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A Study in Tranquil Design: Inside Olivia Hart’s California Midcentury Retreat

A Study in Tranquil Design: Inside Olivia Hart’s California Midcentury Retreat

The home of Olivia Hart is California cool personified-an effortlessly chic space that embodies the ethos of midcent-century modern style married to easy-going vibes and an understated luxe sense. For Olivia, creatively directing her fashion label Valo, which employs daring cuts and colorful prints, bold design is old hat. But here is a home with a divergent ideology: calm, serene, and timeless.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Glam Meets Family Legacy: Inside Kim Hersov’s London Renovation

Rock ‘n’ Roll Glam Meets Family Legacy: Inside Kim Hersov’s London Renovation

With its eclectic and bold design, Kim Hersov’s London home tells an ongoing story of reinvention and contemplation steeped in her past. The exquisite misuse of a derelict row house from the 1930s into a striking urban sanctuary weighed more on the side of contemporary rock ‘n’ roll aesthetics and cherished family heirlooms by the former Harper’s Bazaar editor-at-large. Clearly, one of the contemporary designers saw some commonality with Hersov’s feelings, as interior designer Hubert Zandberg worked in partnership with her to transform the property into a contemporary gallery.

Tadao Ando’s Masterpiece: A Concrete Sanctuary in the Heart of Tokyo

Tadao Ando’s Masterpiece: A Concrete Sanctuary in the Heart of Tokyo

Known for concrete meeting light simplicity personified under the gregor of minimalistic architecture, Tadao Ando’s latest project, located in Tokyo, is housed within the elite neighborhood of Moto-Azabu; a facade of his architectural faith-his brutal concrete, and its effect transfiguring space. Here, Ando holds forth on behalf of the art collector in Tokyo, that house being perhaps the apex of an as yet numerous year’s work, revealing as it does the power of materiality and geometric precision.

Shining Through Time: The Allure and History of Gold at the Brooklyn Museum

Shining Through Time: The Allure and History of Gold at the Brooklyn Museum

For thousands of years, gold has captured humankind’s imagination, glimmering both materially and metaphorically. Now, the Brooklyn Museum invites visitors to investigate the many gleams from the history of this precious metal in its new exhibition, Solid Gold. This immersive exhibit runs through June 2025 and takes visitors very deep into the millenarian evolution of gold from the time it’s born as a mere shape into more than 400 pieces of artwork, artifacts, and decorative objects spanning 6,000 years of human history.

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The Best Online Furniture Stores for Just About Every Interior Style

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The Best Online Furniture Stores for Just About Every Interior Style

Your AD-approved guide on where to buy it all
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The Best Online Furniture Stores for Just About Every Interior Style

Your AD-approved guide on where to buy it all
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The Best Online Furniture Stores for Just About Every Interior Style

Your AD-approved guide on where to buy it all