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APRIL 2022

90 th anniversary vision imagine / hope / believe / create / innovate / thrive

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CONTENTS APRIL 2022

VOLUME 93 NUMBER 3

YEARS

ON THE COVER In the atrium of the Rock Ventures and the Rock Family of Companies headquarters in Detroit by Pophouse, a spiral staircase rises from a custom bench upholstered in Spinneybeck’s Volo leather and a mosaic-tile installation by Faile, their circularity chosen in part because of research suggesting that such forms spur creativity. Photography: James Haefner.

features 190 COMING AROUND by Jane Margolies

For the Detroit headquarters of Rock Ventures and the Rock Family of Companies, Pophouse captures the collaborative spirit of the client and the revitalizing city. 200 PLAYING THE ANGLES by Joseph Giovannini

Tilted facades, chaotic patterns, and vibrant colors lend a powerful dynamism to the Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles by OMA. 210 HORSE SENSE by Rebecca Dalzell

Untrained as an interior designer, Jonathan Haddad of creative studio Sceners relied on his wide-ranging savoir faire for the renovation of an equestrian estate in Retie, Belgium.

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220 BACK TO THE FUTURE by Annie Block

Modern projects from as early as the 1930’s are still relevant today, proving that form, function, and the pursuit of innovation can endure for nearly a century—just like Interior Design. 232 THE NEXT WAVE by Giovanna Dunmall

A growing congregation in northern Italy is blessed by San Giacomo Apostolo Church, a new complex by Benedetta Tagliabue-EMBT that’s both contemporary and contextual. 240 FLYING HIGH by Rebecca Lo

Echoing its meteoric success, inclusive clothing brand Bosie’s Shanghai flagship by Leaping Creative appears to soar in from outer space.

CONTENTS APRIL 2022

VOLUME 93 NUMBER 3

YEARS

i. milestones of design 35 See who else is celebrating

a major anniversary in 2022 alongside Interior Design by Annie Block and Nicholas Tamarin

ii. icons of design 55 Renewed, refreshed,

or reconsidered, the work of the greats from the last 90 years continues to inspire and delight

iv. future of design

departments

137 Peer inside our crystal ball

27 HEADLINERS

for a look at what’s to come 139 ON THE OBLIQUE by Peter Webster 142 SHIFT WORK by Georgina McWhirter 144 AHEAD OF THE CURVE by Edie Cohen 146 OUT OF THIS WORLD by Lisa Di Venuta

57 LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE by Laura Fisher Kaiser

148 UNDER THE MICROSCOPE by Wilson Barlow

65 CINI BOERI by Edie Cohen

152 PARTITION PLAY by Georgina McWhirter

71 HERBERT BAYER by Michael Lassell

154 PULP FACT by Wilson Barlow

79 KATE MILLETT by Osman Can Yerebakan

160 MATERIAL UNIVERSE by Dr. Andrew Dent

87 WALTER GROPIUS by Alan Powers

162 SUN WORSHIP by Mairi Beautyman

93 ALGONQUIN HOTEL by Stephen Treffinger

164 RARE BIRD by Edie Cohen

iii. objects of design

168 X FACTORS by Tate Gunnerson

101 These pages toast

significant manufacturer and product anniversaries by Rebecca Dalzell, Georgina McWhirter, Rebecca Thienes, and Stephen Treffinger

170 FROM THE GROUND UP by Georgina McWhirter 174 CLIMATE CONTROL by Nicholas Tamarin

250 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 252 CONTACTS 255 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow

BRIGHT

MIKE SIDE CHAIR

by DOUGL AS LEVINE | HANDCRAFTED IN AMERICA

e d i t o r ’s welcome We are rapidly getting to the point where we will stop measuring Interior Design years in relation to the human life span but instead with tree or tortoise age front and center. For my own account, as a role model of endurance, I am channeling the Vatican right now! I don’t exactly tick off all the boxes as a pope (ha!), starting from trifles such as not identifying as Roman Catholic and being a cheeky chick. Yet I own a huge supply of goodwill and, now as ever, boundless love. Some of it is owed to my family of course, but the balance goes squarely to our design community of readers, editors, colleagues, designers, and manufactures. Without your cohesive support, I couldn’t have successfully skippered this ship for 20 years and counting. Without your unbound vitality, energy, focus, and largerthan-life presence, we wouldn’t have reached this anniversary—and the enthusiastic greeting that follows—together.

Oh,I get by with a little help from my friends! So, without further ado: Welcome, everyone, to Interior Design’s 90th year of service! And add to that our just-as-long coverage of the design industry and our irrepressibly dedicated support for the craft. Most importantly, welcome, everyone, to this celebration of the countless tight relationships we’ve developed with designers, architects, makers, and other intimates over the last 90 years (and counting…). Some of those friends chose to say “Hi and congrats” inside (thanks, and love you all for that!) and others, whose work we feature in this issue, will surely become future partners. To all, however, we owed a unique keepsake volume. And to make it even more special, we cleared the floor of our regular departments and created chapters like a book (remember those?!). We begin with Milestones celebrating others, and guess who is reveling alongside us? Hint: maybe the most famous building block of all time and every young architect’s fave...LEGO! The next chapter is dedicated to Icons of Design, and I’m proud to report there are two women heavyweights included! We show off our manufacturers and their birthdays in Objects of Design, and then we look toward the future with stories on sustainability, community, technology, and boundless inspiration. All in all, this is our shared history of achievements, struggles, successes, and hopes for a brighter tomorrow through design—and you! We are 90 years young, but we don’t look a day over fabulous! xoxo,

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APRIL.22

INTERIOR DESIGN

I.milestones of design See who else is celebrating a major anniversary in 2022 alongside Interior Design

See page 46 for The Mastaba, a project for Abu Dhabi, a concept conceived 45 years ago by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, captured here in February 1982 researching a site in the United Arab Emirates.

by Annie Block and Nicholas Tamarin APRIL.22

INTERIOR DESIGN