03.31.25

EDITORS’ LIST

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Jill and Monica share their March picks, including snail-inspired cutlery; a long-forgotten Castiglioni design that needs to be reissued, stat; actually affordable Bode sneakers;  and a brown-tiled dining room that’s giving just enough American Psycho to be interesting.

Jill’s List

JS_escargot1. SNAIL CUTLERY
Why aren’t more people talking about the Escargot Cutlery by Maison Balzac? They deploy the design world motif du jour — we love a good snail theme — and it’s not like good flatware sets come around all the time. This one is extremely cute! We’d rather use our airspace to talk about extremely niche flatware sets than a design fair nobody asked for, if we’re being completely honest.		 JS_corb2. CORB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Monica lightly shades the anodyne AD home tour below, and if you’re looking for an alternative, might we suggest The World of Interiors? Their latest is a banger for many reasons, not least of which is the incredibly solid headline pun, which I’ve replicated above. It’s a one-bedroom flat in London purchased by architecture historian Otto Saumarez Smith and renovated in a modernist style by architect Martin Edwards and interior designer George Younge. The kitchen was inspired by Charlotte Perriand’s design for Le Corbu’s Unité d’Habitation, and it’s perfect.		 _JS_schnapps3. AKJP X JODY PAULSEN
I recently returned from a trip to Cape Town, and I’ll be publishing a Sight Unseen guide to the South African design capital in the coming weeks. But while there are so many wonderful restaurants and amazing galleries to talk about, I wish there were more stores as good as AKJP, the artist-run shop that sells the coolest fashion and the best design items. AKJP was founded by artists Keith Henning and Jody Paulsen, who is the talent behind these tablecloths currently for sale. (This is just one of 18 color combos!)
_JS_kerafakt4. BORIS BERLIN
I’d be very curious to sit on the Shrinx chair by designer Boris Berlin, which eschews toxic PU foam in favor of a self-supporting, semi-translucent mesh textile stretched over a steel frame. Part Shiro Kuramata, part Do Ho Sun, it’s an interesting take on sustainability — but is it comfortable?		 _JS_RHCP5. KYLE MORLAND BOOK
It’s rare that I regret not buying something — partly because I’m not exactly known for my restraint, and partly because I generally trust my shopping instincts — but I recently left this book un-purchased in Cape Town and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Not only do I love the work of the South African artist in its pages, it’s also the perfect art-book combo of color (my fave, butter yellow) and type treatment (so graphic you could stand it up, face out, on your shelves.)		 JS_kiddush6. A CASTIGLIONI EGG CUP
There isn’t a ton of information available about this egg cup on the internet. I first saw it on the Instagram of Soft Servings, a kitchen-inspo account run by Hem’s creative director Cristina Poelk. She attributed it to Achille Castiglioni for Alessi, and another site referred to it as the Sunday Egg Cup. I have so many questions, including: Why hasn’t this been resurrected from the archive? Does Alessi understand the current mania for all things metal? Does Alessi understand how much people would go apeshit to own an egg cup by Castiglioni? Does Alessi need me to be a consultant for the US market?

Monica’s List

1. SAUZ SUMMER LEMON MARINARA
Back at it this month with the random food and beverage recommendations, but I randomly picked this marinara sauce up at the grocery store recently and it was really really good — I didn’t expect to actually taste the lemon flavor, since it’s all natural, but I really could. Great to have on hand when there’s nothing in the fridge; just add frozen peas (and frozen shrimp if you’re so inclined)!

2. BODE X NIKE ASTROGRABBER
These shoes are such a bizarre color that they caught my eye on Instagram. But I like it… I think? These are a reimagining of a classic Nike shoe from the 1960s, released after the introduction of Astroturf for sports fields. Since they’re Bode I expected them to cost a small fortune, but they’re only $160. And they come with a little football charm meant to evoke the ones given to high school athletes in the 1930s and ’40s.

 3. DANIELLA MANINI PRINTS
Los Angeles textile archive and online shop is offering 12 colorful prints by the Peruvian artist Daniella Manini, each revolving around a different type of shell motif and meant to channel 1970s Jamaica meets beach cevicherias. They’re 24×24″ and come in colorful frames. Honestly not the vibe of my own house — which leans more towards the weird, black, and floral — but I love them regardless.
4. BAGGU X JULIA HEUER
I immediately ordered several pieces from this collab between one of my favorite fashion designers — German-born, Paris-based Julia Heuer, known for her colorful prints on plissé fabrics — and Baggu. I have a pair of Heuer’s pants but can’t afford most of her clothes, so this release was big news for me! Scoop before it’s too late!

5. BROWN TILED DINING ROOM
I am so used to seeing celebrities in Architectural Digest proudly showing off the most bland, beige homes, so kudos to the Dubai-based comedian Mohanad AlHattab for the killer home tour in the magazine last month. A mustard-yellow kitchen, a floor-to-ceiling stainless steel “headboard” in the bedroom, and this insane brown zellige-tiled dining room that will forever be on my mood board in the event that I someday, somehow have a dining room of my own.

 6. SIMON SKINNER LAMPS
In the 20-plus years I’ve been reporting on design, I’ve seen many a designer rehash the idea of making lamps or objects out of thrift-store bowls and vases. Usually the results are pretty kitschy and forgettable. Stockholm designer Simon Skinner though has given it a shot for a series of lamps, and while they’re not necessarily future icons, they’re certainly the nicest, most sophisticated example of this genre I’ve seen.