“I think there’s something really cathartic about having your hands literally in mud, right?” asks Christina Wnek of Cee and She. We are sitting in the pottery studio she shares with her artistic partner Ashley O’Brion, sipping coffee from mugs … Continue reading
Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island, revolves around a botanical troublemaker known as dwarf mistletoe. The parasitic plant’s destructive impact on Monhegan’s white spruce trees has been a focus of … Continue reading
The timber frame structure forms a large central volume open across all floors that houses a pickleball court with upper mezzanines at each end of the barn. This layout required a narrow connector to facilitate circulation between the mezzanines. Made … Continue reading
Set on the site of a formerly neglected building adjacent to their current office and the popular Lil’s Cafe in Kittery Foreside, this new structure will serve as architecture and design firm Winter Holben’s new studio, a contemporary gallery, a … Continue reading
Eight Maine properties were awarded a coveted MICHELIN KEY as part of the second-ever list of the country’s most outstanding hotels named by MICHELIN GUIDE. Similar to the way Michelin Stars recognizes restaurants for top-notch cooking, the new Michelin Key … Continue reading
Interior design studio Daher Interior Design, led by mother-son duo Paula and Clayton, completed a gut renovation of the former Market Day building at 135 Port Road in Kennebunk’s Lower Village last year. To celebrate the studio’s expansion into Maine, … Continue reading
Vermont native Devin Finigan, the James Beard–nominated executive chef at Aragosta at Goose Cove, graciously reworked the seasonal restaurant’s stuffed lobster pasta recipe for MH+D readers cooking at home. Instead of filling the pasta (as pictured here on Aragosta’s spring … Continue reading
“Life-centered design asks us to consider all life in our design solutions, expanding the traditional constituents we solve for.” MH+D ASKS ALBERS TO TELL US MORE. Q. When were you first exposed to life-centered design, and what your initial reaction? … Continue reading
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) designed what is commonly referred to as the Savoy Vase in 1936. Aalto is known for using organic forms in his architecture, bentwood furniture designs, and glass. The initial design for the vase was one … Continue reading
Designer and artist Natalie Papier, founder of interior design company Home Ec. and star of the Magnolia Network show Artfully Designed, is unapologetic about her love for funky textiles, eccentric art, colorful wallpaper, and all things others might consider unconventional. … Continue reading
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