

Travelogue: Acculturation
When designers travel, they spot things: the steely purple on the walls of an enchanting brunch spot; the dry-stack retaining wall off the autostrade; turquoise window frames decorating a butter-yellow casa; linen borders on bath towels and cashmere lining in leather boots; metal seahorses floating inside a Moncler window. Milan breathes inspiration. Whether touring the immaculate factory of Loro Piana to connecting espresso dots around the Duomo, the WRJ designers are on empirical overdrive as . . .
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home work
One of the reactions of the fast-moving digital age is the flexibility of being able to accomplish your work from anywhere in the world. As a result of this, a trend that were beginning to see is the advent of the fully outfitted home office. And these work outposts are not a simple pull-up niche located somewhere within the program of the home these are full-fledged spaces suited up as beautiful as any other room in the home. It seems people are wanting to take care of their daily (or night . . .
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Guiding Light
We dont use the word perfect very often out of respect for the fact that few things are truly flawless. And yet perfect is precisely the word that comes to mind when considering the glass work of Carlo Moretti. Each piece produced by the studio's master glassmakerson the masterful island of Muranois flawless in form and execution, the embodiment of a seemingly impossible binarybold yet ethereal. Like the Ovale lamp: The handblown Murano-crystal base would be enough to win our hearts, and yet, th . . .
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In Context
Context is everything: Four years ago, we designed an exhibition for Sothebys auction of Edvard Munchs The Scream. Our dramatic staging funneled visitors attention through a long, narrow corridor into a charcoal alcove adorned only by the iconic work. The impactful presentation worked; the pastel one of four versions of the existential composition fetched $119.9 million at the ensuing Sothebys sale to become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction at that time.Now, the same masterpiece . . .
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Iconic Grace
With heavy hearts, we mourn the passing of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, the influential wife of late President Ronald Reagan. In 2007, we had the honor of working with her on the design of her sartorial exhibition at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, where Mrs. Reagan will be laid to rest beside her husband.Everyone involved with the exhibition and book project from her favorite fashion designer James Galanos to the talented creative team led by photographer . . .
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