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1. Cait Green Table Lamp, 2. 1G Dimmer, 3. Sussex Small Framed Sconce, 4. Thaddeus Fabric Panel Canopy Bed, 5. The Cain Nightstand, 6. Cove Bed, 7. Thing 4 Ottoman, 8. Margeaux Cushion by Soho Home.

The renovated kitchen is open, airy, and connected to the rest of the main level. Plum Projects used Bedrosians Magnifica Luxe polished white porcelain for the island, countertops, and backsplash. The black upper cabinets are made from Richlite: a durable, sustainable material made from recycled paper.

The office enclosure is made from white oak, with slats crafted in Plum Projects' studio workshop.

A multi-purpose office and pantry is located on the home's main level. “It’s a private space, but it feels open,” says architect Drew Daly. “Traditionally in Japan, the doors are made using rice paper, but we did an architectural play on that using a slatted wall that creates translucency."

A focus on materiality and minimal lines takes inspired from Japanese architecture.

The Coles and their children love hitting the beach, just four blocks away.

After: Double showerheads were a must-have, as was a large soaking tub. The vermillion wall sconces from RBW playfully contrast the neutral color scheme.

Seen from the guesthouse, the new home touches every corner of the property without overwhelming its natural beauty.

The residents decided to convert a koi pond on the property into a petite pool. Next steps for the renovators are updating the kitchen and increasing its size by expanding it into the mudroom and laundry room.

Sometimes, a rug is so special that it’s best suited as a wall hanging. That’s the case for all of Tjitske Storm’s looped wool works, full of playful graphic shapes and punchy colors. I couldn’t help myself but to go up and touch the dense, textured works. And yes, they’re as soft as you’d imagine.

What do you get when you mix concrete with architectural debris? In this case, a plant bed, a mirror, a bench, and some wall panels in a delightfully pastel palette. Unlike typical cement furniture that’s been done before, founders Sarah Kele and Anna Cserba’s mission is to honor the memory of an old building while also creating something new.

A big highlight of the exhibition was a presentation by the French cultural institution Luma Arles, which has an R&D lab of sorts. It explores novel, ecologically minded design applications for natural materials, including at Alcova, rice straw space dividers, compressed-salt columns, and felt as a building material, among other experiments.

…and these zip-up felt table lamps in the Budapest Select section dedicated to Hungarian designers.

…a bright blue bar cabinet by fellow Istanbulites Studio Lugo…

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Sticking with the lighting theme, we moved on to B&B Italia’s showroom where a presentation from multiple brands owned by its parent company included a newly reissued pendant light from Louis Poulsen. Designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen, the VL56 was originally created for the People’s House for the Employee’s Association, a theater and cultural building, in Copenhagen. The fetish for all things blandinavian of the last decade or so had me skeptical, but I’m happy to report that the fixture is a brilliant bit of 1950s chrome. It emits robust beams of light from a perforated diffuser that feels classic without being nostalgic, and it definitely isn’t boring.

Urquiola’s table is a delightful optical illusion: When viewed from above, the flat surface has an unexpected dimensionality, thanks to parallelograms that line its edges.