Marbrisa Residence, Acapulco, 1973

July 8, 2008. The dramatically titled and dramatically beautiful “Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner” will be on show at L.A.’s Hammer Museum from July 13 through October 12...

Last week, Mens Vogue hosted a party at New York's PS1 museum to celebrate the latest winners of its annual Young Architect Program competition: WORK Architecture Company, whose Public Farm 1 installation is currently on view ...

MUNPIC building designed by Enrique Norten

July 5, 2008. Through October, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO) will present a retrospective of the work of Mexican architect Enrique Norten called inTENtions...

Lamps by Sébastien Cordoléani and Franck Fontana

July 4, 2008. Mixing historic and current design, the third annual Design PARADE international festival at the Villa Noailles in Hyères, France opens this weekend and will run through September 21 ...

Christian Lacroix-curated show at the Réattu Museum, Arles

July 3, 2008. Through October 31, native son and couturier Christian Lacroix has invaded the Réattu Museum of Arles. Invited to “take possession” of the Renaissance palace for several months, Lacroix has created a 22,000-square-foot exhibition that pulls from the museum’s historical and contemporary collections and them knits these pieces into his own work, hung on simple white mannequins, and more recent work contributed by artists he has invited to participate ...

Mutations, flocked objects for the visually impaired by N. Lewer

July 3, 2008. No, it’s nothing to do with ducks or religious congregations. Flockage: The Flock Phenomenon, which has been extended through September 7 (from June) at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in Bournemouth, Dorset, celebrates historical, contemporary and newly commissioned objects that use powdered fibers to produce a shallow, velvety surface finish called flocking. .

Window display by Ineke Hans for Tod's

July 1, 2008. Looking at Tod’s, a new window display project curated by Giulio Cappellini (at the request of friend and Tod’s Group president, Diego Della Valle) for certain Tod’s boutiques worldwide, was kicked off with windows by Dutch designer and artist Ineke Hans.

Quinze's Rebirth piece at Le Royal Monceau hotel, Paris

June 30, 2008. It was a serious one-night stand. Last Thursday saw the opening—and closure—of another viral wooden installation by Arne Quinze, this time in the five-star Paris Art Deco hotel Le Royal Monceau on Avenue Hoche...

Grand Hornu Images shows Martí Guixé's fire-based work

June 27, 2008. Until October 5, the Grand Hornu Images gallery in Grand Hornu, Belgium will exhibit the Park Life designs of Spaniard Martí Guixé, all based around fire, in a show called Open-End. Guixé explains how the fiery Park Life objects "reconsider everyday life as a luxury leisure sport ... Photography Inga Knölke/Imagekontainer