Sprouting up all over DC, murals project bold color and meaningful messages. Many are sponsored by groups promoting the arts or timely causes. The new creations covered here are a […]
Sprouting up all over DC, murals project bold color and meaningful messages. Many are sponsored by groups promoting the arts or timely causes. The new creations covered here are a […]
Visitors to the Smithsonian Craft2Wear show will be able to peruse—and purchase—one-of-a-kind creations from a curated collection of contemporary wearable craft and design. Seventy booths will occupy the National Building […]
BACK TO NATURE Woven from acrylic Perennials yarns, Samuel & Sons’ Terrace outdoor passementerie collection of fringes, borders and tapes marries soft earth tones and organic materials. Find at Hines […]
McLean and Tircuit Inspired to offer consumers high-end furniture, art and accessories typically available to the trade only, designer Sheryl McLean recently launched a boutique within the new studio of […]
Vicente Wolf fled his native Havana for New York at the age of 15. Following stints in fashion, acting and modeling, he was drawn to interior design. After honing his […]
RUE IV Rue IV opened in the Washington Design Center on November 1. The to-the-trade showroom inherited the location of J. Lambeth, a 40-year fixture on the DC design scene […]
Holidays revolve around home. As Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa near, busy schedules wind down and our focus turns inward to occasions spent with near and dear ones. According to […]
Each year, a curated light-art show takes place against the backdrop of historic Georgetown. This free outdoor event, dubbed Georgetown GLOW, animates neighborhood alleyways in spring and summer with innovative […]
Though originally scheduled to be held in person, the annual Smithsonian Craft Show will take place virtually this year from October 23 through 31. The juried event now in its […]
FLORAL MOTIF Inspired by 19th-century English hand-blocking, Lee Jofa’s Avondale Print reimagines a floral motif in a grass cloth printed in the U.K. Find the wall covering in five colorways, […]
Industry Dialog - Iantha Carley, Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas and Shawna Underwood literally took their show on the road for The Kaleidoscope Project—a show house exclusively featuring the work of designers […]
Flight of Fancy - North Bethesda-based Lorna Gross was one of 20 designers from across the country selected to participate in the 2021 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach. […]
Design Debuts - BLU DOT, the popular online furniture retailer, has opened its second East Coast storefront—after the New York flagship—in Georgetown’s design district. The airy, 6,100-square-foot showroom is the brand’s […]
Artistic Approach - Artistic Approach - Katalin Farnady never dreamed of designing a furniture collection, though many of her industry colleagues urged her to give it a go. Until one night in […]
Planet Word - In 1880, Alexander Graham Bell performed the first wireless voice transmission from the roof of downtown DC’s Franklin School—making this historic building an apt location for Planet […]
Justice is Beauty - As the turbulent events of 2020 unfolded, ideals of activism and social justice moved to the forefront of our public discourse. In early 2021, The National Building […]