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Our highlights from FOG Design + Art 2025 in San Francisco
At FOG Design + Art fair, 59 international galleries gathered to showcase works by emerging and established talents, from colourful furniture to sculptural lighting
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NAMM 2025: 10 takeaways from the world's most important music show
California's annual NAMM show brings musical instrument manufacturers big and small to show off their latest wares and audio innovations. Here are ten of the best from 2025
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Yves Béhar describes his approach to design, built around a core of sustainable processes and positive social impact
Yves Béhar is the Swiss-born American founder of Fuseproject, a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary design studio with an outpost in Lisbon. Béhar's work is held in collections at both MoMA and SFMoMA and includes everything from mobility design to medical technology, robotics and high tech start-ups
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New Polydrops P21 is a travel trailer with an architectural backstory
Streamlined and ultra-compact, the Polydrops P21 is a self-contained RV aimed at remote workers and energy-efficient adventurers
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Rio Kobayashi’s new furniture bridges eras, shown alongside Fritz Rauh’s midcentury paintings at Blunk Space
Furniture designer Rio Kobayashi unveils a new series, informed by the paintings of midcentury artist Fritz Rauh, at California’s Blunk Space
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We feel a growing passion for MycoWorks, the company inspiring beauty with fungal-based biomaterial
Reishi is a Wallpaper* Design Award winner, a new self-growing, biodegradable material by MycoWorks presented in a series of exquisite expressions of earthy and ethereal furniture, lighting and artworks
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Inside D.S. & Durga’s new Los Angeles store, inspired by Ray Kappe’s 1960s California home
Cult fragrance brand D.S. & Durga has opened a second Los Angeles store in Silver Lake, inspired by Ray Kappe’s 1967 Pacific Palisades home
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California cool: Studio Shamshiri debuts handmade door handles and pulls
Los Angeles interior design firm Studio Shamshiri channels the spirit of the Californian landscape into its handcrafted hardware collections. Founder Pamela Shamshiri shares the inspiration behind the designs
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Bold maximalism engulfs The Lafayette Hotel and Club in San Diego
The Lafayette Hotel and Club, designed by Post Company, brings together a rich tapestry of patterns, themes and colours
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Tour a warm and welcoming modernist sanctuary set on the edge of a Los Angeles canyon
The Rustic Canyon Residence by Assembledge and Jamie Bush brings together the very best of mid-century influences, with an added slice of contemporary Californian craft and style
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Forged in the California desert, Jonathan Cross’ brutalist ceramic sculptures go on show in NYC
Joshua Tree-based artist Jonathan Cross’ sci-fi-influenced works are on view at Elliott Templeton Fine Arts in New York's Chinatown
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Tour this Bel Vista house by Albert Frey, restored to its former glory in Palm Springs
An Albert Frey Bel Vista house has been restored and praised for its revival - just in time for the 2025 Palm Springs Modernism Week Preview
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This Californian home offers the unexpected through ‘deconstructed’ desert living
Gardens & Villas, a home in La Quinta, California, brings contemporary luxury to its desert setting through a collaboration between architects Andrew McClure and Christopher McLean
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Jewel Box is a Californian project of small scale and big impact
Jewel Box by Red Dot Studio is the reimagining of a Californian 20th-century gem through a creative addition
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Morning Dove in Twentynine Palms combines earth construction and otherworldly desert views
Morning Dove by Homestead Modern in Twentynine Palms offers a striking landscape and rammed-earth construction for idyllic desert escapes
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In a hidden Beverly Hills garden courtyard, fashion, art and architecture meet
Johnston Marklee transforms a Beverly Hills storefront into a shared space for the Michael Werner art gallery and fashion institution Mameg, connected through a leafy courtyard
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Hill House Montecito is a flowing home 'for the twenty-first century'
Hill House Montecito by Donaldson + Partners brings together a client's vision with architectural drama and a site-specific approach for a California family home
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Step inside Apple Park Observatory, the tech giant's new hub for events and innovation in Cupertino
Apple Park Observatory, unveiled in Cupertino, adds to the tech giant's expansive campus by Foster + Partners in California
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Tour the Wavelet House, a light-filled California family home that ripples with drama
The Wavelet House, a California family home by Fougeron Architecture, envelops a rich array of internal spaces beneath a dramatic and sculptural roof form
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Does the Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram Series epitomise Pebble Beach culture?
Mercedes-Maybach launched its new SL 680 Monogram Series at Monterey Car Week 2024. How does Maybach's 21st-century take on upper-class motoring square with America's most upscale auto show?
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First look: Commune Design’s Muffin collection looks good enough to eat
Los Angeles design practice Commune and London’s George Smith celebrate a decade of collaboration with a new furniture range
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One to Watch: Haus of Hommeboys’ new furniture is inspired by the golden hues of California and its ebony veining left by wildfires
Haus of Hommeboys, by Austin Carrier and Alex Mutter-Rottmayer, is a custom millwork and cabinetry studio, and furniture atelier creating ‘objects that feel worthy of being called art ’
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This Joshua Tree home is inspired by the Californian desert's 'openness and sublime beauty'
High Desert House by Ryan Leidner is a US home and studio inspired by Californian landscapes
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Explore Strata House, the perfect Bel Air party pad
KOVAC ’s Strata House is a contemporary eyrie in Bel Air with plush interiors and jaw-dropping views over Los Angeles
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Rivian cooks up the ultimate contemporary camping accessory, the Travel Kitchen
West Coast off-road EV specialists Rivian are no strangers to multi-functional design. The company’s latest accessory is its bespoke onboard Travel Kitchen
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Bask in the sun at this reborn Rancho Mirage house in the Palm Springs desert
This Rancho Mirage house is a revived modernist home, a stone’s throw from California’s Palm Springs, with interiors by Harrison Soll
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With the Lucid Air and now the Lucid Gravity, the Californian EV maker is redefining luxury
As the Lucid Gravity debuts, Derek Jenkins, Lucid Motors’ SVP of Brand and Design, discusses the EV company's approach to shaping high-end, high-performance electric cars
