (from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century), showing the...
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Hand-Blocked Bedding from India
San Francisco-based Shilpa Rathi returned to her native India to create her hand-blocked naturally dyed linens for her eco-friendly, eponymous line of bedding and pillows. Rathi, whose father owns a...
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5 Quick Fixes: New Ways to Hang Art
When I was in my mid-twenties, I lived in a Bauhaus-style apartment with plaster walls that crumbled the minute I put a nail to one. The owners were nice enough and installed rods which allowed me to...
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Boho Chic at the Inn Paradiso in Paso Robles
Jamie Rosenthal, owner of Lost and Found in LA, first turned me on to Inn Paradiso in California's Central Valley (she's one of those people you listen to when she casually mentions something). So on a...
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Expert Advice: 10 Tips on Displaying Art at Home
Janet Bishop is the curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her most recent exhibition—The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde—reunited...
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An Artist Lives/Works in Brooklyn
In Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, BWArchitects convert a former warehouse into an artist live/work studio on a large scale (think 6,000 square feet).. With a retractable translucent wall that divides the...
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Shopper's Diary: Goodhood Lifestore in Hoxton
During Julie’s recent trip to London, we found ourselves sniffing (for design) in trendy Hoxton and despite the oppressive heat, we met with great success in Goodhood’s new Lifestore. Six years ago,...
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Artist Style: 7 Studio-Inspired Smocks
True confession: in second grade I wore a black beret to the first day of school (my classmates were not impressed). Nothing much has changed; I still aspire to dress like an artist. But at least I'm...
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Zero-Cost Wall Art, Pinboard Edition
What is it about the universal appeal of a wall collage or pin board? It's both a source of inspiration and instant art of sorts. Whether it be pages torn from magazines or memos jotted down, a...
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An Artful Hotel on the Swedish Island of Gotland
It's been close to fifteen years since I walked the cobblestone streets of the medieval town of Visby, located on the Swedish island of Gotland. I'm plotting a return visit to the island...
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Best Professional Children's Space Winner: Wettling Architects
The winner in our Considered Design Awards, Best Design Professional-Submitted Children's Space category is Wettling Architects, a Soho, New York City-based firm who designed a beach house on Shelter...
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The Designer Is In: An Optimist at Home in Notting Hill
London designer Charles Mellersh is obsessed with the way good design can improve the quality of life. This weekend he talks about his design decisions in a renovation of a late Victorian terraced...
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Current Obsessions: Feeling Woodsy
Last week, Gardenista editor Michelle Slatella returned from a week in Barcelona. We plied her for information and, inspired by her finds, are devoting next week to the Mediterranean's largest city. In...
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Midcentury Modern in Barcelona: At Home with Elina Vila and Agnès Blanch of...
Founded in 1999 by Elina Vila and Agnès Blanch, Minim is an interior design studio focused on "maximizing the potential of each space, keeping all those original elements that have historical or...
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