To Jesse Schlesinger, Nature Is the Greatest Teacher
After training extensively in Japan alongside seasoned artisans and craftspeople, the...
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To Find the Answers, Christopher Boots Stays Grounded
The freethinking Australian founded his tight-knit lighting studio on the principle of fiat lux, or
Blasting Rock Music and Making a Mess with CK Reed
How do you like to work? For the L.A.–based artist and designer, mostly shoeless. “Always...
Armando Mesías Lets the Canvas Speak Back
Untold stories are embedded into the Colombian-born painter’s evocative timeworn canvases, which...
We All Live Inside Alec Egan’s Freakish Floral Paintings
Using floral motifs and everyday objects, the Los Angeles painter conjures up crisp still lifes of...
Benjamin Hubert Would Rather Design for Everyone
The prolific founder of LAYER, a London-based agency known for devising unconventional solutions to
Jose Dávila’s Eternal Pursuit of Equilibrium
After spending the pandemic year researching circles in Guadalajara, Jose Dávila emerged with...
For Vince Skelly, Wood Carving Is a Meditative Act
Transfixed by how prehistoric objects look perfectly placed in the modern world, the up-and-coming...
Kennedy Yanko Isn’t Afraid to Take Up Space
A new family of salvaged metal sculptures celebrates the women who shaped her sensibilities. Here,...
Lily Stockman in Full Bloom
Leading up to her second solo show with Charles Moffett, we drop by the abstract painter’s airy...
Claudia Li Returns to Her Roots
Five years after launching her first collection, the New York–based womenswear designer discovers
How Jos Devriendt Plays With Light and Shadow
Known for his playful ceramic lamps that resemble mushrooms, the Belgian artist-designer has...
Google’s Ivy Ross Wants You to Simply Be
Ivy Ross, vice president of hardware design and user experience at Google, has embarked on a...
Brendan Ravenhill’s Constant Work in Progress
Brendan Ravenhill’s lighting and furniture studio inhabits an airy post-industrial warehouse in...
Studio Visit: Cai Guo-Qiang
The artist shows us around his downtown Manhattan workspace to talk art, life, and the cosmos.
How Graphic Design Legend Paula Scher Created the Identity of Shake Shack
We stop by Pentagram’s New York office, just before its relocation, to discuss the importance of...
This New York Design Firm Creates Luxury for the Instagram Era
Will Meyer and Gray Davis discuss their approach to designing entertaining, calming experiences for
Callidus Guild Fuses Art, Architecture, and Fashion
Building on her early work of custom wall coverings for some of the world’s greatest fashion...
Sanford Biggers Reconstructs American History With Scraps of Fabric
An exhibition of the artist’s new work—made from piling up, stitching together, and...
These New York Architects Put Nature Before Buildings
Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi discuss their all-encompassing projects, including a bold new...
Jader Almeida on Modernism, Globalization, and the Senses
The designer invites us into his seaside home and showroom on the Brazilian island of...
Studio Visit: Atelier Biagetti
The Milan-based duo shares their take on contemporary obsessions with our editor-in-chief.
Stephanie Goto’s Food for Thought
Inside her Manhattan space, the architect and designer dishes on her love of food, dream passengers
Tom Sachs: Art and Soul
The artist revels in music, magic, and James Brown relics.
Ugo Rondinone Balances Nature and Artifice
The Swiss-born, New York-based artist invites us into his Harlem space as he prepares for an...
Hank Willis Thomas Would Consider Running for Office
In the lead up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the New York-based artist and super PAC...
Everything Is An Adventure for Alexandra Champalimaud
The globetrotting interior designer, whose work can be seen inside iconic hotels like The Carylye,...
The Natural Order of Monique Péan
The jewelry designer discusses her new SoHo space, creating fashionable, wearable pieces from...
There Are No Rules at Kara Mann’s Studio
Interior designer Kara Mann discusses Baker Furniture, an upcoming project in Dubai, and her life...
Robots and 3-D Printers are Joris Laarman’s Tools of Choice
The Dutch designer lets us into his robotics factory, MX3D, which is spearheading programs that...
Gaetano Pesce Embraces Clutter
He's one of the most celebrated Italian designers in modern history, and, as ever, social issues...
Nao Tamura Designs For Work and Life
We speak with the Japanese-born, Brooklyn-based designer about being "in-between."
Garrett Leight in Focus
The thoroughbred Angelino eyewear designer talks with us about where inspirations comes from (or...
Holly Hunt’s Hands-On Approach
The self-described “editor-in-chief” discusses how she’s able to oversee every detail of her...
Iris van Herpen’s Designs Are As High-Tech As They Are Wearable
The Dutch fashion designer and 3D-printing pioneer has her first U.S. solo show at Atlanta's High...