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What is 2019’s Essential Design Destination? • We posed the question on social media, and the responses ranged from architecturally textured neighborhoods to once-abandoned city centers rapidly filling with new life.
Bold Strokes • An artist takes an unorthodox approach to the renovation of a century-old house in Seattle.
PACK YOUR BAGS • People at the center of the world’s most vibrant design destinations tell us why their city should be on your itinerary. Plus, we select the best-designed travel accessories to take with you when you go.
Chicago • Artistic director of this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial, Yesomi Umolu is at the center of an energized design capital.
CHICAGO IN THREE CHAIRS
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS
Oaxaca, Mexico • Javier Reyes, founder of rrres studio, works with local artisans to create products with a modern sensibility using traditional techniques.
CONTEMPORARY OAXACA CRAFT
Seoul, South Korea • The cofounder of architecture studio SsD, Jinhee Park sees a new generation of designers emerging in Seoul.
AT HOME IN SEOUL
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS
Barcelona, Spain • Architect Benedetta Tagliabue has been a force in Barcelona’s design scene for decades and has watched the city evolve.
BARCELONA STYLE
Cape Town, South Africa • Design Indaba impresario Ravi Naidoo launches Cape Town’s emerging talent onto the international stage.
CAPE TOWN CREATIVE
Far From Home • Technology has enabled our obsession with traveling to unique, barely discovered places—from distant destinations to gems hidden just around the corner.
Stay Cool • This summer, set separate climate zones inside your home to precisely control temperature and save energy.
Olafur Eliasson • On the eve of a career-spanning show, the famed artist offers his thoughts on how you should light your living room.
A New Leaf • A tech executive overhauls a loft duplex in a turn-of-the-century former paper factory in Brooklyn.
Family Gathering • A design-build firm in Houston balances togetherness with a little privacy.
Farm to Gable • With an unusual roof and a ground floor open to the outside, a barn-like house stretches into the Italian countryside.
Jet-setter Style
The Life Nomadic • San Francisco artist Jay Nelson turns cars, trucks, boats, and scooters into adventure-seeking dream machines.
Alternative Travel • Jay Nelson’s Innovative Machinery
Painting With Light • With a home for his own family, a Mexico City designer finds the fullest expression of his style.
INTERNATIONAL SENSATION • A METICULOUS UPDATE BRINGS THE WOW FACTOR BACK TO A 20TH-CENTURY HOME IN DENVER.
The Escape Great • An architect designs a laid-back getaway—with his own handmade details—on the Uruguayan coast.
Foundry KEEPERS • A BROOKLYN COUPLE FALL FOR a FORMER INDUSTRIAL BUILDING and TURN it INTO an ECLECTIC COUNTRY HOUSE.
View Master • A string of prefab pods helps a couple build an off-the-grid home on a remote, scenic site in New Zealand.
Northwest Passage • A designer takes on the mantle of one of Washington’s most noted architects with a reverent renovation.
Surprise Provenance • Celebrating a...