Leather is an age-old material, connecting us to a long line of ancestors who utilized this medium in much the same way as we do today. More leather objects survive from our earliest civilizations than… Read More »Talia Luvaton Centers Nature with TRACE Leather Vessels
There is no mistaking the core philosophy of the Forest Edge House, a 1,500-square-foot home nestled into the woods of the western Catskill Mountains. On the southern face of the house, a grid of solar… Read More »Marc Thorpe’s Forest Edge House Blends Beauty and Self Sufficiency
The son of seminal polymath Carlo Scarpa—an experimental Italian architect and designer who marched to the beat of his own drum—Tobia Scarpa forged a career in a similarly irreverent, self-determined spirit. Together with his equally… Read More »Lumens Brings a Rare Afra and Tobia Scarpa-Designed FLOS Luminaire to the U.S. Market
Humans are innately talented at pattern recognition. Our ancestors memorized colors, shapes, and formations that suggested good food, safe shelter, a suitable mate, and––more often than not––life-or-death decisions. Now, with a bit more distance from… Read More »Meet The New Linea Collection by Romilly Newman for Armadillo
New builds boast a certain architectural bravado, often from a place of hubris, when realized from scratch—a clean slate’s seductive promise that the future need not answer to the past. Bureau de Change would argue… Read More »In Trace, Bureau de Change Lets Circularity Cement Memory in Cast Concrete
A heatwave hack, a last resort—perhaps even a stand-in for traditional air conditioning—tiny fans have long hovered somewhere between novelty and quiet surrender. Dyson, unsurprisingly, has other plans. Enter the HushJet Mini Cool: a handheld,… Read More »Dyson Makes Hand-Held Fans Cool with the HushJet Mini