After 20 years of running San Francisco's Zinc Details, owner Vas Kiniris has watched modernism evolve. From the iconic mid-century styles that still remain relevant to the explosion of new talent hitting the scene, Vas strives to incorporate both ends of the spectrum into his design store. You may have caught Vas's tips yesterday for his favorite ways to shop and style like a modernist. Now, Read more

Twenty years ago, $1,000 was all it took for Zinc Details owner Vas Kiniris to set up shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin hood. Determined to shake the town out of its postmodern slumber, Vas set out to bring the cool, avant-garde aesthetic from his European travels back to his 200-square-foot store. After winning honorable mentions during his first showing at ICFF, Vas knew he was onto something. Read more

I just had a chance to watch Eames: The Architect and The Painter, a gripping documentary and new addition to Netflix Instant Watch. The film explores the design vision of husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames, peering into the inner workings of their adventurously kooky office and revealing a true love story between a man and a woman and their insatiable appetite for modernism. Although Read more

With the long awaited return of Mad Men on the horizon, I'm eagerly anticipating oodles of '60s-era modern furniture and decor delights every week. In particular, I'm curious about the look of the offices in season five, and in particular the desks. I've rounded up two gorgeous walnut desks that introduce color into the design that would be absolutely welcome in the set design for this season of Read more

We've seen the way stencils can transform hardwood floors, but Danish artist Pernille Snedker Hansen takes unique floor treatments to a whole new level with Marbelous Wood. Her contemporary design company, snedker°studio, has cranked out imaginative surfaces for interiors since 2009. Aiming to challenge the way we perceive the surfaces that surround us, Snedker's Marbelous Wood uses the Read more

See the items and destinations that are a must this month. We flipped over the citrus tones in Maybelline's 2012 calendar. Tour NYC-based jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher's edgy family home. Find new ways to decorate with terra cotta pots this weekend. Get the scoop on trend forecasting for 2012. Add elegance to a room with distressed antique mirrors. Kick shoes into shape with genius storage Read more