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A behind-the-scenes look into the sights, inspirations, and personalities behind AUGUST
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Thrilled to have the Tokyo issue front and center in the window of @casamagazinesnyc! They are open with limited hours, check out their IG’s feed for information on stock availability and curbside pickup. We need to support our city’s sma
There is no place we would rather be quarantined in than Tokyo’s Yakumo Saryō, the tea house / restaurant by the designer Shinichiro Ogata. Away from hustle and bustle, it is located in a quiet Meguro neighborhood that is a world away from Shin
Three years ago we launched the first issue of AUGUST in Milan during Salone week, at the beautiful studio of @lucapignatellistudio, one of our Milan issue’s features. It has been such a great adventure so far, and I look forward to many more y
The Tokyo is here and ready to be ship the week of April 6! Order your copy now and do some armchair travel, link in bio. (Those who pre-ordered your copy will be arriving at the end of the week!) . Photo of Ryosuke Yazaki’s studio @ryosukeyaza
The Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Our Copenhagen issue is available to order for some virtual travel, link in bio.
Milan is one of our favorite cities in the world — vibrant, cultured, and chic. It pains us that the Milanese and much of northern Italy is experiencing hardship with the current health situation and the imposed quarantine. We love you Milan, a
The AUGUST TOKYO issue is arriving into warehouses! It will be on sale in early April, pre-order is available on our website. . Featuring stories on Isamu Noguchi’s stone garden “Heaven”; Antonin and Noemie Raymond’s Saint An
On Our Radar: “Taking a Thread for a Walk,” an exquisite exhibition at MoMA organized by Juliet Kinchin @julietkinchin and Andrew Garner @angarner1. A brief but entirely illuminating tour of textiles in the 20th century, with focus on Ann
On Our Radar: an exhibition entitled “Houses For Superstars,” at the Villa Noailles in Heyres, southern France. Focusing on the idea of the hyper-saturated celebrity culture, the exhibition also includes newly commissioned photos by Franc
On Our Radar: The Palais de la Porte Dorée in the 12th Arrondissement of Paris — an Art Deco structure built for the Colonial Exposition in 1931 and now the Museum of Immigration — will be hosting an exhibition on the shoe designer
Today is the opening of Zona Maco in Mexico City, Latin America’s premier art and design fair, and as usual there is much to see. Here are our top picks: . -Fabien Cappello and François Halard at AGO Project. . -The “black painting
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, beribboned packages of pastries from the best pasticcerie in Milan: Sant’Ambreous, Marchesi, and Galli. A favorite feature from our Milan issue... Photo by @a_gaut, styling by @noemibonazz
Northern lights. The Council Chamber at the Frederiksberg Town Hall, one of Copenhagen’s undiscovered architectural jewels. Designed by Henning Hansen, Carl Nimb, and Helge Homb, it opened 1945. The furniture, most likely designed by Nimb and H
A new design shopping destination: Form Atelier in SoHo, New York. A shoebox of a space filled with a selection of objects you didn’t know you need. 19 Mercer Street @form_atelier
There is so much to love about Tokyo. Too much, in fact, for us to get the issue out this fall! So we are pushing the Tokyo issue to spring 2020... in time for the summer Olympics. But will will post our recommendations soon for those going there in
A warning: we are going to use the word “favorite” a lot in this post, but our favorite online design magazine @_sightunseen_ just posted a week’s worth of content about one of our favorite destinations, Mexico City, including our f
Our Mexico City partner @grupohabita has just opened a new hotel in our second-most favorite MX city, Oaxaca! Hotel Escondido Oaxaca is designed by Alberto Kalach / Taller de Arquitectura with interiors by Lucía Corredor & Cecilia Tena, an
That beautiful winter light is coming... the Grundtsvig Church as captured by @irinaboersma, in our COPENHAGEN issue, available now.
Sometimes only a triangular door will do. The Casa Amalia Hernandez by Agustín Hernandez, from our MEXICO CITY issue. 📸 @lesliewilliamson
To celebrate Ettore Sottsass’ 102nd birthday, a sneak peek at the Tokyo issue, arriving late fall. This house by Sottsass and @johannagrawunder was built for a legendary Japanese design doyenne in 1991-92. #ettoresottsass #johannagrawunder #to