"Beauty," Olafur Eliasson, 1993. In this work, a spotlight shines through a layer of mist to create a rainbow that's only visible from certain angles.

Sir Terence Conran: iPhone 4S

1993, Pierluigi Cerri.

Its focus is all things Apple (both branded and third-party products).

A photo of Verner Panton from 1993. © Panton Design, Basel

Kastehelmi Bowl - Apple Green Kaj Franck's Kartio glassware sheds all things unnecessary and superfluous. The result is a timeless aesthetic that stuns with pure geometric shapes embellished only by gentle colors— as Franck put it, "the only decoration needed." Each perfectly balanced piece is simple, yet durable enough for everyday use, infused with the feeling that it could not have been designed any other way.

Enzo Mari: La Mela e La Pera – The Apple and The Pear Poster, $320 at the Dwell Store In the hands of celebrated Italian modernist Enzo Mari, simple household objects—an apple and a pear—become graphic works of art. Part of the Nature Series, the La Mela e La Pera poster is silkscreened and unframed. Each poster comes with two PVC bars for wall mounting. Originally designed in 1963, each poster is printed in Italy.

Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1993

Cutting board, mixed apples,

Illustration of Apple's CEO Tim Cook for Fortune Magazine by French illustrator Jules Julien.

Set of four coasters, mixed apples, by Lotta Kühlhorn, Available at fromSthlm.com

Set of four coasters, mixed apples, by Lotta Kühlhorn, Available at fromSthlm.com

The Waterloo International Terminal, 1993, in London. Image courtesy Jo Reid/John Peck.

Kellogg spent five years working on the house, and the structure was completed in 1993.

Nestled among trees and apple orchards, this warm and inviting family home makes the most of its peaceful wooded plot.

These little bottles hold apple ice wine, a popular local drink.

A 100-mile drive from the Big Apple, the 15-acre property in Orient, New York, serves as a vacation retreat and refuge for a Brooklyn couple.

The simple wood deck features innovative cutouts that allow full-grown Yucca trees to peek through.

The Hupert-Kinmont house lies low in a century-old apple orchard, far from neighboring houses. The spaciousness of the rural surroundings is echoed inside.

SHED also installed a large dormer on this side of the building to fully accommodate the new upper level plan, and get views of the apple orchard on the other side of the building.

The bathtub is a simple box made of fragrant hinoki cypress. Its shape echoes one of Cho’s favorite inspirations: a wooden apple crate.

with light-beige walls, pinewood floors and repurposed original wooden beams,

View into the open-plan kitchen and living room in the bungalow's newly built back end. "T

Designed by Atelier Lina Bellovicova, House LO marks the country’s first residential project to use hempcrete, a sustainable and fire-and-mold-resistant materil.

Toronto-based studio Castor designed its new Coil Lamp with a nifty trick: It's powered by an Apple laptop charger.

Peekaboo windows continue on the first floor, where an expansive, light-flooded primary bedroom connects to the elements under an angular pitched roof.

A blackened-timber pergola extends from the modern barn that architect Greg Scott designed for Jody and Deirdre Aufrichtig in the Elgin Valley, an apple- and grape-growing region near Cape Town. Made of narrow slats stabilized with randomly scattered blocks of wood, it covers roughly half of the outdoor deck.

wanted the house to be a thoughtful contribution to Fire Island's distinctly modern aesthetic. The geometric shape and expansive windows call to mind the vernacular of Sea Ranch while the cedar-clad exterior fits right in with the neighbors. An overhang on the deck adds architectural flare while also helping to reflect light back into the home.

Rineke Dijkstra, Long Island, N. Y., USA, July 1, 1993, 1993; chromogenic print; 66 1/8 in. x 55 11/16 in.; Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York & Paris; © Rineke Dijkstra

Note Mansawataphaiboon cooks something up.

The goal was to turn the space into a guest suite that “feels like an out of body experience; a Willy Wonka vacation hideaway,” says the designer, who now lives in the ADU

€19,900 (approximately $23,500), with additional costs for some custom upgrades, taxes, and transportation.

The tiles that can be glimpsed in the hallway are by Patricia Urquiola for Mutina, and have been used to clad the bathroom. They extend out into the hallway to mark the entrance.

The custom dining table—which was made by a local artisan—is located in front of west-facing windows that frame the sunset in the evenings. The table can be easily moved inside or out depending on the weather.

“I want everything to have a sense of place,” says Adler. “To me Shelter Island is a rustic, relaxed place.” Oatmeal grass cloth wallpaper, a Talitha rug, and Whitaker chair and ottoman, all by Adler, and vintage artwork instill the interior with a comfortable retro quality.

“Our primary consideration was to have a home that was comfortable and functional for the two of us,” says architect William Samuels. “That consideration outweighed all other aspects of the brief and was our only non-negotiable.”