The Current

Everything bigger, everything bolder: the dreams, the ambitions, the boundless creativity, the never-ending ingenuity. In the city everything is done at the highest level, all of the time. Expectations are exceeded. Conventions are defied. The bar is set (and reset) again and again. 

AN EXCERPT FROM THE CURRENT, VOL. 2 Chef Melissa Perello, a talented restaurateur with an equally visionary design sense, ventures south from San Francisco to Los Angeles to open her third, and most ambitious, restaurant yet.

Skinny sconces aren’t just a decorative lighting element—they’re as crucial to a room’s overall aesthetic and fundamental design plan as, say, a pendant that hangs over a kitchen island or a dining room chandelier.

AN EXCERPT FROM THE CURRENT, VOL. 2 Having cut his teeth as a lieutenant for boldface names such as Martha Stewart and Ralph Lauren before taking up the creative mantle at Related Companies, Stephen Earle is now bringing his discerning eye to bear on one of Manhattan’s most ambitious residential development projects to date.

Flushmount fixtures add height and interest to even the smallest of spaces