Complete lifestyle and experiential design are the recurring themes as Ambiente considers the coming year. The global fair continues to exemplify the blurring of the lines between residential and hospitality style and…
In this edition of Designer Travels, Steven Cooper, owner and principal designer of Cooper Pacific, leads us through his recent trip through Italy, culminating in this year’s Salone del Mobile. Destination: Rome,…
The experience of viewing fine art in a design setting is rare and extremely intimate. Art has the power to define a space, to create a mood, to add personality to an…
Sam Acuff is a furniture maker & designer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Sam’s formal education was in painting; however, he pursued work in a bronze foundry after college and later started his…
Perched above the glimmering expanse of the Las Vegas Strip, a stately residence in the Spanish Hills neighborhood has undergone a transformation that turns scale into serenity. Designed by Daniella Villamil, this…
Most people might envision a country home as having a white picket fence, exposed wooden beams and distressed details throughout. But when Brooklyn-based designer Charlene Miranda was hired to help put the…
Sarah Akbary, principal designer of Sarah Akbary Interiors, approaches design with a passion for people and the spaces they inhabit. Her designs cater to the fundamental needs of her clients, but in…
Regardless of your sleeping positions, preferences and schedule, a high-quality mattress is at the heart of every round of rejuvenating rest. Since its founding in 2015, Avocado has been the preeminent choice…
This week, Northern California-based designer Hanneke Lourens introduces her new collection, Barred, consisting of four wood furniture pieces embellished with stainless steel bars. As with her debut Corrugated Collection, Lourens has again…
Crafted of lightweight and translucent fabric, Hunter Douglas’ Aria Soft Blinds collection offers the delicate soft light diffusion of shades, in blinds form. Wendell Colson, vice president of research and development at…
As simple as they are – or perhaps because they are so apparently simple – the apartments Mies van der Rohe designed in Chicago are often badly abused when updated, with utterly…
At Bluefields Bay Villas, every stay feels like your own slice of Jamaica, with secluded villas, lush mountain views and the sea just steps away. There aren’t many boutique hotels that keep…
Caren Rideau has a vision. As the mind behind the Los Angeles-based Kitchen Design Group, and partner in the Santa Ynez Valley-based boutique winery, Tierra y Vino, she has built a successful…
For nearly a century, Amerock has built a longstanding legacy of providing innovative solutions. Senior Principal Designer, Peter Wells, continues this legacy by leading Amerock’s trends, insights and product design with a…
Refuge, shelter, retreat. There are any number of words that telegraph the essence of a home as, to quote poet Robert Frost, “the place where, when you have to go there/They have…