Innehållsförteckning för November 2021 från ELLE DECOR

REPORTS OF THE PANdemic-era demise of cities were, to borrow the phrase, greatly exaggerated. For evidence, look no further than this issue of ELLE DECOR, our second annual celebration of design in some of the world’s most fascinating urban places. When last year the editorial team put together our November 2020 Cities Issue, the pandemic had upended some prognosticators’ sense of the value, and the staying power, of global capitals. That seemed short-sighted and pessimistic to me then. A year on—and especially after attending a resurgent Milan Design Week in September, the first since 2019—I remain so grateful for the magic, creativity, and energy of cities. And it turns out that proximity, community, and serendipity—things every metropolis offers in spades—lead to some real future-shaping, head-turning design work. Our cover story…

AFTER MONTHS SPENT NAVIGATING new virtual realities and collapsed planes of existence—raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally attacked by Instagram Live!—collectors and the viewing public alike are champing at the bit to embrace the physical once more. The irreverent Brooklyn-based designer and sculptor Misha Kahn is meeting the moment with his first post-quarantine solo show, “Startling the Echoes” (October 31–January 5). Hot on the heels of his August NFT sale at Christie’s—the first of its kind for the auction house—the new exhibition, presented in two parts, furthers Kahn’s exploration of both the corporeal and ephemeral elements of our daily lives. One half transliterates a virtual-reality studio into an IRL glowing, gridded tableau populated with 3D-printed objects, while the other is a more domestic arrangement of pieces made with…

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, HOW often might you have run into designer Ellie Cullman in the Hauser Patron Salon at Alice Tully Hall between movie showings? “I was there all the time,” she says. “The lounge has been used by Film at Lincoln Center since forever.” She would attend the New York Film Festival, which is held at Lincoln Center annually in the fall, and take in four movies a day. Cullman is not just an insatiable cinephile but also the principal of the celebrated interior design firm Cullman & Kravis. A lifelong New Yorker, she has been on the board of Film at Lincoln Center for close to 30 years. So when it came time to redo the salon—Cullman describes the old decor as grim, “battleship gray with four red…

Leontine Linens “These towels are incredibly luxurious. You can customize them with monograms or beautiful embroidery—or both.” —Carolina V. Gentry Matouk “The quality is so good. These towels don’t lose their shape. They also have a simple detail around the perimeter. A white towel with a little trim is always nice.” —David Fox Peacock Alley “Superlong threads make them incredibly soft. In the summer, I use their Turkish towels, as they dry much faster.” —Matthew Quinn…

London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood’s newly released Meisen cabinet incorporates an eye-catching ikat print and clean-lined case-goods hardware that riffs on insect shapes. 31• w. x 22.5• d. x 45• h., price upon request. nilufar.com From his studio in Seoul, South Korea, designer Seungjin Yang coats balloons in eight layers of epoxy to create a glasslike finish for his Blowing Stool 1. Don’t worry: We promise it won’t pop. 15• dia. x 18.5• h., $4,140. thefutureperfect.com Andile Dyalvane and Zizipho Poswa, cofounders of Imiso Ceramics, handcrafted each of these vessels at their studio in a former biscuit mill in Cape Town, South Africa. Starting at $1,070. imisoceramics.co.za Beirut native Khaled El Mays introduced the Frenchoak and leather Cha-Cha cocktail table for his “Jungle” show at Nilufar Gallery during Milan Design…

1. EOS Towel Warmer Add a touch of glam to the wall of your spa with gleaming polished gold. 20• w. X 2• d. X 63• h., $699. ibmirror.com 2. Frank Lloyd Wright Raincan Showerhead Brizo’s sleek, architecturally inspired rain fixture, which comes with soothing LED lighting, is sure to make for a most sensual post-treatment shower. 21• w. X 10• d. X 5.5• h., $2,926. brizo.com 3. Lucy Border and Harriet Tile These colorful stone mosaics, inspired by traditional crafts like quilting, buck the cliché of creamy hues so often used in spa design. Price upon request. newravenna.com 4. OPUS SoundBed by Fuseproject Designer Yves Behar combines vibration and sound technology to create a cutting-edge self-care experience. 71• w. X 24• d. X 24• h., $1,999. feelopus.com 5. Cold Stoic…

AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN BUENOS AIRES IN the 1990s, the graphic designer Andrés Reisinger was obsessed with video games. But instead of playing them, he wanted to create the worlds in which they took place. Now based in Barcelona, he’s become an Instagram sensation designing dreamscapes: hushed, surreal spaces where it’s always magic hour and nothing is ever out of place. These visually soothing, digitally rendered fantasies are both hyperreal and unreal—uncanny valleys for ELLE DECOR readers. Beyond their pastel perfection, they have a slightly jarring tranquillity that matches the moment: At a time when so many apartments have been left deserted, Reisinger’s are populated not by people but by meticulously imagined furniture. Reisinger has been creating ethereal spaces, as rendered on social media and in ads for…

