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I’LL START BY KEEPING IT REAL: NO EDITION OF THIS MAGAZINE gives my ability to generate a synonym a bigger workout than this one, our annual Change Issue. This theme of change—or should I say transformation, or evolution, or adaptation?—encompasses so many things that ELLE DECOR explores. Let’s start with renovation—the thread that runs through each of the homes featured in this issue. The number one piece of advice we’ve gleaned on how to revamp a space with confidence? Find a designer you can trust. Our cover story leads the charge: For clients in Miami Beach, the genius duo behind Charlap Hyman & Herrero—Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero—created a livable interior that has surrealist cheek and, generally, a sense that everyone involved had a lot of fun decorating. Seashells…
Whether it’s due to White Lotus–induced wanderlust or the perennial pull of Tokyo’s cherry blossoms being accessible to the world once more, this year it feels as if we all have a few additional stamps in our passports. That ethos of exploration speaks directly to Banana Republic’s new furniture brand, aptly dubbed BR Home. The launch features six lines, each with its own craftsmanship narrative. These include Phoenix, a range of teak furnishings made by woodcarvers in Indonesia; Nova, a lighting suite featuring clay beads hand-rolled by a women’s cooperative in South Africa; and Stinson, a line of upholstered pieces bench-made by master craftspeople in North Carolina. “Over the past few years, our collective experience sharpened the need for comfort at home without suppressing the desire for adventure in the…
SHOP: WEST HOLLYWOOD Founded in 1875, Audemars Piguet has long been a luxury watch brand synonymous with craft, precision, and heritage. The new AP House in West Hollywood, California, is its latest hybrid retail concept—a 6,500-square-foot penthouse that combines a sales floor with a watchmaking studio, rooftop terrace, and a dedicated reception desk and DJ booth—that stylishly translates those values for La-La Land. ELLE DECOR A-List designer Brigette Romanek came on board to execute, taking the “vibe and energy” of California as her directive, she tells us, using materials like brass, oak, and limestone. “We really wanted to make sure it had a sense of place that was distinctive to the locale,” says Ginny Wright, CEO of Audemars Piguet Americas. “Elegant, but cool and comfortable at the same time.” —Sean…
Silver Linings Allover chrome is everywhere in fashion and design, with stars like Beyoncé donning head-to-toe metallic garments and brands like Minotti and Edra showcasing their own take on the silvery trend. From consoles and bowls to bracelets and planters, here’s what to bring home. —H.M.…
When the skies turned deep red over much of the Northeast this past summer, heavy and dangerous with smoke from Canadian wildfires, many of us felt a deep appreciation for the thick walls and tempered glass of our homes. Architecture is reassuring in part because it doesn’t change, generally. Yet in these times of accelerated environmental flux, change it must. The tension between the need to build more homes and the existential threat of climate change means there is an increasing urgency to reduce the impact of building on the environment. The idea of simply stopping construction entirely—perhaps even just for a time—is no longer a fringe conversation. It’s central to an exciting new movement in architecture that is being called radical resilience. Indeed, architects and clients alike are taking…
When a Manhattan apartment designed by ELLE DECOR A-List architect Michael K. Chen graced the cover of our January/February 2021 issue, he couldn’t have known that some two years later it would inspire a collection of modular seating and rugs. But one piece in the story caught the eye of Tariq Dixon, cofounder of the local design studio and retailer TRNK: a striking chaise longue that was neither “too midcentury nor too marshmallow,” Chen says. That initial interest led to the creation of the Sarsen Series for TRNK, a collection of upholstered pieces that can be configured as chairs, love seats, and sofas, debuting alongside three graphic, multidirectional rugs. “We design furniture all the time but had never thought seriously about attempting to make a collection,” Chen says. “Tariq showed…
