The Artful Life: 7 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week

1. Hello Human House Provides a Platform for Independent Designers

In Lower Manhattan, where creative space is scarce and expensive, a new outpost billing itself as part-gallery, part-reading room, and part showroom strives to erase the high barriers to entry preventing independent designers from breaking through. Hello Human House, which opened September 4 in the heart of Chinatown, serves as a physical outpost of Hello Human, the public relations firm known for supporting independent designers. “Space shouldn’t be a luxury—it should be a platform,” says Jenny Nguyen, who founded the agency in 2020 to help build a more sustainable marketing infrastructure for the community. “Independent design deserves a stage, not just a booth at a fair, a line in a press release, or waiting endlessly for a gallery’s approval.” Opening weekend brought a multi-day pop-up inspired by Vietnamese café and reading room culture with Iconic Magazines as guests lounged on Martino Gamper’s playful Arnold Circus Stools distributed by Domestic Goods. The lineup continues this fall with a Loose Parts pop-up and a new product launch by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio. —Ryan Waddoups

2. Folegandros, Greece, Hideaway Gundari Adds Private Villas

While most considering travel to Greece picture the whitewashed walls and cobalt blue roofs of traditional Cycladic architecture, the country’s 227 inhabited islands offer substantially more styles. On Folegandros, a small, rocky island just a short Hoper helicopter ride from more populous Mykonos or Santorini, rugged, sand-colored terrain informs the look of Gundari, a luxury resort that seamlessly melds into a spectacular cliffside locale. Now, the relatively new boutique hotel has added a series of stunning three- and four-bedroom villas that capture the same tranquil look of the main building’s Block722-crafted aesthetic but with 6,500 square feet of indoor and outdoor living, including a solar-powered infinity pool and Jacuzzi, perfect for group and family travel. Located a short stroll from Gundari’s main building—which houses a decadent restaurant by Greece’s first Michelin-starred chef, Zen-like subterranean spa, and sunken, swim-up bar that hovers breathlessly over the Aegean Sea—the new accommodations offer even more seclusion at one of the nation’s best kept secrets.—Jill Sieracki

3. Diptyque Unveils Unique Scent Inspired by the Peacock Feather

The Les Essences de Diptyque collection features exclusive perfumes that reflect the fascinating treasures of nature including coral, mother of pearl, bark, water lily, and desert rose. This month, Diptyque added another scent to the collection that’s informed by the peacock feather. Lazulio, created by perfumer Quentin Bisch, is meant to mirror discovery, sophistication, and grandeur. “Lazulio expresses in a perfume the striking beauty of the peacock feather,” says Quentin Bisch. “I wanted to contrast a bright accord of tangy, lively rhubarb with the delicious, enveloping caress of benzoin. I chose rose and vetiver to add further emphasis to the interplay of different colors and textures, imagining the fragrance of a jewel as displayed by this fabulous bird.”—Alexandria Sillo

4. Christofle and Charlotte Chesnais Launch Striking Carrousel Collection

The legendary French silversmith Christofle and celebrated jewelry designer Charlotte Chesnais have joined forces to unveil their stunning new flatware collection and case, entitled Carrousel. Since its founding in 1830, Christofle has boasted a long history with artistic collaborations, working with such luminaries such as Jean Cocteau, Gio Ponti, and Andrée Putman. Chesnais’s new collection, which took over two years to develop at the brand’s atelier in Normandy, is an homage to French craftsmanship and creative innovation. Her curving, organic designs, with an open, teardrop shape at the base of each fork and spoon, are a bold departure from traditional forms, making them “jewelry for the table.” The 24-piece set is offered in Christofle’s signature silver-plated metal, with an optional partially gilded, bicolour version available by special order. Chesnais also conceived a beautiful Jean Arp-inspired case with an interior hinge that opens like a “door to a secret room,” revealing the full set of flatware against a rich walnut panel. The collection, which was launched in Paris, will be available in New York next week.– Lucy Rees

5. A New Tome Curated by Sofia Coppola Traces the History of Chanel Haute Couture

Chanel is celebrating the global release of Chanel Haute Couture, an insightful, colorful journey that takes readers back to the early 20th century through today. Edited by Sofia Coppola, who first joined Chanel as a summer intern in the Chanel Creation Studio in Paris at age 15, the 450-page book, published in collaboration with Éditions 7L, features previously unseen sketches, archival materials, runway show images, behind-the-scenes documents, and more. From Gabrielle Chanel to Karl Lagerfeld, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker includes models from each decade and donning the very best of the House’s couture designs and creative visions in images captured by some of the world’s greatest photographers, making her latest collaboration with the House a true work of art.—A.S.

6. Laura Gonzalez Debuts Fantastical Fabric Selections for Schumacher

Designer Laura Gonzalez’s cinematic interiors layer color, pattern, and texture to exuberant effect, creating enchanting rooms filled with lyrical splendor. Now, those inspired by the work of the Galerie Creative Mind in over-the-top destinations—like Printemps and the Cartier flagship in New York, Casa Monti in Rome, and Hotel Bylos in Saint-Tropez—can capture some of that magic at home with the designer’s debut fabric collection with Schumacher. For the introductions, Gonzalez channeled her global array of influences into vivacious prints like Jaipur Fantaisie, a woven floral with a tumbling repeat of leaves that nod to Indian palaces, or Bombay Rainbow, a multifaceted screenprint on a linen ground that tickles the imagination in rich shades of blue, ochre, and marigold yellow. This dynamic selection is sure to infuse a neutral interior with energy or reverberate together in an electric, maximalism aesthetic.—J.S.

7. Lindsey Adelman’s Overglow Series Channels Venetian Lanterns

Lindsey Adelman has built her career by treating light as a medium for experimentation. The Brooklyn designer’s latest series, Overglow, consisting of three pendants and a sconce that reinterpret 16th-century Venetian “lampioni,” pushes that inquiry to even greater heights. Each fixture pairs mouth-blown glass with sand-cast bronze cages in two modes: either tightly contained or deliberately overblown. The result captures the charged instant between restraint and release, as cushiony glass presses against softly rounded bronze frames. Artisans push the age-old method by building up excess glass, overblowing it, and letting gravity pull it into sagging forms, creating silhouettes that range from traditional to full-bodied “puff” and “extra puff.” The collection is offered in classic white and atmospheric jewel-tone shades of opal, fog, dew, and plum. Later this fall, the studio will introduce a limited run of one-of-a-kind Overglow works with patterned glass derived from Color-aid paper collages, a classic tool of Josef Albers’s color studies. —R.W.