The Journal
Stories of art, design, & the creative life
GERTRUDE STEIN
By the turn of the 20th century, Paris was blossoming into the cultural epicenter of the western world. With the rise of modernism came the challenging of tr...
SCANDINAVIAN MINIMALISM 101
Scandinavian Minimalism is characterized by a focus on simplicity, functionality, and clean lines, with roots tracing back to the early 20th century when man...
ART & MYTHOLOGY
Greek mythology has had a profound influence on art and design throughout the ages, and its legacy can still be seen today in many aspects of modern culture.
A MUSEUM MOMENT
It's cold. It's dreary. It's January. What to do on these all-too-short weekend days where staying indoors is most ideal? Give a museum a go. We're spoiled t...
CREATIVE COHESION WITH WIDELL + BOSCHETTI
Barette Widell and Christina Boschetti are the design duo behind both the popular Instagram design account @widellboschetti, and the design studio of the sa...
WABI-SABI 101
Wabi-sabi is a traditional Japanese aesthetic concept often considered one of the oldest manifestations of minimalism in art. At its simplest, Wa...
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM
  Peggy Guggenheim, the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim of the New York art institution, often described herself as an “art addict” - a statement h...
LAUREN'S VINTAGE SOURCING GUIDE
 Vintage sourcing is truly an art. Just as a painter has their preferred brand of paints, finding the best collectible vintage takes experience and strateg...
A LOVE LETTER TO VINTAGE
 It is hard to pinpoint exactly why I love vintage so much. It is tied up in the uniqueness, the hunt, that ah-ha moment when you find just the righ...
BAUHAUS 101
  Bauhaus, which translates simply to “house of building,” was an art and architecture school in Germany, founded by the architect Walter Gropius. ...
A VINTAGE COMMUNITY
  In some ways, Toby Ziff, who deals primarily in British ceramics and sculptures from the post-war period on Instagram, has been very lucky. When h...
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
 Image courtesy of Robert Phillips/Everett Collection  Frank Lloyd Wright is arguably the most prolific American architect of the 20th century, ...
