This Australian Renovation is Giving Off Major “Historical House Museum Outside of Milan” Vibes
If I were moving to Australia and I wanted my house to look like an Italian villa, I would probably hire YSG Studio on the basis of these images of their three-story renovation in Sydney that the studio has nicknamed Black Diamond. YSG's Sydney-based client wanted their new home to evoke a boutique hotel, but to our mind, there's more "historical house museum outside Milan" here, what with the glass bricks, port windows, ceiling plaster, travertine, banana bark, zellige tiles, raffia, smoked bronze glass, and limestone.

We Turned a Palm Springs Architectural Marvel Into a Sun-Drenched Lightology Dream Home
When the team at Lightology approached Sight Unseen hoping to collaborate, we proposed curating a selection of our favorite pieces from the lighting and furniture retailer and installing them into a stunning architectural home in the Palm Springs desert. The now-sold 4,000 square-foot property has floor-to-ceiling windows and double-sided glass breezeways that make it the epitome of indoor/outdoor living — and the perfect sun-drenched backdrop for our vision of a Lightology dream home.

Objects & Ideas Are Making Sculptural, Relational Objects in the Canadian Wilderness
Since we last checked in with Di Tao and Bob Dodd of Toronto’s Objects & Ideas, their furniture designs have moved increasingly towards functional sculpture. “We’ve always thought that every piece we make needs to have a strong character and a strong expression — that has never changed. But the way we express our ideas has evolved,” says Tao. The latest pieces are visually alluring objects that have a use, of course: The enveloping Beaver Tail chair offers a seat, the curving Ascend floor lamp provides illumination. But these works also — and just as importantly — are relational, changing the space that they, and you, occupy.

Postmodernism — and Plywood Veneer — Get Cozy in This Tiny Warsaw Interior
In the Praga Północ district of Warsaw, the Polish design studio Mistovia has made the most of a small space using maximalist, Postmodern touches — large planes of swirling veneer, bright, saturated color — to create a roomy, welcoming atmosphere that’s nowhere near overdone.