Julie Lasky

New York

Journalist at Freelance

Contributor at The New York Times

Writer/editor on design, architecture, real estate, urbanism, etc. Adjunct faculty Parsons School of Design. Never met a dog I didn’t like.

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Swiss Design, by Way of Japanese Aesthetics

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

An interior designer, diploma in hand, opened a practice in the Alps, vowing to leave ski chalets in the dust. Florent Breton's condo in Crans-Montana, a Swiss ski resort, is both refuge and portfolio piece. Credit... Angharad Elliott Five years after Covid-19 first upended our lives, Florent Breton's story is something of a cliché.
At Salone del Mobile, a Celebration of Design in Uncertain Times

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week. Salone del Mobile, the international furniture fair in Milan, opens on Tuesday with the comfort of a steady heartbeat. The six-day event, which anchors the festival known as Milan Design Week, has been an annual ritual with few interruptions since 1961.
A Designer Who Thrived in the Serenity of Lapland

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

living smallAn exhibition honors Tapio Wirkkala in the context of the remote northern region that captivated him. Curtains designed by Rut Bryk glow in the house her husband, Tapio Wirkkala, built for her in their summer retreat in Finnish Lapland. Credit... Rauno Traskelin In the early 1960s, Lisa Ponti, an Italian artist and journalist, who was the daughter of the designer Gio Ponti, paid a visit to the vacation home of her friends Tapio Wirkkala and Rut Bryk. This was no small journey.
They traded a garden for a house that would nurture them

1 month ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Julie Lasky

By Julie LaskyThe New York TimesA few years ago, Karen Ford, a landscape architect, committed an act that one might imagine would be traumatic for a member of her profession: She killed her garden. The doomed Eden had covered one side of the double lot in northeast Portland, Ore., where she and her husband, John Dingler, lived in a Craftsman house. “It was a thriving, interesting garden that I inherited and embellished over 20 years,” said Ford, 76.
They downsized by selling their house and building in their garden

2 months ago | startribune.com | Julie Lasky

They downsized by selling their house and building in their gardenA couple lived in a three-story house on a double lot in Portland, Ore. But they wanted a smaller house on one level, so they built it right next door. The New York TimesA few years ago, Karen Ford, a landscape architect, committed an act that one might imagine would be traumatic for a member of her profession: She killed her garden.
The Showgirl Must Go on

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

Eventually, she made her way to Las Vegas, where she joined an adult-oriented circus/comedy show hybrid - a "dirty circus," if you will - called "Opium." She played a nurse aboard a spaceship that transported visitors from Uranus to Las Vegas. Her longtime performing partner, Asher Treleaven, who was also her ex-husband, played the captain. In the fall of 2023, the cosmos knocked again.
Yrjo Kukkapuro, who made the easiest of easy chairs, dies at 91

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Julie Lasky

This undated image provided by Studio Kukkapuro shows Mr. Kukkapuro sitting in his famous Experimental chair in his studio outside Helsinki.Uncredited/Associated PressYrjo Kukkapuro, a Finnish furniture designer who devoted his restless creative energies to sedentary comfort, creating dozens of chairs that coddled sitters and lent a zesty flair to their surroundings, died Feb. 8 at his home in Kauniainen, Finland. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom.
Yrjo Kukkapuro, Who Made the Easiest of Easy Chairs, Dies at 91

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

Yrjo Kukkapuro, a Finnish furniture designer who devoted his restless creative energies to sedentary comfort, creating dozens of chairs that coddled sitters and lent a zesty flair to their surroundings, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Kauniainen, Finland. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom. In his seven-decade career, Mr. Kukkapuro designed a variety of furnishings for homes, offices and public institutions. But he was best known for his seating.
A Chelsea Arts Building Is for Sale, and the Artists Cry 'Foul'

Jan 31, 2025 | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

One tenant wore furry clogs with black ankle socks. Another recalled keeping bees on the roof and making "High Line honey." A third spoke of plans to invest thousands of dollars in air-conditioning. At a tenants' meeting earlier in January, dozens of artists and gallery owners gathered to protest the sale of their workplace: 508-534 West 26th Street. The 400,000-square-foot complex next to the High Line has long been an anchor of the West Chelsea arts district.
Building a Passive House on a Greek Island

Jan 10, 2025 | nytimes.com | Julie Lasky

Image Ms. Metzger and Mr. Kontaroudis with their daughters, Thalia (left) and Artemis. Credit... D. Andrianopoulos The circular coffee table was among the objects that came with the property. Credit... D. Andrianopoulos Spyros Drakos, a friend of the couple's, built the kitchen using Naxian marble countertops and Ms. Metzger's ceramics. Good news: Mr. Kontaroudis is an architect who likes a challenge.

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