The revolution began with a sterling silver bud vase that walked the runway for designer Giorgio di Sant'Angelo in 1969. The woman responsible for the creation, Elsa Peretti, found the vase at a flea market and had it rendered in silver to be worn as a pendant. She followed that sophisticated stunt by abstracting snakes, scorpions, and skeletons in sterling, reducing natural and ancient forms to their essence for Tiffany & Co., where she went on to design myriad collections, beginning in 1974.
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Architecture of Time
Surviving the gelid gusts and gales of winter takes more than a vicuña coat and shearling earmuffs, and the watch designers at Van Cleef & Arpels understand this well.
The Jewelry House
A marriage between two centers of Italian culture, history, and design, Milan and Venice, finding its purest expression in a jam jar? Stranger things have happened.
BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM
COULD A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY MANSION BE THE CRADLE OF retail's next gilded age?
ON TERRA INCOGNITA
NEW YORK ARTIST CAMILLE HENROT AND HER COMPOSER HUSBAND MAURO HERTIG PURSUE A CREATIVE FAMILY LIFE WHERE THEY LEAST EXPECTED ITUPTOWN WITH HELP FROM DESIGNERS HUSBAND WIFE.
PORTRAIT of a HOUSE
THE ICONIC HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN EVER. IN LOS FELIZ, TWO COLLECTORS MAINTAIN THEIR RICHARD NEUTRA HOME WITH REVERENCE FOR ITS PAST, WHILE FILLING IT WITH CONTEMPORARY ART THAT SPEAKS TO ITS FUTURE.
WANTED: A CLEAN, WELL LIGHTED PLACE
They need rooms of their own to sculpt and paint. But how do you find such places with today's Manhattan rents? A look at the state of an industry legend: the New York artist studio.
IMMERSIVE THEATER
A FASHION DESIGNER MOVED INTO A LAW OFFICE IN PARIS, THEN ENLISTED UCHRONIA TO REIMAGINE IT FROM TOP TO PALETTE. FROM THERE, THE PLOT THICKENS.
HERE'S THE PLAN
A FLORIDA COUPLE COMMISSIONS ROBERT A.M. STERN TO BUILD A MODERNIST HOUSE, THEN ENLISTS ELLIE CULLMAN TO DESIGN IT. FINAL TOUCH: MAJOR ART, FIT FOR A MASTERPIECE.
WELCOME to the MUNIZVERSE
FROM A GATHERING SPACE TO HIS ART STUDIO AND THE COCKTAIL BAR OF HIS DREAMS, BRAZILIAN CONCEPTUALIST VIK MUNIZ IS CREATING A CULTURAL HUB IN THE COLOR-DRENCHED CAPITAL OF BAHIA.
SHOULD THE MATISSE MATCH THE DRAPES?
In her new column, Rita Konig tackles modern design dilemmas, both practical and philosophical. To begin: the art of hanging art.
