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“It’s really important to me that you see the hand in the making process,” says the New York-based artist and designer Jeremy Anderson, referring to the subtly warped ceramic slabs and visible weld joints that add a human touch to his clay vessels, curvaceous lighting and bronze-legged furniture. All of that is on display in his latest solo show, “Held in Light” — part of the London-based gallery Fumi’s three-month residency at Galerie56 in Manhattan. The exhibition includes his first expansion into upholstery: a four-post bronze daybed with painted ceramic panels and a tufted mattress covered in a botanical Zak + Fox fabric. “I love taking naps,” says the artist of his inspiration for that piece. His signature combination of whimsy and finely wrought craft is also apparent in a striped vase made from undulating stoneware slabs that fit together like puzzle pieces, and a floor lamp with a shade adorned by dangling ceramic beads. Other lighting designs were informed by the time Anderson spends at his fishing cottage in Provincetown, Mass. Jellyfish-like pendants hang from the Ephyra Cinque fixture, while the twisty Serpent sconce pairs a white-gold luster base with a translucent porcelain shade. “These lamps became little characters to me,” he says. “Held in Light” runs from May 28 through July 3, galleryfumi.com. STAY HERE A Vacation House That Curves Around a Pool in Baja California Sur
Down a dirt road lined with saguaros in Baja California Sur, Mexico, there’s a three-bedroom Modernist-style villa that’s the only house for miles. Designed by the Oaxaca-based architect Raquel Font of Studiofont for the new hospitality group Nereidas, it was built to blend into its surroundings, with a dusty rose-hued concrete exterior and a horseshoe-shaped layout that swoops around a circular pool. The interiors, conceived by the Mexico City- and Madrid-based design studio Niños Heroes, are minimalist but eclectic, with 1960s Don Shoemaker lounge chairs, Moroccan rugs, vintage books and ceramics sourced in Michoacan. A short walk from the house is a 40-mile-long beach where horseback rides can be arranged; other activities include private yoga classes and sound baths. Breakfasts prepared by an on-site chef are included, and other meals can be arranged for a fee; the restaurants of Todos Santos are about a 25-minute drive south. Nereidas, which plans to create a collection of retreats designed by local architectural talents, is already working on its second project with Studiofont, a complex of eight nearby cabins slated to open in 2027. From $1,000 a night with a two-night minimum, nereidas.travel. WEAR THIS Leather Bags Adorned With Urchin Spines and Shells
Last year, Lindy McDonough, the founder of the Providence, R.I.-based leather brand Lindquist Object, created her first limited-edition Studio Collection, adding vintage glass beads and baroque pearls to her vegetable-tanned bags. Now, McDonough has teamed up with Andrew Mau, an interdisciplinary artist and the curator behind the Honolulu shop Island-Boy, to embellish her signature models and colors with his personal collection of shells, urchin spines and charms. The collaboration is an extension of the artists’ friendship that began nearly two decades ago when they were students at the Rhode Island School of Design. Mau sourced his materials through vintage sellers and at antiques shops in Hawaii and Rhode Island; he then drilled a hole into each natural ornament and sent them to McDonough’s workshop, where a team of artisans attached them to Lindquist’s cross-body Faba style and Gala bucket bag. Each one is unique, reflecting a conversation between two friends deeply committed to their crafts. From $880, available at lindquist-object.com and in store at Island-Boy. SIT HERE A Collection of Brightly Striped Modular Chairs
Will Cooper knows how to make the most of small rooms; he spent over 15 years designing hotels before he launched the furniture and clothing company William White in 2024. His newest piece, the Duvet System, can be squeezed into even tinier spaces: “You can put it in an Uber, which has been done many times,” he says. Made up of plush, brightly colored cushions, its components can be stacked to form chairs or daybeds. With his longtime collaborator Nicholas Sewitz of the Los Angeles- and New York-based furniture maker Valley Studio, Cooper also created a lacquered board that can be slipped into the cushion sleeves to support one’s back or used as a lap tray. “The idea is to mix and match to your delight,” he says. From $4,000, williamwhite.com. GIFT THIS The Danish Design Brand Griegst Revives Its Swirling Oceanic Dishes
When most of Denmark’s creative class was in thrall to midcentury minimalism, the Danish goldsmith Arje Griegst was making work that more closely resembled the whimsical intricacy of Antonio Gaudí and Salvador Dalí. In the 1970s, Griegst designed Triton — a sculptural, shell-shaped table service for the porcelain maker Royal Copenhagen that fit right into his baroque fairy-tale universe. Pieces of that tableware, which have been collected by London’s Victoria & Albert museum and the Cooper Hewitt in New York, are highly sought after on resale platforms and at auction (and often found in the homes of stylish Danes). This June, Griegst and Royal Copenhagen are reissuing a limited run of some items — a tureen, a bonbonnière, a dish and two plates, all hand-colored in shades of sand, celadon and ocean. “These are still some of the most complex pieces that the porcelain factory has ever done,” Noam Griegst, Arje’s son and the brand’s creative director, says. Royal Copenhagen was able to make new molds from the archived originals thanks in large part to a porcelain master who worked on the original Triton as an apprentice and will retire this summer. “These babies are probably the last thing he’s doing,” says Noam. Triton will be available June 10, from about $310, royalcopenhagen.com. CONSIDER THIS Chandeliers Made of Salvaged New York City Trees
The New York design studio Stickbulb, named for the stick-shaped lights it creates, sources the wood for its modular fixtures from salvaged city trees. Pillar, its latest collection, plays with a dramatic sense of scale. “My lights will never be as big as a building,” says the company’s co-founder Russell Greenberg, a self-described frustrated architect. “But the goal is to see how large things can get.” Greenberg, who established the company in 2012 with Christopher Beardsley, designed tree trunk-like lighting units made from red and pin oaks, most of which were felled by storms or construction projects; they’re arranged into sconces, pendants and chandeliers. Colonnade Cascade, the collection’s biggest chandelier, comes in three customizable iterations, each featuring columnar clusters of varying sizes suspended at staggered heights. At the bottom of each individual pillar, a round bulb emits a glow that resembles sunlight filtered through a tree canopy. Despite their architectural uniformity, each pillar’s wood grain is unique, with swirls that “express the strains of growing up as a street tree in New York City,” Greenberg says. “It was not an easy life.” From $510, on view by appointment only at the Stickbulb studio in Long Island City, Queens, stickbulb.com. FROM T’S INSTAGRAM
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