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EDITOR’S LETTER
Liane Drawings • Jean Royère’s 1950s lighting series, an ode to climbing plants, still proliferates
Fortune Favors the Bold • After chancing upon the Brooklyn loft of her dreams, emerging designer Sofía Beas got down to business
Because the Night • Inspired by queer club culture, wunderkind ceramist Joël Brodovsky-Adams is painting the town orange
Listen Up • Wrapped in marquetry, an Amsterdam chamber designed for music goes against the grain
New American Voices • Coast-to-coast, an emerging class of interior design stars are defying norms and reimagining the way we live
Combined Wisdom • Pretty, pattern-happy, yet utterly unpredictable—Mieke ten Have’s new collection for Rejuvenation embraces the fine art of the mix
Bridging the Gap • To update a 1930s Atlanta bungalow, Ryan Hughes forges new connections with the past and his design peers
Open Plan • Ralph Lauren Home unveils a collection of urbane furniture and lighting that mines the timeless possibilities of lofts
Japan Calling • Across the Land of the Rising Sun, a new wave of high-design lodgings are beckoning the savvy urban traveler
SCENES OF LIVING
The Wizard of Sutton Place • In her own Manhattan apartment, decorator Muriel Brandolini conjures a serene, jewel-toned floating world overlooking the East River
DESIGN NOTES • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK
SINGAPORE SLING • When a creative couple relocates their young family from New York City, they bring with them some Big Apple style courtesy of Studio Valle de Valle
DESIGN NOTES • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK
Home Stretch • After a sojourn in the Pacific Northwest, designer Heidi Caillier and her family return to their beloved San Francisco, transforming a classic Victorian into the rooted home she once thought unreachable
All About My Mother • Apparatus unveils Act V: Afsaneh, a soulful collection of furnishings that mines the Iranian heritage of artistic director Gabriel Hendifar
Feathering the Nest • With help from Ashe Leandro, actor Liev Schreiber and his wife, Taylor, expand the NoHo bachelor pad he’s held since 1998—rooftop chicken coop and all—softening its hard edges to fashion a nest for their brood
Lofty Ambition • In a 1950s modernist apartment block in Beirut, Guillaume Excoffier places his art and design collection in conversation with itself—and the city
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