October 18, 2012

A new exhibition in Paris celebrates the glamorous era of a forgotten French genius

Pierre Bergé is not a man who relaxes much. After all, the dynamic French businessman not only steered his late partner Yves Saint Laurent’s haute couture empire for decades but also is a philanthropist, publisher, patron of the arts, a force in l...
October 18, 2012

Designer Brooke Gomez will run the New York City marathon to support Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s foundation

When interior designer Brooke Gomez of New York–based Gomez Associates isn’t busy developing graceful, inviting residences for high-profile clients, there’s a very good chance you’ll find her training in Central Park. For more than a decade, Go...
October 17, 2012

Off the Grid

Imagine tree houses in upstate New York, cavernous Sardinian villas with sculpted white cement walls, and a fairy-tale mushroom cottage in Charlevoix, Michigan, bedecked with rainbow-colored mosaics. All are featured in Richard Olsen’s book, Handmade...
October 16, 2012

Restoration Hardware debuts a new collection of bespoke linen bedding

Restoration Hardware has partnered with textile expert Matthew Lenoci on a refined line of garment-dyed bedding. The collection, which is crafted by a team of artisans, comes in 18 complimentary hues. From deep chocolate to indigo-blue to light moss, t...
October 16, 2012

A London Revival

Who better to resurrect London’s Café Royal as a hotel than Sir David Chipperfield, the British architect famous for bringing Berlin’s Neues Museum back to life from ruin? His overhaul of the 147-year-old hot spot, long a beloved haunt of the crea...
October 15, 2012

Bathrooms designed for relaxing—and entertaining

Of all the domestic rooms that human beings have at their disposal, the bath is the perpetual underachiever. Think about it: Ablutions only take so long, no matter how exquisitely hand-milled the soap or costly the unguents, and very often a bath, howe...
October 15, 2012

Blastoff

Even without the staid academic edifices that surround it on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum would be a startling sight, its stainless-steel façades folded accordion-style and angled as if read...
October 13, 2012

World-class designers celebrate the Los Angeles Antiques Show’s Opening Night

View SlideshowThe usual gaggle of film and television stars was largely absent from Wednesday night’s gala opening of the Los Angeles Antiques, Art + Design Show, but no one seemed to miss them. Top-notch designers and serious collectors came out...
October 12, 2012

Profound Realization

In design, as in life, patience is a virtue. Plenty was required, to be sure, in the case of New York City’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park. Progress on the presidential memorial—located on Roosevelt Island and named for FDR’s 1941 Stat...
October 12, 2012

Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

1. Dezeen tours the angular Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, architect Farshid Moussavi’s first building in the United States.2. New York previews the massive (and massively ambitious) Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West side, sched...