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Roberto Capucci

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2011

The fashion designer nicknamed the Givenchy of Rome is celebrated for his "sculpture dresses" in satin, velvet, and organza. More
Wearing a Different Hat

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, April 1, 2011

Clodagh has come full circle. Long before becoming an Interior Design Hall of Fame member, she started out, at age 17, as a couture fashion designer in her native Ireland. More
A Stitch in Time

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, February 1, 2011

It's the year of the quilt for New York's American Folk Art Museum. "Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts" kicks off a six-day run at the Park Avenue Armory on March 25. More
Pier Group

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, February 1, 2011

The 550-acre waterfront venue that is New York's Hudson River Park just welcomed another constituent.
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TriWing by Marco Hemmerling

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, February 1, 2011
Sometimes one is actually six. TriWing, by the Marco Hemmerling Studio for Spatial Design, starts out as a single chair. More
Dining as Theater

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, February 1, 2011

On a site leveled by German bombs during World War II, the Barbican Centre rose from the ashes to become London's most-hated architectural landmark, thanks to its 1970's brutalist style. More
The Tropical Modern House

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, February 1, 2011
On March 20, Rizzoli New York released the 240-page book, eye candy presented in a pleasing 9-inch-square format worthy of any high-design cocktail table. More
The Fiber of Her Life

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, February 1, 2011

"Sheila Hicks: 50 Years," the first major retrospective of the Nebraska-born, Yale University-educated, Paris-based artist, traces that professional trajectory via 90 pieces on display. More
The A-List

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, January 1, 2011

With gentrification sweeping Culver City in Los Angeles, the IHOP served its last Pick-A-Pancake Combo-and Knibb Design was charged with transforming the location into a trendy Korean-inspired restaurant. More
SoHo on the Beach

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, January 1, 2011

London's members-only Soho House first claimed New York and Los Angeles as U.S. outposts. Now the burgeoning chain's concept has hit the sand in Miami Beach, at a 1941 oceanfront hotel that had gradually lost its luster. More
At Your Service

Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards, January 1, 2011

For a mere $28,000 initiation fee, the Willow Club offers super-concierge entrée to New York privileges typically inaccessible to the masses. More
Indie Cuisine

Annie Block, November 1, 2010

London's old-school curry houses serve their chicken tikka masala with a hearty helping of decor clichés: carved teak, painted maharajas, brass Ganeshas...
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Stephen Kanner, 1955-2010

Annie Block, November 1, 2010
Though he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on July 2, at 55 years old, a curtailed life span didn't prevent Kanner from making a substantial, beneficial impact on the design world. More
Guerrilla Gallery

Annie Block , Mark McMenamin, November 1, 2010
It's a uniquely New York phenomenon: walking straight past your own building--and not recognizing it, because the scaffolding that's been outside for years has just been removed. More
See It Their Way

Annie Block , Mark McMenamin, November 1, 2010
Adam Hayes and Mark Kroeckel, founding partners of the Openshop, starting buying their architect-approved oblong eyeglasses at Artsee almost as soon as it opened in New York back in 2003. More
Eat Your Greens

Annie Block , Mark McMenamin, November 1, 2010
The Produce Row Café had barely been renovated since it opened amid the fruit and vegetable wholesalers of Portland, Oregon, in 1974. More
Birthday Dinner

Annie Block , Mark McMenamin, November 1, 2010
Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile turns 50 next year. More
About to Emerge

Annie Block , Mark McMenamin, November 1, 2010
One of the Architectural League of New York’s 2010 Emerging Voices, Molo Design has been working on the Nebuta House museum, located in Aomori, Japan, and scheduled for completion in January. More
Sustainability Studies

Annie Block, October 1, 2010
Higher education is going low-impact.. More
Passive is Active

Annie Block, October 1, 2010
Minus the usual green suspects-solar panels and wind turbines-how can a three-bedroom house consume practically no energy? More

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