Property developers aren't a beloved segment of the design/build community, for reasons too numerous to get into here. But a select few are taking an approach that's, at the very least, a bit less corporate and a bit more thoughtful. One London-based company — Flawk, founded by Ashley Law in 2022 — is going to lengths to champion local emerging designers, using development opportunities as platforms for commissioning and presenting their work. Flawk bills itself as a “creative property developer transforming under-loved sites,” and its first completed project in the UK capital is filled with custom-crafted details, from the staircases to the toilet-paper holders.

The popularity of historic design styles naturally ebbs and flows, but some are so impactful and well-loved that they never really go away. Art Deco has remained a powerful player in shaping spaces and objects for a century now, its strict, layered geometries, stylized flourishes, and heavy volumes all continually cropping up in design. Today, the movement is having a particularly noticeable renaissance, particularly in interiors, albeit less in a pastiche way and more through formal nods — the space featured here being no exception. When it came to renovating a penthouse in a 1927 Art Deco building in San Francisco, local firm Studio Ahead leaned heavily into the era’s primary colors and shapes, while adding contemporary touches to keep the space relaxed and “forward-thinking.”