Skip the store-bought costumes this year. With some simple materials—cardboard, butcher paper, wire clothes hangers—and a little imagination, you and the kiddos can craft these whimsical woodland creatures and enchanting insects, just in time for trick-or-treating in Pittsburgh.
Ceramics at monumental scale, glass that seems to boil, and a rising tide of purple: the standout designers and objects from this fall’s Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week.
For an interior designer who spends her workdays immersed in what’s new and what’s next, Colleen Simonds never chased trends when it came to decorating her Pittsburgh home. Nearly a decade later, she still wouldn’t change a thing. The secret to her pick-and-stick decisions? Trust what you love, design for how you want to feel, and commit to choices that can go the distance. Although nine years in, she might be rethinking that ice maker.
At Milan Design Week, the annual international design fair, color and style forecaster Judith Van Vliet found a shift toward interiors that soothe and restore, with hazy transparency, gentler color pairings, and tactile textures creating a refuge from the world.
Textile designer and trendspotter Saana Baker traveled to the world’s leading design fairs to suss out what’s shaping interiors for 2027. Her takeaways: goodbye bland, hello decorative excess, unruly botanicals, custom-looking textiles, and patterns packed with history and meaning.