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Travel
Stockholm's Alma is the Anti-WeWork

Fredrik Carlström, founder of the co-working space and members' club aimed at creative industries, has a plan to cultivate a genuine sense of community—starting with a restoration of the city's last single-screen cinema.
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Design
The Staying Power of Gaetano Pesce

The Italian rule-breaker recreates his Brooklyn Navy Yard studio inside Salon 94’s brand-new Manhattan gallery.
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Travel
The Surface Travel Awards 2019

Presenting the winners of our third annual celebration of the year’s most attention-grabbing efforts in travel and design.
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Google’s VP, Hardware Design Ivy Ross has embarked on a lifelong journey to ascertain how art and design impact our physiology.
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The MoMA Wants You to Get Lost in the Stacks
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Designer of the Day: Arno Declercq

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Pierre Yovanovitch on the True Essence of 'Home'
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An Oral History of the B Team
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Brendan Ravenhill Studio

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California Has the Most Exciting Hotel Scene in America
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Experience the Sun Inside This Southampton Cottage
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A Serene Antwerp Hotel Honors Its Sacred Origins
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Scenes from Sight Unseen's Tenth Anniversary Celebration
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David Lynch’s Universe Knows No Bounds
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    Designer of the Day: Samuel Amoia

    After humble beginnings the hospitality industry and a one-year apprenticeship with Stephen Sills, Samuel Amoia has emerged as one of New York City’s most promising interior and furniture designers. Having envisioned masterfully layered residences and five-star hotels from Malibu to Belize that embody a “rough glamour” approach, the Samuel Amoia Associates founder now tries his hand at model units for the Hayworth, a forthcoming Upper East Side development, where his self-taught sensibilities flourish with style and panache.

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    Designer of the Day: Arno Declercq

    Born into an artistic family, Arno Declercq honed his creative appetite young, having already operated an independent gallery and launched his own brand of artisanal home accessories in his early 20s. The Belgian designer, who recently made his United States debut at Garde Los Angeles, now expertly handcrafts stylish objects that temper reverence for history with cutting-edge material experimentation, such as treating burnt Belgian Oak with black stain and wax to create a deep textural patina.

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    Stockholm's Alma is the Anti-WeWork

    Fredrik Carlström, founder of the co-working space and members' club aimed at creative industries, has a plan to cultivate a genuine sense of community—starting with a restoration of the city's last single-screen cinema.


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Designer of the Day: Samuel Amoia

After humble beginnings the hospitality industry and a one-year apprenticeship with Stephen Sills,...

DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Arno Declercq

Born into an artistic family, Arno Declercq honed his creative appetite young, having already...

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These 3D-Printed Vessels Create Their Own Fluid Universe

Audrey Large’s amorphous objects may look alien, but are very much rooted in the world at large.

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Newly reimagined after a months-long renovation, the flagship Museum Store's new book wall doubles...

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Fredrik Carlström, founder of the co-working space and members' club aimed at creative industries,