OPENING SHOT The Golden Swan Spreads Its Wings The gastropub transforms a storied West Village townhouse into a sumptuous, sun-filled destination...
Q&A James Gardner on Gitano’s Bohemian Nomad-Meets-Fashion Vibe A decade after launching in Tulum as a jungle-chic mezcal bar, Gitano has cultivated a lifestyle...
DESIGN Nanimarquina’s Flatiron Showroom Is a Bold Step Forward A veritable celebration of Nanimarquina’s past, present, and future, the sun-drenched showroom...
DESIGN Yabu Pushelberg Crafts a Pristine New Home for Salvatori The venerable design duo melds New York’s “rough-and-tumble” energy with a shimmering...
DESIGN Achille Salvagni’s Stylish New York Gallery Is a Turning Point Nearly two years after opening a pristine gallery in London, the Roman designer has unveiled a...
Detail Myfawnwy’s Collection For Stella McCartney Blends Nature-Inspired Motifs With a Youthful Essence. The British Fashion House tapped a trio of rising artists to design the capsule collection Stella...
Art Maya Lin Debuts Installation of Barren Trees in Madison Square Park Dubbed Ghost Forest, the work comprises 49 spectral white cedar tree transplants meant to shed...
PARTNERSHIP The Jewelry Designer Who Adapted Car Manufacturing Techniques to Make Black Gold Reut Ringel introduced the world to her sculptural accessories in the midst of the pandemic. Her...
Partnership America’s Industrial Past Offers a Vision of Its Post-Mall Future A clutch of locations across the country in post-industrial locations across have been transformed...
High Design Yoga, Tea, and Fine Design, Today’s Cannabis Shops Offer More Than Bongs and Buds CBD and marijuana retailers have turned from hocking papers and pipes to offering complete...
On View Pace Chelsea Reopens With an Exhibition That Casts a Rare Light Fred Wilson's "Chandeliers" graces the gallery's return with not only beauty, but a challenge to...
Retail These are the Best New Stores and Retail Spaces of 2019 The best new shops of the year include a sophisticated CBD boutique, an epic antiques purveyor in...
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT Schiller Projects Creates a Law Office You Might Actually Want to Visit Their stunning design for Boies Schiller Flexner is dramatic, yet welcoming.
DESIGN This Lighting Showroom Will Lower Your Blood Pressure Lindsey Adelman brings a laid-back atmosphere, her signature lifelike lighting fixtures, and a...
STORE An Hermès West Side Story New York’s Meatpacking District welcomes the Parisian Brand’s 36th store in the U.S.
CURRENTLY COVETING Photographer Dennis Morris Turns His Lens to EYEVAN 7285 for New Sunnies Collaboration Including design-y details meant to mimic film strip negatives, but of course.
CURRENTLY COVETING D Line’s Pebble Collection—a Collaboration with BIG—Is Anything but Inconsequential Demonstrating that BIG IDEAS can come in small packages.
CURRENTLY COVETING O.N.S’s Grey Label—Adaptable Across Cultures and Continents—Gives Travelwear a Fresh New Look Designed for the "modern nomad," O.N.S Clothing's Grey Label is a wardrobe made for movement.
SURFACE X MOMA DESIGN STORE MoMA Design Stores’s Print Shop is a Limited-Time Celebration of Limited-Edition Posters Get your hands on hard-to-find designs from cultural institutions around the world, plus exclusive...
Partnership Studio Visit: Joe Doucet The designer applies his strategic thinking to Montblanc's #MY4810 collection.
DOUBLE TAP The Photographer Who Escapes New York Without Leaving Her Studio KangHee Kim’s collaged photographs double as portals to dreamy, unknown worlds.
PARTNERSHIP A London Design Studio Brings the Psychological Experience of a City to Life United Visual Artists teamed up with Brooklyn creative space A/D/O by MINI to mount a site-specific
TRAVEL Opening Shot: From Firemen to Burning Men, Habitas Opens a Members Club in an Old New York Firehouse After opening a hotel in Tulum and a clubhouse in Venice Beach, the roving experiential members...
Fashion Adidas’s Greatest Design Resource? Its Own History. A look inside the brand’s archives offers hints of its latest sneaker, the Deerupt.
Watch Wednesday Watch Wednesday: Ralph Lauren 867 RL's latest timepiece is a loving tribute to Gotham in the 1930s.
DESIGN This Limited Run of Hiking Boots Honors the Hand Footwear brand FEIT and furniture company BDDW join forces to create an artful collection of...
DESIGN Hem Launches First-Ever U.S. Pop-Up The Swedish furniture brand gives New York a taste of its democratically good design.
