Paul Smith on Imbuing Clothing With Joy and Humor
The cheeky, happy-go-lucky spirit of the British fashion designer Paul Smith can be felt across everything he does, from his own clothing designs to his multifarious collaborations—Maharam textiles, M...
10 Apr 20241h 5min
Lucy Sante on on Transitioning Into Herself at Long Last
Three years ago, at age 66, the Belgium-born writer and critic Lucy Sante—known for her award-winning essays, criticism, and books, including Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York (1991)—announce...
3 Apr 202458min
Ilse Crawford on Creating Lasting, “Living” Spaces
To the cult British interior and furniture designer Ilse Crawford, interiors too often take a backseat to architecture. Through her humanistic, systems-thinking, “Frame for Life” approach, however, Cr...
20 Mars 20241h 7min
Massimo Bottura on Ethics, Aesthetics, and Slow Food
The Italian chef Massimo Bottura may be a big dreamer, but he’s also a firmly grounded-in-the-earth operator. Based in Modena, Italy, Bottura is famous for his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Oster...
13 Mars 20241h 6min
Helen Molesworth on Museums as Machines for Slowness
To Helen Molesworth, curating is much more than carefully selecting and positioning noteworthy artworks and objects alongside one another within a space; it’s also about telling stories through them a...
20 Dec 20231h 5min
Annabelle Selldorf on Architecture as Portraiture
In another life, the German-born architect Annabelle Selldorf might have been a painter or a profile writer. In this one, she expresses her proclivity for portraiture as the principal of the New York–...
6 Dec 20231h 9min
Walter Hood on Connecting People and Place Through Landscape Architecture
To the landscape architect Walter Hood, “place” is a nebulous concept made meaningful only through the illumination of its history and the people who have inhabited it. Hood has dedicated his career t...
29 Nov 20231h 16min
Min Jin Lee on the Healing Power of Fiction
Min Jin Lee could be considered an exemplar of the old adage “slow and steady wins the race.” The author’s bestselling 2017 novel Pachinko—a National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller ...
15 Nov 20231h 5min
