Fall 2018
BEHIND THE NUMBERS
Matthew Kennedy investigates why the Libro armchair sold for eight times its asking price
FORM AND FUNCTION
The Milwaukee Art Museum explores the role of play in mid-century design; R & Company opens a new gallery space; the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris examines the career of Gio Ponti; and a unique Verner Panton light installation finds a new home at the Kunsthalle Restaurant in Basel
GUEST/HOST
Martha Langford takes us on a tour of neoclassical church-turned-contemporary-hotel the LINE in Washington, DC
BOOKSHELF
David Sokol interviews Arquitectonica’s founders about their new monograph; Judith Gura reviews three new books on 1930s and ’40s design
CURATOR’S EYE
Museum specialists introduce favorite items under their care
ON THE AGENDA
What to expect in the design world this fall
DESIGN DESTINATION
Sammy Dalati guides us to the modern architecture and design hotspots of Chicago
PARTING SHOT
Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin at the Blanton Museum of Art
Opposites Attract
A Brooklyn interior designer makes a strikingly successful marriage between furnishings from the 1970s and the ornate architecture of his late nineteenth-century town house
BARRY RICE with photography by Peter Ross
Happy Accidents
In Omer Arbel’s wide-ranging design practice, serendipity is key to the process
GLENN ADAMSON
Design Does Disco
An exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum explores nightclub culture from the ˇ60s to the present day
CATHARINE ROSSI and JOCHEN EISENBRAND