Design Designer of the Day: Alireza Razavi The architect discusses creating design value, the key moment in a project, and why he collects art
Surface x MoMA Design Store You Want the Moon? This Remarkably Detailed Lunar Globe Replicates the Real Thing NASA imagery and expert engineering informed this ingenious lamp, where a ring of LEDs illuminate a
Exhibition Katja Novitskova’s New York Landing Public Art Fund’s latest commission materializes sci-fi and the internet.
Travel Murray Moss Loves Kitschy Souvenirs The cultural arbiter and Surface Travel Awards juror on the power of mementos.
Partnership The DNA of a Boutique Hotel Fills a Manhattan Coworking Space NoMad newcomer Blender Workspace’s custom design and well-edited programming set it apart...
Poem Eks and the City The star of Bravo reality show Million Dollar Listing New York gets poetic about his adopted
Bar Cart Armory Week Cocktails Blacktail barman Jesse Vida shares three cocktails to seek out after the art fairs.
Exhibition Emil Lukas: Perception is Everything We tour an exhibition of work by artist Emil Lukas at Sperone Westwater gallery.
Art “Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest” at the New Museum We visited the the Zurich-based artist's first career-spanning survey in New York City.
Architecture A New Film Revisits A Vanished Neutra House Director Elissa Brown explores a lost piece of her family's history.
Essentials Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey Essentials are selections from the Surface team’s endless list of personal obsessions.
Travel Airports Worthy of their Role as Gateways to the World in “The Art of the Airport” A new book highlights airports that, while often imperfect, all have awe-inspiring architecture.
design Michael Gabellini in Conversation with Valerie Steele Designer Michael Gabellini and fashion historian Valerie Steele discuss the idea of simplicity and...
Fashion DapperQ Brings Queer Style to New York Fashion Week The brand's fashion show at the Brooklyn Museum had style that looked beyond menswear and...
Studio Visit The Natural Order of Monique Péan The jewelry designer discusses her new SoHo space, creating fashionable, wearable pieces from...
art Simon Denny Decodes Bitcoin Following a trail of research-intensive projects, the multimedia artist decided to tackle the...
design AHA Front Brings Life to Dumbo Online store AHA Life opened its first physical location in the Brooklyn neighborhood and designer...
Fashion Stella Bugbee Is A Cut Above The Rest The editorial director of New York magazine's The Cut is her own ideal reader.
Studio Visit There Are No Rules at Kara Mann’s Studio Interior designer Kara Mann discusses Baker Furniture, an upcoming project in Dubai, and her life...
architecture A Simple Design for A Vital Public Service A new public safety answering center in the Bronx, PSAC II, combines fortress-like durability with...
CRITIC The Ugly Face of 60 Water Street One development under the Brooklyn Bridge is a stain on an otherwise elegant neighborhood.
design MARTHA STEWART BUILT A HOME… FOR HER BOOKS An ever-growing collection of books satiates an industrious leader’s intellectual appetite.
Art Wolfgang Tillmans Reaches the Apogee of his Career (For Now) With Metropolitan Museum of Art and David Zwirner presentations, Wolfgang Tillmans displays his...
fashion Byredo’s New York Perfumery Takes Inspiration from 1980s Japan A Swedish perfumer makes its mark in America with a warm, clean-lined flagship.
design See Designer and Skateboarder Greg Papove’s Sock-Inspired Furniture Being a skateboarder is my biggest influence,” industrial designer Greg Papove says.
design Moooi Opens Its First U.S. Showroom in New York When Moooi co-founders Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers decided it was time to open the first...
Travel A Restaurant in Greenwich Village Serving Plates Full of Happy The latest from Acme’s Jon Neidich and bartender Jim Kearns.
DESIGN DISPATCH Koyo Kouoh will Curate the 61st Venice Biennale, and Other News Plus, Olufar Eliasson's Breathing Earth Sphere lands in South Korea, and Sarah Andelman curates a...
DESIGN DISPATCH Medieval Art and Design Artifacts Were Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral, and Other News Plus, Herman Miller takes aim at the problems posed by open office floor plans, and a commemoration
DESIGN DISPATCH Incoming Fair Director Bridgit Finn Opens Art Basel Miami Beach, and Other News Plus, a newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral is unveiled to the public, and gamma radiation is...
RESTAURANT With Clemente Bar, Daniel Humm Sets Out to Fashion the Best Bar in New York Together with Italian contemporary artist Francesco Clemente, the Eleven Madison Park chef expands...
DESIGN DISPATCH Murano Illumina Il Mondo Opens With Heavy-Hitting Glass Artistry, and Other News Plus, a mycelium installation lands at Maison Ruinart’s Sculpture Garden, and the Orient Express...