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In the early 1990s, Ford's then-new Explorer stood out from the growing pack of sport-utility vehicles with a particularly unusual feature: a trim level. Specifically, an upscale one called "Eddie Bauer," inspired by the outdoor clothing company that was

After more than a decade working in hospitality development and collaborating with industry icons like Kelly Wearstler and Philippe Starck, Kevin Klein had a realization: "I was being paid to provide design insight to the same people that I was actively l

Direct midday sun falls on one side of this 1,800-square-foot apartment, and Inga Kordya designed the living room around it. The custom shutter doors are made from tinted oak, built to the proportions of traditional Korean doors and fitted with brass hand

Loud, colorful statement watches tend to arrive with summer, but vivid color has also become increasingly visible across the watch world. Industry heavy hitters have embraced brighter palettes, including Rolex with its multicolored Jubilee-motif Oyster Pe

Thirty years after Pokémon first arrived in Japan, Pikachu and friends have found their way onto just about every type of merch. Polaroid's latest collaboration, however, gives the familiar characters a new canvas. Photography courtesy of Polaroid Created

Off-white walls, greige Italian limestone floors, Calacatta marble counters, and dark-stained European white oak cabinetry account for nearly the entire color range of this Toluca Lake house by Lidan Sfadia. It's a deliberately narrow palette, but the roo

Blending Austrian and Italian influences, the Alpine-Mediterranean province of South Tyrol, Italy, is chock-full of all-inclusive resorts touting flashy break-out amenities. But for many visitors to this remote region, the real draw is simpler: slowing do

Nothing has spent years making earbuds you can recognize from across the room. With the new Ear (3a), the London-based tech company is asking what its earbuds can do beyond playing sound. The answer is Audio Snapshot, a feature that essentially treats the

When Nick Sheridan was young, he explored everything from sketching to sewing to channel his creativity-but it was craftsmanship at home that set him on his future path. "My dad was a general contractor, and he shared his love of design with me," he says.

Layers of ultralight MDF, each two inches thick and banded in stained maple veneer, stack into a sinuous mass that runs the length of SKIN1004's first U.S. flagship. The Korean skincare brand's New York store spans nearly 9,900 square feet across two floo