Restaurant Chef Marcus Samuelsson Plants a Flag in The Nation’s Capital Housed in Maryland's MGM National Harbor, Marcus offers up comfort food staples that celebrate the...
Travel Hotel of the Week: Stockholm’s At Six Takes Over a Brutalist Building Universal Design Studio proves that a harsh concrete edifice can be as welcoming as any other.
Collaboration Creative Time Exhibition Raises a Flag (or 16) Tania Bruguera, Marilyn Minter, Yoko Ono, Nari Ward, and others channel their political passions...
Book This Google Designer Thinks in Circles Manuel Lima chronicles humanity’s interest in all things round.
Exhibition Tom Sachs’s New Show Is an Absurdist Obstacle Course “Space Camp,” created by the artist in collaboration with Nike, tests both body and mind.
Partnership Art and Commerce Come Together at the Seattle Art Fair Seattle Art Fair director Max Fishko talks supporting up-and-comers, cultivating an art market, and
NYCXDesign This Furniture Collection Is Like a Cast of Characters François Chambard’s UM Project presents six new friendly furnishings.
Restaurant Six New Star-Studded Paris Restaurants to Try Now After losing the culinary spotlight to cities like London and New York, Paris is back to taking a...
Hotel of the Week Milan’s Classic Interiors Pervade Hotel Viu Designer Nicola Gallizia takes cues from the city’s Modernist legends, adding a contemporary...
Design Avenue Road Wants to Welcome You Home The brand debuts a New York showroom that feels like a Chelsea loft.
Travel Murray Moss Loves Kitschy Souvenirs The cultural arbiter and Surface Travel Awards juror on the power of mementos.
Restaurant How Noma Found Design Synergy with the Yucatán Peninsula A team of local designers fashioned a contextual space for René Redzepi's Tulum pop-up.
NYCxDesign This Pop-Up Bar Revisits the Golden Age of Milan Jewelry brand Pomellato revives Bar Jamaica, once the city’s creative and social heart.
Hotel Hotel of the Week: Cape Town’s Next Cultural Hub With a blockbuster museum joining it in the fall, the Silo Hotel opens inside a retrofitted grain...
IN REMEMBRANCE I. M. Pei, 2017-2019 To celebrate the legendary Chinese-American architect's illustrious life and career, Surface asked...
Architecture Feeling Sad? Blame the Building In her new book, architecture critic Sarah Goldhagen sets out to quantify how the built environment
Travel The Surface Guide to Salone del Mobile The fairs, installations, and local spots not to miss this year in Milan.
Travel Apply for the Surface Travel Awards Introducing our inaugural tribute to the spaces, products, and innovators that inspire and connect...
Hotel The New Venice Hotel We’re Dying to Book Design director Diego Paccagnella engineers a boutique stay with provincial credibility.
Design Yves Béhar’s Fleet of Security Robots With his firm, Fuseproject, the designer gives a friendly face to the all-seeing eye.
Bar Cart Armory Week Cocktails Blacktail barman Jesse Vida shares three cocktails to seek out after the art fairs.
Hotel Thom Mayne’s Spiritual Suites Morphosis design director Thom Mayne makes a striking imprint on the 7132 Hotel in Vals,...
Hotel A Thompson Hotel With a Music City Feel Parts and Labor designed the Thompson Nashville to evoke the city beyond its doors.
Restaurant San Francisco’s Tartine Manufactory Aims to Show, Not Tell The eatery takes the same exhibitionist approach to baking as Heath Ceramics takes to pottery.
Travel A 19th-Century Warehouse Finds New Life as a Sumptuous Eatery Melbourne studio Biasol transforms a heritage-listed building into Clerkenwell Grind, a London...
Travel The Founder of Zona Maco Opens Her Little Black Book Zélika Garcia offers her take on art and hospitality, at home and abroad.
Travel Ian Schrager’s New Hotel in China Is Inspired by the Summer Palace In a Hainan Island resort town, the hotelier’s new Sanya Edition pays homage to...
Travel Carmel Ilan Talks Travel The artist behind one of Florence’s most stylish hotels shares the experiences that continue...
Events City of Tomorrow: Real Estate, Architecture, and Design Summit A New York conference’s inaugural edition gathers top minds in design and building.
Travel Top Design Cities of 2016 This year, we looked at 10 places being transformed by new architectural projects and public...
Travel Surprising Vacationers With Exactly What They Need A new business designs shops and boutiques that are customized for isolated luxury resorts.
DESIGN DISPATCH FLPA Design Studios Wins AIA’s 2025 Architecture Firm Award, and Other News Plus, Nintendo opens its first store in Bangkok, and Maison Margiela drops a Year of the Snake...
DESIGN DISPATCH Tate Modern Prepares and Exhibition Rare Mark Rothko and Louise Bourgeois Works, and Other News Plus, Alaïa expands across the United States, and Vans opens a skateable London concept shop.
ART Artist CK Reed Captures the Beautiful Chaos of Miami Art Week The most interesting people, places, and things at Miami's tentpole celebration of art and design...
DESIGN DISPATCH Willy Chavarria Will Show His Next Collection at Paris Fashion Week, and Other News Plus, Deborah Berke wins AIA's 2025 Gold Medal Award, and a dramatic interpretation of the lore...