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Staying Present

At his Manhattan apartment, Queer Eye star and first-time homeowner Antoni Porowski leans into the moment

Going Big

From her vast new studio in the South of France, ceramist Olivia Cognet ups the ante

Table Talk

Gae Aulenti's 1965 marble Jumbo table still has outsize appeal

Vibe Shift- With confident vision, designer and activist Aurora James takes an ever-evolving approach to making a vintage LA house her very own

Aurora James has a strong sense of intuition, and it often pays off. In July 2020, James-who counts footwear designer, activist, and investor among her myriad of titles-was gearing up to make an offer on the first house she ever toured in Los Angeles. After scouting the listing on Zillow, she scheduled a viewing and hopped on a plane from New York. It was hard to resist the sweet Laurel Canyon cottage with a towering redwood out front, tucked away off a winding wooded road. For James, it was immediately a yes, though the friend she had brought along begged her not to pull the trigger so quickly, even calling the place a "tragic disaster." But James, as usual, trusted her instinct and bought it. "I think I always see potential in things," she explains. "I just saw that there were some easy tweaks that could make it better, and I felt at home."

Pride of Place - Lucía Echavarría puts age-old Colombian craft to bold use

Echavarría explains over Zoom from her Bogotá studio as she holds up a striped werregue bowl, its fibers entwined so tightly the vessel could carry water. Her varied work (now realized with the help of more than 80 artisans) puts a contemporary spin on that and other timeless techniques while preserving the traditional colors, motifs, and construction methods. At Milan's Alcova fair, this past April, Echavarría filled the living room at Villa Borsani with slipper chairs upholstered in hammock fabrics, tables topped with eye-popping beadwork, and svelte side chairs sheathed in woven estera. Her solo exhibition, on view at London's Lamb gallery through November, showcases 12 methods practiced across 10 regions.

Root Source

Dating back hundreds or thousands of years, old-growth trees are more than just specimens of majesty and mystery.

PASSION PROJECT

At her home in Mumbai, Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor composes an ode to the decorative arts of India

DREAM TEAM

For one lucky family, design stars Jeremiah Brent and Athena Calderone paired up to craft a chic beach retreat in Rhode Island

NARRATIVE VOICE

At England's historic Houghton Hall, a major commission marks an artistic departure for Dame Magdalene Odundo

happy place

With help from her friend landscape designer Miranda Brooks, novelist Plum Sykes creates a flower-filled oasis in the Cotswolds

DRAMA QUEEN

Studio Shamshiri conjures an unapologetically lavish, multifunctional Greenwich Village town house for a theatrical producer and patron of the arts

Calm, Cool, Collected

Designer Julie Hillman transforms her workspace in a Manhattan brownstone into a creative crucible

Driving Force

Channeling the beauty of cars, Ralph Lauren unveils furnishings for the fast lane

Travel Log

Banana Republic's updated Manhattan flagship celebrates the wider world

New Translation

Demisch Danant revisits wonders of postwar France at a historic Brooklyn home

Fortune Favors the Bold

For designer Alexis Tompkins of Chroma and her young family, an unlikely San Francisco listing was the key to indoor-outdoor bliss

Bare Bones

Elsa Peretti's candlesticks, a nod to simple, organic forms, still light our fire

Figuring It Out

Barbora Zilinskaitė's biomorphic wonders ask us to rethink objects and how we relate to them

Bicoastal Living

California mainstay Nickey Kehoe plants its flag in the heart of New York City

Gather Around

Revived by RH, Harvey Probber's modular seating innovates anew

DISCOVERIES Southern Charm

At her modernist home in historic Charleston, interior designer Angie Hranowsky writes her own rules

passion project

For fashion designer Adam Lippes, home is a bucolic retreat in the Berkshires filled with objects he has lovingly collected over the years

A STAR IS BORN

Design phenom Giampiero Tagliaferri adapts an avant-garde Los Angeles home into a showstopping office and salon

DOWN TIME

Near Accra, Ghana, art star Amoako Boafo fashions a restful retreat for himself and others

light touch

To craft the perfect getaway for her family, designer Victoria Hagan breathes new life into a dark, old Palm Beach manse

VIVE LA FRANCE

In advance of this summer's Olympic Games, Atelier De France's expert artisans are working to make sure Paris landmarks shine as bright as ever

PLEASURE DOME

Superstar DJ and music producer Diplo assembles a team of visionary creatives to conjure a dreamlike compound in the Jamaican jungle

outside the box

To design public spaces for communities in need, a collective of Mexican architects thinks on its feet

ARTISTIC FREEDOM

In Lagos, Nigeria, Yinka Shonibare establishes a trailblazing creative retreat for himself and others

SPANISH LESSONS

For Emma Roig Askari and her family. paradise is an airy, light-miled haven overlooking the Mediterranean on the island of Ibiza