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WHAT MATTERS TO YOU?

CONVERSATION PIECE • The object everyone is, will be, or should be talking about. This month: Color blooms in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver rug for Roche Bobois.

ETCETERA • The little things are the big things. This month: Good design never goes to waste.

GIFT WITH PARTY • How to make every holiday present feel like the fete of the year.

BACCHANAL HOW-TO • Party season has arrived. Is your table ready? Our columnist outlines her own personal holiday gathering hotline.

NECESSARY LUXURIES • The design we need to make our lives and homes work. This month: Precision meets provenance in Officine Gullo’s newest high-performance cooking range.

BEARS ON PARADE • If there is one piece of furniture that has captured the attention of our era more than any other, it’s this one.

END PAPER • Laura Ashley remains an icon in our hearts—and on our walls. To commemorate what would have been the Welsh designer’s 100th birthday, Wallpaper Direct has released an exclusive collection of Ashley’s classic and best-selling designs in fresh colorways—including these tulips to tide you over until spring has finally sprung. —Sean Kim Gosford in Coral Pink, $98 per double roll, wallpaperdirect.com

WALLS THAT TALK • Craig Starr lives with a museum-worthy art collection. But it took a collaboration with interior designer Charlie Ferrer for him to realize the power of creating a home that’s as much a sanctuary as a set piece.

THE CITY SQUARE • Italian architect Luciano Giorgi found inspiration in the bustling Milan outside his windows as he created his highly personal home.

Nannette’s FEAST • How do you bring back a house built by a Rockefeller? In Weston, Connecticut, designer Nannette Brown transforms a historic house into a banquet of delights.

HERMES IN THE HOUSE • The artistic directors of the French heritage brand’s home division are challenging the conventional definition of “luxury” one lamp at a time.

DRAWING THE LINE • Art Deco just celebrated its centenary. But the craftsmanship, radical geometry, and refinement of the period? We toast it always, in objects big and small.

OPEN DIALOGUE • When longtime clients wanted to update their Manhattan townhouse after a storm, A-List designer Cliff Fong listened carefully—to the architecture, to their art collection, and, most important, to the clients themselves.

SOURCEBOOK • Designer Cliff Fong brings a collector’s eye to a New York City apartment, layering midcentury furnishings, decorative antiques, and a dash of color (page 82).

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