SHOULD VIRAL FAME prove elusive, it pays to remember that taking things slowly holds the promise of sustained influence. Consider the work of Jean Schlumberger, whose two-decade run, beginning in 1956, as a designer for Tiffany & Co. remains a touchstone of true style. His measured process was distinctly personal and conscientiously analog, always beginning with hand drawings in pen and India ink. He created thorough studies with a three-dimensional aspect that belied his status as a self-taught artist and allowed a coterie of artisans to realize his creative visions. His sketches on tracing paper were the start of baubles that hold a permanent place in the modern imagination, like the paillonné enamel bangles that became signature jewels for Jacqueline Kennedy, or the Bird on a Rock, a winsome brooch…

REMEMBER WHEN, IN THE 1990S, having a steam shower in your bathroom seemed like a great extravagance? It was tantamount to installing a phone in your car. Those days are long gone and, now, building a decked-out, quasi-medical-grade home spa is becoming a standard request for designers. “It used to be that we would design two or three projects a year where there would be an amazing spa in the basement or terrace level of a home,” says Atlanta-based kitchen and bath guru Matthew Quinn. But now? “It has definitely doubled.” Quinn is currently working on a home spa in Los Angeles and another in Dallas, where the homeowner requested a spray-tan booth. “They want mani-pedi stations and hairstylist stations,” he says. Each spa is designed to host a gaggle…

HOW TO CHOOSE THE PERFECT MATTRESS You spend one-third of your life in bed, why not make it wonderful? MAKE IT PERSONAL Scale the size to your space and match the firmness to your sleep style. Map out your bedroom to determine whether a king or a queen would be the best fit. If you sleep with a partner (or pets!), it may be worth sizing up. Find the right feel—Firm, Plush, or Ultra Plush—based on your usual sleep position. THINK LONG TERM A high-quality mattress should last up to 10 years, so invest in comfort, durability, and support. Research how it’s made—the materials used for the interior and the exterior can have a major impact on comfort and durability over time. TRUST THE LEGACY Seek out a brand with…

IN A FORMER BOAT REPAIR SHED ON THE outskirts of Amsterdam, an industrial building unexpectedly reveals the home of Studio Piet Boon creative director Karin Meyn: a three-story, two-bedroom apartment tastefully outfitted with art and objets. “From the outside you see this commercial loft, and then you enter and it’s my life, my thinking,” says Meyn. “It’s a different world.” Meyn began renovations on the space in 2019, gutting the building, laying down a new foundation, and working with her team to rebuild the interiors over the course of a year and a half. She kept busy during the week with some three dozen client projects, while weekends were dedicated to extensive planning and construction. Only the outer walls and roofing were left in their original condition—though Meyn did lower…

MARIE-LISE FE´RY HAD BEEN hunting country homes for a couple of years when not one but two friends told her about a late-19th-century property in the French village of Saint-Cyr-au-Montd’Or—only a 15-minute remove from her family’s then base in the busy heart of Lyon. “It wasn’t love at first sight, in terms of style,” allows Féry, who in 2015 bowed out of antique dealing to establish her lighting and design firm, Magic Circus Éditions. Oui, the house had been muddled by multiple partial updates, and okay, the layout was a tad wonky. But one could not deny that it was in possession of prerequisite “good vibes.” The 8,000-square-foot house was flooded with sunlight and resonant with the sound of bells from the neo-Gothic church next door. What’s more, there were…

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 16: Fireplace: Hullebusch, hullebusch.be. Sculpture: Hella Jongerius, jongeriuslab.com. ELLE DECOR PRESENTS Interior design: Cullman & Kravis, cullmankravis.com. PAGE 50: Sofa, chairs, and cocktail tables: Roche Bobois, rochebobois.com. Pillow covers: Christian Lacroix, christian-lacroix.com. Pendant: Circa Lighting, circalighting.com. Carpet: FLOR, flor.com. PAGE 52: Cabinets: Scavolini, scavoliniusa.com. Countertop: Cambria, cambriausa.com. Grilles: Architectural Grille, archgrille.com. Sofa, chairs, cocktail table, and side tables: Dedon, dedon.de. Wallcoverings: Carlisle & Co., carlisleco.com. Faucets and sinks: Elkay, elkay.com. Furniture: Julian Chichester, julianchichester.com. Refrigeration: Liebherr, liebherr.com. Fabrics and wallcoverings: Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com. Flowers and plants: Oscar Mora, oscarmora.com. Paint: Sherwin-Williams, sherwinwilliams.com. FROM RUSSIA, ABOVE Interior design: Tim Veresnovsky, veresnovsky.com. PAGES 70–71: Side table: Zara Home, zarahome.com. Sculptures: Nikita Seleznev, nikita-seleznev.com. PAGES 72–73: Bowl: Svetlana Levadnaja, levadnajadecor.com. Vase: Guaxs, guaxs.com. Chandelier: Alexander Kanygin, alexanderkanygin.com. PAGES…

It could come as a shock to learn that the very polished Bubble Chandelier by Pelle Designs started out as a DIY project that founder Jean Pelle submitted to ReadyMade magazine back in 2008. Since then, she has established herself as a maker of refined and striking fixtures. Each one is composed of elegant globes handmade in Vermont by glassblowers, some with motifs painted by Pelle herself. In this particular iteration, Pelle was transfixed by the various parts of a fennel plant she spotted on a trip to upstate New York. She isolated and abstracted the plant’s form into patterns that adorn the glass bulbs on this one-of-a-kind 64-inch chandelier. “The stalk and pinnate structure became a pattern resembling wispy dandelion seeds floating in the air; the round yellow flowers…