New Work by Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate
Joy Harjo’s next chapter arrives as sound. Her upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album blends poetry, jazz, and Indigenous storytelling into a living record.
A Fresh Look at Paul Poiret
Before luxury mastered spectacle and scent, Paul Poiret wrote the playbook. A new book and exhibitions revisit the designer who understood fashion as cultural power early on.
Gallery Elder
Part gallery, part archive, Gallery Elder invites slower looking. Each object carries history, patina, and the quiet power of well-lived design.
Artist to Know: Ron Norsworthy
Ron Norsworthy turns wallpaper into argument. His layered patterns embed memory, identity, and Black queer presence into the walls themselves.
The World of Amaza Lee Meredith
Azurest Blue restores architect Amaza Lee Meredith to the center of modernism– revealing a radical vision of home, autonomy, and Black design history.
YOWIE Hotel
Smaller, more carefully considered boutique hotels have opened around the globe to refine the idea that hotels can be more than just a bare-bones home base while traveling. YOWIE is sharpening the concept even further.
L’Escargot Papier
One of the best things about collectors is talking to them about the pieces they are passionate about and why they collect. L’Escargot Papier started as a shop that sells journals and sketchbooks made from salvage hardcovers.
Slow Roads
With imperfection and the pure beauty of nature as their north star, the online shop and design studio Slow Roads curates a tight edit of art, home decor, and other handcrafted objects.
Project for Empty Space
Project for Empty Space champions socially-minded artists, providing exhibition opportunities and workspaces to those on the margins of access and messaging.
Seen Library
Book lovers have no shortage of ways to find each other, and Seen Library has added another layer to the traditional book club. Based in LA, Seen Library brings readers together via events, book exchange, and old-fashioned conversation.
