Design

May 8, 2018

Vogue Invites Met Gala Guests to Turn the Art Museum Into a Short Music Video

The 2018 Met Gala has passed, but we’ll long be talking about the amazing (and often outrageous) outfits worn by celebrity attendees. This year’s theme was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” and guests came dressed in extraordinary outfits that were over-the-top in their opulence—many with a costume-like approach to their ensembles. Head-to-toe jewels, nods to the papal headdress, and a lot of gold were all mainstays of this highly anticipated event.

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May 3, 2018

30 Flower-Themed Accessories To Celebrate Spring in Style

Spring is finally in full bloom! As symbols of nature’s regeneration, flowers transform the landscape and inject vital color into our winter-weary lives. And while bouquets of beautiful blooms often make the perfect pick-me-up gift for most occasions, their short life span means that they won’t last forever.

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April 30, 2018

Glass Wave Rings and Necklaces Let You Wear the Swirling Motion of the Ocean

Jewelry designers Lada Tazetdinova and Ekaterina Kotova are the makers behind DriftLand, a jewelry brand that creates one-of-a-kind rings, necklace pendants, earrings, and bracelets inspired by ocean waves. Handmade with clear and blue glass, each free-form shape is made using a process called annealing, whereby the material is melted, formed, and cooled using a temperature-controlled kiln. The resulting sculptural pieces of glass jewelry are incredibly textural, immortalizing the movement of crashing waves.

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April 21, 2018

You Need to See This Wild Wes Anderson-Inspired Restaurant

“How about we dip a zebra into a deep pink sea?” This was the question that would eventually inspire the design behind India’s most colorful eatery: The Pink Zebra. Situated amidst a bustling landscape of old colonial buildings in the city of Kanpur, the two-story structure which now houses Feast India Co.’s newest restaurant and bar, is an architectural marvel in its own right.

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