Lila Allen

It’s 10 p.m. in Miami and dozens of Art Basel attendees are lining up to go stand in the rain. Sort of. What’s actually drawn this crowd to the Arca showroom in Wynwood is the unveiling of Gravitas, the company’s new 18-piece collection with AD100 architect Vincent Van Duysen—a suite of heroic pieces carved from solid stone. One-of-one pedestals, benches, tables, and chairs populate the interior of the showroom, which has been staged dramatically with a backdrop of black curtains and a looping s…

Just a few weeks out from raising the curtain on their Pimlico Road shop in London, And Objects founders Martin Brudnizki and Nicholas Jeanes found themselves once again playing masters of ceremony to the design set—this time, in New York’s NoMad district. There, at their studio space on West 36th Street, the duo, along with AD’s global editorial director and US editor in chief Amy Astley, welcomed members of the AD PRO Directory for an evening of festivity, networking, and testing the handsome…

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Reviewer: Lila Allen, senior editor, AD PRO Model tested: Arhaus Kipton Sofa The details: Arhaus is a publicly traded and soup-to-nuts home and lifestyle brand that hangs its hat on artisan-crafted designs. Founded in 1986, the company has a robust online presence and more than 75 locations across the US. Though Arhaus designs and sources products globally, it taps into North Carolina’s legacy of furniture manufacturing for some of its pieces, including the Kipton sofa. How much does it cost? A…

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