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READER, I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE, AND IT PROBABLY WON’T COME AS A surprise: I’m nosy. Luckily, an insatiable curiosity is especially useful when you’re a design editor and your work entails barging into someone’s private world and asking, “What’s this, and where’s it from?” For our annual look at designers’ own homes, we didn’t have to elbow our way in too forcefully—talents from Sydney to France to New York City graciously flung their doors open and invited us to take a look around. And there’s plenty to see. A vintage furniture dealer’s serenely handsome lair in Los Angeles, complete with an orchid garden and koi pond? Check. A grand Pittsburgh house for a rambunctious family, plus their terriers and bunnies? Check! Our cover story is a doctor-turned–interior designer’s…
WANDERING FIGURE I AND II PLANTERS Brooklyn-based artist Gary Fernández individually casts these one-of-a-kind planters in layers of stacked concrete. 14″ w. x 11″ d. x 26″ h. and 17″ w. x 11.5″ d. x 30.5″ h.; $4,000 and $4,500. cultureobject.com 1. BRICKWORK AND ACCORDION VESSELS Peter Lane hand-builds everything from ceramic walls for Chanel stores to this glazed stoneware. Brickwork (left), 17″ h. x 9″ dia., and Accordion, 22″ h. x 12″ dia.; $9,000 each. maisongerard.com 2. RECYCLED PVC PLANTER It takes up to seven hours to weave each durable Mo’s Crib planter, using PVC water pipes collected from construction sites and landfills. Available in several colors. 22″ w. x 15″ d. x 16″ h.; $109. moscrib.com 3. SHERAZADE BASKET Simona Cremascoli’s pliable design for Poltrona Frau is braided…
GARDENS The updated edition of Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect (Monacelli) celebrates the work of the renowned garden designer, the only female founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects, with brand-new photographs and watercolor sketches. ARCHITECTURE Piero Portaluppi (Rizzoli) enthralls with visits to the iconic Milanese architect’s most vital projects, from the city’s lush Villa Necchi Campiglio (committed to the screen in Luca Guadagnino’s 2009 film I Am Love) to the facade of Cadarese, a hydroelectric power plant in the Val d’Ossola region. PROFILES Architect Bob Wesley, sculptor Paula Whaley, and Olympian Lillian Greene-Chamberlain are just three of the 54 Black elders highlighted in Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives (Hearst Home), a compelling new book that includes a foreword by Oprah Winfrey. INTERIORS Rose Tarlow:…
1. TEMPS CALME SOFA POONAM KHANNA: I want to put a pair of these around a massive fire pit. DANIELLE FENNOY: I’m loving its clean lines and flexibility. 162″ w. x 116″ d. x 34.5″ h.; price upon request. roche-bobois.com 2. DR. JOHNSON TENNIS UMPIRE CHAIR DF: This could work even if you don’t have a court. PK: It’s genius! I love the story of Dr. Johnson and his legacy of opening tennis up to players of color. 24.5″ w. x 53″ d. x 80″ h.; price upon request. mckinnonharris.com 3. OBJET NOMADES LOUNGE CHAIR BY FRANK CHOU PK: The graceful lines and that curving gesture are perfectly balanced. DF: This is that piece that’s off in the distance and draws your eye near. 39.5″ w. x 34″ d. x…
From discarded fabric scraps to supply-chain inefficiencies, waste is top of mind for all of us these days. It is built into the systems we rely on, affecting the vulnerable environments we live in, and yet, at the end of the day, is not being addressed fast enough. Thankfully, design is becoming an important part of the solution, with individuals and brands alike working to offset their carbon footprints and develop low-impact production methods. As a consumer, though, I have to come clean: I really love purging. I don’t think I’m alone in finding catharsis by letting things go. And while I don’t understand supply and demand, or where exercise bikes go when they die, it seems I could at least try to be more intentional with what I toss.…
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE INTERIORS SPECIALIST who designs, revamps, or simply refreshes rooms in your home? The answer might not be as straightforward as you think. “I prefer decorator,” says Miles Redd. “The word is a bit faded, but I align myself with Syrie Maugham, John Fowler, and Nancy Lancaster, and I don’t think any of them called themselves an interior designer, which for me—and I hope I don’t offend people I admire—feels the tiniest bit pretentious.” Hold that thought. “If somebody calls me a decorator, nothing is more annoying,” says designer Ghislaine Viñas (see page 42). “It’s a dated term that conjures this image of a lady who shops with people, picks out trim, and zhuzhes things. It doesn’t hold the clout that an interior designer has, because…
