#backdrop Stories

CULTURE CLUB
Backdrop and Xavier Donnelly Make a Toast—and an Ice Luge

On May 8, an intimate group of design-world notables gathered in Manhattan to raise a glass to...

DESIGN
Antiquity-Inspired Paintings, Imagined As Frescoes for Your Walls

Xavier Donnelly, the creative director of design firm and hotelier Ash, partners with Backdrop to...

CULTURE
Dystopian Capitalism Underpins the So-Called “Year of the Girl”

Behind the cutesy moniker that 30-somethings masquerading as “girlies” have clung to this year,

CULTURE CLUB
Backdrop Celebrates Porsche’s Colorful Heritage

On September 12, guests from the worlds of design, fashion, business, music, and entertainment...