This Parisian Firm Crafted Glasses for Le Corbusier, Jackie O, and Yves Saint Laurent
Over the decades, customers have abided by a credo that might as well be Maison Bonnet’s tagline:
The Experimental Edge of Open Architecture
With a sculptural panache, Beijing-based Li Hu and Huang Wenjing embrace the vastness of space.
Spring’s New Shoes and Bags Veer Toward the Sculptural
The season's accessories take shape to a new dimension.
An Art Exhibition That Questions What It Means to Be Human
“Uncanny Valley,” on view at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, examines how artificial...
Bewitching Heels, Informed by Strip Clubs
The British designer Sarah Ansah fuses chemical experiments and a fascination with sci-fi, pop...
Snøhetta Cofounder Craig Dykers on How He Pushes His Non-Hierarchical Firm to Take Risks
"You have to open your door to the world," the architect says. "The world is anything but...
A Letter From The Editor
The Free Agent
Equal parts designer and disruptor, the Pyer Moss founder Kerby Jean-Raymond is turning his fashion
The American Diner Gets a Mediterranean Makeover by a Famed London Restaurateur
Mourad Mazouz, the creative force behind Momo, Sketch, and Au Bascou, can't stop reinventing the...
At Loewe’s Fall 2020 Presentation, Radical Pottery Hides in Plain Sight
Creative director Jonathan Anderson collaborated with the Japanese artist Takuro Kuwata, whose...
Designer Duro Olowu Brings His Maximalist Sensibility and Cosmopolitan Eye to Chicago Museum Show
The Nigerian-born British fashion innovator is borrowing art from public and private collections...
To Collect Radical Italian Design, Resilience Required
Design collector and Surface consulting creative director Dennis Freedman spent more than...
Frieze Week in Los Angeles: A Guide to the Action
As the art fair alights for a second time, the city is filled with visual pleasures.
Here...
Art Dealer Jessica Silverman’s Tip Sheet for FOG Design+Art Week, from Key Shows to Classic Restaurants
In need of a cocktail or a bookstore in San Francisco during FOG week? The revered gallery owner...
Architecture Memes
An Instagram meme account has achieved the unthinkable: it has made architecture funny. Now tag...
Artist Pablo Valbuena Teams Up with La Prairie to Transform the Miami Beachfront During Art Basel
Dubbed “Wave,” the immersive light installation took on the form of an undulating ocean...
When Algorithms Become the Designer
Computers take the lead in Chinese designer Zhang Zhoujie's world.
Arm Candy
A collection of poppy wristwatches by Richard Mille is equal parts delightful and divisive.
Mark Foster Gage is the Most Prolific Architect of Buildings That Don’t Exist
Blade Runner meets The Wizard of Oz in the New York architect's fantastical work.
This Hammer Museum Curator Uses Cinema to Educate and Empower
Erin Christovale creates inclusive new communities around gender, race, and class.
These Chinese Bookstores Feel Like Infinity Rooms
Li Xiang, the founder of Shanghai design firm X+Living, dreams up illusory bookstores that forge...
The Parisian Shop Making Made-to-Measure Bikes
At its exacting atelier and showroom, Parisian bicycle company Maison Tamboite carries on the...
Benjamin Shine Sculpts Feminine Faces Out of Tulle
Cosseting ballerinas and society swans, tulle has long been admired for its ineffable delicacy....
The New York Art Advisor Curating the Boldest Family Dinners in Town
Eleanor Cayre doesn’t hesitate to break bread in a room filled with daring contemporary art and...
The Fashion Bricolage of Job Smeets
The Dutch provocateur wears his irreverence on his sleeves.
Don’t Want No Scrubs?
Direct-to-consumer brand FIGS is giving the health care industry a dose of millennial cool.
A Japanese Design Studio Threads the Line Between Human and Nature
Takt Project’s lighting fixtures melt and grow like icicles.
Meet Tokyo’s Most Daring Florist
Floral artist Makoto Azuma pushes the boundaries of art, fashion, and nature with his experimental...
Watch Wednesday: Arraw Joker by RJ Watches
Created as a fitting tribute to DC Comics’ villains, RJ Watches reimagines the character watch...
teamLab Brings its Mind-Bending Visuals to Australia
This October in Melbourne, the collective behind the teamLab Borderless digital art museum,...
