The Plinth Element
Not just for marble busts or priceless vases, modern pedestals are being used in playful and provocative ways.
A Craft-Forward Restoration of a 19th-Century Schoolhouse Channels the Uninhibited Spirit of an Old Circus
When the new owner of a 19th-century schoolhouse in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom removed its cupola, neighbors had concerns. Letters arrived in the mailbox...
This 1870s Victorian Was Nearly Lost—Now It’s a Maximalist Family Home Made for Hosting
Not every home is willing to play a supporting role. Jess Cooney’s has always demanded top billing. “It’s been a main character in my life—we’ve had a beautiful journey,” says the AD PRO Directory member of her 6,000-square-foot house in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. “And it also drives me insane...."
A Look Inside Palazzo Talìa, a Studio Luca Gudadagnino Hotel
A spectacular design by a visionary director offers a colourful new lens on the Roman holiday...
Move over monogram: Personalised homewares now tell a story
More designers are embracing customisation that moves beyond letters and uses playful prints and meaningful motifs
Tour Chef Bobby Flay’s Refreshed Tribeca Apartment, Where Statement-Making Marble Steals the Show
Olivia Jane Design refreshed the celebrity chef and restaurateur’s material-rich loft, reenergizing his little slice of old New York...
Cover Story | Livingetc March 2025 | YSG House Tour
‘Trust is the operative term,’ admits designer Yasmine Ghoniem, referring to the rapport she developed with the owners of this Melbourne Victorian weatherboard house that her studio, YSG, recently reimagined...
This Designer Chose Her 2,150-Square-Foot Athens Apartment So She Could Be Closer to Her Source Material
They say not to take work home with you. But the two are intertwined for Valerie Name Bolaño, a Caracas, Venezuela–born interior designer who creates spaces, furniture, and objects rooted in ancient techniques...
A shout-out to grout with graphic dynamism and cheeky charm
Chunky, geometric and organic patterns make the spaces between tiles as striking as the tiles themselves...
Toronto’s DesignTO highlights – design and art to see across the city
The organizers behind DesignTO (pronounced design tee-oh) are well aware the festival (this year, 24 January to 2 February) falls in the midst of Toronto’s coldest, snowiest stretch...
An Architect Asked His Clients to Describe a Perfect Rainy Day—Then Designed Their House Around It
In upstate New York, a deeply collaborative process led to a home that feels less constructed than composed...
How They Pulled It Off: An Unconventional Porch That’s Both Indoors and Out
Architects Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz of FORMA, a bicoastal architecture studio known for thoughtful homes with a playful side, envisioned a sculptural cube on a hill for their shared retreat in Hillsdale, New York—but added one feature that pushes its boundaries, blurring the line between inside and out...
How Design Duo Nickey Kehoe Went From Strangers to Founders of One of America’s Most Renowned Studios
The origin story of Nickey Kehoe always begins in Manhattan, at a dinner party. The details are fuzzy – something about a glass of creamer spilling on the table set things in motion...
Inspired by Dance, This Tiny Warsaw Apartment Embraces Rhythm
Creating a sensible scheme for a small apartment is a delicate dance. And for interior designer Gosia Kotyczka of Warsaw's Obiekty Studio, that idea became unusually literal....
At Country Star Kane Brown’s Sprawling Tennessee Oasis, Even the Practical Decisions Skew Larger Than Life
The country music stars’ Tennessee home disappears from view down a long private drive, set on more than 26 wooded acres that back up to 500 more acres of forest...