Category Archives: Interiors

Hugo Toro: Redefining the Language of Hotel Interiors

At just 35, Franco-Mexican designer Hugo Toro has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary hospitality and interior design. His projects—ranging from Provençal hotels to Roman palazzos—carry a singular blend of narrative, texture, and cultural depth. For Toro, interiors are not backdrops; they are stories waiting to be told. A Designer BetweenContinue reading “Hugo Toro: Redefining the Language of Hotel Interiors”

Peter Marino: The Dark Knight of Design

In the world of architecture and interiors, few figures are as instantly recognizable — or as fiercely debated — as Peter Marino. Dressed head-to-toe in black leather, with biker boots, sculptural chains, and tattooed arms, Marino has cultivated an image as a renegade. Yet behind the theatrical armor is one of the most influential architectsContinue reading “Peter Marino: The Dark Knight of Design”

Grey Gardens House Tour

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Grey Gardens documentary (released September 27, 1975), we return to one of America’s most mythologized houses — not in ruin, but in radiant renewal. Immortalized by Albert and David Maysles, the storied halls of Grey Gardens once echoed with the eccentric lives of Big and Little Edie Beale, relativesContinue reading “Grey Gardens House Tour”

Palm Springs: A Desert Oasis of Glamour, Design, and Reinvention

Palm Springs is more than a desert escape; it is a cultural phenomenon. A place where Hollywood glamour collided with avant-garde architecture, where Sinatra and Monroe lounged beside turquoise pools, and where mid-century modernism found its spiritual home. Today, with its celebrated Modernism Week and thriving creative community, Palm Springs continues to reinvent itself —Continue reading “Palm Springs: A Desert Oasis of Glamour, Design, and Reinvention”

La Casa Azul: The Frida Kahlo Museum

This is one of those museums that feel intimate, and lived-in, of course because Frida Kahlo did live here before it became the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City. Known affectionately as La Casa Azul for its cobalt-blue walls, the house where Frida was born, lived, and died is more than a shrine to anContinue reading “La Casa Azul: The Frida Kahlo Museum”

David Lynch’s Hollywood Hills Compound: Architecture, Interiors, Creative Life, and Night Blooming Jasmine

David Lynch’s longtime Hollywood Hills estate—newly listed for sale—reads like a maker’s campus more than a single home. Across five contiguous parcels, it fuses a pink-hued mid-century residence by Lloyd Wright with a concrete-forward studio house that doubled as a film set, plus a third residence adapted for post-production, screening, and editing. The result isContinue reading “David Lynch’s Hollywood Hills Compound: Architecture, Interiors, Creative Life, and Night Blooming Jasmine”