PARTNERSHIP A Special Edition Grand Seiko Collection Offers Watches for All 24 Seasons (Yes, 24) The Japanese reputation for precision is not unearned. Even their traditional calendar offers 24...
Partnership Resetting What Metal Means, One Facade at a Time As Pure+FreeForm’s Geoffrey Hahn tells it, new technologies have created a new materials...
Travel Awards The Best New Hotels of 2019 From Mexico to Macau, micro to massive, the Surface Travel Awards finalists in the hotel and resort
Travel Awards The Best-Designed Wellness Retreats of 2019 Otherworldly hot springs in China, a Medieval spa in Tuscany, and a marriage of Mexican and Asian...
Commission Eight Design Firms Imagine a Border Without Walls Takes on a more playful, inviting, and humane meeting of the U.S. and Mexico.
On The Rise For This Architectural Curator, Buildings Are Not The Main Event For Storefront for Art and Architecture executive director José Esparza Chong Cuy, humanity...
Currently Coveting Pink, Smile-Inducing Decor to Help Soothe Your Never-Ending Anxiety Attack Peach, purple, lavender, blush, and the much-discussed Millennial pink—they’re the tones we...
Partnership America’s Industrial Past Offers a Vision of Its Post-Mall Future A clutch of locations across the country in post-industrial locations across have been transformed...
High Design Yoga, Tea, and Fine Design, Today’s Cannabis Shops Offer More Than Bongs and Buds CBD and marijuana retailers have turned from hocking papers and pipes to offering complete...
Travel Awards The Candidates for The Best Cruise Ship of 2019 Share DNA, But Aim for Different Targets Celebrity has produced two entries into the market—the Edge and the Flora—either of which could
Design For The Couple Behind Danish Powerhouse HAY, Marriage Is an Act of Design The Rolf and Mette Hay are keeping up a long tradition of successful partnerships that cross the...
EXHIBITION A Career Retrospective of Nam June Paik, The Father of Video Art, Arrives at London’s Tate Modern Right on Time As we find ourselves locked to the screen and drowning in its contents, there's perhaps no better...
Fashion Kanye West’s YEEZY Foam Runners Are What Would Happen if Zaha Hadid Designed Crocs A teasing image of the multihypenate star's latest footwear release suggests curves and shapes...
RETAIL Fashion Label or Arts Patron? With COS, It Can Be Hard to Tell In its first dozen years, the brand has become just as well known for supporting art and design as...
Need To Know For Architect Neil Logan, Less Isn’t More—It’s Everything “People should remember that architecture is also a service industry—as humble as that might...
On View Pace Chelsea Reopens With an Exhibition That Casts a Rare Light Fred Wilson's "Chandeliers" graces the gallery's return with not only beauty, but a challenge to...
TRANSPORT How The Boutique Sports Car Market Became a Lab for Screamingly Fast EV Design To make their boldest statements—and survive—smaller-scale makers with famed badges are turning
SURFACE X BALENCIAGA A Selection of Balenciaga Bags That Add a Whole Different Meaning to ‘Table Service’ In a bit of five-star table service, the brand has rolled out a fresh offering of mid-sized and...
Architecture Almost Finished After 130 Years, Gaudí’s Sagrada Família Faces a Kind of Death After six generations, the architect's signature work is heading towards completion—but the...
PARTNERSHIP NetJets Welcomes a New Addition to Its Fleet The Cessna Citation Longitude arrives just in time to transport you to your latest cultural fix.
Transport A First Look at The Porsche Taycan All-Electric Reveals a Beautiful Tesla Challenger A glove thrown at Elon Musk, the new four-door from the German design sticklers is still...
Travel Take a Look at The Best New Luggage of The Year Highlights from the latest crop of releases include a duffle designed by Marc Newson, a...
Travel The 10 Best Travel Products of The Year The standout offerings from 2019 include sunglasses with earphones, a self-cleaning bottle, and...
Travel Awards Trending: Daring Bar Design The best new cocktail spots include a below-earth horticulturist's dream, an eerie moonlight...
TRAVEL AWARDS These are the Standout Restaurant Openings of the Year Whether it was light bites in a geodesic dome, dinner in an architectural wonder submerged into the
Design The Best New Coworking Spaces of 2019 From the Chicago to Brussels, designers have injected new ideas into what is now one of the...
Retail These are the Best New Stores and Retail Spaces of 2019 The best new shops of the year include a sophisticated CBD boutique, an epic antiques purveyor in...
Architecture Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Others Pitch New Visions of The La Brea Tar Pits Along with the veteran firm, Dorte Mandrup and WEISS/MANFREDI have offered proposals for rehabbing...
TRAVEL Announcing The Finalists for The 2019 Surface Travel Awards From hotels to headphones, New York to the Maldives, these are the candidates for the best new...
Fashion Takashi Murakami x Porter TZ BS-06 Sneaker Release Date The collaboration between the artist and Porter, first announced in 2018, is finally headed to...
Design The Biggest Design Breakups of the Decade From Sagmeister and Walsh to Apple and Ive to Marc and Louis, these are the splits that have marked
Architecture Three Years After Her Death, Zaha Hadid’s Dubai Development Nears Completion As the Opus prepares to open, we're afforded another look at the greatness and vision of the late...
