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Ikea reissues retro furniture in limited-edition Argang collection

May 23, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

Ikea is a reliable source for ready-to-assemble modern furniture (even if we ourselves are never quite ready to assemble it). The convenience factor is there, but what about the "wow"...

Me, My Shelf and I: Javier and Diego Ramirez

May 9, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

In the East Rogers Park home he shares with his father, 10-year-old Diego Ramirez has a collection of more than 100 books personally inscribed to him. That's because since he...

"There's still some discussion about what new adult-fiction is," LeBaron says of the recently emerging genre. "One thing for sure is that social media has played a big role in its popularity." Colleen Hoover is one of many NA authors with large online followings.

Me, My Shelf and I: Fred LeBaron

May 9, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

Fred LeBaron, a retired lawyer who now works part-time at Downers Grove Public Library, is famous in certain circles for being a reader of — and for championing — the...

Glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra reflects on the colorful art that’s hotter than ever

May 23, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

Italian master glassblower Lino Tagliapietra has a thing for undulating shapes and eye-catching color. For those unfamiliar with his work, even a cursory Google image search makes this abundantly clear....

Make your home sparkle with custom party decor

May 30, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

Scroll through their colorful gallery of tassel garlands and metallic pinatas, and it's clear that Nicholas Anderson and Julie Ho, the pair behind the New York City-based company Confetti System,...

Moran’s charred wood lamp: more functional art than furniture

May 23, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

Elegance meets rusticity in the charred conical lamp by Moran Woodworked Furniture (moranwoodworked.com), a small company based in Red Hook, N.Y., that melds traditional craftsmanship with modern design. We discovered...

Monolith tableware offers a modern treatment of marble

May 23, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

It sounds a bit silly to say marble is having "a moment." After all, hasn't the metamorphic rock been appreciated since time immemorial — from classical sculpture to countertops; mortar...

Jason Schwartzman on ‘Listen Up Philip’

May 9, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

Jason Schwartzman has a knack for playing writers on screens large and small. He starred as a struggling one in the Jonathan Ames-created HBO series, "Bored to Death," and plays...

Jeff Quest's home is filled with books -- and not just spy novels.

Me, My Shelf and I: Jeff Quest

May 9, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

For the past five years, Jeff Quest has been building an impressive collection of first-edition, signed spy novels, including works by John le Carré, W. Somerset Maugham, (former Tribune columnist)...

Doctor thinks people should be able to die as well as they live

August 19, 2019 at 2:53 a.m.

Our lives are ours, but what about our deaths? In his latest book, "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" (Metropolitan Books, $26), surgeon and author Atul Gawande...

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