This year’s event at the Upper West Side’s River Mansion sees 22 designers renovating a property normally only viewable from the outside. Once inside, its many histories collided.
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The North Face’s head of global creative spruced up the historic house with a matte-black exterior, a snow-white interior, and James Turrell–inspired skylights.
The chests full of French yarn, a German tape recorder, and other objects speak to a time when sourcing Western products from behind the Iron Curtain required a mix of immense...