As children, we were taught the difference between warm and cool colors, primary and secondary colors, and how complementary colors sit opposite on the color wheel while analogous colors are adjacent to each other. In the design world as in … 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 →

Designers Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg, cofounders of Mexico City–based AGO Projects, live the nomadic lifestyles of celebrated creatives, bouncing from New York City to Guatemala to London to work on new projects and attend to their thriving business. In … Continue reading →

Writer Kathryn O’Shea-Evans is no stranger to living life at altitude: based near Colorado’s Front Range—home to some of the highest peaks in the Rockies—the food, design, and travel writer has contributed to an assortment of interior design books highlighting … Continue reading →

For nearly 50 years, the annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House—held each spring in New York City, along with recent offshoots in Palm Beach and Dallas—has been a must-see for design enthusiasts. A bona fide “who’s who” in the world … Continue reading →

American architect Gil Schafer III is known for his keen ability to mix the traditional with the new, despite, as he jokes, being “deeply allergic to the trendy.” In Home at Last: Enduring Design for the New American House (Rizzoli, … Continue reading →

In the introduction to New England Coastal: Homes That Tell a Story (Monacelli, 2024), Massachusetts-based architect Mark Hutker tells the tale of his early-career encounter with author Judy Blume, who selected his firm, Hutker Architects, to design her family home … Continue reading →

International fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, the legendary creative director who breathed life into the house of Chanel after its founder’s death, had an eye for more than just the runway. Outside the design world, Lagerfeld was a passionate collector of … Continue reading →

Design details like pelmets and valances, sheers, casements, and upholstered doors may not feel accessible to the average homeowner, but in Decorate like a Decorator: All You Need to Know to Design like a Pro (Monacelli, 2024), creative director Dara … Continue reading →

The postmodern movement of the 1980s threw classic design theories out the window: why abide by “less is more” when color, pattern, materials, and motifs carry meaning and expression? During this time, architects and designers began adding decoration purely for … Continue reading →