Isn’t this the phrase we ask all the time in the design world? One way to find out the answer: Attend What’s New, What’s Next, an annual day of fun at 200 Lex, more formally known as the New York Design Center. At last month’s event, well-known designers, up-and-coming designers, clients, and the rest of…

September is a busy month as we swing into full gear for fall, and NYC&G will be celebrating on many levels. On the 9th, designer Scott Sanders is hosting a soiree at his fabulously colorful duplex penthouse in Chelsea, which is featured in this issue on page 62. We are looking forward to sunset cocktails…

At this very moment, we are busy preparing for our first designer showhouses of the 2014 season, and you might say it will be an embarrassment of riches. The name Designer Showhouse of New York is a bit of a misnomer, given that what’s actually being showcased are 12 apartments on the penthouse floors of…

I have just spent the evening reading a copy of the “dummy book” (proof pages) of the first issue of NYC&G’s new sister publication, SFC&G (San Francisco Cottages & Gardens), debuting this month. The dummy, a compilation of oversize pages printed from our giant color copier and held together with a jumbo clip, is the…

The “American Party” at Maison et Objet in Paris this January was held at the Hôtel de Ville, the city hall of the City of Light. It was a treat for so many designers and manufacturers to have the chance to swan through this stunningly beautiful building, which has seen its fair share of executions,…

We are growing . . . yet again! So much to do, so little space—we are simply running out of room for all our fabulous design projects. In fact, to accommodate them all we are adding another issue to next year’s schedule. Look for NYC&G in March, April, May/ June, September, October, November, and December in…

“If you are going to San Francisco next spring, be sure to pick up a copy of SFC&G—San Francisco Cottages & Gardens.” I made this announcement at the sold-out NYC&G Innovation in Design Awards in New York City just a few weeks ago, to cheers and applause from the captains of the design industry who…

Readers and designers are always telling us how much they love the “sense of place” that emanates from the pages of NYC&G and it’s sister titles CTC&G and HC&G, not to mention opportunities to experience our editorial content in “real life.” This summer’s Holiday House Hamptons designer show house, presented by HC&G, was open to…

Holiday House, a Hugely popular Manhattan show house founded six years ago by Iris Dankner, is opening it’s first Hamptons location on June 22 at Fair Hills in Bridgehampton. Called Holiday House Hamptons and presented by HC&G, it kicks off with a gala preview party, with Leonard Lauder as honorary chair and Tony Ingrao, Randy…

Like new buildings. In the 1970s, during the economic downturn, I was able to rent a three-bedroom apartment in a just-built tower that couldn’t sell it’s condominiums. It included a dining room, library, and maid’s room and bath along with north, south, and east views. “See the planes taking off at LaGuardia!” I’d exclaim to…

C&G editorial director D. J. Carey recently hosted a “Design Salon” at Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, with attendees including designers Thom Filicia, Matthew Patrick Smyth, Anthony Baratta, Philip Gorrivan, Charlotte Barnes, Catherine Cleare, Amanda Nisbet, Patricia Healing, Barbara Hauben-Ross, and Linherr Hollingsworth, as well as home-furnishings manufacturers Crans Baldwin of EF+LM…

Last March readers and the design community received the first issue of NYC&G with great enthusiasm. Newsstand sales have been increasing in efficiency with each issue, and we have added a sixth issue to 2013’s schedule. In Paris at the recent design extravaganza Maison et Objet, I was thrilled that the buzz about the magazine had…

A couple of weeks ago I drove up the Hudson Valley to see how NYC&G was being received in the town of Hudson, a nexus for great antiques and stylish shopping. Our company’s magazines are beloved because of their sense of place, and it is important for us to know that we have established a true intimacy…

It’s hard to believe that this is only the third issue of NYC&G. Since our March launch, it seems we have fulfilled a year’s worth of events and community initiatives. The magazine debuted to an appreciative buzz, but also brought with it our signature Cottages & Gardens “sense of place,” so that the demand for…

What an exhilarating few weeks it has been since our springtime launch of New York Cottages & Gardens! Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams of the eponymous furniture company hosted us at their stunning apartment 58 stories above Manhattan to toast Editor in Chief Kendell Cronstrom and the debut issue. The design-industry website Editor at Large was there, with…

In my mother’s day, spring was for cleaning; in my day, spring is for redecorating. There is nothing like a new coat of paint or a reupholstered chair to lift the spirits. All that frenzied decorating and redoing: from ambitious architectural extensions to cool wallpaper projects, it’s easy to get into the spirit. New York’s…