Jenna Adrian-Diaz

1 week ago | surfacemag.com | Jenna Adrian-Diaz

CULTURE CLUB Over the weekend, the Glass House hosted its annual summer benefit, bringing together notable figures in the design world in the name of the historic site’s preservation. The party honored the late Gaetano Pesce and featured the debut of Edizioni del Pesce, Big Surprise 2, a vase created in collaboration with Meritalia and inspired by Pesce’s Feltri chairs, which Glass House architect Philip Johnson acquired for the property.

1 week ago | surfacemag.com | Jenna Adrian-Diaz

CULTURE CLUB On June 10, haute crystal house Lalique’s Upper East Side townhouse—which happens to be the former residence of Diana Ross—came to life under the vision of Romilly Newman. The night was the first of Newman’s salon-style series of dinner parties, for which the chef and food stylist tapped fellow chef and Lalique collector Daniel Boulud to create a culinary menu for an intimate group of cultural figures across art, design, fashion, and entertainment.

2 weeks ago | surfacemag.com | Jenna Adrian-Diaz

DESIGN Through their creative studio and publishing house, Pacific, Elizabeth Karp-Evans and Adam Turnbull have shaped some of the most boundary-pushing projects of contemporary culture. Elizabeth Karp-Evans and Adam Turnbull of creative studio and publishing house Pacific are in the middle of a year-long collaboration with Julie Mehretu and Mehret Mandefro on the African Film and Media Arts Collective, a BMW-funded initiative spanning six countries.

3 weeks ago | surfacemag.com | Jenna Adrian-Diaz

CULTURE Now that the Cannes Film Festival, the F1 Grand Prix de Monaco, and the 2025 AmFAR Gala have all come and gone, the social season is officially underway on the Riviera. Those with a finger on the pulse of the Côte d’Azur summer scene know the outsize role that the Principality of Monaco plays upon this glittering stretch of the Mediterranean.

3 weeks ago | surfacemag.com | Jenna Adrian-Diaz

SURFACE 7 Plus, Stephan Sagmiller’s study of color, the Glass House’s tribute to the life and legacy of Gaetano Pesce, and more of the best things we saw this week. PLAYThe Jacquemus Makeover of Monte-Carlo’s Beach Club PierIt’s all banana yellow, coconut milk white, and black stripes for the sunbeds, parasols, and beach towels on Monte-Carlo’s legendary Beach Club pier.