The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The newly renovated Villa Beer in Vienna is a modernist masterpiece with a dark past.
Author: Eve M. Kahn
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Ashtrays Revived as Objects of Curiosity or Vessels for Weed
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The once-ubiquitous ashtray is making a revival as an object of curiosity or a resting place for weed.
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Piano From Titanic’s Sister Ship, Olympic, Awaits an Audience
The New York Times – Music:
A gilt-trimmed upright Steinway piano commissioned in 1912 for the ocean liner Olympic is on dry land and ready to be heard again.
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Maps Offer Design Elements for Interiors and Furniture
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In the digital age, old-fashioned maps were expected to die out. But just look around the room.
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4 Books That Offer a Bouquet of Design Inspiration
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
New books on Elverhoj, Frances Elkins, offshore décor and designing with plants.
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4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
New reading relates the history of mirrors, patchwork and a monumental teahouse, plus the struggle to make design more just.
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New Design Books Cover Houses in Queens and Japanese Textiles
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
New books unearth details about houses in Queens, obsolete inventions, Japanese textiles and a pioneering architect.
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Design Books That Mine the Exotic
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Five new titles burrow into design’s past to reveal a universe that is ‘both perfumed and colorful.’