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T’s Sept. 24 Design & Luxury Issue

Highlights

  1. A Modern-Meets-Neo-Classical Apartment in Milan

    The architect Vincenzo De Cotiis combines futuristic furniture with 18th-century finishes to create a home that’s entirely of the moment.

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    The interior architect Vincenzo De Cotiis’s dining room is dominated by his own sculptural works: a hanging light, an 11-foot-long dining table and low stools, made of seamlessly fused recycled fiberglass and silver-plated brass. Hanging on the wall is a set of theater props from the ’80s.
    CreditPhotograph by Simon Watson. Produced by Tom Delavan
  1. A Picturesque Retreat in a Tiny Town in Puglia

    When his Rome apartment grew too small for his collections, an American curator found a historic home — and layers of lost history.

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    A Pantheon table by Bellini for Cassina in the dining room, which has original floors and Gothic-style pointed vaults above the doorway to the garden.
    CreditSimon Upton
  2. A Guide to Reykjavik, as Wonderfully Weird as Ever

    Almost a decade after the Icelandic city was forced to reinvent itself, it’s now a health-and-wellness destination.

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    The pools at Blue Lagoon are in the process of being expanded.
    CreditCarlotta Cardana
    Wanderlust
  3. What Do Artists’ Final Works Say About Their Lives?

    Every body of work comes to an end. And judging by recent late-career achievements, the best is sometimes saved for last.

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    The photographer Duane Michals imagines his aftermath: as a taxidermied figure in a shop window.
    CreditDuane Michals
  4. The Latest Design Trend: Black and Burned Wood

    An ancient Japanese technique protects cedar by charring it a witchy charcoal. It’s having a renaissance in the West (for less practical reasons).

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    Recent examples of shou sugi ban include the Yakisugi House ...
    CreditAdam Friedberg
  5. The Allure of Black-Colored Food

    Why is it so hard to resist the taste of darkness?

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    Food in inky tones can’t help but capture the imagination — no wonder, then, that a number of specialty farmers and food and cheese makers have bred or created attention-seizing comestibles. From far left: thousand-year-old eggs, charcoal-blended cheddar, black tomatoes, Bone Char Pearl cheese, black Silkie chicken and black corn.
    CreditPhotograph by Flora Hanitijo. Styled by Suzy Kim.

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