Luxe Urban Camping: The Hotel Daniel Airstream in Vienna
Kitted out by a professional yacht interior designer, a 1952 Airstream at the Hotel Daniel in Vienna offers luxe minimalism for the urban camper. For more information, go to Hotel Daniel. Above: The...
View ArticleThe Adirondack Chair Reimagined
A modern take on the Adirondack chair by Eric Pfeiffer for SF-based Council Design has us rethinking our outdoor seating. Made with durable treated Southern pine (a new product from Perennial Wood)...
View ArticleModernism in Sao Paolo: Marcio Kogan's Chimney House
Marcio Kogan’s Chimney House in the sprawling city of Sao Paolo, Brazil, is an example of architecture with an uncompromising modernist conception of space and attention to detail. The lesson learned:...
View ArticleHelping Bees Survive, One Hive at a Time
One garden, two hives: Can you bees please get along? The more bees, the better for all of us; of 100 crops that supply 90 percent of the world's food, bees pollinate more than 70 percent. With the...
View ArticlePiet Oudolf: The Genius Behind the High Line
One way to get a glimpse of Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf's romantic view of ruin? Join the Disney-size crowds who are shuffling along the elevated length of Manhattan's High Line Park, where tall...
View ArticleArtful Planters from Belgium
Planters as sculpture: handmade clay vessels from Belgian-based Atelier Vierkant function as art for the garden. In the US, the planters—which "explore the possibilities of organic minimalism in form...
View Article5 Favorites: Summery Green Roofs in the City
The day is coming when gardens will be a more common sight than black tar roofs. Here are a few green roofs we've been admiring: Above: A 4,000-square-foot green roof installed atop a building in New...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Instant Gratification Blooms
Every spring, the riot in the garden raises expectations so high that it's nearly impossible to believe I'll ever have to live in a post-peony world. But come June, it's time to fill—fast—all those...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Low-Cost Roof Deck, with Planters Made from Filing Cabinets
We're in awe of this patio above a garage, complete with planter boxes made from metal filing cabinets, that Venice, CA-based designer Faye McAuliffe created for herself—for $70. With power tools in...
View ArticleGarden to Table: Flowerpot Tableware by Joost
Joost Bakker, the Dutch-born, Australia-based garden genius, brings the garden to the table with his new line of raw terracotta dinnerware with white glazed interiors. Above: Raw Terracotta Deep Dish...
View ArticleDIY: Tomatoes on the Fire Escape
It's no surprise that everywhere I look in New York City, gardens are flourishing on fire escapes. The only mystery is why it took us city dwellers so long to figure out we too have a right to...
View ArticleGardenista Facebook Contest: Share Your Garden to Win
We've been showing you our gardening inspiration since the launch of Gardenista, and now, we're asking you to show us your gardens (or an image of a favorite garden) on Facebook. Share the image with...
View ArticleMinimalist Exotica from Studio KO Architects
With offices in Paris and Marrakesh, French architects Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty of Studio KO have worked on a range of East/West projects for clients like Marella Agnelli and the Hermès family....
View ArticleNew Lighting from Ladies & Gentlemen
"Simple, organic, and structural": that's how Ladies & Gentlemen designers Jean Lee and Dylan Davis describe their latest collection, which includes the sleek Aura pendant lights. N.B. Interested...
View ArticleRock the Casbah: Nord-Pinus Tanger
Hotelier Anne Igou has a penchant for the bohemian. The owner of the Hôtel Nord Pinus in Arles, France, she's worked her charms on a Moroccan riad—the Nord Pinus Tanger—which just happens to be the...
View ArticleExotic Cabinet Pulls—Made in Vermont
A new and exciting discovery for hardware obsessives (that would include all of us at Remodelista): jewel-toned cabinet pulls, reminiscent of Morocco but handmade in Woodstock, Vermont, by Te-Ma....
View ArticleLA's Moroccan Emporium: Badia Design
Where do Johnny Depp, James Franco, and Sting source their Moroccan decor? Badia Design in LA, an under-the-radar emporium frequented by decorators, artists, architects, and educated bazaar shoppers....
View ArticleJewel-Toned Berber Rugs, by Way of Brooklyn
Brooklyn-based husband-and-wife design team Brin Reinhardt and Nathan Ursch (they both did stints at Design Within Reach) founded Breuckelen Berber when they couldn't locate their dreamed-of ideal...
View ArticleHaute Moroccan Style—in Venice Beach
To be filed under "Only in LA": a Moroccan riad, located just off the main drag of Abbot Kinney. Peripatetic fashion photographer Philip Dixon was inspired by his travels when he dreamed up this...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Moroccan/Anglo Bath
A traditional English bath with exotic charms: rustic doors, a Moroccan brass pendant light, and stone tile. Recreate the look with the following elements: Above: Old world doors open into an English...
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