The Breakout Year of Ini Archibong
Embracing the tenets of spirituality and mysticism, Switzerland-based designer Ini Archibong is...
Wisdom: Clodagh, Designer, New York
"I didn’t grow up wanting to be a designer. My father planned his children’s lives, and I was...
Watch Wednesday: Bulgari Octo Roma Monete
Fabrizio Buonamassa employs an ancient Roman coin into a modern day timepiece.
David Lynch’s Universe Knows No Bounds
With a new gallery exhibition at Sperone Westwater in November, director and artist David Lynch...
Issey Miyake Brings his Signature Pleating Machine to Tokyo
The Japanese fashion designer’s new Homme Plissé store features the brand's signature pleating...
Artistic Director Yesomi Umolu Mixes Architecture and Activism for the third Chicago Architecture Biennial
This year's biennial expands its scope to engage every fiber of the urban fabric. Yesomi Umolu...
Designer Peter Do’s Incognito Plan to Fashion Fame
A star is born by remaining purposefully under the radar.
A Furniture Collection Immortalized in Stone
One of creative icon Karl Lagerfeld’s most impressive contributions to design makes its stateside
Ho Chi Minh City’s Central Park Steps Into The Future
On what was once a set of 19th-century French railroad tracks, Ho Chi Minh City's revamped Central...
Magdalene Odundo Teams Up With David Adjaye to Stunning Effect
The ceramicist and the architect have turned the Norman Foster-designed Sainsbury Centre for Visual
At Notre-Dame, a Statement of Rebirth
Ravaged by a fire earlier this year, the historic cathedral receives a pop-up place of worship...
Five Art Shows Taking a Bow in August
Whether you're in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami or New York, these art shows are about to skip...
Watch Wednesday: Vacheron Constantin tries out Blockchain Technology
The ambitious plan to revolutionize watch buying using cryptocurrency.
With [AR]T, Apple Plants Itself Firmly in Augmented Reality
The tech giant teamed up with the New Museum to help curate its new AR project series.
Watch Wednesday: Timex American Document Series
Timex brings American spirit, ingenuity, and craftsmanship to a new lineup of hand-assembled...
Pierre Cardin, Fashion’s Ultimate Futurist
The Brooklyn Museum's retrospective blasts off with the famed designer’s out-of-this-world...
Watch Wednesday: Ulysse Nardin Diver Great White Limited Edition
Photographer Ben Thouard doesn’t just surf the big waves—he takes you inside them.
Exceptional Presence: Black and White Fashion takes Center Stage
Transcending a lack of color, a hive of creative minds wear black and white fashions from Spring...
Watch Wednesday: Timex Marlin Automatic Snoopy Edition
With the new Snoopy Edition, the Timex Marlin gets into character.
Global Entry: All Roads Lead to the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the artists working in Mexico, India, Kenya, and Guatemala as...
Watch Wednesday: Garmin’s Marq Series Tool Watch
The tech brand brings utility back to tool watches.
Mining the Surface Archives: We’ve Got You Covered
A deep-dive into Surface’s history reveals 26 years of art, design, and fashion at the bleeding...
Opening Shot: New Orleans’s Maison de la Luz
Atelier Ace and Studio Shamshiri bring a modern, global aesthetic to the Crescent City.
Watch Wednesday: Tudor Black Bay Bronze
The Tudor Black Bay Bronze, winner of the "Petite Aiguille" prize at the 2016 Grand Prix...
Your Field Guide to Celebrating 100 Years of the Bauhaus
It was many things: a movement, a school, a style, a mixed-up social set. As an actual institution,
Mining the Surface Archives: Gone, But Not Forgotten
A deep-dive into Surface’s history reveals 26 years of art, design, and fashion at the bleeding...
For NYC Pride, the WorldPride Mural Project Paints the Town
All throughout Pride Month, 50 artists will drop heavy palettes of color across the five boroughs...
Future Island: How Richard Bailey Built Marlon Brando’s Vision into the World’s Most Luxurious Eco Resort
Five years into an extraordinary mission, The Brando’s Richard Bailey offers a new vision of...
Alberto Alessi Adds to His Legacy
Alberto Alessi, who helms the eponymous Italian homewares mainstay, dishes on David Chipperfield...
The Naked Truth: Carine Roitfeld on Post-Vogue Life, Her New Perfume, and Collaborating With Karl Lagerfeld
The fashion impresario reveals a new side of herself.