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With a low-key palette inspired by the backyard orange grove, this retreat designed by Frances Merrill embodies Ojai's no-hurries, no-worries vibe. TIM McKEOUGH: This looks like such a relaxed, easygoing [...]

When a globe trotting designer retires and downsizes, he wisely enlists a little help. To get 45 years of art and new pieces on the way into a petite San [...]

The couple's Welsh terrier, Winston, lounges in the garden, which used to be a parking lot. At the center of the walkway, a clrca-1890 English armillary sphere serves as sculpture. [...]

TIM McKEOUGH: New Yorkers usually have weekend homes in the Hamptons or Connecticut. Why did you choose Montreal? GARROW KEDIGIAN: I grew up here, and I went to school here, [...]

Focusing on the gap between conceptual creations and rigorous industry, French designer Marie Dessuant is quickly carving out a space for her own, gently nostalgic take on design. 'I'm trying [...]

At this German design studio, it's the little things that count. 'We try to create simple things that have poetic yet very technical details,' says Florian Kallus, 28, who founded [...]

When Spanish architect Paloma Canizares decided to start a furniture and accessories company, she knew exactly who she wanted to contact first: the Slovak-born, Lausanne-based product designer Tomas Kral. 'He's [...]

In the industrial Marghera area of Venice, just across the lagoon from the city's more picturesque sights, life and work partners Enrica Cavarzan and Marco Zavagno run Zaven, a product [...]

Planet, a pendant lamp from the Italian lighting company Foscarini, looks out-of-this-world for a reason. Stitched with high-performance thread that creates an exoskeleton that does away with the need for [...]

Lots of designers have grand ambitions to realize some day, but for now, this 32-year-old Frenchman is keeping his creations decidedly down-to-earth. 'Tm still young, so I need to start [...]

For Timo Wong, 29, and Priscilla Lui, 28, the soft-spoken founders of Studio Juju, this year got off to a roaring start. On April 25, Design Miami/Basel and W Hotels [...]

In a sea of design retailers, a new company needs a compelling point of view in order to rise to the top. Over the past 10 years, Avenue Road has [...]

For Camille Blin, new design concepts grow out of very familiar things. Frequently limiting himself to simple materials, basic tools, and straightforward techniques, he searches for fresh expressions in a [...]

Byline: TIM McKEOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC PIASECKI Bright Ideas Designer Bruce Bierman turns the lofty spaces of a onetime Manhattan athletic club into a color-rich apartment packed with inspiring design [...]

Byline: -TIM McKEOUGH Emporio Elegante Fine food, fragrances, flowers, and literature come together under a single roof at Casa Cavia, a new concept store and restaurant in Buenos Aires. The [...]

Byline: PORTRAIT BY PASCAL CHEVALLIER AD 'S 2015 ONES TO WATCH Ambitious, creative, and deeply talented, these fast-rising design dynamos are well on their way to becoming tomorrow's top tastemakers [...]

Byline: TIM MCKEOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSHUA MCHUGH TRICKS OF THE TRADE A focused look reveals the impeccable architectural details, nuanced finishes, and visual sleights of hand used by designer Larry [...]

JIM THOMPSON The Bangkok-based purveyor of fine silks opens an Atlanta flagship that combines Thai craftsmanship and Southern hospitality Jim Thompson's new Atlanta showroom, the first dedicated North American outpost [...]

CULTIVATING HOPE TIM McKEOUGH Architectural designer Sharon Davis helps to create a forward-thinking educational and community center in eastern Rwanda to train and empower local women through farming When New [...]

SPIRITED STYLE TIM MCKEOUGH PORTRAIT BY WILLIAM WALDRON Decorator Alessandra Branca launches her latest selection of vibrant fabrics and home accessories at Bergdorf Goodman in New York Alessandra Branca. The [...]

Byline: TIM MCKEOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL WESCHLER ART AND INDUSTRY Ralph Lauren's latest home collection re-creates the bohemian chic of a Machine Age artist's loft on Paris's Left Bank The [...]

Byline: TIM McKEOUGH PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL WESCHLER A PERFECT SETTING Tiffany & Co. sets up shop in SoHo with a dazzling boutique whose design showcases the best in artisanship Thanks [...]

Byline: TIM McKEOUGH Houzz Whether experimenting with digital technology, transforming well-worn terrain, or rethinking ancient crafts, these eight cutting-edge talents are challenging received wisdom and conjuring a bold new world [...]

Byline: TIM McKEOUGH PORTRAIT BY CHRISTOPHER STURMAN HISTORICAL REFERENCE Waterworks signs up design team Roman and Williams to create two unique vintage-inspired lines When invited to design a collection of [...]

Byline: TIM McKEOUGH GOLDEN AGE Verre églomisé by Miriam Ellner casts a new light on an ancient craft In a sunny studio in the West Chelsea area of Manhattan, all [...]

The creations of Canadian-born product designer Jon Stam playfully blur the line between analog and digital, between physical memento and intangible recording. With a strong interest in the dynamics and [...]

For Daniel Rybakken, design is frequently less about the material form itself than it is about the ambient pleasures an object can generate. In some cases, his creations might not [...]

Incredibly strong and impressively durable, terrazzo is a material traditionally associated with high-traffic floors. 'It's super old,' says Philippe-Albert Lefebvre, a 26-year-old Canadian designer based in Switzerland. 'It was invented [...]

Sebastian Errazuriz revels in working in the murky gray area between art and design. His Magistral cabinet, introduced last spring, is a perfectly functional storage piece, but its shell is [...]

When Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi met while starting their studies in Florence, they had a feeling they'd be good design partners. So good, in fact, they decided to apply [...]

French-Swiss designer Julie Richoz makes weighty statements with products that have an incredible sense of lightness. Many of the 22-year-old designer's creations look so delicate that they appear almost to [...]

With a father and grandfather who were woodworkers, Portuguese designer Rui Alves, 35, has always been near the tools of his trade. 'Woodis something that's in my blood,' he says. [...]

Even though Marc Bell and Robin Grasby both received degrees from the product design program at England's Northumbria University in 2009, the two never considered working together until a year [...]

The creations of industrial designer Stephanie Jasny have all the hallmarks of rigorous German industrial design. They're smart. sober, efficient, and stripped of superfluous details. But what sets her growing [...]