In this debauched era where rehabbed reality stars and washed-up celebrities are rewarded for spitting and swearing and dangling their children from balconies, it is a comfort to rediscover a star of grace, elegance, and style. That would be … Read More
Anyone who has ever made the trek to Florence and then to the monastic complex of San Lorenzo in search of Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library understands the magnifience of a staircase. Of course, Michelangelo’s work at the Laurentian Library vestibule is … Read More
Most of us have stood in awe in front of a landmark building, but how many of us have wondered what went on in the heads of the architects behind those iconic structures? What, for example, was the inspiration behind … Read More
One of the most extraordinary design museums we ever witnessed belonged to an octogenarian who had spent the final sixty years of his life in a floor-through apartment in Manhattan’s renowned River House. If you live long enough, you accrue … Read More
One of the world’s most revered design meccas, Vitra Design Museum, located in Germany a short ride from Basel, Switzerland, attracts architecture and furniture aficionados from around the world for its jaw-dropping collection by designers such as Charles and Ray … Read More
Green is the new black. Everything old is new again, which is the underlying philosophy of ecodesign: the desire to provide attractive and sustainable solutions for the demands of modern societies. Back in the Sixties and Seventies, the environmental movement … Read More
Where else can you find Jane Pauley looking impossibly chic in a little black dress while eating a hot dog and watching “The King and I” amidst a curated showroom of vintage furnishings? Where else but the Bailey House Auction … Read More
Every year in New York, more than fifty of the world’s top interior designers create dazzling rooms with donated designer merchandise for Housing Works’ “Design on a Dime” benefit. Designers include high-profile talents such as Nate Berkus and Andy Cohen, … Read More
