A massive new art space has opened in Newark, in the renovated Hahne’s building, which once housed the department store but has been closed since the 1980s. Express Newark is Rutgers University-Newark’s 50,000-square-foot arts incubator that includes spaces for artists in residence, a print shop, a 3D printing studio, video production and portrait studios, classrooms […]
A Glimpse of the Gilded Age
A rare and largely unaltered survivor of “Millionaire’s Row”—Madison Avenue in Morris Township, where large and elegant estate homes were once owned by Gilded Age millionaires—will be open to the public when Alnwick Hall, known in recent years as “The Abbey,” opens for the designer showhouse “Mansion in May” this spring. Funds raised from the […]
Natural Beauty
When you think of modern design, you don’t necessarily think of nature. But the Elm Branch dresser from Ralph Pucci, part of the “After the Storm” collection by designers Chris Lehrecke and Gabriella Kiss, blends those two concepts beautifully. Bronze “mushroom” drawer pulls look like they are growing right out of the acid-ebonized white oak, […]
The New American Dream
If you’ve driven by the colorful, windowless monstrosity that is the current exterior of the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex at the Meadowlands, you’ll be glad to learn that the developer who took over the project back in 2011 has released new images of what the exterior will look like when it finally opens […]
Bud Buddy
A stem or two of your favorite flower is often all you need to brighten up your desk at work or a lackluster corner of your living room. But arranging just a few flowers can get tricky. That’s where the Anywhere Vases from Fruitsuper Design come in. These simple cork-backed shapes (the set comes with […]