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Fernando Campana, Provocateur of Furniture Design, Is Dead at 61
Working with his brother, he became a star of the design world, creating furniture and other objects and elevating the culture of his native Brazil.
Jule Campbell, 96, Dies; Architect of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Be it objectification or celebration, the annual rite she created earned millions for the magazine and helped usher in the supermodel era.
Mary McCaslin, Folk Singer Who Lamented the Lost Old West, Dies at 75
A songwriter in her own right, she was known for renditions of pop and rock songs, “Pinball Wizard” among them, that made them sound like...
Maurice Kanbar, Who Defuzzed Sweaters and Defanged Vodka, Dies at 93
He was a busy inventor, entrepreneur and investor (movie theaters, real estate, a “super food” and more) whose Skyy Vodka was, he claimed, hangover-free.
Marilyn Loden, Who Championed a Feminist Metaphor, Dies at 76
She was asked to speak at a conference in 1978 about barriers faced by women in the workplace. She noted a barrier she called “the...
How to Decorate Your New York Apartment Before You Move There
When an interior designer decided to make a big move during the worst months of the pandemic, she planned her new rental around several key...
Latisha Chong, Hair Stylist Who Helped Change Fashion, Dies at 32
In work seen, among other places, on the cover of Vogue, she was part of a vanguard of Black talent that altered an industry and...
Nicholas Evans, Author of ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ Dies at 72
He was a first-time novelist whose tale of a manly vocation and family trauma broke publishing and then movie rights records when Robert Redford bought...
Bohemia Beach Is Having Another Day in the Sun
Three recent books revisit the Outer Cape, long an inspiration for writers like Mary McCarthy, who lampooned the area as “the seacoast of Bohemia.”
Carleton Varney, Interior Designer Known as Mr. Color, Dies at 85
He was trained by the maximalist decorator Dorothy Draper, who favored bold colors, and he inherited her aversion to the bland and the beige.