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The Lattice Day Bed is a minimalist daybed made of grey quarry stone designed by Mexico-based designer Andrés Monnier. The original design features a stainless steel and marble base, while variations can also include white marble, travertine, volcanic rock, basalt, or granite rock.
“Is our human existence an interconnected reverie?” Such is the provocative question posed by the designer, an invitation to contemplate our roles within our perceived reality. The theory underscores the vast tapestry of human consciousness, where each individual weaves their unique interpretation of existence.
The daybed serves as both a physical representation of Monnier’s interpretation of dreams, while also functioning as the very conduit to actualize said dreams. He believes that the collective dream-state might not merely be an idle illusion, but a platform for transformative energy.
INNESS is a boutique country refuge located in Accord, New York, designed by Post Company in partnership with restaurateur and trained architect Taavo Somer, development team Michael Barry, CBSK Ironstate, and Lee Pollock. Named after renowned American landscape painter George Inness, the retreat was brought to life by the aforementioned group of designers and developers.
The 225-acre property features 40 hotel rooms distributed between a 12-room farmhouse and 28 cabins. Amenities include a restaurant and lounge, a 9-hole golf course by King Collins, a sports outfitter, swimming pools, tennis courts, hiking trails, an events barn, a farm shop, and a 3-acre organic farm designed by landscape architect Miranda Brooks. Slated for 2023, the wellness building will offer a spa, gym, and spaces for movement classes and yoga.
The property’s central theme revolves around the contrast between the cultivated and the wild. The grounds are anchored by social hubs designed for both aesthetic appeal and communal function, while also offering ample space for exploration and discovery. Inspired by the region’s Colonial Dutch architecture, the buildings showcase a minimalist design that highlights the picturesque landscape. Rustic details and an emphasis on local materials unify the structures, which are further enhanced by Miranda Brooks’ carefully balanced landscaping that seamlessly blends wild growth with manicured elegance.
The farmhouse serves as a central hub, featuring a communal lobby bar, guest kitchen by Plain English, library room, and game room. A coffee service and continental breakfast are available for guests and members throughout the week. The farmhouse rooms offer mountain views, modern amenities, and are furnished with a mix of vintage and custom furniture – including pieces by Sixpenny – artwork, and wares to create a cozy, lived-in atmosphere.
Photos by Adrian Gaut.
Maison de la Luz is a boutique hotel located in New Orleans, Louisiana, conceived by Atelier Ace. The establishment was inspired by traditional Southern guest houses, and features an environment of effortless sophistication and luxury. The guest house, which was designed in partnership with Studio Shamshiri, offers 67 private rooms filled with quiet Southern design typologies.
The building that houses Maison de la Luz was an Italianate style structure with a rich history within the city. It served as the City Hall annex for nearly 50 years from its construction in 1908 until 1957. Despite its historical significance, the design team successfully transformed the 55,464-square-foot building into an exclusive guest house while maintaining its original charm.
The guest house offers an airy and serene breakfast room, a private living room, and a secret salon connected to Bar Marilou, providing guests with a unique and unorthodox experience matched by its historical aesthetic and ambiance.
Photos by Stephen Kent Johnson.
La verdad de la materia is an exhibition presented in Mexico City during this year’s ZONA MACO, and will be public until March 15th. Marusela Granell and Manu Bañó’s works are linked by the simple yet powerful actions of cutting, folding, gluing, and ripping. The two artists share a deep desire to create beauty through manipulation of raw materials.
While Manu employs industrial materials in a mechanical process to produce sculptural and functional objects without drawing on references, Marusela deconstructs painting by highlighting the elements that make it up. She uses worn-out tubes of oil paint and pieces of paper as both artwork and models.
Manu Bañó’s latest collection delves into the unique qualities and limitations of copper. Crafted in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, Mexico, a town renowned for its centuries-old goldsmithing heritage, the collection showcases the expertise of local artisans, who specialize in crafting small objects such as pots and vessels.
