Packaged in a sleek silver nozzle, Swirl is a one-touch faucet that transforms running water into an elaborate display of intricate lattices. Created by Simin Qiu, a student at London’s Royal College of Art, the product offers consumers three water flow nozzles, each with a unique set of geometric designs. Winner ... More

The Playboy Mansion—known for housing countless Bunnies and serving as the center of lavish, star-studded parties—is up for sale. The asking price? $200 million, making it the most expensive completed home currently on the market in the United States. The iconic 20,000 square-foot estate sits on five acres of land in Holmby Hills, ... More

Soaring nearly 870 feet in the air in Manhattan’s Financial District is New York by Gehry’s 3,771 square-foot penthouse. Occupying its own wing in the luxury residential building, the 76th floor, 4-bedroom, and 3.5-bathroom penthouse is the highest residential listing currently available in Downtown Manhattan. The penthouse’s massive master bedroom ... More

With Elvis Week quickly approaching on Friday, August 11th, opt to stay at Elvis Presley’s private Beverly Hills estate for $3,995 a night through HomeAway.com. The King of Rock and Roll, his wife Priscilla, and daughter Lisa Marie lived in the residence in the late 1960s. Perched atop a small ... More

Known as the finest private estate in Washington D.C., Jackie Kennedy’s childhood home Merrywood, is up for sale in the prestigious D.C. suburb of McLean, Virginia. With a storied past, Merrywood has served as home to a number of influential characters ranging from presidents to business leaders. In fact, the ... More

Big-name architects, record-breaking prices, sky-high towers with helicopter views and amenities worthy of a five-star hotel—it’s clear that sexy New York real estate is booming. To be fair, for some time critics have been asking if the Big Apple—specifically Manhattan—is becoming a home for the super-rich since 2015, when One57, ... More

The Connecticut hideaway built in 1939 by legendary actress Katharine Hepburn is back on the the market following a faithful restoration by Sciame Development, an affiliate of Sciame Construction (the muscle behind some of New York City’s boldest projects, like The Shed, Hudson Yards’ 200,000-square-foot arts space in ... More

Luxury furniture design company B&B Italia releases its first-ever documentary film today, B&B Italia: Poetry in Shape by director Didi Gnocchi. The film explores the history of the brand through a series of interviews with architectural and design icons such as Renzo Piano, Antonio Citterio, Vincent Van Duysen ... More

“The best designs are not designed,” confesses Erin Martin. The St. Helena-based interior designer not only resembles a young, blonde haired Diane Keaton, but she’s helped Keaton with her design book House. Erin has also adorned the home of Robert Redford, and recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of More

I first met David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem at Papercup, a bookstore-cum-coffee shop just down the street from their then-brand-new studio space in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael neighborhood (which, as the home to many of the city’s hippest new arrivals, has been likened to New York City’s Williamsburg). I’d traveled to ... More