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The Architect Is In: Leone Design Studio Answers Your Questions
This weekend, Jen Leone of Leone Design Studio (a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory) talks about creating an urban folly in Brooklyn. Her clients originally thought they wanted a...
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Camping Comes Indoors: New Furniture from Copenhagen
The name "camping" doesn't quite do justice to Normann Copenhagen's camping furniture series. Designed by Jesper K. Thomsen, the pieces are made from molded beech wood and webbed leather and...
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High Style Camping Gear from Japan
We've written (and raved) about Japanese lifestyle company Snow Peak before. Founded in 1958 by Japanese mountaineer, Yukio Yamai, the company has made a name for itself by making beautiful things for...
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Stalking the Wild Mushroom
Master Finnish knifesmith Veikko Hakkarainen is probably out gathering bark from Lappish birch trees right now—as he does every midsummer during "Bark Month"—to use for the handles of his handmade...
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A High-Style Basecamp in Tahoe
Forget camping: We're staying at the Basecamp Hotel in South Lake Tahoe next time we head into the wilderness. Basecamp Hotel’s co-founders Neils Cotter and Christian Strobel didn’t have to look far...
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A Woodsy Cabin in LA's Hippest Neighborhood—$95 a Night
Discovered on The Common Pursuit: A rustic cabin in Echo Park worthy of Henry Thoreau. Photographer Brian Ferry of The Blue Hour spent a week there recently and has this to say: "I had my coffee in...
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LA's Favorite Shop Keeper
Photographer Leslie Williamson would not normally go scouring flea markets, but for Garrett she did. The Garrett in question? Garrett Colton, owner of ST&NDARD GOODS in LA. Put it down to an eye...
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Required Reading: An Elegant Wilderness
Unassailable wealth and stealth luxury often go hand in hand, and 19th century railroad tycoons, mining magnates, and financiers (think Guggenheims, Vanderbilts, and Morgans) were no different. Their...
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A Cutting-Edge Camp Chair, Made in LA
French-Colonial-meets-LA-patio in the latest design from Gabriel Abraham of Ateleir de Troupe. The LA set designer has added the Bivouac Lounge Chair to his small but growing repertoire of furnishings...
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5 Essentials for the Retro Camper
This week we got a behind-the-scenes look at Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom, courtesy of the set designers, and admired characters Suzy and Sam's vintage camping accessories. For...
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The Architect Is In: A NYC Firm Answers Your Questions
We've been admiring the work of Messana O’Rorke for a while now; this weekend, the firm is on call to answer your questions about the firm’s adaptive reuse of a water tower in New York city for a...
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The Coolest Flat in Buenos Aires
Remember the cool girl in school whose outfits always made you think, “I couldn’t pull that together in a million years”? That’s how we feel about this personality-laden Buenos Aires flat, which...
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A Midcentury Classic Is Reborn in Acapulco
Welcome to the Acapulco of yesteryear; the one that Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and Elizabeth Taylor knew. To the casual observer, a visit to the Hotel Boca Chica might feel like stepping back in time, to...
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5 Favorites: The Dip-Dyed Trend Continues
There's still life in the dip-dyed trend: here are five products spotted recently we find ourselves coveting. Above: New from Anthropologie, the Submergent Ladder from Lostine is made of oak with a...
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Wicker Made Modern: Lighting from Chile
Santiago-based Made in Mimbre is a team of designers and artisans who create modern wicker lighting and furniture using traditional crafts techniques. Mimbre (Spanish for wicker) is one of the most...
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Live/Work in Brazil: A High Style Solution
Two architects in São Paulo pool their resources to purchase one piece of land, build two houses, and save 15 percent on their overall costs. The catch? They can never leave the office too far behind,...
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Handmade Textiles from Mexico
A former New Yorker promotes the heritage of Mexico while celebrating universal style. As an art historian, ex-pat Maggie Galton could appreciate the timeless crafts tradition of her adopted country...
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Steal This Look: A Modern Townhouse on a Tight Budget
Craig Olson and Sean Igo are the founders of Canoe, one of our favorite go-to Portland shops and an early online presence for good design. A while back, when we heard they were renovating a vacation...
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5 Favorites: Otomi Textiles as Upholstery
Otomi textiles are often used as coverlets, table cloths and runners. Here's a twist we like: using the richly embroidered Otomi fabric as upholstery. Above: Said to be inspired by wall paintings on...
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Spend the Night with Latin America's Most Famous Chef
A classically trained Argentinean chef returns to his culinary roots and puts a sleepy town in Uruguay on the map. Spotted on Design Tripper: the compelling photographs of El Garzon Hotel and...
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