Daily life in the age of Queen Elizabeth I
Join Professor Tracy Borman as she uncovers the vibrant world of 16th-century life—from the Tudor queen's unusual habits and her dazzling dress sense to the lavish lifestyles of courtiers and…
Kmart Brother 100 Typewriter
I was looking for a typewriter online and found a cool local company called Detroit Type Works. They brought me Kmart Brother 100 typewriter from 1977. They even took the…
Inside a Grand Canal Palazzo in Venice That’s Been Left Untouched
“Venice must become a normal city again, a place for those who want to live there permanently, not just for wealthy tourists.” Lidia grew up in a home on the…
Griffin Dunne on a literary family’s legacy
He grew up in Hollywood in a well-known literary family, and built a career as an actor, producer, director and documentary filmmaker. Now, Griffin Dunne has written a family memoir…
Inside a creative director’s eclectic apartment
In this episode, Wallpaper* visits creative director and graphic designer Veronica Ditting. Argentine-born, German-raised and London-based, Ditting collaborates with an international roster of fashion houses, artists and cultural institutions, from…
Absolute History: Victorian Christmas
three installments of Christmas at the Victorian Farm
Inside Gloria Steinem’s History-Filled New York Home | Architectural Digest
Today, AD is welcomed by Gloria Steinem to tour her longtime home in New York City. The feminist icon moved into her duplex in a 19th-century brownstone in 1968 after…
David Macaulay, America’s “Explainer-in-chief”
Author David Macaulay has spent more than 50 years finding ways to explain things, via his humorous and intricately illustrated books featuring wooly mammoth guides – his attempt to hook…
How Salvador Dalí’s art found a home in Florida
More than 2,400 works by the Spanish artist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), from oil paintings and prints to sculptural mashups, are featured at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., which…
How Los Angeles’ “Little Tokyo” is fighting for survival
Los Angeles' "Little Tokyo" is filled with displaced shops and closed family restaurants as a new wave of development threatens the Japanese cultural hub. It's not the first time the…