L.A. designer Jeff Andrews creates a Beverly Hills art house

Published As: All Together Now Text: Lisa Bingham Dewart Photography: Stephen Busken At first glance, dance and interior design might share few parallels. But there is a key similarity for Los Angeles–based Jeff Andrews, who was an in-demand dancer and choreographer before embarking on his next act as an in-demand designer with a star-studded client […]

A modern Portland basement renovation becomes a whole house refresh

Text: Erika Heet Photography: Jeremy Bittermann For the interior refresh of a family’s Colonial-style residence in Portland, JHL Design started at the bottom—in the basement, to be exact. “The clients initially contacted us because they wanted to convert the basement from a pass-through space to a destination,” says Holly Freres, president of JHL, a Portland-based […]

Artist Aadil Abedi launches a wallpaper collection for Area Environments

Aadil Abedi is a fine artist and designer who creates a range of artistic designs connected by the central theme of showcasing the beauty of the Arabic script. Abedi strongly believes such beauty transcends faith, ideology, culture and is not limited to a traditional canvas. He conveys such universality through a unique deconstructed approach in bringing […]

Exclusive Q&A with artist Julian Lennon on his “Atmospheria” exhibition at William Turner Gallery during Frieze L.A.

Julian Lennon’s “Atmospheria” Artist Julian Lennon’s “Atmospheria,” a collection of ethereal photographs, opens at William Turner Gallery this weekend in conjunction with Bergamot Art Station’s Open House for Frieze Los Angeles. Lennon makes his debut at the William Turner Gallery with “Atmospheria,” which highlights the drama of nature’s atmospheric forces, revealing his passion for the […]

Fitness, wellness and design meet at Heimat in Los Angeles

Interior Design: Martin Brudnizki Text: Abigail Stone Published as: Members Only As gray sweats have given way to polished activewear, so too have dark and drafty gyms yielded to chic athletic centers. Cresting the trend is Heimat, located in Los Angeles, which bills itself as the world’s first fitness and wellness concept club. The name, plucked […]

Designer Adam Hunter crafts a modern barn in Nashville

Interior Design: Adam Hunter Text: Arianne Nardo Photography: Trevor Tondro Published as: SINGULAR SENSATION Being ahead of the design curve is usually a private glory, party of one. Adam Hunter was so immersed in the details of the ground-up build of his client’s Nashville estate that he wasn’t focused on conjuring a name for its […]

An L.A. designer creates a sleek West Hollywood penthouse

Photography: Stephen Busken For a well-traveled client, Kara Smith of KES Studio created a soaring, light-filled West Hollywood penthouse she describes as “a space that aesthetically was in line with the Southern California locale while also focusing on the functionality of the spaces. The owner is very sophisticated and has a heightened expectation of living […]

Designer Erica Islas creates an art-filled Los Angeles home for healing

Text: Erika Heet Photography: Meghan Bob It is a gift in the design industry for a designer and client to have a long and trusting relationship, through all that life hands us. For designer Erica Islas and her client Judith Ang, this relationship helped smooth the way for a delicate Los Angeles home renovation that […]

Los Angeles Designer Jeff Andrews on High-Profile Celebrity Design

Interior Design: Jeff Andrews Photography: Stephen Busken and Grey Crawford Published as: Star Quality Jeff Andrews is the kind of designer whose work one instantly recognizes, but is unique to each client and project. Some of those clients are high-profile celebrities; some are busy creatives, and one is Jeff Andrews himself—perhaps his most exacting client. […]

Tiffany & Co. launches an iconic exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London

Text: Erika HeetPhotography: Courtesy Tiffany & Co. Published as: Vision & Virtuosity Tiffany & Co. has just launched its “Vision & Virtuosity” exhibition, showcasing more than 400 objects from the House’s archives, at London’s Saatchi Gallery. The show is a visual chronicle of the storied jeweler since its founding in New York City in 1837, divided […]