Interiors

Designer Turns Studio Apartment into 24 Rooms

By Ike Edeani

While living in San Diego a few years back I had a 400-square-foot studio apartment in the University Heights district. In an effort to conserve space I bought a sofa bed from IKEA, a cleverly designed piece with wheels that locked into place, making it easy to fold and unfold. I soon realized that I was usually either too busy or too tired to make the change (or to replace the upholstery with [ Read More...]

Let’s Get Busy Here – Teeny Tiny Hotels

By Veronica Christina

Traveling is awesome. Traveling to the world’s destination cities is even better. Traveling to awesome cities and having to dip into your child’s college fund for a hotel room you only sleep in, not so much. In an effort to save our cash and provide us with the oh-so-photographic novelty of touching all four sides of our hotel room at once, The Arch Group has designed Sleep Box. A mobile cube (2m (l) [ Read More...]

Let’s Get Busy Here – Crosby Street Hotel

By Erin Feher

I am so over sleeping on couches. I don’t care how good the party is, how old the friends are or how cozy the cushions.  I’ve spent more than enough nights sharing a three-foot-wide hunk of ultra-suede with a string of past crushes, clinging to the romantic notion of body heat as my bare feet poke out from beneath a cat-hair-covered throw.

So maybe it’s no surprise that I’ve grown [ Read More...]

Starck Naked – Inside the Designer’s Home

By Erin Feher

I love Philippe Starck, but I have to say I never thought much about his sex life. I mean, usually he’d cross my mind somewhere between “Who can I bribe to drive me to drive me to Daly City” and “Where the fuck are the Brita filters,” while wandering the aisles at Target. That is until I got a sneak peak into his home through the brilliant lens of The Selby. Now, I [ Read More...]