Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2022 i Architectural Digest

EASY DOES IT KETRA SYSTEMS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS SCREWING IN A BULB OR AS HOLISTIC AS INTEGRATING FIXTURES ROOM TO ROOM. ALL CONNECT TO A CENTRAL BRAIN USING RADIO FREQUENCY. STROKES OF GENIUS ART COLLECTORS CAN INDIVIDUALIZE THE SETTINGS ON WALL WASHERS OR LIBRARY LIGHTS TO ACHIEVE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR DISPLAYING VARIOUS GENRES OF ARTWORKS. VIVID DETAILS WITH KETRA, LIGHT BECOMES AN ADAPTABLE PART OF A SPACE’S PALETTE. SAYS BIKOFF: “MY FAVORITE SETTING IS RAINBOW. EACH FIXTURE EMITS ITS OWN COLOR.” NATURE KNOWS BEST FOR THE UNDERSTATED AMONG US, KETRA CAN MIMIC LOCAL LIGHT CONDITIONS—DAWN TO DUSK. AS BIKOFF NOTES, “MY LIGHTS BECOME THEIR OWN SUNSET” (KETRA.COM). FOR MORE SMART IDEAS VISIT ARCHDIGEST.COM/AD-IT-YOURSELF…

The words Sasha Bikoff uses to describe her beachfront retreat in the Springs, a storied enclave of East Hampton, normally wouldn’t raise an eyebrow. “I wanted something reflective of a modern barn,” says the interior designer and New York native, adding, “something very pure, like a white church with a high-pitched roof.” But this is Sasha Bikoff we’re talking about. Since launching her firm in 2013, she has established herself as something of a decorating enfant terrible, flaunting a penchant for maximalist mischief in Upper East Side stairwells and Versace collaborations alike. Bikoff spent much of her youth in the Hamptons and never stopped going back. “It’s where my alter-ego nature girl comes out,” she says. “It’s my happy place.” For years she looked for a property of her own,…

In Joseon-era Korea, a man of good social standing would have worn his hair in a topknot with a manggeon headband and a close-fitting tanggeon hat, both made of durable yet flexible horsehair. But after sweeping reforms prohibited that coiffure in the late 19th century, the artistry used to realize those accessories was nearly lost. Today, South Korean artist Dahye Jeong is reviving the tradition in ethereal woven-horsehair works, one of which was recently awarded the prestigious Loewe Foundation Craft Prize. “I am interested in the elasticity, strength, and three-dimensional effect the material gives,” says Jeong, who is based in Jeju, a volcanic island known for it native horses. (It’s one of just two locations in Korea where artisans still work with the medium.) Jeong, who studied sculpture at Jeju…

As quilts enjoy an overdue moment in the design-world sun, Hermès is putting its own polished take on the patchwork classic. The luxury brand’s new Surface design—conceived by longtime artistic collaborator Gianpaolo Pagni—features a graphic motif of color-block cashmere hexagons. Each bedcover is constructed by Carson Converse, a quilting expert based in western Massachusetts (a historic center of the American textile industry). Her traditional cutting, stitching, and ironing techniques have produced heirloom-quality pieces that, far from destined for dusty linen closets, beckon to be displayed beyond the bed. Price upon request; hermes.com…

This would make a perfect pendant,” designer Sophie Lou Jacobsen said to herself about a year ago as she stared at a red glass vase she’d made. That sample, distinguished by its seemingly frilly edge, sat on her Brooklyn dining table, just below a light by the New York brand In Common With. Its founders, Nick Ozemba and Felicia Hung, had already approached Jacobsen about a collaboration, so she sent them a sketch. A year later, their new 20-piece Flora collection has bloomed. Ozemba and Hung, who met at the Rhode Island School of Design, worked as interior and product designers (he for ASH NYC, she for Workstead) before launching In Common With in 2017. Their mission: to create handmade yet affordable fixtures at scale by forming strategic partnerships with…

“Every morning when I come upstairs into the kitchen, with the light coming through, I’m just so grateful,” says Brent. There’s the old saying, taken from the 1940 Thomas Wolfe novel of the same title, that “you can’t go home again.” But diving into the latest chapter of Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s search for where to put down roots, one is inspired to learn that while returning home may be incredibly difficult to pull off, it’s not impossible. And for the Brent-Berkus family, their reunion with their Fifth Avenue apartment has been made all the sweeter by the realization that this particular address, more than any of the others, is an essential and ongoing part of their love story. For those who have been following this couple and design…

When “Carrie Underwood” and “Reba McEntire” nearly fought each other to death, Ariel Ashe got a crash course in poultry relations. Despite being told she was buying four hens and a rooster for her Martha’s Vineyard summer home, the warring divas ended up being two of three Wyandotte–Red Star roosters and had to be re-homed. Meanwhile, the novice chicken owner, one half of the AD100 design team Ashe Leandro, was more happily settling into her own new home, a modern interpretation of a classic New England farmhouse in Chilmark, designed by Ashe and her business partner, Reinaldo Leandro. After buying a condemned Cape house nestled among sheep and goat farms on the Atlantic Ocean in 2017, Ashe spent two years daydreaming about what she would build on the small, sloping…

