J. Morgan Puett's Industrial-Chic Country Compound

Design editor Wendy Goodman takes you inside the city’s most exciting homes and design studios. [Design Hunting]( A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman The dining area. Photo: Courtesy of Simon Upton for Vendome Press Renowned British photographer Simon Upton could have featured any of his glorious photographs of people and homes from around the world in his new book, but he chose New York Interiors, just released by Vendome Press. “I feel so strongly that my professional life, and it’s true of so many creative people in a creative industry, without New York, it would be entirely different,” Upton told me. One of the most original homes in his beautiful book belongs to artist J. Morgan Puett, who shared her story in her own words in the book. [Take a tour]( Best, Wendy Goodman Cyber Monday Sale: [Subscribe today and get 60% off](unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. This Week in Design 1. [Curbed’s 2021 Advent-Calendar Gift Guide Over the course of the next 25 days, we will be doling out, one by one, the gifts recommended by dozens of design bigwigs with extremely good taste.]( 2. [Why Do New Buildings Look So Basic? We can embrace ornamentation in architecture without returning to the past.]( 3. [The Best Gifts for Design-Minded Kids From a Keith Haring play mat for babies to a highly adaptable jumpsuit for teens.]( 4. [What We Know About Princess Mako’s Strikingly Mundane Hell’s Kitchen Apartment We weren’t expecting her first spot to have ballrooms and gilded ceilings, but 525 West 52nd Street is a bit blander than one might expect.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More on Curbed]( Introducing [My Week in New York](: a brand-new newsletter from the editors. [Sign up]( to get the next edition this Saturday. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=dh) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved