by Chris Force | Dec 25, 2020 | Studio Tours
Dominic “The Shoe Surgeon” Ciambrone is a high-end shoe customizer. If you’ve not heard of that profession before, it’s likely because Dom largely created the genre, taking name brand gym shoes and skillfully customizing them. His work can easily cost into the six... 
by Chris Force | Dec 22, 2020 | Studio Tours
“It’s complicated,” says Paul Wraith, the chief designer behind Ford Bronco. This is not the answer I was looking for. I had asked, in a long, meandering, chat-cast kind of way, essentially this: “So, how did you create the all new Ford Bronco?” Dumb, I know.... 
by Chris Force | Dec 17, 2020 | Studio Tours
The first thing you notice in Nicole McLaughlin’s Brooklyn studio is a giant rock climbing wall setup. “Yes, I have a fully functioning rock climbing wall, which seems a little bit extra,” she admits. “But if I need a break it’s nice to work out and do a couple of... 
by Mikenna Pierotti | Dec 16, 2020 | Studio Tours
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 Laura Rote | Dec 14, 2020 | Studio Tours
“If there’s an abundance of something, share it.” That seems to be the guiding ethos of Dario Calmese—artist, photographer, sculptor, writer, and podcast host, to name a few of his roles. Dario is working on bringing some big plans to life when I talk to him from his... 
by Grace Perry | Dec 11, 2020 | Studio Tours
The way things look and feel can profoundly shape the way we interact with them. Take, for example, Yves Béhar himself. Yves has the understated, California cool style typical of Silicon Valley types, a sneakers-and-jeans-at-work kind of vibe. His aesthetic pairs well... 
by Grace Perry | May 27, 2020 | Studio Tours
“I was influenced somehow or another by doodads,” art dealer Rhett Baruch tells me, utterly sincere. “Doodad,” by definition, means (literally) nothing. It’s a placeholder for words we cannot recall, like a gizmo, a whatsit, something Ariel would collect in The Little... 
by Haydee Touitou | May 15, 2020 | Studio Tours
“A lot of money is spent on modeling clay.” It’s one of the first things Ronan Bouroullec tells me when I ask him about the way he, his younger brother Erwan, and their dozen assistants work in the design atelier in the Belleville neighborhood of Paris. “We’ve... 
by Jennifer Pastore | May 15, 2020 | Studio Tours
The From 1st Building, complex and labyrinthine in its design, seems almost antithetical to the work of Naoto Fukasawa, whose own intuitive designs bring life to top brands all over the globe. But Naoto was drawn to the five-story, brick Deconstructivist structure for... 
by Jane Gayduk | May 7, 2020 | Studio Tours
There’s a little bit of chaos pervading the office of writer Emily St. John Mandel. When we visit, her Greenwood Heights home is under construction and, space being a complicated issue in Brooklyn, her office room has become a defacto storage room. A couch turned on... 
by Sophia Conforti | Apr 1, 2020 | Studio Tours
Creating in the time of coronavirus: It’s not easy, especially when lockdowns force designers inside, often without access to their studios. We asked creatives around the world to share their home setups and how they’re adapting to life under quarantine. Ana Hop,... 
by Jessica Mordacq | Feb 18, 2020 | Studio Tours
Andy Gent’s workshop is an ode to his past films, a library filled with life-size Isle of Dogs sculpts, illustrations for characters from Corpse Bride and Fantastic Mr. Fox, and miniature molded busts and limbs lining shelves on every wall. As the owner of Arch Model... 
