When we last caught up with Kelly Wearstler, the L.A. interior designer had recently launched a collection of Dalí-esque melted disco balls with Dutch creative collective Rotganzen. The Quelle Fête collection, an evolution of Rotganzen’s After Party Series for Disco Gufram, recalls the melancholic glory of dancing the night away at debaucherous haunts like Studio 54 and The Roxy in the 1970s and ‘80s. It also served as the first collaboration for Wearstler’s namesake lifestyle brand, which had traditionally stocked home furnishings and accessories of her own design.

Wearstler often scours Instagram for up-and-coming talents and champions their work in her interiors, whose maximalist sensibilities have rightfully earned her the moniker “Queen of the Power Clash.” Her refined curatorial eye and deep knowledge of the international design landscape often gives her most famous projects—the Avalon, Viceroy Santa Monica, and multiple hotels under the Proper umbrella, which is owned by her husband, Brad Korzen—a sui generis feeling rooted in bucking convention and, simply, trusting her instincts. (She can tell you about it on MasterClass.)

Since her Rotganzen collaboration, Wearstler has turned her attention to the digital realm by launching a virtual gallery that has become a veritable showcase for emerging talents in collectible design, such as Morgan Peck, Hagit Pincovici, and Felix Muhrhofer. Today, she revealed the gallery’s fall lineup, which spans one-off and limited-run physical objects, furniture, and lighting, most designed in collaboration with her. The assortment’s wide-ranging appeal—stump-like terracotta side tables by YehRim Lee, plush-framed latex mirrors by Amelia Briggs, and recycled plastic chairs by Dirk van der Kooij that resemble chainmail—illustrate the breadth of Wearstler’s vision.

Here, she tells us about a few of her favorite pieces.

Felix Muhrhofer – Xenolith Coffee Table II: “Felix and I both sourced the materials to create the terrazzo surfaces of this collection, and the Xenolith Coffee Table II is the perfect representation of that creative dialogue. I found beautiful stones alongside the beach in Malibu and Felix did the same throughout his travels in Europe. The result is quite personal.”

Amelia Briggs – Off the Wall Mirror: “Amelia’s practice explores humble reclaimed materials like latex, oil, and glass, manipulating them to become these beautiful pillow-like forms that truly trick the eye. For this collection, she explored new colors, and the gold mirror she created looks just like cast bronze.”

Ebitenyefa Baralaye – Baobab Vessel II: “The Baobab Vessel II is incredibly sculptural—exactly at the intersection of art and design. Ebitenyefa’s terracotta forms are organic and lifelike, which become all the more striking when married with the graphic hand-painted patterns.”

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“Impeccable” and “elegant” are words often associated with Marina Moscone’s eponymous fashion line, which she co-founded in 2016 with her sister Francesca after ascending to the role of design director at Peter Som. Now, Moscone, a Parsons alumna and New Yorker by way of Vancouver, has turned her eye for materiality to the home with the launch of Casa, a collection of loungewear and decor as an extension of her namesake line. Texture—in the form of woven knits and fine fil-coupé fringe—is a recurring motif in Moscone’s fashion pieces, and makes a noteworthy appearance in Casa, which also showcases her expertise at draping Florentine leather.

When: Until Oct. 30

Where: LOADS 040, Eindhoven

What: Golnar Roshan and Ruben de la Rive Box return to Dutch Design Week after three years with an array of new objects that play with perception, perspective, and reflection. Among them are wall-hanging Colour Dial Carpets for Moooi, whose graceful compositions of circular, elliptical, and square shapes form breathtaking color gradients. They draw inspiration from reflective objects situated nearby, such as a transparent glass table that forges a feeling of infinite space within space. “Our inspiration is not nature itself, but how nature affects us,” the duo says. “A raindrop that drips very elegantly past a window carrying an entire scene within it—we want to capture that moment of stillness.”

After a spiritual journey to Spanish dolmens, the Japanese painter captures the landscape’s implicit energies in thick brushstrokes and bold colors that ruminate on the passage of time.

Here, we ask an artist to frame the essential details behind one of their latest works.

Bio: Yukimasa Ida, 32, Tokyo.

Title of work: San Martingo trikuharria (2022).

Where to see it: Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Paris, until Nov. 26.

Three words to describe it: Now is gone.

What was on your mind at the time: When I saw the thousand-year-old tomb, San Martingo trikuharria, standing alone in the magnificent land, I was inspired. I wondered how many people have visited this place and prayed for someone special over the span of time. The sky I looked up at was big and beautiful, giving the notion I was connected to someone.

An interesting feature that’s not immediately noticeable: The color of the sky stands out, but only after looking at the work for some time, which I found beautiful. I used a variety of color schemes for the lower layers of blue to give a certain richness. The various lines in the painting reflect the movement of my gaze I felt in that space… they seem to represent it.

Work and nightlife are the closest they’ve ever been to picking up where they left off pre-pandemic. Fashion designers are meeting consumers where they’re at with pieces that make the thought of ‘real clothes’ palatable by rendering them in materials that evoke the comforts of loungewear.

“As Zoom meetings make way for in-person ones, the urge to dress up has returned—but not at comfort’s expense,” the Wall Street Journal recently declared about the prevalence of track pants across office wardrobes and red-carpet events. This season, “cocooning” seems to be the word that launched a thousand moodboards. Far from the remote workforce’s turn to the comfort of sleep tees and college sweats in the pandemic’s early days, cocooning now suggests swaddling oneself in runway-worthy duds to weather a calendar again packed with office and nightlife happenings.

Dedon’s story begins with a pioneering idea and an inspired vision. The idea—to create handwoven furniture using a sophisticated synthetic fiber, weather-resistant and aesthetically refined—revolutionized the outdoor market. The vision of outdoor living rooms furnished with the same attention to looks and comfort as those inside the home has changed the way we live outdoors, enabling people worldwide to enjoy life together under the open skies.

Surface Says: Dedon’s architectural, hand-woven outdoor furniture wins our heart for its sense of whimsy. From its suspended loungers inspired by nests to the Rilly Collection’s cocoon-like pool chairs, the brand’s distinctive lens stands out.

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