Rugberry Universe
Homes, makers and the craft behind the rug.
Wes Anderson said he designed Bar Luce as the opposite of a film set: a bar for real afternoons. Why pastel formica and terrazzo work when they are tough as well as pretty.
Dinner Under Jaali Light at Indian Accent
Indian Accent now cooks inside a hotel wrapped in stone jaali screens, in a room of marble floors and white linen. A lesson in restraint, and in continuity after a famous chef moved on.
The Bombay Canteen's Bungalow That Never Was
The Bombay Canteen built a memory of the old Bombay bungalow inside a former mill compound, then grew it up in warm wood and terrazzo. How a room can feel inherited without being old.
Cafe de Flore and the Room That Refused to Change
Paris reinvented itself many times around Cafe de Flore, and the room barely moved: red seating, mahogany, mirrors. Why a fixed palette and good materials let a room outlast every fashion.