Comprising three distinct pieces – a chair, coffee table, and wall lamp – the collection is the result of a labor-intensive process involving the manual hammering of a thin copper sheet. This technique imbues the metal with both strength and a three-dimensional quality that distinguishes each piece.
Photos by Alejandro Ramírez Orozco.
Coil + Drift have recently relocated to Upstate New York, opening their doors to a new 3000-square-foot studio within the Catskill Mountains. Nestled two hours north of New York City, the space houses an office, showroom, and state-of-the-art production facility where all of Coil + Drift’s lighting fixtures are now produced by their in-house production team.
Founder and designer John Sorensen-Jolink established Coil + Drift in New York City back in 2016, but in 2021, moved the studio to the Catskill Mountains to immerse the team in the wild landscape that inspires much of his material-forward designs. A former dancer-turned-designer, Sorensen-Jolink designs objects that are grounded in human connection and spacial awareness, with a deep reverence for nature.
Visitors to their new studio showroom can view a series of new additions to Coil + Drift’s existing collection. The highly popular YAMA table lamp is now available as a floor lamp in a new tarnished nickel finish. The Atlas series has also been expanded to include a new mobile-like chandelier, and the June Floor Mirror has been introduced in a new ebonized maple finish.
Photos by Zach Hyman.
The Hoxton Shepherd’s Bush is a boutique hotel located in London, designed by AIME Studios. This retro-inspired hotel features 237 cozy bedrooms, a Thai-Americana restaurant named Chet’s, a serene terrace, a spacious lobby with a mix of earthy-toned bespoke and vintage furniture, and a communal central bar.
The interiors of The Hoxton Shepherd’s Bush pay homage to the local area with references to the nearby London Transport Museum Depot and the retro transport design. Iconic train carriage shapes, decorative glass chandeliers and pendants with mixed metals, and custom rugs by West London’s Holmes Bespoke add to the playful design. The lobby’s earthy aesthetic is complemented by verdant prints, floral motifs, and tactile textiles.
Guests are greeted by a striking central wraparound bar with a reeded maple and Salome grey marble counter, contrasted by mid-century modern lighting and furniture. The guest rooms take inspiration from the neighborhood’s history and heritage, with scalloped motifs referencing nearby Pennard Road and finishes of copper, antique brass metals, peach paint, and warm-toned timbers creating a home feel.
Photography courtesy of The Hoxton.
Scheibe Design will be introducing their line of furniture to design co-op and strategy firm Colony. Led by father and son duo Tres and Nate Scheibe, the studio seamlessly blends contemporary design with traditional techniques, resulting in truly unique and distinguishable furniture pieces.
Roebuck Credenza
The Roebuck Collection is a beautiful display of minimalism and the pure use of materials. Comprising a bench, credenza, and nightstand, the small yet intentional design details, such as the round pulls seen in each of the four corners, were inspired by the connection points between the sides and top of each piece. The tasteful blend of materials, including wood, stone, leather, and fabric, adds a subtle layer of visual complexity, making the collection both versatile and adaptable to a wide range of spaces.
Completing the series is the Cumberland Collection, featuring a console and coffee table. Co-founder Nate Scheibe was fascinated by the immovable support found in the vertical structures of park playgrounds and aimed to recreate this in his furniture. The substantial size and monolithic quality of the Cumberland Collection’s base formations give it visual heft, while the varying tones of wood add further dimension and interest to its simple leg shape.
“Our design process begins with simple details that guide each collection as it develops. The choice to prioritize these small, simple elements creates a beautiful tension in the construction of each piece,” says Nate Scheibe. “We produce each component to have aesthetic value as well as utility, and we work to reconcile these two principles in both form and material. We hope this collection emphasizes these subtle complexities through these enduring pieces.”
Roebuck Credenza
Roebuck Bench
Roebuck Bench
Roebuck Bench
Roebuck Nightstand
Roebuck Nightstand
Cumberland Console Table
Cumberland Coffee Table
Cumberland Coffee Table
For more information on Scheibe Design, visit goodcolony.com.
