ELLE DECOR

A fashion-savvy home decorating magazine for the new generation of design professionals and consumers who know exactly what they want, ELLE DECOR covers fashionable and inspirational products that bring couture chic to every room of your home.

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ELLE DECOR

MOVING PARTS

CONVERSATION PIECE • The object everyone is, will be, or should be talking about. This month: Molteni&C reissues Afra and Tobia Scarpa’s seminal leather and wood masterpiece, the Monk chair.

ETCETERA • The little things are the big things. This month: the best handmade lamps. Find your light.

WHEN TO SEE A SPECIALIST • In her new column, Rita Konig tackles modern design dilemmas, both practical and philosophical. Up next: the glory of the bespoke, when to resist it, and who to know.

STUDIO VISIT • A sense of place and community informs the dynamic practice of Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello.

JEWELRY HOUSE

ARCHITECTURE OF TIME

CRAFT-A-PALOOZA! • Two days in bucolic Ireland to debate art and design? Follow us.

KNIVES OUT • How to make even a simple meal momentous? Decorative cutlery, an art that has taken its share of sharp turns, is back at the head of the table.

MOLTO MAISON • With a makeover by architect Peter Marino and an entire floor dedicated to home decor, Louis Vuitton’s Milan flagship makes a striking statement in the global capital of design.

MATTER IN HAND • Explorations in material take on deeper meaning in the work of these four talented makers, whose collectible objects are as functional as they are covetable. We sat down with ChumaMaweni, OsannaVisconti, SimoneBodmer-Turner, and Ombia Studio founder Cristina Moreno to talk about unexpected sources of inspiration, pivotal career moments, and experiences that shaped who they are and how they create today.

END PAPER • Belgian tastemaker and interior designer Gert Voorjans brings his unique brand of textile sorcery to an audacious new collection for Jim Thompson inspired by the exchange of ideas and goods along the Silk Road. Here, riotous bouquets in the large scale tradition burst across the bolt, leaving the viewer to wonder, Where to next?

HEY HEY MY MY • Canadian designer Montana Labelle brings a love of handcrafted interiors and a rock ’n’ roll sensibility to her renovation of a house in Toronto.

NO OCCASION • Just because textile houses big and small are bringing the flowers themselves. We went straight to 28th Street and wrapped up the cream of the crop.

TOWARD the LIGHT • In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, Will and Kerstin Meyer have designed a vacation home that reflects its coastal setting along with the region’s rich artisanal traditions.

PER MY LAST EMAIL • How an ambitious (and detailed) correspondence begot a refined yet fanciful forever home in Albany, New York, with interiors by Nicholas Obeid.

LOOK UP! LOOK DOWN! • With painted ceilings and floors paved in marble, one historic Sicilian property stakes its claim to a dynamic vision for Italian design.

SOURCEBOOK • Montana Labelle’s adept use of vintage furnishings sets the stage for warm, inviting interiors (page 48). No sleuthing experience? No problem. Here’s how to furnish the fantasy.

BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM

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