Why Are Women Drawn to These ‘Unflattering’ Pants?
While the shape is derived from Ottoman-era şalvar pants, which in the mid-19th century became fashionable among European ...
D.C.’s BLM street painting is nearly gone. What about all the others?
Although D.C.’s iconic Black Lives Matter Plaza is being torn up, other street art from the summer of 2020 remains, and a few ...
Suzuko Yamada Architects' Builds Compact Brutalist Residence in Tokyo
Suzuko Yamada Architects shares that “life and nature are in tension” with the architecture” of the Nakano house. “They exist ...
For This Emerging Swedish Brand, the Streets—and the Subway—Are the Runway
SSON (meaning son of) plays on typical Swedish surnames, like Kjellsson, which “is a common worker’s name in Sweden, one that ...
The Hand-Embellished Countryside Homes That Helped Define Scandinavian Style
The houses of two of Sweden’s most influential artists and designers, Carl and Karin Larsson, came to shape the country’s national identity — and now represent an aesthetic ideal.