Each year, GRAY singles out a respected and influential member of the Pacific Northwest design community with a prolific body of work as a recipient of the Legacy Award. The 7th Annual GRAY Awards honor goes to: JOHNPAUL JONES, FAIA. As founding partner of Seattle-based Jones & Jones, architect Johnpaul Jones has spent decades working with American Indian tribes, incorporating Native architectural motifs and philosophies into his designs, and designing some of the country’s most culturally significant American Indian buildings.  After growing up in Oklahoma with his Welsh-American ..read more

studioMET Architects home interiors are as stunning, and as filled with design details as their exteriors. Thoughtful, defined, and liveable. So GRAY and Modern Architecture + Design Society (MA+DS) were thrilled to see project submissions come through from them to feature on our Houston Interior Design Tour (details here). Partners Yoonchul You, AIA, Stephen Andrews, AIA, and Shawn Gottschalk, AIA, lead the Houston-based studio -- a collective of architects, craftsmen, artists, and designers. We had a chance to catch up with Gottschalk and invited him to be in our “3 Questions for...” se ..read more

The seventh annual GRAY Awards Party was held in Seattle, Washington on March 21, 2024. Photographed by Barbie Hull Photography ..read more

Located near Joshua Tree National Park, the Bust'n B Ranch is a tranquil high desert escape with sophisticated Southwestern charm. The interiors of this one-story adobe house near California's Pioneertown were renovated to capture the beauty of the surrounding landscape and honor the history of adobe haciendas. Everyone’s familiar with Palm Springs—once a playground for the Hollywood elite, the California desert town is now the epicenter of midcentury modern design—but fewer know about Pioneertown, the Old West-themed enclave about 30 miles north of its more glamorous cousin. Developed in t ..read more

Asisat Edu, principal interior designer, DIH Designs. Photograph courtesy DIH Designs. GRAY has been a super fan and media partner of Modern Architecture + Design Society (MA+DS) since their—and GRAY’s—founding in 2011. MA+DS does modern architecture home tours across the U.S., and now for the first time, we are collaborating on a series of interior design-focused tours. Through this project, we met Asisat Edu, founder and principal interior designer at DIH Designs. Her project on the Washington D.C. area tour is a stunning renovation of a former home hair salon turned short-term rental tha ..read more

Japan House Los Angeles brings together artworks showcasing kawaii concepts and Sebastian Masuda’s personal story. May 2 - November 3, 2024 JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles is partnering with multi-disciplinary artist and “King of Kawaii” Sebastian Masuda on its upcoming exhibition “Yes, KAWAII is Art -EXPRESS YOURSELF-”. The term kawaii translates to “cute” or “adorable,” but Japanese kawaii culture has evolved into a global phenomenon encompassing fashion, art, technology, and even social behavior. The colorful exhibition, on display May 2–November 3, 2024, is the first to include multiple Masud ..read more

Lapis Collection blown glass sculptures by Homa Continuing their explorative journey of fusing fantastical design ideas with earthly materiality, Maison&Objet - the prestigious interior design trade show in Paris, France - and creative strategy consultancy, Peclers Paris, have announced their invigorating theme for the September fair: TERRA COSMOS. “Where the vastness of space mingles with seemingly finite terrestrial territories... Where universal fantasies and earthly materiality collide... Where science and magic intertwine... New and lasting fictions are born, and are sure to have an i ..read more

The four-day festival celebrating Victoria, B.C.'s growing design community is back for its second year, and designers are here for it! 2023 Beer + Build event hosted by Above90 Lighting during Design Victoria. Participants drank beer at Herald Street brewery and built RBW Dimple or Crisp sconces to take home. Following hot on the heels of a successful launch last year alongside GRAY's DesignCon, the second edition of the festival will feature local, national and international collaborations including exhibitions, talks, workshops, tours, film screenings and fashion shows.  Visi ..read more

Image by Barbie Hull Photography SEATTLE, March 22, 2024  |  The 7th Annual GRAY Awards Party, held last night in Seattle at Block 41, showcased design excellence in everything from a respite in a busy airport to a home office on rails. Guests from Prague, Mexico City, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and beyond were in attendance for the celebration. Each year, the cross-disciplinary awards program invites the best and brightest in the fields of architecture, interiors, landscape, and product design to enter their work for a coveted opportunity: to be honored as one of the ..read more

Lincoln Park by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer; Photograph by Haris Kenjar GRAY Media announces the 7th Annual GRAY Awards People's Choice Awards winners. SEATTLE, March 12, 2024 — Now in its 7th year, GRAY Awards — the international cross-disciplinary design awards program — continues to recognize the outstanding work happening around the world. The People's Choice Awards winners have been determined from thousands of public votes amongst GRAY Awards finalists in the fields of ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, LANDSCAPE, and PRODUCT DESIGN. The 7th Annual GRAY Awards winners will be announced at the GRAY Awards ..read more