In his first collection since the brand’s ad campaign controversy, the designer Demna starts to move on.
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The Italian Designers Who Reinvented the Sofa Are Still Sitting on Top
Mario Bellini, Gaetano Pesce and Tobia Scarpa, now in their 80s, transformed the furniture landscape. Their iconic creations are still as popular as ever.
In Spain, a Family Home Is Restored With One Principle: Do No Harm
A 14th-generation owner is reviving his ancestral wine estate in Galicia by doing as little as possible.
A Parisian Hotel Designer Creates a Space of Her Own
Dorothée Meilichzon has infused her 19th-century apartment with a sense of hospitality.
Pharrell Williams Is Louis Vuitton’s Next Men’s Designer
The rapper and music producer will succeed Virgil Abloh and “lead Louis Vuitton toward a new and very exciting chapter,” the brand said in a statement.
The Color-Changing Party Tower of Christian Louboutin’s Dreams
At his vacation compound on the Portuguese coast, the designer has amassed a veritable village of imaginative buildings.
Alex Moss, Jewelry Designer to Drake, Releases New Collection
The jewelry designer Alex Moss specializes in creating custom pieces for clients like Drake and Jack Harlow. This month, he releases a collection available to the masses.
Paco Rabanne, Couturier of the Space Age, Dies at 88
He burst onto the French fashion scene in 1966 and, with dresses made from metal, plastic and paper, changed the definition of couture.
The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory
The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft.
Gucci Picks Sabato De Sarno as Its Next Creative Director
After months of speculation, an Italian design director from Valentino is taking one of the most coveted roles in fashion.
In Morocco, a Home Where Every Surface Is Covered With Treasures
Over three decades, the writer and botanist Umberto Pasti and the designer Stephan Janson have transformed a series of cottages in Tangier into a maximalist living museum.
5 Broadway Veterans on Race and Representation in Theater Design
“Theater traffics in unconscious symbolism.” Set designers, lighting designers and a sound designer talk about skin tones, aesthetics and more.
In Denmark, Décor That Dares to Stand Out
In Denmark, “we’ve been in a white or gray or beige box for what — 20, 25 years?” said one decorative artist. “I think people have had enough.”
A California Home Returns to Its 1970s Roots, Wall-to-Wall Carpeting and All
When the furniture designer Glenn Lawson set about renovating a house in the Santa Barbara hills, he committed to honoring its heritage.
T Magazine’s Favorite Homes of 2022
In a special edition of the T List, we look back on Robert Downey Jr.’s inflatable Malibu bungalow, a palace in Naples and more.
An Artist Who Encourages Visitors to Walk Over His Work
Mathias Kiss has painted the floor of his Paris atelier with a dramatic skyscape that evokes Renaissance frescoes. The rest of his home studio is just as untraditional.
The Fashion Designers Dries Van Noten and Christopher John Rogers in Conversation
While decades apart in experience, Dries Van Noten and Christopher John Rogers are both known for their creative use of color and holding on to their autonomy.
Fernando Campana, Provocateur of Furniture Design, Is Dead at 61
Working with his brother, he became a star of the design world, creating furniture and other objects and elevating the culture of his native Brazil.
Costuming ‘The Hours’ at the Met: Vintage Wallpaper and ’90s Calvin Klein
While creating the costumes for a new opera adaptation of “The Hours,” a designer found inspiration in archival wallpaper, an English farmhouse and 1990s Calvin Klein.
The Golden Age of Dispensary Interior Design Is Almost Here
As cannabis legalization has become more widespread, retailers are getting increasingly serious about the design and branding of their shops.
Meet Lucia Eames, the Latest Midcentury Design Celebrity
Crate & Barrel just introduced a new line of Eames housewares. No, not that Eames.
MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
The 2022 awards are going to artists, activists, scholars, scientists and others who have shown “exceptional creativity.” The grants are a bit bigger than before: $800,000 over five years.
Artist uses AI to extract color palettes from text descriptions
Enlarge / A series of four example color palettes extracted from short written prompts by Matt DesLauriers. (credit: Matt DesLauriers)
A London-based artist named Matt DesLauriers has developed a tool to generate color palettes from any text prompt, allowing someone to type in “beautiful sunset” and get a series of colors that matches a typical sunset scene, for example. Or you could get more abstract, finding colors that match “a sad and rainy Tuesday.”
To achieve the effect, DesLauriers uses Stable Diffusion, an open source image synthesis model, to generate an image that matches the text prompt. Next, a JavaScript GIF encoder named gifenc extracts the palette information by analyzing the image and quantizing the colors down to a certain set.
DesLauriers has posted his code on GitHub; it requires a local Stable Diffusion installation and Node.JS. It’s a bleeding-edge prototype at the moment that requires some technical skill to set up, but it’s also a noteworthy example of the unexpected graphical innovations that can come from open source releases of powerful image synthesis models. Stable Diffusion, which went open source on August 22, generates images from a neural network that has been trained on tens of millions of images pulled from the Internet. Its ability to draw from a wide range of visual influences translates well to extracting color palette information.
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Why Issey Miyake Was Steve Jobs’s Favorite Designer
The real beginning of the fashion-technology love affair and its legacy lies with Issey Miyake, who died last week.
Issey Miyake, Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies at 84
He was known for his innovative origami-like designs, creating skirts, dresses and trousers with prisms of unfolding shapes.
Herman Miller and Knoll Merge, Moving Into New Future
Ben Watson is overseeing the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll, with the belief that good design means good business.
Where Rihanna Got Her Style Groove
An insider look at Crop Over, the Barbadian equivalent of Carnival, an annual celebration of music and heritage — and amazing outfits.
Chaos and Creation: Inside the Making of Yeezy Gap
In 2020, two fashion brands announced an unusual alliance. Now that goods are finally hitting stores, is Yeezy Gap a corporate-creative cautionary tale, or a new model for fashion to come?
Meet the Man Bringing Drama and Joy to Brooklyn’s Nightlife Spaces
Through carefully designed D.J. booths, bars and doorways, Safwat Riad has been setting the tone for New York City nightlife venues for more than a decade.
2 Art Havens in the Hudson Valley Offer Nature Indoors and Out
Magazzino Italian Art Museum in Cold Spring, N.Y., and the Russel Wright Design Center in nearby Garrison deliver ecological messages (meadows, donkeys, and a waterfall included).
Marco de Vincenzo of Etro Tries to Slow Down Fashion
Marco de Vincenzo, the newly appointed creative director of Etro, is not only asking the question, but attempting to answer through action.
In Struggling Murano, a Design Intervention
The Venetian island, famous for its glass, has long been on the wane, but 700 years of expertise is a terrible thing to squander.
Saving Modernism in the Hamptons
Timothy Godbold, an interior designer based in Southampton, became a Hamptons preservationist after learning that so many modernist houses have been torn down.
Why Jony Ive Left Apple to the ‘Accountants’
The man who helped give the world candy-colored computers walked out the door as Tim Cook took charge. What does that mean for the company’s next big thing?
Shaker Ideals Find New Acolytes in Food, Fashion and Art Worlds
Though the faith currently comprises one active community with two congregants, Shakerism’s ideals have found new acolytes in the food, fashion, art and design worlds.
The Upside of a Lockdown
How the pandemic reshaped the careers of design professionals in three different countries.
Piero Lissoni Can’t Stop Reinventing His Milan Apartment
The architect and designer has created a space that celebrates ever-shifting and highly edited juxtapositions.
An Elegant Notting Hill Flat Enlivened By Maximalist Flourishes
It was renovating his home in London that helped Enis Karavil hone his aesthetic and led him to start his own design business.
A Classic Paris Apartment Filled With Outré Design
With his thoughtfully arranged collection of Joe Colombo furniture and minimalist art, an exhibition producer has made an appealingly unexpected home for himself.
Anaïs Nin’s Los Angeles Hideaway Still Keeps Her Secrets
Shrouded by the pines of Silver Lake, the erotic writer’s minimalist, midcentury residence is a lasting monument to her life and legacy.
The Secret Sounds That Make Up ‘Dune’
Denis Villeneuve and his sound team explain how far they went to achieve an aural experience that would feel somewhat familiar, an unusual approach for sci-fi.
For Car Designers, E.V.s Offer a Blank Canvas
Frunks are just the start — think Cybertruck, not Focus.
The Artists Turning Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Into a Creative Destination
Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu, Adam Pendleton and Ellen Gallagher are working both to preserve and transform the North Carolina house where she was born.
A Greenwich Village Renovation That Steered Its Owners’ Line in a New Direction
Bessie and Oliver Corral of Arjé started designing home goods at the same time that they were remaking their duplex into a bright and minimalist sanctuary.
In This Edwardian Townhouse, the Bathrooms Set the Tone
When renovating their London home, a creative couple sacrificed their guest bedroom for the love of a good soak.
Virgil Abloh’s Last Show
At Off-White, paying homage to the late designer’s work and legacy.
How to Create a Home Bar That Will Dazzle Your Guests
All it takes is a tiny space — a niche, a shallow closet or even a cabinet — to make a cocktail bar that’s a thing of beauty. Here’s how.
Brunello Cucinelli Keeps Chickens, and Many Books, at His 17th-Century Italian Villa
The fashion designer, a lover of history, philosophy and country life, has made his home in the Umbrian hamlet of Solomeo.
Yeezy Gap/Balenciaga Is Here. Is It Worth It?
What exactly are we buying, when we buy fashion? A disruptive collaboration provides one answer. There are others.
A Classic Parisian Apartment Filled With Modern Design
By placing contemporary pieces amid original features, the architect Sophie Dries has created a space that privileges experimentation.