Rafael de Cárdenas

Drawing inspiration from a 15th-Century Medieval pattern, this six-story townhouse for a large, blended family in New York was reimagined through a romance of light and space, controlled palettes, and bold tones.

The first HommeGirls retail concept blends Milanese precision with downtown grit in the heart of Chinatown. A rotating dry cleaner's rack serves as a sculptural centerpiece atop a polished marble floor, while mirrored walls reflect geometric patterns and city views. Designed by Rafael de Cárdenas, this deliverate interplay of refinement and rawness is best exemplified by a deconstructed vintage suit valet, set alongside untouched elements of the existing aluminum and glass storefront -- now… Show more

The first HommeGirls retail concept blends Milanese precision with downtown grit in the heart of Chinatown. A rotating dry cleaner's rack serves as a sculptural centerpiece atop a polished marble floor, while mirrored walls reflect geometric patterns and city views. Designed by Rafael de Cárdenas, this deliverate interplay of refinement and rawness is best exemplified by a deconstructed vintage suit valet, set alongside untouched elements of the existing aluminum and glass storefront -- now adorned with a hand-painted gold leaf sign. Show less

For 2025, Sahco travels to the very heart of its heritage and identity: manipulating techniques to elicit emotions. During Paris Deco Off, the new collection is presented with an installation called "Room Service" by the American designer Rafael de Cárdenas around the theme of 'Icons of Modernism'. Renowned for his cinematic atmospheres, de Cárdenas reinterprets modernist motifs with Sahco language, reinforcing the beauty of juxtapositions of patterns, colours, and styles in a contemporary way… Show more

For 2025, Sahco travels to the very heart of its heritage and identity: manipulating techniques to elicit emotions. During Paris Deco Off, the new collection is presented with an installation called "Room Service" by the American designer Rafael de Cárdenas around the theme of 'Icons of Modernism'. Renowned for his cinematic atmospheres, de Cárdenas reinterprets modernist motifs with Sahco language, reinforcing the beauty of juxtapositions of patterns, colours, and styles in a contemporary way of life. Show less

The New York flagship of SKIMS brings four stories of the historic building at 647 5th Avenue into the brand's iconic embrace: a sculpted, silk-smooth continuum of cascading monochromes. This immersive display vividly embodies the inclusive spirit of the brand to create a spectacular staging of boundless individuality.

This home for a young family, located on an island shore of Seattle’s Lake Washington, achieves a fine-tuned marriage of intimacy and open space. An immersive embrace of Pacific Northwestern atmospheres.

Unassuming from the street level, this 10,000-square-foot beachfront house for a growing family opens up into three stories of unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean. The family-friendly house is a peace retreat that's primed for entertaining on demand.

Like Tiepolo with a twist of lime, this model apartment at supertall 111 West 57th Street injects supple classicism and acid-green wit into Central Park’s cloud layer. An expansive pied-à-stratosphere, awash in playful impressions of the earth.

A suite of massive, gracefully interlinked spaces—with suitably massive bespoke furniture—make up this Lower Manhattan family home. The overall design puts a premium on flowing gradations, delicate interlockings, and scenic depth of field.

A shapeshifting Menswear shopping experience in Beijing's Sanlitun Village. A transforming oak corridor leads to a monumental lantern pocketed with fitting rooms and displays.

This showroom for Ulla Johnson presents the designer's work in a context of homelike ease. The space is furnished with an abundance of warm and engaging touches that evoke and complement the hands-on process behind the items on display.

This historic full-block building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, built in 1908, was collaboratively revamped by Robert A.M. Stern and RDC, who introduced the contemporary, layering in furniture and lighting to amplify the historical details and complement them.

Design of the office space and private viewing rooms of Hauser & Wirth’s new five-story gallery building at 542 West 22nd Street.

The design of Nordstrom’s multifaceted lounge for their Manhattan flagship creates a clear delineation between the open and sheltered areas. Our custom furniture designs—sofas, lounge chairs, and tables—play a decisive role, shaping circulation and controlling visibility.

This large private expedition yacht—fit for adventure in virtually any climate—uses a highly refined set of materials and a rich, nuanced color scheme to sumptuous effect. Nearly every element of the yacht has been extensively customized.

This design for Cartier's Magnitude High-Jewelry Event introduced a series of new collections in intimate and immersive fashion. The experience was not only visual but tactile and immediate, allowing visitors to select pieces to try on in private viewing rooms.

The five-bedroom residence was renovated to evoke timeless luxury, balancing contemporary classics with the home’s historic character. Landscape architect Philip Nixon consulted on the garden design, which features a green wall, palm fronds, and a reflecting pool.

A façade that stakes a distinctive place for Kenzo in Seoul's Gangnam district -- an already richly exuberant, panoramically eye-catching commercial landscape.

A pool pavilion for a young family’s English countryside estate. The distinctive, sweeping ceiling pattern absorbs reverberant sound while creating a decorative play of light. The dual slides were specially designed with the family’s children in mind.

This two-floor penthouse in New York City’s West Village employs a restrained and muted palette to complement the building’s art deco historic character and act as a counterpoint to the contemporary art and furniture collection.

This two-floor penthouse in the West Village is designed to be light, luxurious, and take advantage of the building’s art deco character. A muted palette is as a counterpoint to contemporary art and furniture.

Demisch Danant Gallery is a refined showcase for rare and sumptuous gems of 20th-Century design. The vibrancy of the pieces is complemented by travertine warmth and an exquisite minimal backdrop, with nods to the institutional quality of the work on display.

A sweeping injection of the contemporary into the historic Au Pont Rouge department store in St. Petersburg, Russia. Reestablished it as a preeminent lifestyle destination for the city's growing creative class.

Gentle Monster’s SoHo flagship creates a succession of magnetically seductive portals that captivate visitors and draw them into the space, lending engaging resonance to the brand’s avant-garde eyewear designs.

Tucked away on a side street of Paris, this stunning Haussmann-era residence was designed around the refined and eclectic taste of the client’s family. The spaces are carefully curated to showcase the client’s extensive collection of modern Chinese art.

This apartment in a Manhattan high-rise sequentially divides the space into three zones for living. Each of the zones—lounge, study and private chambers—frames and capitalizes on a soaring view of the Manhattan cityscape.

Nike 45 Grand is housed in a former Auto Repair Shop in Soho. The nucleus of the project - the gym - is flooded with natural light filtered through the milky-white acrylic fins of the round wall.

Located in Mayfair, London, the Delfina Delettrez Boutique showcases Delfina's jewelry multiplied, reflected, and magnified in a way that feels surreal, almost as though the customer has inhabited one of her pieces.

This immersive environment hosted intimate special events and steeped visitors in Cartier's ongoing history of innovation. The space showcased exquisite timepieces, while inviting visitors to be the Cartier Man -- both a classic future and of the future.

This SoHo loft is the home to a productive artist and the owner of an influential fashion store. To maximize light exposure and create moments of color, massive display walls showcase the couple’s art collection and separate more intimate spaces.

The design at Baccarat's Madison Avenue Flagship both broadens the brand's appeal to a younger audience, while highlighting the craftsmanship and heritage of the Baccarat Crystal, reinforcing their existing client base.

This penthouse in the historic Warren and Wetmore Building is home to the Ford Models Women's Division and Exhibition Space, paying homage to the history of the building through a palette of Art Deco, Gothic, and Parisian themes.