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  1. on set
    Leave the World Behind’s Apocalyptic AirbnbA modern farmhouse in Old Westbury, Long Island, was just what the design team wanted for the collapse of civilization.
    By Stephanie Krikorian
  2. brick and mortar
    A Brooklyn Café That Said No More InfluencersDae, a Carroll Gardens café and home-goods shop, has taken the drastic step of banning photos and videos.
    By Clio Chang
  3. street view
    Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Was in QueensA museum to a cultural legend emphasizes his unpretentious life at home.
    By Justin Davidson
  4. design hunting
    Ten Years Later, Still Coming SoonFabiana Faria and Helena Barquet opened the Lower East Side home-design shop on 11/12/13.
    By Wendy Goodman
  5. design hunting
    ‘I Sold My Soul, But Warhol Would Be Proud’Meet the M.F.A. grads pumping out wall art for mid-tier hotel chains and retirement homes.
    By Molly Osberg
  6. books
    New York City’s Latest Specialty Libraries for Design ObsessivesFrom critic Michael Sorkin’s collection at CUNY to the Brazilian modernism archive at R & Company.
    By Diana Budds
  7. design
    These Chairs Were Made in 3 Days“Make-do,” curated by the L.A. gallery Marta and auction house Catalog Sale, is an homage to not overthinking things.
    By Diana Budds
  8. openings
    A ‘Greater New York’ for DesignersAt the new Bushwick gallery International Objects.
    By Diana Budds
  9. architecture
    Snøhetta Workers Say They Want a UnionIf they succeed, Snøhetta would become only the second private firm to unionize in almost a century.
    By Clio Chang
  10. design
    Mining the Milton Glaser ArchivesFrom never-printed Broadway posters to a Manhattan phone-book cover, seven works from the designer’s early decades.
    By Diana Budds
  11. design
    Shallot Is Le Creuset’s New ColorThe inside of one, specifically.
    By Clio Chang
  12. design
    ‘We ♥ NYC’ Is Here. Why?No one asked for this.
    By Zach Schiffman
  13. design
    How to Sauna, the Ikea and Marimekko WayWith rhubarb-print robes, ripply towels, and birch benches from their new Bastua collection.
    By Diana Budds
  14. 21 questions
    Ekene Ijeoma Has Removed All Bad Design From His Life (Except for Streets)The artist answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    By Diana Budds
  15. twitter
    I’ll Miss You, Design BotsThe loss of Twitter’s open API will probably finish off the accounts that put random visual delights into my feed.
    By Alexandra Lange
  16. design
    How Did a Plastic Box Come to Symbolize Everything Wrong with Retail?The Keeper’s unlikely journey from record stores to guarding Spam at your pharmacy.
    By Diana Budds
  17. interior design
    Tiwa Select Moves to New YorkWith an exhibition of textile screens and collages by Megumi Arai.
    By Diana Budds
  18. home design
    Jimmy Fallon Found the Perfect Buyer for His Clown HouseAnd that buyer is Cara Delevingne.
    By Zach Schiffman
  19. furniture
    Love Island’s Outdoor Seating Is All Over the Emotional MapA taxonomy.
    By Clio Chang
  20. investigations
    Caroline Calloway’s ‘$3,000’ ‘Murano-Glass’ Chandelier Is Probably Neither“Murano”? Maybe no.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  21. 21 questions
    Ruoyi Jiang Hates the Lower East Side’s Bad Public ArtThe founder of Chop Suey Club answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    As told to Diana Budds
  22. sports
    A Graphic Designer (and Mets Fan) Is Keeping Shea Stadium’s Neon AliveNext stop: Citi Field?
    By Joe DeLessio
  23. day in the life
    Up on the Rooftop in Gohar WorldSisters Laila and Nadia Gohar launched a line of coolly unusual housewares with a party on a Rockefeller Center rooftop. Cue the doves.
    By Matthew Schneier
  24. astor place
    You Won’t Have the Cube to Push Around AnymoreFor now.
    By Clio Chang
  25. exhibitions
    A Mexican Design Exhibition Has Taken Over a Rockefeller Center Post Office“Intervención/Intersección” celebrates creative kinship.
    By Diana Budds
  26. branding
    Disney Comes for the West Elm ParentsFor the discerning buyer who wants every surface in the house covered in Mickey merch … but in a classy way.
