CATEGORIES

HELLA, YES

Thirty years into her career, Dutch design star Hella Jongerius proves the best ideas-and objects are those that grow and transform along with us

shades of eden

In her magical LA garden, artist Mimi Lauter contemplates the cycle of life and the rapturous power of color

mother nature

Taking inspiration from her own childhood memories, Jennifer Garner crafts a cozy California home and garden where she and her family can put down roots

BOTH SIDES NOW

Celebrated for his fantastical, genderfluid fashions, designer Harris Reed brings the same rule-flouting approach to a petite London apartment

Finnish Lines

Resurfaced by Hem, a postmodern Nordic icon is back on the shelves

GREEN GODDESS

From her perch in Lloyd Wright's 1927 home and studio in West Hollywood, Vicki von Holzhausen is spreading the gospel-and refining the science—of eco-friendly, plant-based materials

SEA CHANGE

Trading Manhattan for Brooklyn, designer Robert Stilin soaks up new scenery indoors and out

Earth Tone

In Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe, a new wellness resort looks to the land

Vibe Shift- With confident vision, designer and activist Aurora James takes an ever-evolving approach to making a vintage LA house her very own

Aurora James has a strong sense of intuition, and it often pays off. In July 2020, James-who counts footwear designer, activist, and investor among her myriad of titles-was gearing up to make an offer on the first house she ever toured in Los Angeles. After scouting the listing on Zillow, she scheduled a viewing and hopped on a plane from New York. It was hard to resist the sweet Laurel Canyon cottage with a towering redwood out front, tucked away off a winding wooded road. For James, it was immediately a yes, though the friend she had brought along begged her not to pull the trigger so quickly, even calling the place a "tragic disaster." But James, as usual, trusted her instinct and bought it. "I think I always see potential in things," she explains. "I just saw that there were some easy tweaks that could make it better, and I felt at home."

Pride of Place - Lucía Echavarría puts age-old Colombian craft to bold use

Echavarría explains over Zoom from her Bogotá studio as she holds up a striped werregue bowl, its fibers entwined so tightly the vessel could carry water. Her varied work (now realized with the help of more than 80 artisans) puts a contemporary spin on that and other timeless techniques while preserving the traditional colors, motifs, and construction methods. At Milan's Alcova fair, this past April, Echavarría filled the living room at Villa Borsani with slipper chairs upholstered in hammock fabrics, tables topped with eye-popping beadwork, and svelte side chairs sheathed in woven estera. Her solo exhibition, on view at London's Lamb gallery through November, showcases 12 methods practiced across 10 regions.

Elements of Style - Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry celebrate 10 years of artistic exploration at Hermès

Last March, Hermès brought its home universe to life in eye-popping fashion at a one-night-only extravaganza staged at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The lavish performance featured dozens of dancers showcasing the French luxury house's furniture, tableware, textiles, and decorative objects in elaborately choreographed vignettes that seemed to riff on the unboxing ritual so popular on social media-a supersized spectacle of conjuring magic from ordinary crates. The event also coincided with the 10th anniversary of Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry's tenure as artistic directors of the Hermès home division.

Bare Bones

Elsa Peretti's candlesticks, a nod to simple, organic forms, still light our fire

DRAMA QUEEN

Studio Shamshiri conjures an unapologetically lavish, multifunctional Greenwich Village town house for a theatrical producer and patron of the arts

Root Source

Dating back hundreds or thousands of years, old-growth trees are more than just specimens of majesty and mystery.

Calm, Cool, Collected

Designer Julie Hillman transforms her workspace in a Manhattan brownstone into a creative crucible

Travel Log

Banana Republic's updated Manhattan flagship celebrates the wider world

NARRATIVE VOICE

At England's historic Houghton Hall, a major commission marks an artistic departure for Dame Magdalene Odundo

happy place

With help from her friend landscape designer Miranda Brooks, novelist Plum Sykes creates a flower-filled oasis in the Cotswolds

Fortune Favors the Bold

For designer Alexis Tompkins of Chroma and her young family, an unlikely San Francisco listing was the key to indoor-outdoor bliss

New Translation

Demisch Danant revisits wonders of postwar France at a historic Brooklyn home

DREAM TEAM

For one lucky family, design stars Jeremiah Brent and Athena Calderone paired up to craft a chic beach retreat in Rhode Island

PASSION PROJECT

At her home in Mumbai, Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor composes an ode to the decorative arts of India

Driving Force

Channeling the beauty of cars, Ralph Lauren unveils furnishings for the fast lane

But This is My Home - One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse.

One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse. My husband and I moved into the Kallis House in Los Angeles six years ago. It was designed in 1946 by the modernist architect Rudolph Schindler, and it's believed by many, including Frank Gehry, to be among Schindler's best. The house is eccentric, perched on the lip of a hill, with a butterfly roof and a shaggy exterior made of grape stakes. The interior is an unfolding series of surprising angles, with a wonderful wide view of the San Fernando Valley.

PLEASURE DOME

Superstar DJ and music producer Diplo assembles a team of visionary creatives to conjure a dreamlike compound in the Jamaican jungle

VIVE LA FRANCE

In advance of this summer's Olympic Games, Atelier De France's expert artisans are working to make sure Paris landmarks shine as bright as ever

light touch

To craft the perfect getaway for her family, designer Victoria Hagan breathes new life into a dark, old Palm Beach manse

DOWN TIME

Near Accra, Ghana, art star Amoako Boafo fashions a restful retreat for himself and others

A STAR IS BORN

Design phenom Giampiero Tagliaferri adapts an avant-garde Los Angeles home into a showstopping office and salon

passion project

For fashion designer Adam Lippes, home is a bucolic retreat in the Berkshires filled with objects he has lovingly collected over the years