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On Location: Project Row Houses
Waters Roeck
By restoring historic buildings, installing public art and sponsoring arts-education and social outreach programs, Houston's Project Row Houses practices what it calls social art and has transformed a once-blighted community in the process.

Style Compass with Darryl Carter
Jorge Arango
Having revivified design after decades of monochromatic monotony, Darryl Carter mixes styles, periods, textures and forms with a curator's control and concision.

Required Reading: Grace Kelly Style: Fashion for Hollywood's Princess
Reviewed by Caroline Rennolds Milbank
The book that accompanies a summer exhibit at the V+A traces the inimitable style of Grace Kelly as she transforms herself from starlet to Oscar-winning actress to princess-bride...to legend.

Style Compass with Oscar de la Renta
Adriana Caras
After 45 years as a fashion designer, Oscar de la Renta is at the height of his career. Having built a name synonymous with glamour and sophistication, he explains, "To be a good designer you have to live life, love life, observe life and do the best you can."

Shop Talk at The Palm Beaches
Susanna Salk
Introspective takes a summer spin through Florida's Palm Beaches, visiting 15 1stdibs dealers who offer everything from Rococo and Regency to rarefied rattan.

Saturday Shopping with Marcia Sherrill

Our own Marcia Sherrill, writer and accessories designer, weighs in on her faves for summer decorating. A larger-than-life personality, Sherrill shares her wish list of over-the-top designs with an eye to her own new Manhattan digs.

Shop Talk at Lucca Antiques
Erika Heet
Susan and Stephen Keeney have made an art out of repurposing vintage objects into modern-day marvels for their shop, Lucca Antiques, with locations in both Los Angeles and New York.

Required Reading: Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1917-1942
Reviewed by Andrew Myers
The second book of a three-volume monograph examines the designs – approximately 1,110 from between 1917 and 1943 – of the remarkable Frank Lloyd Wright.

On Location: Sale of Joe Eula Illustrations at Rare Vintage

1stdibs fashion dealer Rare Vintage offers a unique sale of illustrations of Halston designs by legendary illustrator Joe Eula from the collection of Chuck and Candy Pratts Price. Read The New York Times article...

Spotlight on Design: Malcolm James Kutner
Marcia Sherrill
Whether he's working outside or indoors, Houston-born, London-educated and now New York–based designer Malcolm James Kutner has a genius for locating genius loci, or special spirit of place.

The Talent: Minnie Mortimer
Cator Sparks
Meet fashion designer Minnie Mortimer: wife, mother and surfer-chick who's always shirtdress chic.

American Made: Remains Lighting
Susanna Salk
In their sustainable Brooklyn factory, Alix and David Calligeros aim to set the bar ever higher when it comes to their expertly designed, artisanally crafted Remains Lighting.

Style Compass with David Netto
Erika Heet
David Netto grew up preppy in New York, rebelled persistently and eventually began to dictate his own version of classical modern design, often asking himself, "What would Parish-Hadley do?"

Not To Be Missed: Katsura – Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
At the Houston MFA Through September 12, 2010
Waters Roeck
An exquisite photography exhibition in Texas spotlights ancient Japanese architecture as seen through the lens of a mid-century-modernist master.

Saturday Shopping with Clair Watson

Who better to escort you through 1stdibs than one of our own? Calcutta-born, Manhattan-based author and style arbiter Clair Watson is 1stdibs’ Antique and Vintage-Fashion Curator who shares with you her best selections from 1stdibs.

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	What's Selling Now – August 2010 Sold in August Everybody wants to know what's selling. Click here to view the thousands of items that were sold by 1stdibs dealers in the month of August alone.