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Off-white walls, greige Italian limestone floors, Calacatta marble counters, and dark-stained European white oak cabinetry account for nearly the entire color range of this Toluca Lake house by Lidan Sfadia. It’s a deliberately narrow palette, but the rooms avoid flatness through layers of texture, finish, and material. Photography by Nils Timm; styling by Skye Sheargold The custom family room sofa is covered in mohair, whose directional nap allows a single upholstered form to shift between two

Blending Austrian and Italian influences, the Alpine-Mediterranean province of South Tyrol, Italy, is chock-full of all-inclusive resorts touting flashy break-out amenities. But for many visitors to this remote region, the real draw is simpler: slowing down and taking in the striking natural setting. With just 70 south-facing rooms, suites, and private villas catering to a wide range of guests, Hotel Chalet Mirabell focuses on restorative relaxation and exploratory excursions. Its whopping 64,00

Nothing has spent years making earbuds you can recognize from across the room. With the new Ear (3a), the London-based tech company is asking what its earbuds can do beyond playing sound. The answer is Audio Snapshot, a feature that essentially treats the earbuds like a screenshot button for audio. A pinch of both earbuds can capture up to a minute of audio from music, podcasts, lectures, and other media, including up to 30 seconds before the recording starts. The audio snippet is saved directly

When Nick Sheridan was young, he explored everything from sketching to sewing to channel his creativity—but it was craftsmanship at home that set him on his future path. “My dad was a general contractor, and he shared his love of design with me,” he says. “He was very hands-on, often building custom elements in our yard.” A California native, Sheridan earned an architecture degree from Cal Poly Pomona, where he gravitated toward modernism and minimalism. Inspired by Mies van der Rohe and Le Corb

Layers of ultralight MDF, each two inches thick and banded in stained maple veneer, stack into a sinuous mass that runs the length of SKIN1004‘s first U.S. flagship. The Korean skincare brand’s New York store spans nearly 9,900 square feet across two floors on Broadway, with ochre- and umber-toned wood covering almost every surface. Photography by Sean Davidson; courtesy of LMTLS Architecture LMTLS Architecture removed the existing second floor of the Soho space to open the entrance

Mexico City is frenetic and saturated with color, a sprawling metropolis of more than 20 million people and nearly 2,000 neighborhoods. In upscale Las Lomas, Talo Atelier explores what it means to “align yourself” in this uniquely charged context. Align Studio, designed by Talo Atelier and led by Tadeo López Toledano, is a 2,150-square-foot Pilates and yoga sanctuary; the transition from the energy of the city to a calm interior is treated as an exercise in itself—recasting physical movement as

The hardest products to redesign aren’t the ones that don’t work—they’re the ones that already work well. That was the dilemma the Shark Beauty team faced when tackling the FlexStyle IonCurl, a new tool in the growing FlexStyle franchise. “Our overall approach was to make the tool feel familiar to existing FlexStyle users while introducing meaningful improvements,” explains Shannon McSweeney, VP of Global Product Development at Shark Beauty. That meant keeping the u

A background in fashion led April Graves to an unlikely material: natural stone. With a bachelor’s degree in Textiles and Interiors from Seattle Pacific University, a master’s degree from Central Saint Martins, and work experience at Burberry and Duchamp London, she developed a fascination with the material through Aria Stone Gallery, where she is now partner and COO. On her first visit to the Dallas gallery for an event, she was immediately drawn to the monumental slabs in the space

Floor-to-ceiling glazing set flush with the ground does something a conventional window cannot. The floor plane appears to continue past the wall and out into the planting, and the room gives up its identity as a container. This was the brief the owners handed Evoke International Design when they moved back to Vancouver from Calgary and took on a secondary dwelling standing on the grounds of a 1912 Shaughnessy estate. Photography by Ema Peter Bringing the glass all the way down to ground level c

Before João Dias and Patrick Carton designed furniture, they were designing machines built to exceed 200 mph. The former McLaren Automotive designers worked on vehicles including the W1 hypercar and Speedtail, where proportion, aerodynamics, and engineering all contribute to a car’s emotional pull. With the Ennua Element 01, they’re applying that same thinking to something decidedly more stationary. Photography courtesy of Ennua The Element 01 is not, as you might suspect at first glance, a simp

