Fall 2016

ON THE COVER: The lobby of the New York Edition, a hotel designed by David Rockwell.

ON THE COVER: The lobby of the New York Edition, a hotel designed by David Rockwell.

DEPARTMENTS

EXTRA ORDINARY
Katrine Ames enlightens us on the history of the candle, telling us why it will never go out of style

BEHIND THE NUMBERS
A lone William Lescaze chair with an interesting story brought a high price at auction. Matthew Kennedy explores the story behind it

FORM AND FUNCTION
We look at the worlds of architecture, art, craft, and design; we visit galleries and museum exhibitions

DESIGNER PROFILE

CURRENT THINKING
Alan G. Brake talks to Kulapat Yantrasast about how he performs “architectural acupuncture” to unify his new addition to the Speed Museum with its existing structure

THE MARKET
Annette Rose-Shapiro reports on tabletop’s avant-garde new lines from iittala, Lalique, Lasvit, and Swarovski

TALES FROM THE FRONT
Laura Hedy Mowinckel takes us to Paris to celebrate Galerie Kreo’s 100th exhibition and seventeen years of design

GRADING SYSTEM
Troy Seidman explains why we should pay more attention to Gae Aulenti, whose furniture is still undervalued at auction

GALLERY WALK
Leen Creve reports on design galleries showing work that’s as bold and beautiful as their home city of Brussels

HISTORY LESSON
David Hay uncovers the history of Stefan Knapp’s giant murals for Alexander’s department stores

CURATOR’S EYE
Museum professionals choose favorite pieces under their care and tell us why

PARTING SHOT
Katrine Ames gives us the scoop on one of the biggest rising stars of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera

FEATURES

Follow the Yellow Brick Wall
Robert Mallet-Steven’s newly restored Villa Cavrois brings visitors to the north of France
CLOTILDE LUCE

Living the Dream
A mid-century Greenwich Village apartment gets the interior it was always meant to have
ELEANOR H. GUSTAFSON

Fantastic Plastic
The material may be mundane, but the Lois Boardman Collection at LACMA shows us how plastic can also be high art.
ABBEY CHAMBERLAIN BRACH

Design’s Polymath
The thoughtful and ever-creative David Rockwell has changed the way we sit, sleep, eat, play, and much more
NICOLE ANDERSON

A Brief Shining Moment
Two stories that take us to two very different Long Island summer enclaves, each with a history worth retelling

110 ART HOUSE – JENNY FLORENCE
114 SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER – DOUG MEYER

Talent Scout
A new book recaps the remarkable career of Giulio Cappellini and the many ways he has changed the course of design
ARLENE HISRT

Holm at Home
Jacob Holm, CEO of Fritz Hansen, and family live in a house that is a show case of Danish furniture
BETH DUNLOP

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