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A Light Sculpture That Began as a Map of Shanghai’s Highways

At 20, Frederik Molenschot had only seen Breda, the city in the south of the Netherlands he comes from, and Belgium on holidays. Then a Siemens design program sent him to Shanghai and the cities around it for six weeks. A flyover there meant 10 highways instead of two, and the average cab ride felt

Maya Romanoff’s Ananda is Inspired by the Yogic Idea of Bliss

A panel lies flat on a worktable in Maya Romanoff‘s Chicago studio, a sheet of sturdy backing coated in a thick, pale compound. Suspended in it are thousands of tiny glass beads. An artisan sets a brush at the top edge and pulls it straight down, slowly, in one steady stroke. Where the bristles pass,

Jimmy Chin, an iPhone 18 Pro, and 36 Hours in the Bugaboos

For “What Holds Us,” Apple’s traveling photography exhibition, the Free Solo director took Conrad Anker and an iPhone 18 Pro into British Columbia’s Bugaboo Mountains. He talks about living between two cultures, reopening the north face of Everest, and why the mountains keep him thinking about mortality.

DRIFT by Fernando Mastrangelo Sits Between Sculpture and Design

Designer Fernando Mastrangelo works from a studio in Hudson, New York, where his DRIFT series continues to develop as a body of work shaped by both material process and the surrounding landscape, sitting between sculpture and design without fully settling into either category. DRIFT begins with hand-shaped forms that set the scale and direction of

Alisa Benfey’s Slow Color Collection Brings the Garden Indoors

Most textile collections start with a mood board. Alisa Benfey’s started with her neighborhood: a fistful of marigolds from her own garden, onion skins saved from the kitchen, chrysanthemum petals, and tree leaves gathered on walks around Los Angeles, where she lives and works. It’s an unglamorous inventory for what became Slow Color, her new

A Kitchen Sink Carved From a Single Block of Stone

The Voussoir collection for Kallista starts before designer Richard T. Anuszkiewicz touches anything. Each sink is carved directly from a single block of stone, which means the veining runs uninterrupted from one surface to the next, and no two pieces ever come out quite the same. The apron front is shaped with curves that feel

Erwan Bouroullec’s Maap Lets Light Find Its Own Shape

Erwan Bouroullec has a face on his desk. Not a photograph or a mask, but two black magnetic dots pressed into a sheet of crumpled Tyvek. Some mornings he nudges the material up, and the thing looks alert, almost cheerful. Other mornings he lets it droop, and it looks like it’s just woken up.  That

In My Room: Paola Locatelli

PARIS—Paola Locatelli @paolalct (1.9M) is a French influencer, actress, and author. “I love Pigalle because it’s very popular with every color, every religion, and every age. I love that mix. I host a lot of parties in my apartment until early morning, and nobody complains. For me, a good party is just good people and

In My Room: Siena Filippi

NEW YORK—Siena Filippi @ssiiena (473K) is known for her thrifting videos, DIY styling, and a deeply personal approach to sustainable fashion. She runs Via Siena, a curated vintage shop now housed in a studio space in Brooklyn where followers can shop her finds in person.

Jean-Marie Massaud’s Aom Reduces a Sofa to Two Parts

Jean-Marie Massaud has spent over three decades designing furniture defined by lightness. Aom, his new seating collection for Arper, is the clearest distillation of that philosophy. Debuting at Salone del Mobile 2026 and shown again at Chicago’s Design Days, Aom is built from just two components. Neither one is wood, foam, or metal in the

The Venice Biennale Confronts a World in Mourning

It was my first time in Venice, and I didn’t know what to expect from the 61st edition of the Biennale. For months, the art world Olympics had been marked by tragedy and controversy. The insurmountable loss of Koyo Kouoh, curator for the international exhibition In Minor Keys cast a large shadow over the event, but

Turf’s 10th Anniversary Showroom Finds the Future in the Past

Somewhere in Turf’s NeoCon showroom, there’s a wall of text that most people probably walked past. That’s the part Faraz Shah, Turf’s Brand Director, hopes people didn’t miss. “This is the first time that we’ve publicly explained our approach in writing, literally on the wall,” Faraz says. “Our spaces have historically been showstoppers that attract

In My Room: Ainsley Durose

PARIS—Ainsley Durose @ainsleydurose (1.2M) is an American pastry chef and influencer based in Paris. “Yes, this is a small space–but by Parisian standards, it’s normal. You pretty much get an oven, a sink, and that’s it. When I’m in full baking mode I take over the whole space, sometimes even my bed. Life here really

A Design Fair Built to Leave

After three editions, Alcova leaves Miami for Mexico City. Co-founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima say moving was always the plan.

How NYC’s Afternoon Light Rewrote the Rules of the Design Fair

There is a particular moment Minya Quirk keeps coming back to when she talks about Afternoon Light. It has nothing to do with the show floor. Picture being home alone by accident, or for work, freshly woken from a nap you didn’t feel guilty about, well rested because it wasn’t too long or too short.

In My Room: Andrew Maddock

CHICAGO—Andrew Maddock @drewfromladue (1.1M) is a Chicago-based lifestyle curator. He documents the ongoing renovation of both his loft and a recently acquired 1891 single-family home around the corner, showcasing clever DIY buildouts and a sharp eye for modern design. His content reflects a curated but personal world shaped by a love of interiors, coffee, and

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