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EDITOR’S LETTER
Back in Style • Halston’s iconic 1979 racerback office chair, designed by SOM, is still the height of fashion
Au Contraire • With the help of Kate Berry, fashion designer Clare Vivier imbues a historic house in France with an upbeat mix of Gallic flair and SoCal cool
Wing Spans • An evolving Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art teams back up with Moshe Safdie to link the past and the future
Steady the Boat • Updating a historic vessel, AD100 designer Markham Roberts finds his sea legs
Taylor Made • RH ESTATES debuts with a collection of essential designs by the legendary Michael Taylor
History Reborn • Bridging the Gilded Age and tomorrow, Ken Fulk refreshes a San Francisco icon
Holding Patterns • Makrosha’s maximalist rugs mine the cross-cultural motifs of Japan’s early-20th-century textiles
Set in Stones • Organized by Dia Art Foundation, two far-flung shows celebrate the seminal artist and philosopher Lee Ufan on the eve of his 90th birthday
Beach Brains • Scrappy materials and a shrewd layout transform a 1950s Fire Island home into a compact case study in ingenuity
Living the Dream • Complete with orchards and a menagerie of animals, Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus craft a bucolic homestead for their family in rural Portugal
Sparking Joy • Now infused with pattern and color, a once nondescript beach retreat in North Carolina is playfully transformed by Muriel Brandolini
Arcadian Renewal • At a 14th-century estate in Tuscany, contemporary art finds a home in the ancient landscape
Full House • Keke Palmer’s family-friendly haven in Los Angeles is ready for the spotlight
It’s Serving • Using 3D-printing technology, a fresh batch of contemporary designers rethink the tools we eat with
Dream Factory • Architect Chet Callahan channels the singular vision of the Haas Brothers in a new Los Angeles studio for the genre-defying creative duo
NATURAL WONDER • Drawing inspiration from local flora and fauna, Virginia Tupker gives a historic Houston house an enchanting makeover
DESIGN NOTES • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK
Friends With Benefits • Photographer Douglas Friedman taps his pals designer Steven Gambrel and the inimitable Martha Stewart to help craft a seriously soulful—and very adult—Long Island retreat
FINAL TOUCH