Loft Tour: Polished and Playful in SoHo

The polished design of this sophisticated SoHo loft comes from our new favorite firm SPI Design. Based in LA, Sarah Shetter and Alison Palevsky founded SPI Design back in 2004 in an attempt...

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The Lovely Ladies of Cyberspace

Story by Cate West Zahl Ten years ago, there was nothing democratic about the design world. The hierarchy of magazine editor to interior designer to consumer was tightly controlled. Today,...

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The Perks of Portland

Creative talents and independent minds have forged a bulwark against boredom in America’s greenest city It’s not surprising that Portland is a design-driven city, with top-shelf...

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Color Me Hungry

We asked some of our favorite designers to select their favorite kitchen hues that have the power to transform any space-remodeling not required. Matthew Hufft of Hufft Projects: "I...

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2010: Did you get your calendar yet?

Check out this tiny desktop calendar by Studio 8 Design. It's like a stack of post-it notes but then the dates (numbers) 1 - 31 pop up with each month having its own individual color. It's...

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Gimme Shelter: Wing Back Chairs

Thom Filicia, arbiter of all things cool and cozy in home decor, first introduced me to the canopied wing back chair in his interior design book, Thom Filicia STYLE. Filicia describes...

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Timeless Objects Exhibit at The Future Perfect in Manhattan

The Future Perfect's recently opened store on Great Jones Street is now showing an exhibit featuring works by Constantin and Laurene Boym set to run through the holidays until January 7,...

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In Celebration of Artifice

Real or fake? Appraisal being something of a way of life, this question is applied to almost everything nowadays from memoir writers, TV shows and handbags, along with its more traditional...

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