Internal Logic
By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
A California house with a radical floor plan challenges traditional designs for living.
DESIGN & LIVING SUMMER 2010
The fall issue of T Design looks at different visions of domestic bliss. We look back at Design Research, the revered godfather of modern design stores. Pilar Viladas visits an airy, open house in Italy by the superstar designer Patricia Urquiola for Patrizia Moroso, the creative director of the cutting-edge furniture company Moroso, while Nicolai Ouroussoff considers a very different dwelling: a seven-sided house in Southern California, by the Los Angeles architect Michael Maltzan for the artists Lari Pittman and Roy Dowell, which spirals around an intimate courtyard, looking inward rather than out. Our Profile in Style focuses on Barnaba Fornasetti, the scion of a legendary design family who has made his own kind of magic. Alexandra Lange spends time with Renate Müller, the German designer of meticulously crafted, whimsical therapeutic toys, and Judith Nasatir peers into the exquisite world of Federico de Vera, the gimlet-eyed proprietor of one of New York’s most magical design shops. On an entirely different note, Jaime Gross takes a peek at a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary that is as elegantly designed as any fashion store—bringing an often taboo subject out of the shadows. And the endpage features a calendar, by the graphic-design legend Massimo Vignelli, that is still timely after 44 years. See more from the issue »
HIGHLIGHTS
Modern Romance
This season’s standout designs balance pared-down forms with sensuous curves, rich colors and luxurious materials.
Welcome to Smallville
By SAM LUBELL
These days, size does matter. Sam Lubell takes measure of the incredible shrinking house.
Tables of Content
By ALIX BROWNE
At the hands of Dieter Roth, even mundane work surfaces became works of art.
Open House
By PILAR VILADAS
What happens when one design diva creates a house for another? Surprisingly calm, cool and welcoming spaces in a lush Italian setting.
Profile in Style | Barnaba Fornasetti
The son of ‘designer of dreams’ has found plenty of room to let his own imagination run wild.
