Georgina McWhirter

2 weeks ago | interiordesign.net | Georgina McWhirter

Rick Owens, the fashion designer dubbed the Lord of Darkness, and his wife and creative partner, Michèle Lamy, are renowned for their particular brand of occultic minimalism. Owens largely defers to Lamy on Rick Owens Furniture, he explains: “She’s the one directly working on the construction with her craftsman and artisans.

4 weeks ago | interiordesign.net | Georgina McWhirter

Heard of plumasserie? It’s the centuries-old craft of hand-applying feathers that was once the stock-in-trade of haute couture houses. Maison Février, the last feather atelier located in the heart of Paris, teamed up with Milanese rug company Illulian and Argentine designer/architect Daniel Germani on a cross-disciplinary project to highlight the ebbing art.

4 weeks ago | interiordesign.net | Georgina McWhirter

Spotted on the streets of SoHo during New York Fashion Week: the accessory of the moment, Clasp. Available in a polished-chrome or matte-black finish, the cast-iron frame, er, mirrors the detailing of a handbag’s metal clasp. Measuring 32 inches high and 20 wide, the looking glass is the latest from Jeffrey Renz and his Brooklyn-based line, Ready to Hang: fun, design-forward mirrors sold at accessible prices, the name a play on ready-to-wear.

1 month ago | interiordesign.net | Georgina McWhirter

Set alongside the Harlem River in the Bronx, CetraRuddy’s 27-story apartment building Maven stands out for its boldly canted facades, their dynamic stance a reference to the neighborhood, Mott Haven, as the birthplace of hip-hop. Interiors are just as alluring—and just as firmly rooted in place.

1 month ago | interiordesign.net | Georgina McWhirter

Mystic, a fine-dining restaurant that is part of a mixed-use complex on Halifax Harbor by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, occupies a wedge-shaped building that juts from the land like an iceberg breaking the ocean’s surface. Fascinatingly, a towering 40-foot sculpture appears to pierce the roof: Ned Kahn’s Tidal Beacon, an armature clad in fluttering polycarbonate fins that light up in synchrony with the tide.