Living Legacies
As cookie-cutter new-builds become the norm on O‘ahu, a group of homeowners and architects are leading a quiet resistance by restoring its midcentury treasures.
Design
How an Album Cover Reveals a Story Beyond the Music
Looking at the most iconic records from Hawai‘i’s golden age of music showcases the dreams of their musicians, the skill of its designer, and the hopes of the album’s producer.
In Dubai, Envisioning a New Future
The transient is made permanent at Expo 2020 Dubai, a hyperglobal feast of ideas with a vision set on innovation and sustainability.
Against the Grain
Bizia Surf transforms one of Hawai‘i’s most destructive trees into a sustainable alternative for the surfboard industry.
A Vintage Typewriter Enthusiast Savors the Journey of Writing
From the classic to the curious, the collection of a local reveals why there is growing appreciation for the anachronism that is the vintage typewriter.
Building for Tomorrow
In O‘ahu’s Pālolo Valley, an architect’s utopian family home is designed to rise to a unique challenge.
The Alien Arrangements of Ren MacDonald-Balasia
Eerie, avant-garde expressions of nature, the floral arrangements of Ren MacDonald-Balasia are marvelous to behold.
Artists and Thinkers Offer Fresh Interpretation of the Hawaiian Sense of Place
Drawing from Hawai‘i’s heritage, environment, and history, artists and thinkers reimagine what it means to design for their island home.
Weird, Wacky, Waikīkī
A stroll through the infamous tourist trap is actually an endless walk through time.
Designing Women
Step inside the spaces and sensibilities of three creatives laying the foundation for a new generation of Hawai‘i interior design.