With tiny unicorns, rocking horses, shrimp, skulls, lips, and sneakers, Cj Hendry’s newest exhibition is a mélange of roughly a million pastel beads that reference the artist’s visual world. On view at Salon 94 Design on New York’s Upper East Side from August 6-16, the aptly named Pastel invites visitors to interact with the art by reaching (or diving?) into a vast, swimming pool-sized pit of chunky plastic beads. Photography by Alexis Salas The impetus for this exhibit was the beading roo

The best-dressed homes rarely feel overdesigned. Instead, they evolve through thoughtful layering—timeless foundations punctuated by moments of personality. It’s the same philosophy Tan France has spent years championing in fashion, and now it’s the starting point for his first furniture collection. Created with Singapore-based furniture brand Castlery, the 18-piece collection spans seating, dining, lighting, rugs, décor, and accessories, translating the Queer Eye star’s perspective on per

Just because La Casa Olive e Capperi is small in size doesn’t mean it is timid in its design language. Immersed in an olive grove at the heart of the Sorrento Peninsula, architect Valentina Autiero reinterpreted the 484-square-foot residence as a refuge dedicated to a slower pace of life, one that is attuned to the beauty of small things and the rhythms of day-to-day living. Stripped down to its essentials, the home’s visual identity reflects a journey of personal liberation from the superfluous

The sky fades into a pink sunset as Lido Pimienta, the Grammy-nominated Colombian Canadian singer-songwriter, belts over the sweeping accompaniment of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. The air feels lighter now that the rain has stopped just in time for the annual Concert in the Garden. At the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Burlington, Ontario, about an hour west of Toronto, the musical is expansive, the gardens lush, and just beyond the audience, Ken Kelleher’s newly installed Anchorball:

Even when summer is in full swing, elevated streetwear stops for no temperature. If anyone understands that, it’s Adidas. In time for the hottest days of the year, Adidas has released the next generation of Climacool, the ultra-breathable silhouette that has been a staple in the brand’s lineup for more than two decades. Featuring new colorways and updated silhouettes that balance performance and fashion, the FW26 Climacool Laced continues Adidas’ exploration of 3D-printed footwear, u

Set among cedar and Douglas fir trees on a peninsula outside Victoria, British Columbia, Little Giant’s 967-square-foot studio serves as a workplace and a physical expression of its approach to architecture. More treehouse than conventional office, the two-level structure is perched above a forest floor dense with moss, fern, and salal, with views extending across Saanich Inlet. “At Little Giant, we see the creative act as an act of exploration,” says founder and principal Mark Burkart. “When st

For many public artworks, permanence is the exception rather than the rule. Jen Lewin’s The Ursas, however, has made the uncommon leap from the ephemeral landscape of Burning Man to a permanent installation along Brooklyn’s evolving Gowanus waterfront, where the monumental sculptures now anchor a newly accessible stretch of the canal. ‘The Ursas’ were installed at their new home along the Gowanus Canal on Aug. 1. Photography by Diane Bondareff/AP Content Services for Charney Companie

Rather than disguising its 1980s origins, this three-story Toronto penthouse embraces them. Designed by Dvira Interiors for a creative couple in their 30s, the once-dated penthouse has been transformed into a layered sanctuary where sculptural architecture, earthy materials, and global influences coexist in effortless balance.  Photography by Lauren Miller Located near Toronto’s historic St. Lawrence Market, the residence already possessed distinctive architectural bones, including subtly

Bordeaux is often regarded for its 18th-century limestone grandeur and UNESCO-listed classicism, as well as its role as the gateway to one of the world’s premier wine regions. A 10-minute walk from the historic Saint-André Cathedral, the Mériadeck district is defined by bold, 1970s brutalist-inspired modernist blocks and a brimming art scene. It’s here, amid a revitalized concrete landscape, that Marty Hotel Bordeaux has put down roots, not just as a boutique hotel tucked away from the tourist-h

For those of us striving to make our homes more sustainable, the magnitude of the task can often seem overwhelming. Unless you’re able to live a fully off-grid lifestyle, it may feel like small design decisions don’t make a difference. In reality, the items you choose to bring into your home matter, and purchasing with longevity in mind is key to designing homes that last. Below, we share six uber-sustainable home furnishings that will help you style your home without sacrificing sustainab