Interactive Feature: New Design From the Milan Furniture Fair
Highlights from the fair, where pieces made of industrial waste contrasted with deep-cushioned sofas that provide infantile comfort.
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Andrea Wyner for The New York Times
Sway lights by CKR for Established & Sons.
This year’s International Furniture Fair was marked by the contradictory pursuits of social consciousness and unrestrained luxury.
The Pragmatist
A Roof Over Your Head Isn’t Enough
By BOB TEDESCHI
To protect your house from water, inspect and repair the gutters.
On Location
In the British Countryside, a Well-Packaged Life
By CAROLINE EDNIE
Remy Blumenfeld and Henryk Hetflaisz are based in London, but spend much of their time at their estate, in the countryside.
Please, Don’t Feed the Artist
By PENELOPE GREEN
At the Whitney Biennial, the performance artist Dawn Kasper lives and works and talks to museumgoers who watch her.
Letter From Paris
Spring Brings Caviar in a Pod
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Traveling 400 miles from Paris to Provence to find the perfect pea.
Currents
Q&A;
Pull Up a Broken Chair
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The objects and installations created by Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham of Snarkitecture, a Brooklyn design studio, purposely challenge people’s expectations.
Furniture
A Modernist Touch Outdoors
By RIMA SUQI
Cassina, the furniture manufacturer, has reworked pieces by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret for outdoor use.
Books
Paris Designers Compose ‘Works’
By RIMA SUQI
A new book from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, the Paris-based industrial designers, will be published by Phaidon next month.
Goods
MoMA’s Latest Destination Is Mexico
By RIMA SUQI
The Museum of Modern Art Design Store’s new destination collection, introduced Thursday, highlights products made in Mexico.
Lighting
Expanding the Concept of Lighting
By TIM McKEOUGH
The Italian lighting company Artemide is bringing Issey Miyake’s lamp line to the United States.
Deals
Sales at Dinosaur Designs and Others
By RIMA SUQI
Discounts on glassware, consigned furniture and decorative accessories, lighting fixtures, rugs and more.
From the Great Homes Section
What You Get for ... $625,000
By MIKE POWELL
A Queen Anne in Idaho, a condo in Boston and a cottage in Key West.
Living in a Centuries-Old House
By ERIC SYLVERS
Constant maintenance is needed to keep this sprawling residence in repair.
A Revival on Millionaires' Row in Dublin
By SANDRA JORDAN
With prices still low, interest is rebounding in some of the stately mansions.
Glass Houses in the Countryside
In England, a modernist villa and a guest pavilion on a 23-acre estate.
Shopping for Laundry Gear
Stuart Leslie, an industrial designer, shopped for accessories that look good enough to put on display.
In the Catskills, Assembled From a Kit
A modern prefab house made of galvanized steel is awash in light and air.
A Garden Inspired by Mexico
The vast majority the of 3,000 plants in John G. Fairey’s Texas garden are from seeds of heat-tolerant natives of the area.
His and Hers Cottages
In Lake Worth, Fla., a pair of 1920s bungalows — one pink, one blue — are home to a couple who bought them out of foreclosure.
A Collector of ’50s Décor Finds an Apartment to Match
Cullen Meyer’s apartment is filled with his collections of Majestic lamps, Carlo of Hollywood paintings and pinup-girl calendars and figurines, along with bigger pieces like a wet bar.
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