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5 days ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
Yabu Pushelberg is known for designing luxury hotels, high-end commercial spaces, and private residences around the world. Founders George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg’s latest residential project—the Aman Residences in Tokyo—sits atop Japan’s Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower. “When you go to the top floor of the Aman Hotel in Tokyo, there’s a big luminous lantern in the center of the space with a void in the middle” Glenn says.
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1 week ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
Chicago’s architectural legacy isn’t just about towering steel and glass, but the design DNA that runs through everything we create. This June we decided it was time to showcase how that DNA is evolving through a new generation of furniture makers and product designers. PAVED STATES emerged as our answer to a glaring gap: why shouldn’t Chicago have its own platform for experimental design?
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1 week ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
This year’s NeoCon tradeshow in Chicago revealed a clear trend reshaping commercial furniture: modularity isn’t just a design feature anymore, but the foundation of how we think about adaptable, sustainable workspaces. From cardboard package-inspired sofas to customizable geometric shelves, the show floor demonstrated that the future of commercial design lies in pieces that can transform, expand, and evolve with changing needs.
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1 week ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
There is one specialized university for art education in Serbia, The University of Arts in Belgrade. The school is known for its diverse and technical mediums, small class size, and competitive admissions process that includes an intensive six-day exam. High school students typically go through rigorous preparations for the test, studying precisely for the mediums they aim to study. Except for Ana Kras.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
At home in Stockholm, Alexander Wessely is surrounded by heirlooms, artifacts, and objects collected over decades—a quiet counterpoint to the sprawling, high-intensity worlds he helps conjure for global stages. We’re speaking about his apartment, a space he shares with his wife and two daughters.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
Inspired by the sleek, functional designs of mid-to-late 20th-century plastic and fiberglass chairs, the Popo Chair is a contemporary nod to icons like Joe Colombo and Massimo Vignelli. “There wasn’t one moment that sparked the idea for the chair,” designer Willett says, “more so the fact that I wanted to design a chair that could seamlessly exist in multiple settings—just like those classic designs.”The name “Popo” carries the essence of this vision.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
The Sectio Chair was born from a deep desire to blend elements the designer duo at Évoque Lab hold in high regard: architecture, graphic design, and Japanese culture. “We wanted to create an object that reveals its essence through the act of cutting—an essential act to fully understand the structure of a body,” says designer Emanuele Longo. This approach led to the chair’s name, Sectio, inspired by abstract shapes similar to Japanese ideograms.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
If you’ve been anywhere near TikTok over the past few years, chances are you’ve run into Emei. Born Emily Li, the Chinese-American singer-songwriter has been making waves with her blend of alternative pop and storytelling. I sat down to chat with her a few hours before her Chicago show while on tour with her third EP RABBITHOLE. Inspired by Alice in Wonderland, the EP mixes surreal visuals with ethereal sounds—but Emei’s live shows are where this dreamlike world truly comes to life.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
Italian designer Cristina Celestino has a talent for turning nostalgia into modern design. A graduate of Venice’s IUAV School of Architecture, she founded her studio in 2013, where she has since created dreamy interiors and detailed furniture that blend both vintage and contemporary sensibilities. Stepping inside her Milan apartment, it’s clear her home is a direct reflection of the way she approaches her craft: thoughtful, full of personality, and respectful of the past.
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2 weeks ago | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio
It’s the middle of Art Basel in Miami. Seemingly the entire city is flooded with spectacle, art fairs, openings, parties, crowds, and traffic. It’s early evening, and I may have found the only quiet place in the entire city—a private viewing of Jaime Hayon’s new show, “Bestial,” at Mindy Solomon Gallery. Jaime greets me as I enter. We hadn’t previously met, but within just a few moments are in deep conversation.
