Madeleine Luckel

Seinfeld fans likely look back fondly at many a Cosmo Kramer scheme: the muffin bake shop that only sold muffin tops, the infamous manssiere, and, of course, the coffee-table book that doubled as a miniature coffee table. In that final instance, Kramer even made it to Live With Regis and Kathie Lee to show off his tome, and to do a demonstration. But while the fictional publication’s meta-meaning was only redoubled by its subject (you guessed it—it featured an assortment of coffee tables), a new…

The 45-piece debut is magnifique

“As a creator, Kenzo Takada obviously had a very sharp sense of aestheticism,” Stéphane Aubert, associate director and auctioneer at Artcurial, says. He’s speaking to AD ahead of this week’s sale of Takada’s personal collection, which stems from the longtime Paris apartment of the acclaimed fashion designer. Located in the 11th arrondissement in Paris and first constructed by French architect Louis Sorel in 1912, the abode was indicative of Takada’s keen eye for design. But Haussmannian bones an…

It has been 60 years since the last such find was made

Jasmin Hernandez’s new book, We Are Here, features a foreword by the acclaimed musician and art collector

The Jacob Lawrence panel is part of his important series “Struggle: From the History of the American People”—and is potentially worth six figures

“He was very much a man of the people,” Simon Doonan, the fashion writer and Barneys creative ambassador-at-large says to AD. He’s speaking about the late, great artist Keith Haring, who died of AIDS at just 31 years old in 1990. Haring is the topic of a new book by Doonan that feels particularly fitting for this moment. (The book, which is simply titled Keith Haring, is out this week.) “When the publisher gave me the opportunity to do this book, I had to ask myself, Why Keith Haring and why now…

The delightful designs are as charming as they are significant

From significant business changes to noteworthy product launches, there’s always something new happening in the world of design. In this weekly roundup, AD PRO has everything you need to know. Product Launches Rinck Reenvisions the Smoking Room “Having created this collection during the first lockdown last spring, it contains a lot of what we aspire to do—meeting friends, having fun, drinking champagne, and partying,” Rinck CEO Valentin Goux says to AD PRO of his newly debuted furniture collecti…

From Palm Beach to Fisher Island to Key West, old (and newly refreshed) resorts keep making waves