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Designer Visit: Artwork in RADD Interiors
We recently asked three California-based designers from the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory to share their thoughts on selecting, framing, and hanging art in their clients' homes. The trio's...
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10 Easy Pieces: Pot Filler Faucets
The ultimate kitchen luxury? According to a friend who's a professional chef, it's the pot filler faucet. Consider this: A gallon of water weighs more than eight pounds. Pot filler faucets eliminate...
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New Stools from the Old World
Spotted (and admired) recently: a new line of furniture from Hamburg-based Loehr—in particular, we covet the Faber stool. Founded in 2011, the family-run company Loehr (winner of the 2012 Interior...
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The Mercedes of Trash Bins
We've identified a challenger to our beloved Vipp kitchen waste bin: the Wesco Kickmaster Bin from German company Westermann & Co. Yes, it's expensive, but it will be the last trash bin you ever...
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On Sale: Glassware from a Bauhaus Master
German Bauhaus master Willem Wagenfeld designed some of the century's most thrilling glassware; happily, several of his pieces were recently reissued by Jenaer Glas. N.B. Also see Hotels &...
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Das Kranzbach: Glamor in the Bavarian Alps
Designed by Ilse Crawford, the Das Kranzbach spa hotel in the Bavarian Alps features an unlikely mix of elements (Tyrolean chairs with George Nelson bubble lamps?). Somehow it all works. Crawford has...
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Color in the Kitchen: Marc Newson for Smeg
What do you get when you cross a renegade industrial designer with a conventional cooking appliance? The brilliant Marc Newson range for Smeg. Australian Marc Newson brings his signature curved lines,...
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The Transformative Properties of Kolor
Berlin-based design firm Kolor is obsessed with the transformative properties of color. Located on a side street in Berlin, the multidisciplinary design studio features a small shop that doubles as a...
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A Movable Feast: Berlin's Community Garden
Air raids destroyed the old Moritzplatz shopping district during World War II; later the Berlin Wall hulked over the neighborhood. For decades, trash and rubble and graffiti looked right at home...
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Berlin Creatives at Home
Is Berlin the new Brooklyn? After perusing the German blog Freunde von Freunden (friends of friends), we're convinced. Entrepreneur Ines Colmorgen and art director André Wyst have lived in their...
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War of the Roses: Preserving Germany's Ancient Blooms
The obsession that keeps Harald Enders awake at night is this: What if there's a rose lurking in your garden—or more likely, your grandmother's garden—that is the last living example of a rare...
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Why We Need a Blue Tomato
Can a blue tomato help you live forever? No promises. But it can't hurt to try a bite. At Oregon State University, Prof. Jim Myers wondered if it was possible to create a tomato that was as...
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10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Lounge Chairs in Color
Let us not forget that the entire purpose of summer is to relax. (Hear that, weeds?) Here are ten bright, modern lounge chairs that work equally well on a porch, by the pool, or on the lawn. Settle in...
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A Garden You Water Four Times a Year
Australia is the driest inhabited continent, a fact that might scare off some gardeners. Not David Glenn. Two decades ago Glenn, a nurseryman from England for whom the word "garden" conjured images of...
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Back to Nature: Plant Dyes from Permacouture
The reason that such seasonal fashions as wearing pastels in summer and brown in autumn became seasonal in the first place was because people relied on natural dyes (from blueberries, say, or...
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DIY: A Vegetable Garden, Minus the Garden
Urban farmers need nothing more than a bag of potting soil—and a flat, sunny spot to put it— to grow potatoes. We spotted this ingenious idea at Food52, where Amy Pennington (author of Apartment...
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A Hotel Inspired by a Magazine
A Melbourne-based online magazine comes to life as a pop-up hotel, featuring the work of local artists and creatives. Lost & Found (the magazine) describes itself as "an insider's guide to the...
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Wendy's Secret Garden
Wendy's Secret Garden is not exactly secret: It's open to everybody. But it's not exactly public either. The reclaimed space in Sydney's Lavender Bay is owned by a railway company and was rescued from...
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Australia's Coolest Export?
We're not sure how an Australian company swept the skincare world with its amber bottles, simple graphic labels, and botanical based ingredients like parsley seed, rose geranium and camellia nut, all...
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The Shop Upstairs
When Bree Claffey peered into the ceiling space of an upstairs retail spot in Brunswick, the covered-up skylight was the deciding factor. "I really like light. I always had in mind to sell indoor...
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