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DESIGN A Full Moon Rising Homo Faber 2026 Es Devlin Sophia Bennett © Michelangelo Foundation … As executive director of the Michelangelo Foundation, Alberto Cavalli oversees Homo Faber, the biennial exhibition of contemporary craftsmanship that takes over the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. For this year’s edition (running September 1–30), the artistic direction belongs to Es Devlin.

DESIGN DISPATCH Plus, Bulgari's "Kaleidos" exhibition lands in Shanghai, and Beyoncé donates $2 million to the Studio Museum in Harlem. Courtesy of Fair Warning. … Fair Warning to auction Naomi Campbell’s McQueen archive and Saint Laurent’s “Mondrian” dress. Before it hits Fair Warning’s virtual auction block on September 17, “The Impossible Couture Collection” will walk the runway Friday during New York Fashion Week at a Gilded Age carriage house on the Upper East Side.

DESIGN Photo by Contagious Collective … This fall, Casa Mouda—a creative studio dedicated to producing and platforming contemporary African design—will open in Lagos, Nigeria. Founded by art and design entrepreneur Caline Chagoury Moudaber, the studio acts as an evolution of the influential Art Twenty One gallery space, which she established in 2013.

ARCHITECTURE The co-founder and CEO of Elastic Architects discusses proportion, persistence, and what it really means to design in dialogue with a place Amanvari. Photo courtesy of Aman. … For Greek creative Ria Xenou, architecture has never been about signature; it’s always about sensitivity. Across studios in Athens, Toronto, and now London, Elastic Architects has built its identity on a shared instinct for proportion, material, and the character of a place.

DESIGN DISPATCH Plus, the DVF Awards pay tribute to Gloria Steinem, and Cuauhtémoc Medina is confirmed to lead Guatemala's Bienal de Arte Paiz in 2027. Courtesy Serpentine/David Hockney. Photo George Darrell. … David Hockney’s Serpentine exhibition becomes the most visited in the gallery’s history.

DESIGN Photo by Stephen Kent Johnson … In Chatham, New York, designer Shawn Henderson has transformed a former utility building and working greenhouse into a 2,500-square-foot guest home that preserves the structure’s agrarian character. Soaring ceilings and exposed wood beams remain, while expansive windows, large sliding doors, and a new interior mezzanine level open the interiors to the surrounding farmland.

STYLE This New York Fashion Week, Braun NEVO takes center stage at Braun Haus, an immersive experience that explores how a century of design continues to shape culture and self-expression Courtesy of Braun … With more than 100 years of history rooted in German industrial design and technical innovation, Braun is no stranger to introducing new products built from the ground up.

DESIGNER OF THE DAY Bennett Leifer founded his highly awarded eponymous interior design studio in 2013, following distinguished professional development with Juan Pablo Molyneux, Robert A.M. Stern, and Ralph Lauren. Today, Bennett Leifer Interiors transforms private residences, as well as model residences, developer collaborations, and more, through an intuitive synthesis of art and design.

FASHION This masterclass in exhibition design immerses attendees in wonder and nostalgia, while acting as a monument to continued connection and resonance Courtesy of The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center … With the US Open upon us, and New York Fashion Week ahead, “Snoopy in Style NYC” sets ten immersive worlds within one kaleidoscopic exhibition on the relationship between Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, fashion, tennis, music, and the city itself. Curated by The Charles M.

DESIGN DISPATCH Plus, German painter Kerstin Brätsch wins the Zurich Art Prize, and Aman Group to debut in South Korea with its first property in Seoul. Courtesy of The Tiffany Archives. … Crystal Bridges to open a Tiffany & Co. exhibition this October. Tiffany & Co. is bringing nearly 190 years of history to Arkansas, including a diamond mined in its backyard.