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Julien Sebban of the multidisciplinary firm Uchronia first burst onto the Parisian design stage in the summer of 2019, when his debut restaurant project, the vegetarian hot spot Créatures, opened on the roof of Galeries Lafayette. The playful oasis (a summertime pop-up now four years running) became an instant selfie-inducing hit, with raised gardens that snaked around colorful tables and seating woven from recycled plastic. He’s had a full plate ever since. Currently in the works are, among other commissions, four restaurants, two bakeries, his first hotel, and a new retail concept for Sonia Rykiel stores. “Lots of my clients come from Instagram,” says the 29-year-old, whose happy-go-lucky style (think bright colors, oversized forms, and wavy lines) has proven to be social media gold with creatives of all kinds. “We…

On a walk in Paris in the early 1960s, Italian brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni had a light-bulb moment. In the elegant arch of the city’s streetlamps, they found an enduring design solution—a directional light that didn’t require ceiling suspension. Enter: Arco, a flexible floor lamp that emerged from a hunk of marble and could function over a dining table or as a reading light. No ceiling fittings needed. In 1962 it was released by Italian manufacturer Flos, which has produced it ever since (from $3,695). The stem, made of three stainless-steel pieces that extend like a telescope, stretches to nearly seven feet wide, allowing the Arco to sit easily out of foot traffic. “It’s a ceiling lamp without being a ceiling lamp,” explains Giovanna Castiglioni, daughter of Achille.…

Robert Earl Paige calls himself “an artist against ugliness.” Sounds simple. This guiding idea, however, has underpinned a repertoire that defies categorization, spanning media and half a century of thought. “People need beauty. They need to be inspired,” says Paige, a pioneer who introduced textiles inspired by West African patterns to American shoppers in the 1970s. On September 7, he will open his first New York solo show, mounted by Salon 94 Design. The gallery is now known as S94D, Salon 94’s fineart program having merged with mega-gallery LGDR. Titled “Power to the People,” the exhibition is curated by the noted Nigerian-born British fashion designer Duro Olowu, who was captivated by the experimentation, creativity, and political activism of Paige’s work. Reflecting on that varied creative output, Olowu calls it “important…

If you’ve taken the New York City subway at rush hour—or anytime, really—you’ve probably seen a stylish someone sporting an MZ Wallace tote. The lightweight carryalls, made of hard-wearing quilted nylon, have achieved cult status for being cool, commute-friendly, and accessible. “Luxury and practicality can coexist,” insists Lucy Wallace Eustice, who founded the brand with Monica Zwirner aiming to prove just that—and in It-bag-obsessed SoHo, no less. Their first shop opened on Crosby Street in 2000, and they’ve since relocated to multiple addresses. Now they’re back on the street where it all began, centralizing their Big Apple presence with a new flagship and retail identity masterminded by AD100 firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero. The goal for the store, a 1,900-square-foot space in a historic building, was to hit that same…

one pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small. If houses came with a soundtrack, the groove for this historic San Francisco manse would surely be psychedelic. Radically reimagined by AD100 designer Nicole Hollis, the mind-bending abode pays tribute to the city’s progressive cultural legacy as well as the audacious tastes of Hollis’s clients. “It’s Grateful Dead meets Burning Man meets Marrakech meets Victorian posh, with a generous dose of contemporary design and art,” Hollis says, tracing the elaborate web of influences that converge in this hallucinatory vision of modern hippie-luxe. “I wanted to bring rock and roll into the life of the house, not just as an applied gloss but as part of its DNA,” she adds. Less florid than San Francisco’s Victorian-era Painted Ladies, the Colonial…

Talc Studi Anastasia Sonkin (far left) and Taylor Palmer bring more than simply a love of plants to their practice. Palmer has a background in graphic design, while Sonkin’s résumé boasts studies in documentary film and food policy. Both have roots in biodynamic farming. “So much of what we do is about ecological restoration, smart design, returning landscapes to native plantings,” says Palmer. Sonkin echoes that site-specific spirit, explaining, “We’re always trying to gather local knowledge—what kinds of plants are actually thriving in the places where we’re working, what are the plants that will attract birds and bees.” That focus extends to collaborations with Northern California’s extraordinary artists, craftspeople, and builders. “Their work is essential in establishing a specific sense of place,” Palmer says. Sonkin emphasizes the loose, frequently improvisational…

Alex W. Crowder “I need to see where flowers grow, what they look like in the wild,” says the New York City–based florist Alex W. Crowder, whose sculptural arrangements use only local flora, nearly all of it in season. It’s June and she’s just back from Vanishing Point Farm (pictured), one of several nearby sources. A wealth of new material will soon be at her fingertips: bearded iris, Queen Anne’s lace, yarrow, hydrangea, and her current favorite, crown vetch, a purple flowering plant that’s often considered a weed. “I spent a lot of my childhood alone in a forest, looking at the tiny flowers you only notice as a kid,” recalls Crowder, who grew up in the Ozarks and studied graphic design at Missouri State University. Since moving to the…