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A decade-long love story that began at trade shows and coffee tables culminates in a heartfelt wedding at The Little White Chapel. Frank Leyon and Jane Dagmi share how their professional and personal worlds intertwined, leading to a union celebrated among family, friends, and colleagues who have become an inseparable part of their lives.
Rooted in a shared belief that children’s spaces should evolve alongside families, each piece in the collection is intentionally designed to extend beyond the nursery years, transitioning seamlessly from nursery to toddler room and beyond.
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Benefiting San Francisco University High School’s Financial Aid Program
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.
London-based Faulkner is recognized for her expressive approach to capturing countryside vistas and floral studies, working across watercolor, gouache and oil.
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.
Regina Andrew Detroit has announced the launch of its new Brand Ambassador Program, an initiative designed to strengthen relationships within the design community and spotlight those who inspire us.
Two Industry-Leading Organizations Unite to Strengthen Advocacy, Elevate Programming, and Empower the Future of the…