Theresa Traore Dahlberg
When Theresa Traore Dahlberg realized that she couldn’t relate to narratives about women in West African films, she decided to make her own.
27/10/2016
All Stories
Origin of the Chair
Still standing: design historian Witold Rybczynski’s appreciation of the chair and its 5,000-year history.
27/10/2016
The Art of Conversation
Beyond small talk and silence: How to cultivate good conversation.
27/10/2016
Word: Trypophobia
More commonly known as the fear of holes, trypophobia is a word with both its etymology and experience rooted in the recesses of the internet.
27/10/2016
Pauline Deltour
Paris-based designer Pauline Deltour isn’t afraid to walk the razor-sharp line between art and design.
27/10/2016
Bernard Dubois
A self-described introvert, rising architect Bernard Dubois is like his work—not as serious as he first appears.
27/10/2016
On Procrastination
If good things come to those who wait, what happens to those who keep others waiting? A slightly overdue defense of procrastination.
27/10/2016
Christopher Esber
Sharpen one skill set for slow-burning success: How a Sydney-based designer does business.
27/10/2016
International Klein Blue
Between 1957 and his death in 1962, artist Yves Klein painted just short of 200 works using only one color—his own.
27/10/2016
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding continues to challenge expectations and classifications—particularly her own.
27/10/2016
Jasper Overgaard
The creative director of Overgaard and Dyrman has discovered that one thing is to be leading your field, quite another to be the leader of your team.
27/10/2016
The Shadow Self
Just as our bodies cast shadows on the ground, our conscious minds cast shadows over certain elements of our persona.
26/10/2016
Through a Glass Darkly
The traces that insects leave around our homes remind us that we’ve got permanent company.
26/10/2016
Peter Jensen
With designs as colorful as the muses that influence him, Peter Jensen confronts the fashion world with a gentle dose of eccentricity and humor.
26/10/2016
Memento Mori
Andrea Codrington Lippke examines the ways in which our most ordinary household objects continue their lives after we’re gone.
26/10/2016
Lover’s Discourse: Villa Santo Sospir
Once host to Picasso, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, Villa Santo Sospir now stands as a living monument to the Dionysian excess of 1950s France.
26/10/2016
A Day in the Life: T-Michael
Bespoke tailor T-Michael derives as much satisfaction from the design process as he does from the end result.
26/10/2016
On Privacy
The founding editor of Modern Farmer and Monocle reflects on the intense yearning for private spaces in our homes and workplaces.
26/10/2016
In Praise of Shadows
Japanese novelist Jun’ichiro Tanizaki illuminates how light and shade’s dependence on one another nuances everyday moments with repose and beauty.
26/10/2016
Hikari Yokoyama
With her impeccable eye and sense of entrepreneurialism, Hikari Yokoyama is charting her own course through the contemporary art world.
26/10/2016
Amy Sall
Amy Sall reflects on her Senegalese heritage and how its physical reminders shepherd her sense of home—wherever she may be.
26/10/2016
Remembered Light
Sally Mann writes intimately of her relationship with Cy Twombly and the photographs she made of his studio before Twombly's death in 2011.
06/10/2016
Architecture of Home
Seminal Indian architect B. V. Doshi describes the difference between a house and a home.
07/09/2016
Modern Movement
With its clean lines, high ceilings and ample use of natural materials, Emmanuel de Bayser’s apartment is the epitome of modernist living.
06/09/2016
Variations on Solitude: Glenn Gould
Three decades since his death, Canadian pianist Glenn Gould’s inner life endures with as much legend as his recordings.
06/09/2016
New Minimalist: Joseph Dirand
French architect Joseph Dirand acquired his first Prouvé chair at the tender age of 17 and has favored function over form ever since.
06/09/2016