Elodie Blanchard ’s installation at WantedDesign Brooklyn in Industry City. What used to be a New York “design week” has evolved into NYCxDESIGN , a full, two-week stretch of design exhib...
Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, founders of the WantedDesign fair, at Industry City. Five years ago, a rumor spread through the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at the Javits...
AH: Where in Brooklyn did you grow up? EC: I grew up on 13th Street between 3rd & 4th Avenue. It is the borderline between Park Slope and Gowanus. It has all the colorful aspects of a neighborh...
Laura Mackall and Robert Manley did not set out to build a passive house when they embarked upon the renovation of their 1860s townhouse in Carroll Gardens. The building required a near gut renov...
Palmer Thompson-Moss and Dane Risch purchased what appeared to be a tear-down on Bergen Street and Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights in 2013 and transformed it into King Tai, a sun-filled neighbor...
When interior designer Nora Calderwood and architect Adam Darter bought their 650-square-foot one-bedroom apartment in Park Slope, they knew they would need to renovate in a major way but on a sc...
The historic Kings Theatre in Flatbush opened its doors on February 3 to a new generation of audiences. The lead act—the incomparable Diana Ross—was not the night’s only focus of attention;...
Hiroko Takeda’s textile designs stretch the boundaries of what a textile is and what design is, simultaneously. As a weaver, designer, artist, and maker creating in her downtown Brooklyn studio...
With its expansive front room and triple-height glass-paned façade, Boerum House & Home on Atlantic Avenue offers a boutique retail experience that is impossible to find in New York. The buildi...
Rarely does a shop on the garden level of a Brooklyn brownstone shine, but the interior of Rosanne Pugliese’s jewelry store delivers a surprising exception. Although the retail space is all of ...
Many New Yorkers have discovered Brooklyn Bridge Park. Many others have yet to explore the ever-growing park creations that unfold there almost every month. On May 22, Brooklyn Bridge Park celebr...
This Saturday, Michel Arnaud will be signing copies of Design Brooklyn from 3 to 5 pm at TK Home and Garden at 411 Warren Street in Hudson, New York. Hope to see you there. http://www.tkhomea...
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR (ICFF)—one of the centerpiece events of New York City’s design week— opens to the public on Tuesday, May 20th at Jacob K. Javits Center in Manh...
Designer and artist Sebastian Errazuriz unveiled his latest work: a giant golden calf piñata, standing tall in the courtyard of Bldg 2. On May 8, NYCxDesign celebrated the opening of a new d...
The Agnes Varis Art Center at UrbanGlass in Fort Greene has put forth a beautifully concise exhibit focused on the role glass plays in lighting. “Illuminate: Design in Light” features nine Ne...
A little piece of coastal Florida now resides on Union Street in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Ashley Albert and Jonathan Schnapp opened the doors of their self-envisioned Royal Palms Shu...
One of the pleasures of being a photographer is being able to take time to walk the city’s streets and witness the ever-changing scene. This is especially true in Bushwick where there are miles...
In January, the Brooklyn Historical Society inaugurated its first-floor Shellens Gallery with the long-term exhibition “Brooklyn Abolitionists/In Pursuit of Freedom,” which explores the histo...
In a section of Prospect Park called Lakeside—until recently the somewhat neglected site of the Wollman Rink—a crisply beautiful new building has taken its place within the landscape. Designe...
AH: HOW LONG HAVE YOU PRACTICED AS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER? HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INVOLVED IN IT? JW: I started my business, JP Warren Interiors, in the fall of 2011 when I was offered the opportu...