Symbol Home Fashions a Hi-Fi Listening Lounge

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Symbol Home Fashions a Hi-Fi Listening Lounge

Following its inaugural audio and vinyl home collection with USM—the Swiss standard-bearer of modular storage furniture—Symbol Home is back with a capsule exquisitely suited to cozy season. Its living and workspace collection sees the formerly audio-focused brand expand its focus to lifestyle with a line of customizable sofas and armchairs upholstered in Kvadrat textiles, along with coffee tables and workspace furniture. Last week, the two brands celebrated the collection’s launch USM’s SoHo showroom, which is currently decked out with the full collection of vinyl storage and consoles, as well as its cozy soft seating—which is extra-deep and purpose made for settling in to enjoy a listening session.—Jenna Adrian-Diaz

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Schemata Architects Crafts an Airy Coffee Shop in Tokyo’s Toyosu Park

In Tokyo’s Toyosu Park, Japanese design studio Schemata Architects erected an indoor-outdoor cafe for Blue Bottle Coffee. The space, which overlooks Tokyo Bay and the metropolis’ skyline, aligns several pavilions of varying heights, all of which feature sloping roofs. The materials marry interior and exterior spaces—with red brick unifying the courtyard and the cafe floor, and cypress and larch wood referencing the park’s trees. Wooden pillars stealthily section off internal areas that require protection from the elements, and by night, the cafe emits a comforting glow.—David Graver

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Neoclassic Grandeur Informs Ransom & Dunn’s Stately Lighting

Founded in 2023, London-based studio Ransom & Dunn’s debut collection, aptly named Foundations, channels the stately spirit of neoclassical European architecture. Composed of 29 made-to-order furniture and decor pieces, the collection applies the proportions of midcentury French design to Greco-Roman grandeur. This year will see the studio expand their lighting pieces to include chandeliers, wall and table lamps, and an additional floor lamp. Founded by Julia Ransom and Johanna Dunn, the practice marries their diverse profession backgrounds—across design, interiors, fashion, finance, business, and beyond—and transforms high quality materials into architecturally-driven pieces with presence.—D.G.

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Parisian Minimalism and Copenhagen Cool Collide at OpéraSport

The Parisian-inflected mainstay of Copenhagen fashion week, OpéraSport recently opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the Danish Capital’s Central District. Over the past five years, the label has grown exponentially, with cofounders Awa Malina Stelter and Stephanie Gundelach hiring a full team in 2023, making inroads with the contemporary art world, and all the while remaining committed to sustainable ambitions. The Borgergade space houses the brand’s corporate office and retail headquarters, where the label invites shoppers to a tactile exploration of OpéraSport’s world.—J.A.D.

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Anne Imhof Prepares to Enfold New York Into DOOM

Berlin and L.A.-based conceptual artist Anne Imhof has cultivated international renown for her genre-defying, multidisciplinary practice that spans choreography, visual art, performance, and beyond. Come March, she’ll debut her most ambitious work yet with DOOM: House of Hope. The performance, which runs from March 3-12 at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, will transform the vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall into an immersive stage for a nearly three-hour exploration of hope and community amid societal uncertainty. A cast of nearly 60 performers—including skaters, dancers, poets, and musicians—will intermingle with the audience, enfolding them into the work itself in keeping with Imhof’s signature approach of blurring the boundary between observer and participant.—J.A.D.

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Bevza’s Crushed Grain Fun Bag Surprises and Delights

Matthew Marks Gallery’s latest exhibition of nine of the late artist’s key works showcase his revolutionary use of value, contrast, form, and line. The works, created between 1953 and 2012, explore Kelly’s lifelong interrogation of black and white, with works like White, Two Blacks highlighting his early experimentation with monochrome panels. The display also features shaped canvases and reliefs, including a painted aluminum sculpture from 2012, reflecting Kelly’s evolution in blending color, texture, and geometry.—J.A.D

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With Poison Oud, Dauphinette Evokes a Sensorial Paradise Found

Fashion designer and Dauphinette founder Olivia Cheng has long been fascinated by “glamorous rot”—just look to her past collections, which have taken everything from gemlike beetle wings, resin-encased insects and flowers, and crystals plucked from upcycled vintage garments and atelier excess and transfigured them into captivating ready-to-wear and jewelry.

Most recently, the CFDA/Genesis House prize-nominated designer expanded that preoccupation to the realm of beauty with Poison Oud, Dauphinette’s latest fragrance. An elegant concoction of ambroxide, hinoki, oud, and cashmere notes mingle on the skin, while a resin-encased dandelion blossom stopper evokes a sensorial paradise found.—J.A.D.