    By Rebecca Alter
  27. 21 questions
    Glenn Adamson Is Still Drinking From the Mug He Got at His First JobThe design historian and curator answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    By Diana Budds
  28. mysteries
    Why Won’t Harry Styles Tell Us Where His Couch Is From?Harry’s House … of secrets.
    By Clio Chang
  29. 21 questions
    Zoe Fisher Loves a Goofy Gallery NameThe director of Salon 94 Design answers Curbed’s 21 Questions.
    By Diana Budds
  30. color theory
    Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2022 Is Really More of the SameMeet Very Peri, a “new” shade of blue.
    By Diana Budds
  31. podcasts
    Design, a Love StoryThe finale of Nice Try! Interior explores how objects enchant us.
    By Diana Budds
  32. 7 Incredible Hotels That Are Inspired By Their Locations7 Hotels That Are Inspired By Their Locations
    By Cortne Bonilla
  33. podcasts
    A Good Mattress Matters a Lot — Just Not for the Reasons You ThinkNice Try! shops for a good night’s sleep.
    By Diana Budds
  34. exhibitions
    Lights, Orbs, and Inflatables Animate the Noguchi Museum’s Sculpture GardenThe collaborative exhibition with design studio Objects of Common Interest runs through February 13.
    By Diana Budds
  35. podcasts
    At the Threshold of a Private UtopiaEpisode one of Nice Try! Interior invites you into the home.
    By Diana Budds
  36. design
    The Pope of GloopFor 60 years, Gaetano Pesce has been preaching the gospel of uncertainty in design. Finally, the world has caught up.
    By Matthew Schneier
  37. great rooms
    A Live-in, Surf-Out Rockaways DIY Design LabDaniel King and Emma Hastil started their company, Locus of Occult, at home by the beach during the pandemic.
    By Wendy Goodman
  38. curbed catalogue
    15 Especially Well Designed Bedside LampsWe asked designer Ming Thompson to share her favorites across all price points.
    By Ming Thompson
  39. zizmorcore
    The Mayoral Merch Race Is HereEnergy auras, union iconography, and bikini bottoms.
    By Diana Budds
  40. ihq q&a
    Why Did Food52 Just Buy Dansk?The site’s founder Amanda Hesser says she’s going to dig into the archives for reissues and sign up contemporary designers to create new lines.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  41. race and space
    MoMA’s ‘Reconstructions’ Show Changed My Relationship to Space and CitiesShould Black designers revise a history that erased them? Or should they revolt?
    By Kimberly Drew
  42. furniture
    Hideous? Perhaps. But It’s Time to Accept the Gaming Chair.“To invest in what you are actually doing — where you are actually sitting — might seem like capitulation but is also self-care.”
    By Alexandra Lange
  43. transit
    First Look: New York’s Digital Subway Map Comes Alive TodayAnd, almost incidentally, it resolves a five-decade fight for graphics supremacy.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  44. great rooms
    May I Come In?A library of some of Wendy Goodman’s favorite places.
    By Wendy Goodman
  45. design hunting
    The Designer Bringing Cloisonné Into the 21st CenturyMarc Newson’s latest pieces riff on the timeworn metalworking craft.
    By Wendy Goodman
  46. space of the week
    A Tribeca Loft With African Touches and Lots of LightWhen an interior designer and her husband moved to New York, they found a huge apartment in a 19th-century building that was almost perfect.
    By Wendy Goodman
  47. gallery
    What Is ‘Freakebana’? A New Style of Arranging FlowersOff-the-wall floral designs where almost no object is too low, or high, to qualify.
    By Bobby Doherty and Brittany Asch
  48. design hunting
    A Futuristic-Looking Brooklyn Loft That’s Steeped in NostalgiaDesigner Jenny Kirschner doesn’t believe in walls.
    By Wendy Goodman
  49. space of the week
    10 Highlights From New York Design WeekWendy Goodman says the standouts were those objects that evoked a sense of déjà vu. Here are her favorites.
    By Wendy Goodman
  50. design hunting
    This Prefab Mirrored House Can Be Plopped Almost AnywhereSimple, pristine, and easy to place in any landscape.
    By Wendy Goodman
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