A Clever Window Treatment: Bus Graphics
From an unlikely source comes a clever privacy solution for a pair of prefabbed town houses in Los Angeles.
How to Talk to an Architect About Getting Smart Tech
We asked the principal of DRAW in Kansas City.
Tech Talk: Start Your Smart Home For Under $200
A smart home doesn’t have to be an expensive home.
When Your House Wants to Talk About Fast Food
A smart-home marketing stunt gone wrong.
9 Things the Cofounders of Golde Can’t Stop Talking About
Trinity Mouzon and her partner, Issey Kobori, dish on the most joy-sparking items in their home.
Tech Talk: 4 Smart Devices to Make Pet Care a Breeze
Connect your pets to the Internet to help you monitor, feed, and care for them when you can’t be there.
These Eco-Friendly Backyard Furnishings Will Be the Talk of Your Next Pool Party
Gloster’s guilt-free outdoor furniture and decor effortlessly bring sustainability and style to the backyard.
We Need to Talk About Hygge—You’re Doing it Wrong
In Denmark, where it’s gray and rainy 179 days a year, hygge is knitted into the fabric of life.
A Color-Blocked ADU in Los Angeles Takes a Cue From Talking Heads
The 750-square-foot home, aptly named Stop Making Sense, recalls the chunky proportions of David Byrne’s iconic gray suit.
Tech Talk: 3 Smart Home Devices to Sell Your House Faster
Offering new conveniences, energy savings, safety, and security, pre-installed home automation devices are quite appealing to...
For the Most Exciting Design Scene No One’s Talking About, Head to Detroit
The only UNESCO City of Design in the U.S. is experiencing a cultural renaissance that you need to see for yourself.
10 Home Gadgets at CES 2019: Talking Toilets, Beer-Ordering Fridges, and More
Sleek design meets smart technology. Innovative solutions produce stylish results.
Coffee Talk
I love coffee. It’s coffee shops I have a problem with.
Ceramics by Montes Doggett
A journey through the Intertubes recently landed me at the homepage of Montes Doggett.
Metabolism Talks The Talk
Last night the New York Public Library hosted a sold-out talk between pioneering contemporary architect Rem Koolhaas and curator...
These Walls Can Talk
Congratulations, wallpaper…you no longer look or feel like my grandmother’s living room.
Before & After: A Jumbled San Francisco Home Gets a Timeless Makeover
Malcolm Davis balances the past with the present to craft a beautiful home that stands the test of time.
A Modern Live-Work Studio in Rhode Island
A creative couple find space in their side yard for a versatile outbuilding.
Talking Design: with Marc Venot
It is our pleasure to announce that the Acrobat lamp, designed by Marc Venot, has been selected as a winner of the German Design...
Swiss Design Talk in SF
I'll be at Swissnex San Francsicso today, February 10th, to lead a panel discussion of Swiss design to help kick off an...
“Sex and the City” Star Kristin Davis Lists Her Longtime L.A. Abode For $3.3M
The actress bought the Brentwood home in 1998, the same year she landed her role as Charlotte York on the hit HBO series.
Kid-Friendly Treehouse in Upstate New York
An inventive, freestanding “tree house” built by an architectural designer for her family grows in Garrison, New York.
Actress Bette Davis’s Former Beverly Hills Home Serves Up Hollywood Glam For $34.5M
Reimagined by Visionnaire, the eight-bedroom residence includes a movie theater, a full bar, two pools, and other luxe amenities.
Talking Design: with Joan Rojeski Studio
The popular Sticky Notes were launched alongside our Daily Fiction collection.
A Seattle Family Tucks Two Shipping Containers Inside Their 1950s Home
Part of a new addition, the containers divide the interior spaces and nod to the family’s love of contemporary art.
A Los Angeles Screenwriter’s Enchanting Backyard Gets a WFH Studio to Match
With an arch motif, cozy interiors, and parapets resembling perfectly coiffed egg whites, the ADU by designer Ben Warwas and...
Talking to DOD Keynote Dan Pink
Big-thinker Daniel H. Pink has quickly established himself as an authority on the rapidly-transforming concept of work, and along...
A Tree House–Like Midcentury Home Peeks Above the Forest Canopy
Designed around a specimen oak, this renovated midcentury has walls of glass and a natural palette to achieve a seamless...
One Night in a Student–Staffed Hotel in Colorado
My stay at Grand Junction’s Hotel Maverick brought me back to college life—in a good way.
Seven Historic Warehouses Are Now a Sumptuous New Orleans Hotel
Named the Eliza Jane after a pioneering publisher, this new boutique hotel just two blocks west of the French Quarter is full of...
When We Talk About Good Design
Many architects and designers, when talked down from the theoretical towers of “sculptural forms” and “floating volumes” and made...
Ace Sustainable Symposium: Talking About Green
Last week I attended a sustainability symposium focused on furthering the dialog about living "green." It's a ubiquitous term...
This Net-Zero New York Passive House Teaches its Community to Build Green
This uber-green dwelling not only walks the walk, it talks the talk.
Richard Neutra’s Bailey House Hits the Market—Along With a Lavish Mansion—for $20M
Also known as Case Study House #20, the Bailey House was restored by Marmol Radziner.
Goodbye Grid and Cushy Beds, Hello Pool in the Wilderness
An off-the-grid house that is little more than a decked campsite—albeit with a roof—includes a swimming pool for a family that...
Head to 1960s Japan via AvroKO-Designed Restaurant in Chicago's West Loop
AvroKO—the hospitality design firm with serious muscle—expands its growing empire with an inaugural project in Chicago, Momotaro.

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