On Privacy
The founding editor of Modern Farmer and Monocle reflects on the intense yearning for private spaces in our homes and workplaces.
The founding editor of Modern Farmer and Monocle reflects on the intense yearning for private spaces in our homes and workplaces.
Japanese novelist Jun’ichiro Tanizaki illuminates how light and shade’s dependence on one another nuances everyday moments with repose and beauty.
With her impeccable eye and sense of entrepreneurialism, Hikari Yokoyama is charting her own course through the contemporary art world.
Amy Sall reflects on her Senegalese heritage and how its physical reminders shepherd her sense of home—wherever she may be.
Sally Mann writes intimately of her relationship with Cy Twombly and the photographs she made of his studio before Twombly's death in 2011.
Seminal Indian architect B. V. Doshi describes the difference between a house and a home.
With its clean lines, high ceilings and ample use of natural materials, Emmanuel de Bayser’s apartment is the epitome of modernist living.
Three decades since his death, Canadian pianist Glenn Gould’s inner life endures with as much legend as his recordings.
French architect Joseph Dirand acquired his first Prouvé chair at the tender age of 17 and has favored function over form ever since.
What happens as modernism becomes monstrous? The home in a classic Jacques Tati film explores how functional design can lead to domestic dysfunction.
After four decades of pushing the boundaries of her creativity in New York, Anita Calero is following the call back home to her native Colombia.
We examine how Le Corbusier’s early travels had a lasting influence on his iconic 20th-century architecture.
From bussing tables to playing at the White House in under two years, Leon Bridges has no plans to part ways with his humble beginnings.
If home is wherever we lay our hats, then travel is an opportunity to change into a new one.
With his latest narrative ballet, “The Most Incredible Thing,” Justin Peck has attracted a fresh wave of followers to this classic art form.
There’s something transcendental about train travel: The speeding carriages not only take us from A to B, but also from era to era.
It’s said that the journey matters more than the destination, but what if that passage involves the decimation of your personal space at 35,000 feet?
Come rain or shine, this longtime Stockholm resident appreciates his city for all it has to offer.
We chat with the folks at the Hotel Fontevraud about working within the stunningly refurbished walls of one of France’s most beautiful abbeys.
More than physically transporting us to a new place, travel takes the mind into uncharted territory.
When we embark on journeys with translator apps and spaghetti piles of charger cords, where is it that we really go?
New York-based fashion designer Abdul Abasi shares how his military background guides his brand’s futuristic approach to menswear.
Jade Lai has tied three locations together—Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York—to form one concept of home.
Even though we’re separated by seas, resorting to old-fashioned methods of communication still gets our messages across—literally.
As world-wandering editor, Takahiro Kinoshita relishes the days spent at home by exploring Japan's lush nature and logging in quality family-time.
This designer’s collections reflect her favorite pair of sneakers—comfortable and great on the dance floor.
The editor in chief of The Happy Reader and former Londoner revels in the adventure, romance and enduring mystique that comes with living in Paris.
Let these recipes inspire you to indulge in life’s little luxuries as seen in swanky hotels—heavy silverware and monogrammed napkins not included.
The editor in chief of Riposte Magazine embraces the energizing nature of one of the world’s creative hubs.
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