Art & Design

Riyadh will host the second Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium in the Saudi capital’s Diplomatic Quarter from Jan. 10-30. Twenty artists from around the world will attend the symposium and create new works inspired by Tuwaiq Mountain — one of the Kingdom’s most famous landmarks — from local white marble. Saudi Arabia will be represented by sculptors […]

There’s nothing more cozy than curling up with a blanket right by a toasty fire on a winter evening. If you are looking to bring the hearth into your abode or just need inspiration to upgrade your fireplace, this roundup of gorgeous designs from is for you. From sleek marble designs to classic brick details, these fireplaces are

Beloved German fashion designer and caricaturist, Karl Lagerfeld, continues to captivate from beyond the grave with his Architectures exhibition in the US. The sculptural showcase, which was originally launched in 2018 in Paris, is being exhibited for the first time at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York, where it will be on view until

Natural stones have been used in construction for thousands of years. In modern age they are used mostly in interior design, due to their unique characteristics. What are the elements to keep in mind to make the perfect pick. Primitive people built their earliest habitats using stone. The earliest examples of stone structures can be

Hoisting 20,000 pounds of marble (twice the weight of a killer whale) into a sixth-floor Manhattan loft is no easy feat. But artist Hanna Eshel didn’t shy away from Herculean challenges, especially when it came to making art. In 1978, then in her early 50s, Eshel moved from Carrara, Italy, to New York City with stone slabs

The natural environment as the fusion of two worlds – geological and biological – can be explained and interpreted as an enclosed space, a room open to the sky above. Just like Hortus conclusus, that embodied in a microcosm of symbols the desire of the Mediaeval world for a deep bond with nature and the

Marble kitchen surfaces are hot right now. Just scroll through Pinterest, you’ll see luxe marble in pin after pin. There’s no reason to ponder why. This sophisticated stone will take a plain kitchen from bland to beautiful in an instant. Its luxury associations and cool good looks will elevate basic kitchen units – and provide

by Toni Sabatino* Working in the interior design field has its joys and its challenges. Staying informed about product includes both. I have had the opportunity to visit stone fabricators, tile factories, stone quarries, and many other types of manufacturers and distributors over the years. In a category like appliances or furnishings, there are often products

Hea-Kyoung and Jung-Ki, the designers of FICT Studio are doing some ‘mar-ble-ous’ work in Seoul, South Korea. Their idea for the new furniture series started with Total-Marble, a factory that brought up its concern over the excessive quantities of marble residue being dumped as industrial waste. Concerned with all the wastage, they approached FICT Design

Apple’s wireless AirPods earphones have been one of the company’s most surprising hits over the past few years, helping its wearables category grow beyond the Apple Watch. But one Los Angeles-based designer thinks the white plastic earbuds could stand to be fancier, so he’s blinging them out with a few upgrades: 1,000 tiny diamonds, white gold coating, and