American Design Hot List 2025
22RE
The first time we featured the Los Angeles architecture and design studio 22RE, founded by Dean Levin in 2021, we marveled over how unexpected it was that they’d somehow made us fall in love with the interior of a golf store (Malbon, in Miami). But it quickly became clear that it doesn’t matter whether the client is a sporting-goods giant, a creative agency, a menswear shop, or a private homeowner, Levin’s vision is so strong, and so precise, that he can bring his elevated taste, and his finely choreographed sense of visual harmony, to pretty much any context. His firm’s projects are marked by a balance between strong lines and soft curves, a contrast between industrial materials and natural ones, and a liberal use of color blocking. This year, they’ll bring those vibes to a brand new category — hospitality, designing their first restaurant and bar — while doing a little hosting of their own at their new studio in LA, where they’ll offer their street-facing window vitrines to a rotating cast of artists and makers.