Design Virgil Abloh Unveils the First Off-White Home Collection The star designer's first offering of home goods for his Off-White brand collection brings together
Architecture Five Visions of the Airport of The Future Offer a New Challenge for the Industry From a sky-scraping trophy to off-the-ground runways, the 2019 Fentress Global Challenge winners...
Fashion Why These Old Nikes Cost Almost $500,000 The Nike “Moon Shoe” is a rarity so prized, it commanded a record price at a recent Sotheby's...
Architecture Ten Endangered Modernist Masterpieces Get a New Lease on Life With total awards of over $1.7 million this year, the grant initiative Keeping It Modern is helping
Architecture TAO – Trace Architecture Office’s Swan Lake Bridge House is a Fairytale in Concrete Floating over water in the middle of parkland, it's a masterclass in making heavy materials lighter
Architecture The James Simon Gallery by David Chipperfield Architects: A Fresh Ray of Light on Berlin’s Museum Island The space doesn't just greet visitors or connect the various museums on the site—it adds some...
The Find Jason Wu’s Furniture Collection For Interior Define Offers Elegance, If You’re Paying Attention The collection is perhaps more casual than you'd expect from Michelle Obama's favorite designer,...
Design This Is What Happens When Google Creates a Schoolhouse The tech giant's Grow With Google education center in New York City mixes retro analog styling with
RETAIL Louis Vuitton Brings Virgil Abloh and a Whole Lot of Green to the Lower East Side The mega-brand's monochrome pop-up offers winks to the old LES.
Architecture Shigeru Ban Proposes Notre-Dame Temporary Replacement Chapel of Rope and Paper Graceful and solemn, the simple structure intelligently answers all the site's needs without glass,
SPONSORED CONTENT MAISON&OBJET Is So Much More Than a Trade Show The Paris-based salon has an abundance of wares on display, but it’s more of a multicultural hub...
Surface Shops Rediscovering the Forgotten Women of the Bauhaus, A Reading List Influential, brilliant, bold, essential—the Bauhaus women come alive again in these books.
Architecture Kanye West Is Building ‘Star Wars’-Style Houses for the Homeless: Report In an interview with Forbes, the inescapable multihypenate revealed his prototypes for low-income...
IN MEMORIAM Phil Freelon, Architect of the National Museum of African American History, Dead at 66 The creator of a long list of public projects that explored and celebrated the African-American...
Surface Shops The 8 Best Looking Outdoor Bluetooth Speakers Eight handsome box-, cone-, and disk-shaped, Bluetooth-enabled speakers that bring sound and style...
Art Seven in Custody for Vandalizing “The Bean” in Chicago The reflective monumental work by Anish Kapoor was tagged with silver spray paint in the early...
Architecture This House is a $5.25 Million Ai Weiwei Artwork The Chinese artist collaborated with firm HHF on this 3-bedroom, 3-bath vacation home—the only Ai
By The Numbers 14 Very Loud Facts for The Sony Walkman’s 40th Birthday A collection of historic numbers for the world-changing product's ruby jubilee.
Design Six Jony Ive Apple Creations That Helped Define The Modern World From the iMac to Apple's retail presence, Ives oversaw an era of innovation and influence rarely...
Surface Shops The Absolute Best Furniture for Your Possibly Theoretical $1 Million Infinity Pool Daybeds that look like spaceships and jaw-dropping lounges—the wildest luxury outdoor furniture...
Design Jony Ive Leaving Apple to Start New Design Studio With Marc Newson After a tenure that helped define the look of the computer giant through iMacs, iPhones, and more,...
The Find Nike’s N. 354 AF1-Types Are a Design Sketch You Can Wear The stripped-down, but highly detailed, sneaker successfully cosplays as a prototype for the iconic
Surface Shops 10 Stylish Indoor Gardening Essentials for Under $100 Planters, watering cans, and everything else you'll need to bring some greenery into your space.
Get Your First Look at Vitra’s New Collaboration Collection with Virgil Abloh The capsule offering of lighting and seating will bow at Art Basel
Art Banksy Bashes Brexit With New Installation at The Royal Academy of Arts The street artist has used an EU customs gate as a canvas for his most recent work.
CURRENTLY COVETING A New Upstart Offers Ancient Craft With A Distinctly E-Commerce Twist Beni Rugs is creating their Moroccan wears the time-honored way, while offering those shopping...
SURFACE SHOPS This Father’s Day, Help Dad Release His Inner Burner Send your pops to The Playa with this high-end camping equipment.
SURFACE SHOPS Six Zoomorphic Accessories To Usher Cheer into Your Home Cheeky, chic animal-themed objects for your menagerie.
The Find Nike’s Latest Air Fear of God 1s Are the Perfect Summer Sneaker for Imperial Snowtroopers The newest select from the brand's collaboration with Jerry Lorenzo's label is so, so frosty.
THE FIND Why the New USPS Ellsworth Kelly Stamps May Be the Perfect Legal Postage Ten works by the abstract artist rendered in miniature make a strong argument for taking up the...
