California

This Rancho Mirage house is a stone’s throw from California’s Palm Springs and boasts revived modernist interiors by Harrison Soll

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 10 February 25

Palm Springs Modernism Week 2025 launches on 13 February, marking the popular annual desert event’s 20th anniversary, celebrated this year through more midcentury marvels than ever

By Carole Dixon Published 7 February 25

Frieze LA returns for its sixth edition, running 20-23 February, showcasing over 100 galleries from more than 20 countries, as well as local staples featuring the city’s leading creatives

By Annabel Keenan Published 3 February 25

At FOG Design + Art fair, 59 international galleries gathered to showcase works by emerging and established talents, from colourful furniture to sculptural lighting

By Shonquis Moreno Published 28 January 25

California's annual NAMM show brings musical instrument manufacturers big and small to show off their latest wares and audio innovations. Here are ten of the best from 2025

By Jonathan Bell Published 28 January 25

Yves Béhar is the Swiss-born American founder of Fuseproject, a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary design studio with an outpost in Lisbon. Béhar's work is held in collections at both MoMA and SFMoMA and includes everything from mobility design to medical technology, robotics and high tech start-ups

By Yves Béhar Published 20 January 25

Furniture designer Rio Kobayashi unveils a new series, informed by the paintings of midcentury artist Fritz Rauh, at California’s Blunk Space

By Ali Morris Published 18 January 25

Reishi is a Wallpaper* Design Award winner, a new self-growing, biodegradable material by MycoWorks presented in a series of exquisite expressions of earthy and ethereal furniture, lighting and artworks

By Hugo Macdonald Published 14 January 25

Cult fragrance brand D.S. & Durga has opened a second Los Angeles store in Silver Lake, inspired by Ray Kappe’s 1967 Pacific Palisades home

By Isabelle Truman Published 28 December 24

Los Angeles interior design firm Studio Shamshiri channels the spirit of the Californian landscape into its handcrafted hardware collections. Founder Pamela Shamshiri shares the inspiration behind the designs

By Ali Morris Published 5 December 24

The Lafayette Hotel and Club, designed by Post Company, brings together a rich tapestry of patterns, themes and colours

By Dan Howarth Published 2 December 24

George Homsey's home opens for the first time since his death, in 2019; see where the architect behind some of the designs for Sea Ranch, the pioneering California modernist community, lived

By Ellie Stathaki Published 2 December 24

The Rustic Canyon Residence by Assembledge and Jamie Bush brings together the very best of mid-century influences, with an added slice of contemporary Californian craft and style

By Jonathan Bell Published 13 November 24

Joshua Tree-based artist Jonathan Cross’ sci-fi-influenced works are on view at Elliott Templeton Fine Arts in New York's Chinatown

By Dan Howarth Published 8 November 24

An Albert Frey Bel Vista house has been restored and praised for its revival - just in time for the 2025 Palm Springs Modernism Week Preview

By Hadani Ditmars Published 24 October 24

Jewel Box by Red Dot Studio is the reimagining of a Californian 20th-century gem through a creative addition

By Ellie Stathaki Published 2 October 24

Morning Dove by Homestead Modern in Twentynine Palms offers a striking landscape and rammed-earth construction for idyllic desert escapes

By Carole Dixon Published 16 September 24

Johnston Marklee transforms a Beverly Hills storefront into a shared space for the Michael Werner art gallery and fashion institution Mameg, connected through a leafy courtyard

By Carole Dixon Published 13 September 24

Hill House Montecito by Donaldson + Partners brings together a client's vision with architectural drama and a site-specific approach for a California family home

By Ellie Stathaki Published 11 September 24

Apple Park Observatory, unveiled in Cupertino, adds to the tech giant's expansive campus by Foster + Partners in California

By Ellie Stathaki Published 10 September 24

Inspired by the life and times at JB Blunk's haven of a house in Inverness, a new exhibition of paintings and objects has us dreaming of California

By Hugo Macdonald Published 8 September 24

The Wavelet House, a California family home by Fougeron Architecture, envelops a rich array of internal spaces beneath a dramatic and sculptural roof form

By Jonathan Bell Published 27 August 24

Mercedes-Maybach launched its new SL 680 Monogram Series at Monterey Car Week 2024. How does Maybach's 21st-century take on upper-class motoring square with America's most upscale auto show?

By Jonathan Bell Published 26 August 24

Los Angeles design practice Commune and London’s George Smith celebrate a decade of collaboration with a new furniture range

By Léa Teuscher Published 22 August 24