Le Corbusier famously told her, “We don’t embroider cushions here,” when she sought a job at his studio. Then he recognized her talent for design.
A couple transformed their apartment into a refuge that doubles as an ever-evolving showroom.
The couple walk us through their 4,000-square-foot Milan apartment, which is filled with colorful furniture and prototypes that Milana designed himself.
For Commes des Garçons, he designed improbable perfumes that conjured burning rubber and cars leaking oil. His uncanny art pieces were equally contrarian.
A couple from Prague wanted to preserve the rugged beauty of a site on the Sazava River.
The new C.E.O. said the company would focus on home décor, apparel and pop culture trends in an effort to reverse years of sales declines.
Many artisanal practices are hanging by a thread, but there is still a chance to enjoy them.
President Trump’s image — in paint and pixels, on posters and sculptures — is ubiquitous inside the White House, and beyond.
A couple in Greenpoint built their dream garden and nearly doubled their square footage while implementing Passive House principles.
We’re revisiting ideal spots for relaxing or hosting, from a maximalist salon in Italy to an austere seaside lounge in Japan.
His minimalist road signs became a visual hallmark of France’s highways. He also created logos for cultural institutions like the Pompidou Center.
Plus: minimalist outdoor furniture, an art institute’s restaurant in Brooklyn and more recommendations from T Magazine.
On the city’s Left Bank, an art-world architect transforms part of an 18th-century mansion into a showroom and intimate social club.
Inside the evolution of home erotic design, where bedrooms become dungeons that can hide in plain sight.
Nathan Turner has filled a space in his house in Ojai, Calif, where he can display the pieces he has collected over the decades.
Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.
He created sets and lighting for dozens of productions, including “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” and established a new art form with his theater of the deaf, combining sign and spoken language.
Bjarte Sandal renovated a townhouse in a popular Stavanger residential complex, restoring it to its midcentury origins.
A French designer creates a rustic, rudimentary country house that argues for a better, more environmentally conscious way of life.
Five talents who helm independent labels — and lead with craft.
François Leite reimagines an old stone house in the French countryside.
Part of a microtrend in art and design, these pieces are meant to be used but not worn.
Olive Ateliers co-founders Ben and Kendall Knox cranked up the charm in their Venice Beach bungalow.
How to keep your marriage alive during a renovation, according to contractors, therapists and marriage counselors.
Can’t make Modernism Week in Palm Springs? No worries, there’s a fair for everyone from collectors of midcentury modern furniture to lovers of kitschy barware. Here, our suggestions.
When a sunnier apartment became available in his Greenwich Village condo, Kyle O’Donnell leaped at it, and executed a meticulous renovation filled with bespoke details.
A guide to navigating the many decisions you’ll face when you hang paper.
From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”
The opening ceremonies will also have two cauldron lightings for the first time. One will be in Milan, the other in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Mr. Flower Fantastic, guest designer for the New York Botanical Garden’s Orchid Show, lets his art speak for itself, never showing his face.
D.I.Y. influencers indulge our most ambitious housing fantasies — and cash in on them.
Once derided as symbols of a commodified work force, cubicles are making a comeback, and workers are personalizing them and posting photos on social media.
If your feed makes the corporate life look stylish, it’s just another evolution in the long history of the American workplace.
Before the pandemic, turning a house into a hub for big gatherings seemed like a good idea.
After struggling to respond to a crushing Covid caseload, many hospitals are remodeling so that when the next crisis comes, they’ll be better able to meet it.
Ben Watson is overseeing the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll, with the belief that good design means good business.