David Rockwell

Creating Digital Worlds of the Future

Under the theme "Build Your Own World," more than 100 artists are creating fanciful universes in the hopes of prompting civic engagement at this arts-and-tech biennial in San Jose. We peeked at six intriguing projects.READ MORE›

• Now: September 2010
• Power Up: World Energy Congress

Maya Romanoff Celebrates 40 Years of Design History with Tie Dye and Pink Socks

Maya Romanoff, the man who made tie-dye hip for non-hippies, celebrated four decades of creating drop-dead wall coverings last night at New York's Museum of Arts and Design. Resplendent in pink striped socks and a tie-dyed velvet ...READ MORE›

How David Rockwell's Oscar Set Makes Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Funnier [Exclusive]

The famed architect reprises his role as set designer for the Academy Awards. Yesterday, he gave us a backstage tour.READ MORE›

• Master of Design: David Rockwell

Executing Rockwell's Oscar Vision

A timelapse video of the stage set up for the 2009 Oscars, designed by David Rockwell.READ MORE›

The Rockwell Group's Mauboussin Hotel

A teaser of the digital design that infuses the Rockwell Groups Mauboussin hotel.READ MORE›

Rockwell on Display at the Venice Biennale

Super-designer David Rockwell shows pieces at the Venice Biennale.READ MORE›

A Walkthrough of JetBlue Terminal 5 from Rockwell

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How David Rockwell is Reimagining the Playground

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St. Regis Hotel by David Rockwell

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Aloft Hotel by David Rockwell

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CityCenter's Architect "Dream Team" Builds the Next Vegas

The architects behind Las Vegas' CityCenter gathered after today's press conference to answer some questions about the legendary project.READ MORE›

• Silver, Ice, and Bouncy Superheroes: Las Vegas' CityCenter by the Numbers

The Star-Studded Design of Vegas' $8.5 Billion CityCenter

This week will see the opening of Vegas' $8.5 billion CityCenter, the most massive collaboration of famous architects in recent memory.READ MORE›

David Rockwell Gets Academy Award Gig Second Year Running

David Rockwell, one of Fast Company's 2009 Masters of Design, has been just been announced as the set designer for the 2009 Academy Awards--for the second year in a row. His design for this year's Oscars--the 81st--channeled the ...READ MORE›

Legends of the Fall: Patti Smith, Marc Jacobs, and David Rockwell Headline Pratt Gala

"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award ...READ MORE›

Dark-Sided: 10 Hauntingly Beautiful Hotels, Homes, and Restaurants

In the few years, our spare, modern interiors have been slowly replaced by a surge in deep paint colors, high-gloss woods, or lush fabrics like velvets, furs and leather, that play upon a newfound yearning for the past. The effect created by using antiquated materials and finishes, extreme craftsmanship like brickwork or woodworking, and period-perfect details like exposed filament lighting toys with our perception of history, yet in its familiarity, it also lends a sense of authenticity. Eva Hagberg's new book Dark Nostalgia (The Monacelli Press), features 26 such projects where architects like AvroKO, David Rockwell, Roman & Williams and Julian Schnabel have taken this aesthetic into clubby, intimate corners of hospitality and nightlife, from the Royalton Hotel in New York City, to the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, to Alain Ducasse’s newest restaurant, Adour. READ MORE›

Dark-Sided: 10 Hauntingly Beautiful Hotels, Homes, and Restaurants

In the last few years, our spare, modern interiors have been slowly replaced by deep paint colors, high-gloss woods, and lush fabrics. Eva Hagberg's new book "Dark Nostalgia" (The Monacelli Press) features such projects where architects like AvroKO, David Rockwell, Roman & Williams, and Julian Schnabel have taken this aesthetic into clubby, intimate corners of hospitality and nightlife. READ MORE›

Masters of Design 2009

This year's design issue features an array of dazzling talent: Coke's pop artist David Butler, Pentagram's infomaniac Lisa Strausfeld, the impresario David Rockwell, British architect David Adjaye, and the maestro of Italian design, Alberto Alessi. Plus, the women reinventing consumer electronics, China's answer to Nike and more...READ MORE›

Which Way Design: Seven Telling Events for the Fall

As surely as weighty new catalogues from Design Within Reach and Ikea land with a thump at your door, the fall design season awaits on the far side of Labor Day. This is the customary moment for design editors to preview fall events. ...READ MORE›

Rockwell at the Oscars: Equal Parts Busby Berkeley and Michelangelo

For a man who loves spectacle, it's hard to match Hollywood's annual love-fest in the Kodak Theater. So for New York architect David Rockwell, last night's crystal-swagged extravaganza was about as good as it gets--especially since ...READ MORE›

David Rockwell's Imagination Playground

David Rockwell's Imagination Playground encourages creativity. Too bad it'll be just for kids.READ MORE›