Design Your Life: New Views on Modern

A couple rework a house in a development by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.

We sat down with the veteran Japanese product designer.

In a world awash with cheap electronics, Grado Labs in Sunset Park is in its seventh decade of building headphones largely by hand.

On an undulating stretch of California coastline, a hidden guesthouse runs free of the grid.

A Manhattan pied-à-terre provides a homey retreat for Canadians who frequently visit New York.

In a clearing in a Maryland forest, a sanctuary emerges from the chaos of a fire, supported by charred wood walls.

Located in Reno, the house evokes an abstract sculpture made of raw materials.

A decade-plus journey took this Washington State family from a planned subdivision to a sylvan valley.

After a few stabs at realizing their dream home, a couple hit the mark with a richly textured dwelling.

An architect and his partner create a home for his parents to retire on New Zealand’s South Island.

A Los Angeles bungalow keeps its roots while growing to accommodate family.

An architect adds a pair of rustic modern wings to her childhood home outside Pittsburgh, becoming the third generation to make its mark.

The minimalist interior designer’s archives reveal some incredible interlocutors.