Six lockdown interior trends that are here to stay for 2021
The nation’s new-found obsession with our homes is set to continue, with open-plan living making way for carefully-curated activity rooms
31 December 2020 • 6:00pm
With more of us spending more time at home, having a space dedicated to one thing is the new luxury
Credit: Diana Cotovan
It’s certain that 2020 will be remembered as the year that life was turned upside down; but it will also be remembered as the year of the home. During multiple lockdowns, our homes became our sanctuary, and we needed them to work harder than ever.
Jack Lenor Larsen, Innovative Textile Designer, Dies at 93
He blended ancient techniques and modern technology to weave fabrics that are in the collections of MoMA and the Louvre, which gave him a one-man retrospective.
Jack Lenor Larsen in his studio in 1982. His textile designs influenced artists and architects, and his work is in major museums around the world.Credit.Susan Wood/Getty Images
By Julie Lasky
Dec. 23, 2020
Jack Lenor Larsen, a textile designer who blended ancient techniques and modern technology to weave fabrics that enlivened postwar American homes and workplaces and in the process became an international presence, died on Tuesday at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 93.