Urban Gardens

I love Brooklyn designer, Laurie Beckerman’s new Wings of Steel chair. Nominated for a Best of Year award from Interior Design magazine and exhibited at ICFF, it’s fabricated from laser cut steel and powder coated in a variety of colors … Read More...

A remembrance of things past: Magis red Proust Armchair sits indoors or out. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.

I hope you’ve been following along as I report on my recent travels to Paris and London in search of cool … Read More...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ray Eames, half of the iconic husband and wife design team of Charles and Ray Eames, whose vast collection of works includes the world-renowned Eames lounge chair, below, now in … Read More...

Colorful Moooi installation at The Dock. Indoor-outdoor Gothic Chair in foreground. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.

They’re definitely thinking “outside” in Europe. I’ve just returned stateside after a three week whirlwind in Paris and London soaking up design fairs … Read More...

Neighborhood florist adverting on roof of delivery car. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.

Although I once lived in Paris and now visit every year, there are neighborhoods I’ve not fully explored. I like to stay in the 3rd, 4th, … Read More...

Victoria+Albert’s Amalfi tub.

If I were to design my fantasy home, it would be one with very fluid architecture, each space flowing into the other, the indoor areas spilling seamlessly onto the outdoors.

With the boundaries between indoors and outdoors … Read More...

A blend of hammock, swing, hanging garden chair, teepee with a bit of bird nest, Cacoon is a new way to hang out and chill in the garden, on the patio, or in your living room. And it’s easy … Read More...

A walk in one of Bankside’s urban forests.

One of my favorite London neighborhoods is Bankside, a district in the city’s South Side, on the southern bank of the River Thames. As I’m always looking for a great urban outdoor … Read More...

Here’s a good example of interior decor stepping outside. To satisfy so many of their high-end clients who requested carpets to put on their yacht decks, Hong Kong-based manufacturer of custom, hand-tufted carpets, Tai Ping, just had to launch … Read More...

Photo courtesy of LaManda Joy

I’ve just returned from Chicago, where I spent some time with my friend, LaManda Joy, Founder and President of The Peterson Garden Project, a revival Victory Garden venture she conceived in 2010 to … Read More...