SURFACE SHOPS Six Iridescent Home Goods Perfect for Adding a Little Luster to Your Spaces Mother-of-pearl, abalone, and opalescence galore.
Travel Now You Can Hit The Museum Between Airport Security and Your Gate Turkish Airlines has just opened a modern-art gallery curated by Istanbul Modern in the business...
The Find Lenny Kravitz Brings His Rockstar Aesthetic to Leica with a Vegan Python-Skin Design The prolific musician continues to take the camera brand into new territory.
Surface Shops Six New Coffee Table-Worthy Books We’re Obsessed With Right Now With a new season upon us, it's time to update your rotation.
Partnership An Italian Icon Returns Just in Time for Bauhaus’ 100th Birthday Flexform is bringing Antonio Citterio's Magister sofa back to the marketplace, and not a moment too
Art This Weekend, Let Artist Anne Imhof Push All Your Buttons The opening performances attached to her "Sex" exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago are sure...
Architecture Talking to Jill Magid, Director of the Most Shocking Architecture Documentary, Ever In "The Proposal," the artist goes to audacious ends in pursuit of access to Luis Barragán's...
Surface Shops 10 Sharp, Affordable Minimalist Watches Black, restrained, and stylish, these timepieces are as versatile as they are inexpensive.
Design IKEA Recreates “Stranger Things,” “Friends,” and “The Simpsons” Living Rooms as Shoppable Tributes The mega retailer turns living spaces from beloved pop-culture shows into a brilliant e-commerce...
Surface Shops Seven Stylish Chairs You’ll Actually Want to Sit In Chairs with unquestionable cred and proper lumbar support.
Surface Shops Seven Items Under $100 That Celebrate Form and Function Gorgeous, inexpensive objects that perform dual roles.
Architecture Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Changed How We Process War How a piece of public art helped us confront and embrace the human cost of national action.
Fashion Finds Maison Margiela Spills its Guts With See-Through New Future High-Top The 2019 iteration of the brand's beloved model features an invisible laminated shell.
Sound Virgil Abloh’s New See-Through Pioneer DJ Equipment Is Lit The designer's collaboration with the audio tech brand is a sight to behold.
Transport This Motorcycle Helmet Will Make You Look Like Daft Punk (and Maybe Save Your Life) The Sotera helmet by Joe Doucet features a brake light and sleek styling.
Surface Shops Best Gifts Under $100 for the Design Snob in Your Life These are the inexpensive gifts you can grab and give to that loved one with overly discerning...
Surface Shops Travel Accessories for The Design-Conscious Globetrotter Take your carefully curated sensibilities on the road with you.
Survey Seven Iconic Home Accessories No Design Obsessive Should Be Without Smart home accents that add timelessness and legacy to any space.
PARTNERSHIP Up All Night at The Cosmopolitan Hotel We spent 24 hours uncovering all the secrets of the glamorous, eclectic destination—human-sized...
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT We Want Nothing More Than This Slice of Heaven in the Seychelles ADD.Locus's dream house will haunt you, too.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT We Still Can’t Stop Thinking About Rapt Studio’s Salone del Mobile Debut We saw so, so many things at Milan's Salone del Mobile 2019—somehow Rapt's presentation stuck...
CURRENTLY COVETING Brizo’s Levoir Collection Fuses Past and Present The collection abounds with historical references yet feels right at home in the bathrooms of...
CURRENTLY COVETING Magis and Inga Sempé Are Asking Mirrors to Do More Presenting the first collaboration between Magis and the French product designer.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT This Family-Proofed, Midcentury Modern Interior Was Designed Via FaceTime Located in sunny Delray Beach.
CURRENTLY COVETING Saint-Louis’s Folia Collection Is Not Your Grandmother’s Carved Crystal Lighting A broad line of ceiling lights, portable lamps, sconces, and chandeliers that run from the modestly
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT Bodron/Fruit Whip an Unruly Dallas Footprint into Shape But such uneven footprints are welcome at Dallas design firm Bodron/Fruit, which has made its...
CURRENTLY COVETING Buon Compleanno! Living Divani Celebrates a Half-Century of Well-Done Décor Looking back at five decades of fantastic contemporary Italian design.
DESIGN DISPATCH LVMH Invests in German Eyewear Label Mykita, and Other News Plus, Central Park gets a new rec center and Amazon enters the smart glasses arms race.
CULTURE CLUB Celebrating 70 Years of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art On Oct. 29, the Smithsonian Archives of American Art held its annual gala at Rockefeller Center’s
DESIGN DISPATCH Vogue Makes History With Marc Jacobs as a Guest Editor, and Other News Plus, an I.M. Pei-designed office tower goes to auction and the Pérez Museum receives a major...
DESIGN DISPATCH Glossier Lands a Fragrance Marketing Slam Dunk, and Other News Plus, Fendi plans a splashy centenary celebration and StockX announces a leadership shakeup.
DESIGN DISPATCH Takashi Murakami Gets Into Fashion, and Other News Plus, Philip Lim steps down from his namesake fashion brand, and a Gen-AI version of St. Peter's...