The Home That Holds You
SPRING 2026 Living with intention begins long before a space is finished. It starts with awareness — of how we move, what we need, and how our environment influences the way we feel. A home is not simply where life happens; it is an active participant in our daily experience. Spring teaches us […]
Quietly Essential: When Light Becomes Intentional
SPRING 2026 In interior design, light is never a secondary element. It shapes atmosphere, reveals materials, and defines how a space is truly experienced. Long before trends and styles, light has always played a central role in how we live and perceive our surroundings. Created in 1925, the iconic PH lamp designed by […]
Spring as a Sensory Reset
SPRING 2026 More natural daylight and milder air quietly signal renewal, helping remove what often goes unnoticed: invisible friction. Light, air, noise, temperature, and visual clutter subtly shape how we feel and how well we focus throughout the day. When these elements are adjusted with intention, the environment begins to support attention rather […]
A Facade to the Sky
AN ADDRESS The Salk Institute in La Jolla, where Louis Kahn turned an empty travertine plaza into a lesson in perspective. SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA. LOUIS I. KAHN, 1965. PHOTO: LIAO YUSHENG VIA ARCHDAILY. In 1959, Jonas Salk asked Louis Kahn for a building worthy of […]
Furnishing Silence
FIELD NOTES In 1917, Erik Satie composed music meant to exist in a room the way a chair exists. A century later, the same instruction shapes how architects design atmosphere. A PIANO AND A SCORE IN A ROOM. NO PERFORMER, NO AUDIENCE. THE INSTRUMENT EXISTS IN THE SPACE THE WAY A TABLE EXISTS. […]
Seven Hundred Fifty Drinking Glasses
SOURCE MATERIAL John Lautner’s impossible houses have appeared in more films than the work of any other Los Angeles architect. Almost none of those appearances reads the architecture. THE CHEMOSPHERE (MALIN RESIDENCE), HOLLYWOOD HILLS, LOS ANGELES. JOHN LAUTNER, 1960. PHOTO: JULIUS SHULMAN / JOHN LAUTNER FOUNDATION. I. THE IMPOSSIBLE HOUSES In 1960, a […]
Liyuan Library, Jiaojiehe
AN ADDRESS A library in a Chinese mountain village, clad in forty-five thousand sticks of the firewood its neighbors burn to cook. LIYUAN LIBRARY, JIAOJIEHE VILLAGE, HUAIROU DISTRICT, BEIJING. LI XIAODONG ATELIER, 2011. PHOTOGRAPH © LI XIAODONG. Jiaojiehe sits in the Huairou mountains, ninety minutes north of Beijing. Two hundred people, sixty households, […]
A House in Two Suitcases
FIELD NOTES Do Ho Suh stitched his childhood home in Seoul into translucent celadon silk, packed it into two suitcases, and carried it to Los Angeles. The work has not stopped traveling since. RUBBING/LOVING PROJECT: SEOUL HOME, 2013-2022. INSTALLATION VIEW, THE GENESIS EXHIBITION: DO HO SUH: WALK THE HOUSE, TATE MODERN, LONDON, 2025. THE […]
Swedish Christmas
Gustaf Westman’s collab with Ikea. PHOTOS COURTESY OF IKEA If you’re not yet familiar with the work of Swedish designer Gustaf Westman, think playful, sculptural, and vibrant. These characteristics define his creative universe. The architect-turned-designer founded his own studio, Gustaf Westman Objects, in 2020. In just five years, his designs gained attention […]
A study in comfort and shape
In my editorial research, I’m always searching for pieces I’d truly want to live with. When I came across the Donald Armchair, my reaction was immediate — I want it. By Muriel Melo It evoked that irresistible desire to sit down, sink in, and stay there for hours, as if time […]