#studio-visit Stories

STUDIO VISIT
To Jesse Schlesinger, Nature Is the Greatest Teacher

After training extensively in Japan alongside seasoned artisans and craftspeople, the...

STUDIO VISIT
To Find the Answers, Christopher Boots Stays Grounded

The freethinking Australian founded his tight-knit lighting studio on the principle of fiat lux, or

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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...

STUDIO VISIT
Armando Mesías Lets the Canvas Speak Back

Untold stories are embedded into the Colombian-born painter’s evocative timeworn canvases, which...

STUDIO VISIT
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...

STUDIO VISIT
Benjamin Hubert Would Rather Design for Everyone

The prolific founder of LAYER, a London-based agency known for devising unconventional solutions to

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Jose Dávila’s Eternal Pursuit of Equilibrium

After spending the pandemic year researching circles in Guadalajara, Jose Dávila emerged with...

STUDIO VISIT
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...

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Kennedy Yanko Isn’t Afraid to Take Up Space

A new family of salvaged metal sculptures celebrates the women who shaped her sensibilities. Here,...

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Lily Stockman in Full Bloom

Leading up to her second solo show with Charles Moffett, we drop by the abstract painter’s airy...

STUDIO VISIT
Claudia Li Returns to Her Roots

Five years after launching her first collection, the New York–based womenswear designer discovers

STUDIO VISIT
How Jos Devriendt Plays With Light and Shadow

Known for his playful ceramic lamps that resemble mushrooms, the Belgian artist-designer has...

The Boundaries Issue
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...

STUDIO VISIT
Brendan Ravenhill’s Constant Work in Progress

Brendan Ravenhill’s lighting and furniture studio inhabits an airy post-industrial warehouse in...

ART
Studio Visit: Cai Guo-Qiang

The artist shows us around his downtown Manhattan workspace to talk art, life, and the cosmos.

STUDIO VISIT
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...

Studio Visit
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

Studio Visit
Callidus Guild Fuses Art, Architecture, and Fashion

Building on her early work of custom wall coverings for some of the world’s greatest fashion...

Art
Sanford Biggers Reconstructs American History With Scraps of Fabric

An exhibition of the artist’s new work—made from piling up, stitching together, and...

Studio Visit
These New York Architects Put Nature Before Buildings

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi discuss their all-encompassing projects, including a bold new...

Studio Visit
Jader Almeida on Modernism, Globalization, and the Senses

The designer invites us into his seaside home and showroom on the Brazilian island of...

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Studio Visit: Atelier Biagetti

The Milan-based duo shares their take on contemporary obsessions with our editor-in-chief.

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Stephanie Goto’s Food for Thought

Inside her Manhattan space, the architect and designer dishes on her love of food, dream passengers

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Tom Sachs: Art and Soul

The artist revels in music, magic, and James Brown relics.

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Ugo Rondinone Balances Nature and Artifice

The Swiss-born, New York-based artist invites us into his Harlem space as he prepares for an...

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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...

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Everything Is An Adventure for Alexandra Champalimaud

The globetrotting interior designer, whose work can be seen inside iconic hotels like The Carylye,...

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The Natural Order of Monique Péan

The jewelry designer discusses her new SoHo space, creating fashionable, wearable pieces from...

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...

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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...

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Gaetano Pesce Embraces Clutter

He's one of the most celebrated Italian designers in modern history, and, as ever, social issues...

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Nao Tamura Designs For Work and Life

We speak with the Japanese-born, Brooklyn-based designer about being "in-between."

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Garrett Leight in Focus

The thoroughbred Angelino eyewear designer talks with us about where inspirations comes from (or...

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Holly Hunt’s Hands-On Approach

The self-described “editor-in-chief” discusses how she’s able to oversee every detail of her...

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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...