What’s Happening: For the next two weeks, Casa Bosques’ trove of global art and architecture books, rare queer erotica, psychosexual treatises, and the occasional wildcard is shoppable in New York City for the first time at a pop-up in the Standard East Village.

The Download: In 2012, Jorge de la Garza and Rafael Prieto opened Casa Bosques to bring indie art and culture titles from around the world to Mexico City. Compared to today, the city’s population of expats, tourists, and homegrown creative talents was nascent—so much so that the bookstore was the first of its kind there. As its population has globalized and evolved, Mexico City has emerged as the country’s art and design capital, as well as its most liberated city vis-à-vis queer expression. “There’s a different attitude,” de la Garza says. “People come from all over the country to Mexico City, which is similar to what happened in New York. It’s very natural to see people holding hands, kissing, showing gay pride.”

De la Garza, who mans both the Casa Bosques flagship and curates its book selection, has responded by working in a selection of titles that spotlight Mexican queer and creative talents who originate from or call the city home. A handful of examples could be found on a recent walkthrough: a calendar and photo book, Animas, from Gustavo Garcia-Villa; a Luis Barragán monograph designed by Estudio Herrera; and No Mames, a photographic chronicle of young talents shaping contemporary Mexican culture as captured by Mayan Toledano.

On Tuesday night, a crowd that included designers Nicola Formichetti and Jonathan Saunders, stylist Becky Akinyode, and photographer Ramon Christian joined de la Garza to celebrate the pop-up, which was timed to Pride month and brings rare and out-of-print editions—such as a signed edition of Jimmy de Sana’s S&M zine, Submission—to New Yorkers and its visitors.

In Their Own Words: Whether in New York, where “people are willing to collaborate and very enthusiastic,” or in Mexico City, the community that has sprung up around Casa Bosques has its own kind of gravitational pull—one that de la Garza hopes has played “a small part” in shifting Mexico City’s cultural norms for the better. “Casa Bosques was mentioned as a safe space, a place where you could work and there would be zero issues,” he says. “It’s been more than 10 years; it’s been very touching. Even if it’s a small impact, I’d be very happy if it was something.”

Surface Says: Anyone who has ever wanted to talk shop with de la Garza is in luck: he’s amid the rotation of staffers manning the pop-up until June 15.

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Located in a pristine Georgian townhouse on Charterhouse Square, Gubi House marks the Danish furniture mainstay’s formal entry into London’s design sphere. The showroom, replete in period details and designed by Danish studio File Under Pop, spans four floors, each with a distinct theme. The ground floor replicates the comfort of a boutique hotel with Spanish clay tiles and Italian lava stone while other floors offer ‘70s-inspired ambiance thanks to offerings like Pierre Paulin’s plush Pacha lounger and cascading pendants by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorn. The brand’s curated furniture and lighting by GamFratesi and Space Copenhagen are a clear draw, but the showroom ventures beyond the commercial: its vignettes evoke bistros and coworking spaces, showing how Gubi pieces can fit interiors of all types.

Alan Louis’s lifelong need to create unleashed a restless journey where he experimented with writing and music before moving to Portugal on a whim and pursuing ceramics. Now, under his eponymous brand, the Brittany-born talent conveys emotions and narratives through forms that often combine opposing forces, like complementing the minimalist forms of his furniture with unexpected touches like spikes.

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When: Until Aug. 24

Where: Print Center New York

What: Since 2022, the institution devoted to the medium of prints has staged its annual showcase of guest curator-selected rising talents. This year’s edition sees Drawing Center curator Olivia Shao select works by Ruben Castillo, Andrew Gonzalez, Elnaz Javani, Naomi Nakazato, Jonathan Sanchez Noa, and Kate VanVliet that speak to the show’s central theme of ritual. Through multiple works, each artist reflects on the ceremony of process and its intersection with art-making, performance, and everyday life. Shao has also authored an accompanying critical essay on the show and its themes.

Buster + Punch launched in 2013, creating desirable home fittings that elevated everyday hardware into must-have design pieces. Founder Massimo Buster Minale, an architect and custom motorcycle maker, identified a need for premium finishes and fittings for his own projects, eventually leading to the brand’s creation. A decade later, Buster + Punch’s masterful collections span lighting, furniture, accessories, hardware, and kitchen and bathroom designs.

Surface Says: For Buster + Punch, finishes aren’t an afterthought, they’re everything—and it shows. Just try finding a wider assortment of premium brass light switches, handles, faucets, and fixtures.

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