If you’ve ever been handed something made by a child – a lopsided drawing, a collage of construction paper and glue – you know how precious it is. What might look imperfect is, to them,… Read More »Tottolo: A Table Shaped by Playful Curiosity, Not Perfection
Since Saudi Arabia’s comprehensive Vision 2030 development project launched in 2017, the quaint yet historically significant desert town of AlUla has emerged as an important cultural hub for the rapidly “opening-up” kingdom. Nestled amid soaring… Read More »Designs and Installations at the AlUla Arts Festival 2026
Anyone who’s tackled a deep clean knows how meditative it can be. When focus sharpens and the goal is clear, tidying slips into a flow state – one where objects land exactly where they belong.… Read More »Keep Calm and Tidy On: Virginia Sin’s New KEEP Collection
For coffee lovers, there’s something quite magical about that first sip. Carefully ground and weighed, the coffee is lovingly poured into an espresso machine, pourover, or drip machine, requiring a bit of effort and skill… Read More »MokaMax Instant Coffee Pot Steeps On The Go
Love Park in Toronto by CCxA (and 18 Shades of Gay in Montreal) Fittingly, I’m starting my very first Take 5 with this marvel of a park by CCxA (formerly Claude Cormier et Associés). Located… Read More »Take 5: A Heart-Shaped Park, Seletti’s BIC lamp, Carlo Scarpa’s Masterpiece + More
Susan Nwankpa Gillespie studied political science at Columbia University, and during her senior year was an intern at Morgan Stanley. Set on a profession in the corporate world, Gillespie eventually decided to pursue a different… Read More »Susan Nwankpa Gillespie on Photos of Nigeria, Textile Art, the Pyramids of Teotihuacan + More