Issue 02 · August 2026
The August Edit
Rooms made lighter, landscapes made public and cultural destinations that alter the experience of arrival.
The Living Compositions of Lauren Williams
From a blank wall in her Dallas home to architectural installations collected around the world, Lauren Williams has spent more than fifteen years transforming fiber, light and movement into a distinctly living form of art.
Art & Culture · 8 min read · By Martina S.
Hokusai’s Great Wave, Rebuilt to Disappear
For four days in Brussels, Hiro Sugiyama’s Neo-Hokusai translates one of the world’s most familiar images into 1,680 square metres of flowers—and lets time complete the work.
Art & Culture · 2 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Lee Miller Was Never Only the Muse
A major Paris retrospective brings Lee Miller back into view as the author of her own images: a surrealist experimenter, fashion photographer and war correspondent whose work refused a single identity.
Photography · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
The Department Store That Learned to Slow Down
Six Senses London transforms the former Whiteleys emporium into a hotel, spa and social club where preservation, wellness and urban hospitality are designed as one continuous experience.
Hospitality · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
The Office Building That Became a Place to Live
The Source on South Temple combines a preserved midcentury IBM building with new housing, testing how adaptive reuse can turn architectural memory into everyday value.
Real Estate · 7 min read · By Noel Lenzi
Local Local Lets an Athens Townhouse Become Light
The young Athens studio restores a nineteenth-century home in Plaka through pale surfaces, terrazzo and a disciplined attention to context.
Practice · 4 min read · By Noel Lenzi
DeRoche Projects Treats the Mountainside as a Collaborator
A young Accra studio uses pavilions, Ghanaian craft and lower-carbon concrete to build with a forested site above the Akwapim Ridge.
Practice · 4 min read · By Noel Lenzi
Faye Toogood Designs Objects That Refuse a Single Identity
Furniture, sculpture, fashion and interiors meet in a practice shaped by material instinct, editorial intelligence and the freedom to remain uncategorized.
Objects · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Sabine Marcelis Uses Light as a Material
Resin, glass, stone and reflection become active experiences in the Rotterdam designer’s precise experiments with color and perception.
Objects · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Sophie Ashby Builds Interiors Around Art, Not After It
Studio Ashby’s layered rooms begin with identity, craftsmanship and collecting—allowing homes to feel accumulated rather than installed.
Interior Design · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Mariam Issoufou Designs Architecture From the Story of Place
At atelier masōmī, local materials, climate and collective memory become the foundation for contemporary civic architecture.
Architecture · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Nina Cooke John Makes Public Memory a Place to Enter
From homes to the Harriet Tubman monument in Newark, Studio Cooke John works at the scale where bodies, streets and shared history meet.
Architecture · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Tosin Oshinowo Connects Modern Architecture to Lagos
Residential, civic and humanitarian work reveal a practice in which cultural identity and social responsibility are forms of design intelligence.
Architecture · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Suchi Reddy Asks What Design Makes the Body Feel
Reddymade brings neuroaesthetics into architecture, public art and retail through a human-centered philosophy: form follows feeling.
Architecture · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Julie Bargmann Finds Productive Futures in Damaged Land
D.I.R.T. studio treats mines, factories and industrial remains as evidence—transforming degradation without erasing the stories held by a site.
Landscape · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Laura Gonzalez Turns Decoration Into Atmosphere
Pattern, craft and historical reference meet in richly layered rooms whose exuberance is controlled by classical architectural discipline.
Interior Design · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Cristina Celestino Lets History Speak in a Contemporary Voice
The Milan-based architect and designer moves between interiors, products and art direction through research, memory and precise visual invention.
Objects · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Lani Adeoye Reframes Heritage Through Contemporary Objects
Studio-Lani brings craft, cultural memory and inclusive function together across furniture, lighting, sculpture and assistance devices.
Objects · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso
Ini Archibong Turns Craft Into a Vehicle for Myth
The Nigerian-American designer combines advanced making, spiritual narrative and cross-cultural experience in objects that feel both functional and otherworldly.
Objects · 4 min read · By Coral Gayoso