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Introducing the Surface Magazine 2026 Print Edition

A limited-edition hardcover release guest edited by photographer and creative director Andrew Zuckerman and designed by Noë & Associates

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Design
From Bennington, Vermont’s The Seminary, ‘Place in Mind’ Hospitality Group Emerges

A restoration-minded venture founded by Rafe Churchill and Casey Sunderland, dedicated to the resurrection of architecturally significant hotels and inns

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Four US Open Suites Demonstrate the Competition’s Relationship with Design

Through enveloping design, four newly imagined suites—belonging to Grey Goose, Emirates, Ralph Lauren, and Moet & Chandon—establish a lens into tennis through an ephemeral sense of place specific to this moment in New York

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Culture Club
Buccellati's "Aquae Mirabiles" Gala Dinner Centers Italian Caviar

Following the vernissage for Buccellati's “Aquae Mirabiles” Milan Design Week exhibition, wherein the wondrous watercolor drawings of artist and designer Luke Edward Hall bring the illustrious tale of Italian caviar to life, guests were guided toward the Milanese jewelry house’s Piero Portaluppi-designed private terrace.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Apple’s New Photo Exhibit Demonstrates the Artistic Capabilities of the iPhone 18 Pro Camera
DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Debuts Rockefeller Center’s First-Ever Dance Film
ART & DESIGN
R & Company Opens Up Building 86 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
CULTURE CLUB
A Celebration of Yves Saint Laurent's Photographic Legacy With a Vintage Pop-Up
DESIGN
Michelangelo Foundation Executive Director Alberto Cavalli on Homo Faber 2026
CULTURE
Dr. Maria Geyman on Family, Memory, and the Making of With Tea

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CULTURE CLUB
Todd Snyder Toasts 15 Years of His Menswear Label with Lagavulin
ARCHITECTURE
Architect Ria Xenou on the Instinct Behind Every Project
STYLE
Braun NEVO Redefines Personal Style Through Design, Precision, and Engineering
DESIGN
Dries Van Noten Starts a New Chapter in Venice
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Sean Anderson
Designing Delicious
Designing Delicious: Babe’s
ARCHITECTURE
At Jacobsen Studio, Japanese Philosophy Meets Brazil's Tropical Landscape
DESIGN
Ciarán McGuigan on Reimagining Irish Design, from Orior to The Malin
TRAVEL
Nothing Finer: The Delano Miami Beach Returns
FILM
Venice Immersive Storytelling at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival
WELLNESS
Jannik Sinner Designs Explora Journeys’ Ocean Wellness Program
Artist Statement
Pink, Gold, and Excess: Ana Elisa Egreja's Maximalist Vision
DESIGN
Galerie Sardine and Somerset House Bring History and Curation to Amagansett
DESIGN
Designing the Mysterious Environs of “The Lost Boys” on Broadway
DESIGN
Dining at Oberon, the New Museum's First Full-Service Restaurant
PHOTOGRAPHY
Hadassi Reuben's Portrait Study of Actor Raphael Luce
CULTURE CLUB
Inside the Dazzling Serpentine Summer Party 2026
ART
Lauded Architect, Designer, and Artist Hugo Toro Makes His Perrotin New York Debut

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    Peter Zumthor Expands Fondation Beyeler With a Trio of New Structures, and Other News.

    Plus, RH brings its RH Estates concept to North America and Prune Nourry to fill Petit Palais' galleries with portraits of forgotten sculptors

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    Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Gains 360 Works in a Major Madrid Expansion, and Other News.

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    Citi and The Supper Club Bring an Exclusive Dining Experience to Chicago’s Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf

    On September 17, Citi Strata Elite® presented an evening at Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf with The Supper Club, bringing their dining series to one of Chicago’s most sought-after restaurants. Guests gathered in Bavette’s private dining room for an intimate evening celebrating the city’s culinary scene, conversation and connection. The evening began with a cocktail hour featuring a towering seafood display, passed hors d’oeuvres and a rotation of specialty tray-passed martinis, including a Dirty Martini brightened with pink grapefruit, a Vesper with white balsamic and raspberry, and a French Martini with passionfruit and a touch of soy. Guests were also treated to the famed wagyu burger as a special hors d’oeuvre. Dinner followed with Bavette’s signature sourdough and a choice of Wedge Salad or Smoked Salmon Caesar before moving into steakhouse classics, including a 42-day dry-aged bone-in ribeye, Big Glory Bay salmon and roasted garlic lamb chops. To finish the night, guests were treated to chocolate layer cake, lemon meringue pie, and a final round of Bavette’s espresso martinis.

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    Inside La Prairie’s Swiss Pristine Collection Penthouse Party

    As the sun settled over Manhattan, an elegant enclave of New York Fashion Week attendees rose to the 21st-floor penthouse of The Standard, East Village for a cocktail in celebration of the new Swiss Pristine Collection by La Prairie. Set to uninterrupted skyline views, the glass-walled penthouse paired cool, glacial interiors with balconies aglow with dusky hues. Gathered by the exclusive occasion’s hosts—Romilly Newman, Laurence Milstein, Cheyenne Grenaway, and David Evan Ruff—the coterie sipped spritzes and sampled the three-step collection, composed of minerals drawn from Switzerland’s glaciers.

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