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Mountain Living: Tour This Aspen Home

Colorado is home to awe-inspiring, mountainous terrain, bustling wildlife and dense, evergreen forests. When you're an interior designer in Aspen like Julie Schlafer, you keep all of these components in mind, allowing your designs to complement the riveting scenery.

Q&A with Artist Kim Curtis: Creativity, Color & How to Light Artwork

Displaying art is one thing, but capturing the right lighting, color, shadows and details is a true science. We caught up with Bay Area native, Chicago-based artist Kim Curtis to chat color, creativity, and how lighting helps make her colorful works pop.

In the Studio with Lucy Slivinski

Step inside the studio of sculptor and installation artist Lucy Slivinski, and see her transform Chicago's scrapyards into works of art.

An Interview with David Dolcini

My work aim to investigate the relationship between complexity and simplicity...

Il Pezzo Mancante: New Italian Luxury

Cosimo Terzani is no stranger to the design world. His father Sergio founded Terzani in 1972, a highly celebrated Italian brand redefining luxury...

Arihiro Miyake's Coppelia Chandelier for Moooi

There are two distinct camps in the world of lighting: Those who show the cord, and those who hide it...

Meet Mineheart

Mineheart takes its name from Shakespeare's 46th sonnet, "Mine eye and mine heart are at mortal war..."

A Q&A with Hubbardton Forge

Vermont's Hubbardton Forge are modern-day blacksmiths carrying metalwork and lighting into bold new artistic territory.

Catching up with Regina Andrew

Meet Carla Regina Zajac & James Andrew Slaven, the talented couple behind Detroit-based home decor brand Regina Andrew.

Italy’s Karman Creates Lighting With Art & Magic

Get to know Karman, the Italian brand turning lighting on its head with art, magic and unconventional design.

Q&A with Melogranoblu

For over two decades, Italy's Melogranoblu have been crafting works of art, transforming the lighting world and carrying fine Italian craftsmanship and glassblowing into the 21st century.

Q&A with Ferroluce

Born in 1982 by Valter and Miriam Valentinuz with a vision for preserving Italian craftsmanship and excellency, Ferroluce represents tradition and antique charm.

Inside Cynthia Moreno's Colorful LA Apartment

LA-based Cynthia Moreno - @hotpinkpineapples - has carved a name for herself as one of Instagram's most colorful creatives

Up Close: The Blacksmiths Reinventing Modern Lighting

From two friends to a diverse design team, Hubbardton Forge paved a path of eco-friendly, sculptural fixtures, ushering in a modern era of blacksmithery. We get up close and personal with the team to explore their most iconic pieces.

Blown Away: Meet the Glass Blowers at Keep Brooklyn

In a world of manufacturing machines, automation, VR and AI, hand-craftsmanship stands out. Small variations from piece to piece, attention to the tiniest of details, improvised edits and enduring quality help the modern makers of today keep a leg up on their robotic counterparts. No one knows this better than the Brooklyn glass blowers at Keep.

Behind the Design: Rick Tegelaar's Meshmatics Pendant for Moooi

Experiments with intricate patterns, chicken wire, mesh and 3D printing have ushered Tegelaar to prolific new heights in the lighting world.

Q&A with Lighting Designer Matthew McCormick

Whether creating something custom for a client or dreaming up a new pendant, creating minimalist fixtures with maximal impact seems to come natural for Vancouver-based designer Matthew McCormick.

Q&A with the Terzani Family

Every so often, a star is born - one that transforms the design world with a bold new vision. Sergio Terzani is one such star, a true maverick paving the way for modern Italian luxury with his ultra-chic lighting brand Terzani.

Q&A with NYC Design Studio Masson & Tank

New York City design firms have a tough challenge: Stand out from acclaimed competition, set the bar for much of the world, please your high-end clients and do it all in a space under 1000 square feet. No one understands this better than Masson & Tank.

Behind the Design: Tribes by David Abad for TossB

Inspired by Indian peace pipes, Barcelona-based designer David Abad draws upon an eclectic mix to create a chandelier for tossB that's simply stunning.