Architectural Digest June 2022

FINE FOOTWORK THE LANAI FEATURES MOROCCAN CEMENT TILE FROM BADIA DESIGN (BADIADESIGN.COM) THAT BLAKENEY INSTALLED IN AN UNCONVENTIONALLY MEANDERING COMPOSITION. EDGE OF GLORY ALONG THE WATERLINE OF THE SWIMMING POOL, SHE CREATED A GRAPHIC BORDER BY MIXING 6"-SQ. CELADON TILE WITH 2"- AND 4"-SQ. ACCENTS IN A PUNCHY PATTERN. GEOMETRY LESSON THE KITCHEN MUSES ON HEXAGONS, JUXTAPOSING BLUE ENCAUSTIC FLOOR TILES WITH SMALLER TERRA-COTTAHUED ZELLIGE ON THE BACKSPLASH. IT’S ALL FROM ZIA TILE (ZIATILE.COM). VERTICAL INTEGRATION THE LONG, LEAN ZIA TILE ZELLIGE IN THE PRIMARY BATH IS THE PERFECT FOIL TO BLAKENEY’S OWN WALLPAPER (JUNGALOW.COM) AND A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO THE STANDARD GRID. FOR MORE SMART IDEAS VISIT ARCHDIGEST.COM/AD-IT-YOURSELF…

“It took some time and convincing my family to actually move. I was on a mission to find a place that no one could say no to.”—designer Justina Blakeney All you need is love—but a little design vision never hurts! Welcome to AD’s first Family issue—a joyful, life-affirming, feel-good celebration of what family living looks like now. Blended, intergenerational, traditional, LGBTQ+, multicultural, child-centric, or kid-free: The AD editors sought to capture the breadth of modern bonds and the plethora of creative ways people of all ages are inventing their own environments to support and nurture those most dear. Our cover star, design powerhouse Justina Blakeney of Jungalow fame, has documented on social media the painstaking and very personal process of renovating her new dream home outside L.A. AD is honored to capture…

In 1955, when 23-year-old Dieter Rams began designing for the German product brand Braun, most homes and stores were still outfitted with the bulky wooden shelves and cabinetry of yore. But when Rams was asked to reimagine a Braun showroom, his sketch featured a new sort of display system: streamlined wall-mounted shelves that elevated goods off the floor, achieving visual lightness. Around 1960, after further experimentation, Rams proposed the design to Niels Vitsœ and Otto Zapf for their new brand, Vitsœ+Zapf, shortened to Vitsœ in 1969. Enter the 606 Universal Shelving System: off-white steel shelves and beech cabinets attached to aluminum tracks fixed to walls. In Rams’s words, “Less, but better.” Made in Germany until 1995, when production was moved to the U.K., the system took some time to catch on. It…

Growing up in Tel Aviv, designers Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer were accustomed to the modernist buildings of the White City, so named for its prevailing International Style and Bauhaus-inflected architecture. So when the husband-and-wife founders of Raw-Edges first moved to London in 2004, to attend the Royal College of Art, they were in for a bit of an adjustment. “Everything here is the opposite,” notes Alkalay, musing on “narrow terrace houses with dark walls, curtains, carpet everywhere—even in the toilet.” Their home in London’s Kentish Town area was just the sort of Victorian-era abode they might have once avoided, with fuddy-duddy interiors. But they loved the up-and-coming neighborhood and the lush garden, perfect for their daughters, Neeva and Maia. The rooms they could transform. “The challenge was to take something typical…

Call it the Camaleonda effect. Ever since Italian architect Mario Bellini’s bulbous 1970s sofa resurfaced on Instagram, having landed in the homes of tastemakers like Athena Calderone, Chrissy Teigen, and Martha Hunt, the world can’t get enough of the modular wonder. B&B Italia reissued the classic series, a vintage suite appeared on the cover of AD’s February 2022 issue, and shoppers have embraced a range of similarly blobby brethren. Riding that wave of excitement, leading furniture brands are now mining 20th-century Italian design history, reimagining archival treasures and unearthing lesser-known pieces poised for rediscovery. So what’s next? For early adopters experiencing Camaleonda fatigue, this June’s Salone del Mobile fair in Milan brings, among other exciting returns, two not-yet-Insta-famous Bellini sofa alternatives, both designed in 1972. The rare Le Mura series, inspired…

1938 FH38 WINDSOR CHAIR BY FRITS HENNINGSEN THE DANISH CABINETMAKER’S SOLID-OAK SPIN ON THE ENGLISH CLASSIC HAS BEEN REFRESHED, WITH AN OPTIONAL LEATHER SEAT CUSHION. CARLHANSEN.COM 1948 FAUTEUIL KANGOUROU BY JEAN PROUVÉ NAMED FOR ITS HIND LEGS, THIS OAK-AND-METAL STUNNER HAS JUST BEEN REISSUED BY VITRA IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 150. VITRA.COM 1952 PK0 CHAIR BY POUL KJÆRHOLM FRITZ HANSEN HAS BROUGHT BACK THIS PLYWOOD PERCH, ONE OF KJÆRHOLM’S FIRST FOR THE BRAND, IN OREGON PINE AND BLACK-STAINED ASH. FRITZHANSEN.COM…