Andrew Sessa

At 1stdibs, the world’s largest online luxury marketplace, we spend our days immersed in the design world. So, we’re among the first to notice when tastes evolve. We see classic styles come back into fashion and current makers unite around budding movements. We also develop our own obsessions. In the shoppable pages that follow, you will find five design directions we’re loving right now.

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In her new book, Stellene Volandes take us on a glittering, engrossing tour across the centuries.

This autumn, several new and newly updated topflight hotels are beckoning sophisticated travelers to their stylish suites, luxe spas, locavore restaurants, expansive grounds and the autumnal views that accompany them.

The city's iconic Le Bristol hotel gives AD an exclusive first look at the verdant crown jewel of its decade-long renovation.

Menswear designer Todd Snyder and luxe Kennebunkport resort Hidden Pond teamed up to create the ultimate New England escape

Whether you’re trying to persuade grown-up kids to spend more time at the family home, or looking for an upgrade from your childhood room when visiting the folks, the answer’s the same. Welcome to the new vacation compound.

Once-familiar spaces have seen big changes in the past few months. Even more innovations are coming soon—and that’s nothing but a good thing.

Historic-house whisperer Nina Farmer conjures an inspired mix of colors, materials, and artful pieces in this young family’s Massachusetts home.

A newly hip hotel scene arrives in Italy’s ancient capital.

To keep up with ever- increasing competition, hotels are radically remastering and expanding their penthouse suites—and creating new ones—and they are turning to in-demand designers and collaborations with need-no-introduction brands to do so.

Forward-thinkers breathe new life into a fabled elite cultural playground.

The major surge of grand openings, smart renovations, and enticing expansions coming online in the region feels particularly stylish and sophisticated.

The designers of Evolve Residential reinvented a down-at-the-heels apartment in a late-19th-century building as a decidedly contemporary home.

The 2020 Olympics are coming to Tokyo in late July and early August, and they will capture the world’s attention for weeks. “Every Olympics is a chance to reveal the best of the host city and its people,” says Condé Nast Traveler travel specialist Amy Tadehara.