New York Penthouse by Kelly Behun

[all photos via Kelly Behun Studio]

While Fashion Week left me feeling sorry for myself that I couldn't make the shows this time around, one thing I did not miss was the couch surfing that my trips to New York usually involve. What I wouldn't give to have a penthouse apartment like this instead!

The Hamptons Home of Kelly Behun

[produced By Cynthia Frank/William Waldron for Elle Decor]

I fall in love with nearly everything Kelly Behun touches, so when the designer turned her focus to her own weekend beach house, the result was something truly spectacular. Featured in the latest Elle Decor, the Southampton home of Behun and her family showcases interiors by Behun herself, of course, and architecture by Sawyer | Berson.

With its stucco facade and walls of glass, it would be easy to mischaracterize the house as austere, but a closer look reveals all of the warm and whimsical trappings that make it a true family home.

Culture Lab Design Pop-Up Pairs Renowned International Designers with Detroit Artisans

Recyled Hanging Tire Planters designed by Kelly Behun and made by Cass Community Social Servies. Photo by Marvin Shaouni. / Ceramic Disks designed by David Stark and fabricated by Victoria Ashley Shaheen. Photo by Susan Montagna.

You know by now that I normally keep local coverage to my dual hometowns of Boston and Tel Aviv, but when a city with as blighted a reputation as Detroit is doing something amazing design-wise, it deserves some recognition! Enter a soon-to-be-released line of products by Culture Lab Detroit, an organization fostering conversation and collaboration between Detroit and the international design community.

Named Culture Lab Design, the product line has a "green space" theme that includes planters, vases, lighting and even a set of gardening overalls produced by internationally renowned designers in collaboration with Detroit artists, businesses and manufacturers.

The design teams participating in the project are David Stark with Victoria Ashley Shaheen, Kelly Behun with Cass Community Social Services, Estudio Campana with Todd Erikson, Sebastian Errazuriz with Samuel Arambula at TechShop, and Paola Navone with Andrew Ward at Line Studio and makers at Detroit Denim and Detroit Sewn.