by Mikenna Pierotti | Dec 16, 2020 | Design
Bookmaker Irma Boom’s Amsterdam studio is on a tree-lined street bathed in dappled light. There she owns a pair of stately brick townhouses bridged by an eclectic three-story structure composed entirely of glass, concrete, and steel. One-part studio, one-part library... 
by Mikenna Pierotti | Apr 23, 2020 | Design
In the late 1970s designer Roger Webb visited the Mars Confectionery Company in England. Unusual for its time, the office plan was open, with management at the center and workers all around. “It was planned to provide more transparency with little evident hierarchy—in... 
by Mikenna Pierotti | Nov 11, 2019 | Studio Tours
The human condition, identity, individuality—these are the themes of Elena Øhlander’s work. “Within the framework of my Eurasian-American feminine identity I seek to preserve my heritage and cultures,” she says. In the traditional Japanese art form sumi-e, the ensō is... 