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In a multi-generational portrait of design lineage, the O’Hare family reveals how immersion, curiosity and kindness shape creative lives across decades, from factory floors abroad to sketchbooks at the kitchen table. For designers and manufacturers alike, their story offers a timely reminder that innovation is less inherited than cultivated through proximity, mentorship and a sustained attention to the world’s smallest details.
House of Rohl® expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Emtek® and Schaub®, leaders in customizable cabinet and door hardware, in 2024. The addition of these brands alongside Riobel®, Perrin & Rowe®, Shaws®, Victoria + Albert®, and ROHL® has strengthened the portfolio’s position as a trailblazer in luxury plumbing and hardware for the kitchen and bath, and continued to broaden its offering across the luxury home décor landscape. By integrating both plumbing and hardware, the new House of Rohl delivers curated, stylistically aligned collections with shared finishes, simplifying specification while upholding the unmatched craft, service, and heritage that define its portfolio of prized brands. Today, House of Rohl welcomes seasoned industry leaders to help accelerate that momentum.
Hubbardton Forge, a luxury lighting manufacturer with over 200 employees based in Castleton, Vermont, announced that their Design Advisory Council, launched in 2023, is adding five (5) new key interior designers who join charter DAC members Christopher Todd, Jeanne Chung, Joshua Smith, Shay Geyer and Tim Green.
Conceived as the brand’s first international expansion, the event marked a strategic milestone for Shoppe Object, introducing its curatorial DNA to the European market. With over 80 carefully selected brands, this first Paris edition deliberately embraced a human-scale format, designed to encourage discovery, dialogue, and meaningful business connections. A foundational chapter intended to set the tone for long-term development in Paris.
This article examines the humanist dimension of John Lautner’s architecture through his integration of structure and landscape in postwar Southern California. Tracing influences from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Organic Architecture to Lautner’s “total concept” approach, the piece situates iconic works such as the Polin House and the Chemosphere within a broader cultural context shaped by film and popular media. These houses are read not merely as formal experiments but as emotional and psychological environments that frame solitude, desire and retreat.
By linking architectural form to cinematic narratives and lived experience, the essay argues that Lautner’s work extends beyond spectacle into a philosophy of dwelling grounded in nature. His buildings function as instruments of communion with the environment, offering their occupants both refuge and confrontation with the vastness of the landscape. In doing so, Lautner emerges as a central figure in a distinctly Californian strain of modernism that unites humanism, technology and terrain.
How great of an impact will the ozempic-boom have on kitchen design? And are designers and manufactures working in the space already seeing it’s effects? | The Ozempic Kitchen explains how GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are reshaping kitchen design, from micro-prep zones to refrigeration and health-focused appliances.