Hotel Riomar, Ibiza, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel is a boutique hotel located in Ibiza, Spain, relaunched with a new design conceived by MA Hotels. As one of the first hotels to arrive on the island, and the first in Santa Eulalia, the new space embraces the building’s inherent mid-century layered interiors by celebrating the nostalgic qualities of its past.
Pierre Jeanneret Armchairs are met with custom designed sofas facing archways framing views of the beach. The neutral color palette was inspired by the island’s landscape, with accented tones of orange serving as the theme of the space.
The hotel comprises 112 guest rooms with four suites, all of which include a private balcony or terrace. The Ocean Brasserie & Bar features hand-painted ceramic tiles with bar seating and travertine tables. The soft stone-colored walls in the fitness area, accented by black details and large contemporary artwork, create a tranquil atmosphere.
Photos by Tribute Portfolio.
The Pierre Lorinet Collection: From Western Minimalism to Asian Political Abstraction is an exhibition featuring pieces collected over a period of a decade. Curated by Edward Mitterand, the exhibition is part of Singapore Art Week, a ten-day celebration that will see over 700 artists and curators from Singapore and around the world present over 130 programs.
According to What by Ai Weiwei
In this exhibition, a number of significant contemporary works are brought together for the first time. They were chosen to show the voluntary connection that the Pierre Lorinet Collection has made over the past ten years between the founders of Minimalism and some of the most well-known Asian artists of the twenty-first century. These artists’ practices are largely influenced by Asian political or philosophical ideas as well as the history of modernism.
Pierre Lorinet challenged his relationship with art by deciding to find and experience emotions inside radicalism when he started his collection in 2012 with an emphasis on Minimalism, one of the most influential and rigorous movements in the history of contemporary art. A few years later, the collection was moved to Singapore, making it accessible to Asian-born artists who are or have been influenced by minimalism in diverse ways.
Ai Weiwei, Chen Zhen, Nam June Paik, and Haegue Yang are just a few examples of artists who all have a strong background in art history and care deeply about their contributions to both modern art and their home nations. Their inclusion in the collection foreshadowed the purchase of works by subsequent generations of Asian artists, like Korakrit Arunanondchai, a Thai-American artist.
According to What by Ai Weiwei
Relatum by Lee Ufan
Relatum by Lee Ufan
Untitled by Donald Judd
Untitled by Donald Judd
Untitled by Donald Judd
Incomplete Open Cube by Sol Lewitt
Incomplete Open Cube by Sol Lewitt
Photos by Colin Wan.
This Boerum Hill project is a minimal residence located in Brooklyn, New York, designed by Bespoke Only. The designers, Melissa Lee and Erika Chou, drew inspiration from the Norwegian and English countryside, embodying the “new romantic” aesthetic for which the firm has become known.
To bring the design to life, the duo introduced a range of background details that honor the dwelling’s historic roots while also functioning seamlessly within the modern setting. The project successfully melds the past and present, creating a living space that is both stylish and comfortable.
In the kitchen, a hunter green glass cabinet, which was salvaged from elsewhere, showcases the owners’ impressive collection of cookbooks – adding a splash of color to the cozy space. The kitchen also features archival William Morris wallpaper and subtle color combinations that were inspired by the home’s 18th century roots, which are softly illuminated by antique opaline fixtures.
Melissa Lee explains, “The Boerum Hill project was all about bringing character and charm back to this historic townhome, a Federal style townhouse on arguably one of the most quintessential tree lined Brooklyn blocks. We wanted the home to feel lived-in, soulful and most importantly, befitting its past and present. We reintroduced a series of “background” details that define the integrity of a historic vernacular dwelling with aplomb – materials and finishes appropriate for its 18-century bones yet function fluidly in a modern day setting.”
Photos by William Jess Laird.
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