Kate Temple Reynolds, formerly of Studio Four, has opened Temple Studio, a crazy-cool showroom featuring 19 textile, rug and wallpaper lines and designed by Doug Meyer. You can read it on AD Pro if you have a subscription or check out Doug Meyer's instagram, where he's been posting some cool photos....
Bard Graduate Center Gallery has an excellent exhibit, a retrospective of sorts, of the work of Eileen Gray. You can read it on ADPro if you have a subscription, but if not, google it or just go!...
Pegged to the opening of a Donald Judd retrospective at MoMA, a show of prints at 101 Spring Street, and the launch of the Donald Judd Spaces book, I was asked to write about my experiences in the southwest Texas town of Marfa. You can read it here....
A very cool coffee table book featuring every personal and professional space tied to Donald Judd (and now the Judd Foundation) has been published by Prestel. Donald Judd Spaces as authored by his kids, Rainer and Flavin Judd, and is $75 at this link....
Los Angeles-based glass artist Alison Berger has created pieces that, for the first time, incorporate LED lighting. It's a big departure, with unsurprisingly sophisticated results. Available at Holly Hunt....
The legendary design duo of Albert Hadley and Sister Parish spec'd Country Floors tiles for numerous projects, so it makes sense their first (albeit posthumous) tile collection would be for them. Fun fact: both companies were founded the same year. To find out when, read on....
Pierre Hardy's latest creations for Hermes fine jewelry are a huge departure for the brand. He used black jade and black spinels, combined with rose gold, to make an incredibly cool collection that will appeal to a whole new audience, yours truly included....
Alan Faena is the owner of the Faena hotels in Buenos Aires and Miami, and an avid collector. I got a peek at his Miami home, which was a cover story in Elle Decor, for an admittedly smaller story about his collection of hundreds of crystals - ranging from quartz to amethyst to agate and pyrite - that date to the 1700s. A very unusual and super-cool collection that had been in the same family for generations....
Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberte bought Nukutepipi, an island in the middle of the South Pacific, originally as a refuge for himself, his family and close friends. Ever the businessman, he later realized it would make the perfect, all-inclusive escape for those who value privacy and discretion. It can be rented for about $1 million a week for up to 50 people. You are in the middle of nowhere, but won't be bored - cinemas, archery, tennis, basketball, a game room (house, actually), every water sport imaginable, and an observatory. Full details can be found here....
The benefits of journaling (what we used to call keeping a diary, and what some scientists called "expressive writing,") are well documented. Whether you've got a practice or are curious about it, this article has you covered, from tips to getting started to techniques to keep the momentum going, courtesy of Laura Rubin from AllSwell Creative. Check out their journals here, and new inspiration card decks here....