Vitra

NYTimes: Polder sofa, designed by Hella Jongerius for Vitra.

Photographer: Jim Krantz

William Morris

Gabriel Orozco

Photo: Felix Tirry, Courtesy of David Zwirner, New York

NYTimes: "La DS," a well-polished silver Citroën sliced lengthwise and reassembled without the middle third, is Mr. Orozco's signature work, a totemic French car remade in a Peugeot garage on the outskirts of Paris in 1993.

Venice

Charles Ray: Boy With Frog: 2009

Oslo

Doug Mills/NYTimes

“We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth,” Mr. Obama said. “We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations — acting individually or in concert — will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.”

Broadway

Photo: Sarah Krulwich/New York Times
Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton star in "A Streetcar Named Desire," directed by Liv Ullman.

Ben Brantley:

This Blanche is no passive victim. She knows herself painfully well, which makes her both funnier and sadder than most Blanches. Always, though, we are aware of her knowing that standing up and staying sane are merely provisional; she could topple over at any second. That delicate balance assumes its most wrenching form in her climactic face-off with Stanley, as Blanche tries to defy not only her predatory brother-in-law but also the drunkenness that keeps pulling her to the floor. Gravity is not on her side.

New Orleans

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A home commissioned by Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation.

NYTimes: In 2007, frustrated by the slow pace of rebuilding in the Lower Ninth, Brad Pitt set up a foundation called Make It Right; the foundation then commissioned 13 architecture firms to design affordable, green houses. The organization plans to build 150 homes, all for returning Lower Ninth residents. So far, just 15 of them are occupied, but those 15 make a big impression.

Indeed, from the main route into the Lower Ninth, the Claiborne Avenue Bridge, it’s impossible to miss the Brad Pitt Houses, as everyone here calls them. They are sprawling, angular buildings in bold hues not usually seen outside a gelateria. Monuments to the city’s resilience, and to Hollywood’s big heart, they are also New Orleans’s newest tourist attraction.

Story here.

San Francisco

Hulton Archive/Getty Images

NYTimes: The Golden Gate Bridge under construction in 1937, when an era of huge public works projects was under way. Story here.

Topanga

Photo: DH
Reproduction Malibu Tile, PD 136D; Ceramic tray, IKEA, 100.951.87; Domestic Furniture (Roy McMakin) Pine End Table, c. 1980

Almodóvar

Photo: Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni/Sony Pictures Classics
Penelope Cruz: "Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)" (2009)

Bertoia

Photo: Sotheby's
Auction: Robert Isabell's collection.
A copper Bertoia "Bush" sculpture is estimated to sell for $30,000 to $50,000.
Story here.

Terence Koh

Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Terence Koh for Converse 1HUND(RED) Artists Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers, $150, available Nov. 21 at Opening Ceremony, 35 Howard Street; (212) 219-2688.

Atlantis

Photo: Chris O'Meara/Associated Press
NYTimes: The space shuttle Atlantis lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Via GQ:
Military Peacoat
Coat, $385, by Nautica. Sweater, $168, by Tretorn. T-shirt, $30 (for pack of three), by Calvin Klein Underwear. Jeans, $155, by A.P.C.

Photo: Tintype Photographs by David Sokosh for the New York Times; Photographed on Governors Island, New York.
NYTimes: Left, Spurr gray cashmere-wool coat, $2,695 to order at Bergdorf Goodman; Ann Demeulemeester black wool vest, $815 at Barneys New York; tan cotton-wool henley, $98 at Amoskeag XX; black wool pants, $238 at Marc by Marc Jacobs. Right, gray wool trench coat with black detail, $3,795 at Dolce & Gabbana; Engineered Garments black wool serge vest, $265 at Barneys; Trovata ivory cotton henley, $160 at Odin; charcoal gray wool pants, $630 at Prada.

Bauhaus

Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Art Resource, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

NYTimes story here.

Topanga

Photo: DH

Berlin

Photo: Andreas Meichsner for The New York Times

NYTimes: Juerg Judin, an art dealer and collector, spent three years renovating this former midcentury gas station in the Schöneberg district in Berlin.

Story here.

Emitt Rhodes

Listen.

Kevin Demaria

A photo essay in remembrance of Gourmet Magazine.

U.S.S. New York

Photo: Josh Haner/The New York Times

NYTimes: The ship, an amphibious assault dock, has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow.

Bio-D Collection

NYTimes:

[Nike]....is developing shoes and apparel that use less material, incorporate sustainable materials like organic cotton and are easier to recycle, and by developing adhesives made from water instead of toxic chemicals. Notably, they’ve open-sourced much of their research, allowing other companies to make use of their advancements.

Though they hold considerably smaller market share, Simple Shoes (pictured) is also working to make it better, not over, having just introduced a new collection of biodegradable footwear with outsoles and midsoles designed to break down to dirt in a landfill environment in 20 years.

Topanga

Photo: DH

Moving in.

Los Angeles, 1933

Photo: Julius Shulman

Topanga Canyon, California

Photo: DH
Bradshaw/Hargrove Residence

Dover Air Force Base

Antoine+Manuel

Cabinet of Curiosities

News page

Paris

Ferrari California

NYTimes:

The California is the company’s least expensive model by far. With a base price of less than $200,000 (as tested, $216,553), it is a relative bargain by Ferrari standards. Its standard features include a 453-horsepower V-8 engine (a detuned version of the F430’s power plant), a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, ceramic brakes and racing-inspired traction and launch controls that enable 3.5-second runs from a stop to 60 miles an hour.

Little in Isermann

David Hockney

"Maurice Payne"
NYTimes: Mr. Hockney, renowned for his portraits, has been working with Photoshop and a Wacom tablet. This painting is an Inkjet-printed computer drawing on paper from 2008.

Story here.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Photo: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

NYTimes: The Nobel Committee announced Friday that the annual peace prize was awarded to Barack Obama, nine months into his presidency, "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." At left, Mr. Obama spoke on Friday after winning the prize.

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said in its citation. “His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.”

Almodóvar

Photo: Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo, via Sony Pictures Classics
Penelope Cruz in "Broken Embraces."

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Jamie Oliver

Photo: Olaf Blecker for The New York Times

NYTimes: Jamie Oliver, the British celebrity chef, has made it his mission in recent years to break people's dependence on fast food.

Story here.

Irving Penn 1917-2009

"Truman Capote, New York, 1948"

South of the City

Photo: Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
NYTimes: Confronting the Pacific Ocean in all its most imposing and treacherous grandeur is Devil's Slide, a two-mile ribbon of coastal road just ten miles south of San Francisco. However, this is an experience that has to be sampled soon. It's scheduled to be closed to cars in 2011 and to be replaced by tunnels.

The White House

Photo: Courtesy of Ed Ruscha
NYTimes: The White House released a list of 45 artworks that are on loan to the Obamas from several Washington museums. It is a big, broad selection, mostly modern and contemporary paintings and sculptures. Shown here, "I think I'll ... " by the Californian artist Ed Ruscha. It deals with the subject of indecision. "Michael Smith (the Obama's decorator) came to us with a long list of artists and asked me what was available,” Kerry Brougher, chief curator at the Hirshhorn Museum, said in a telephone interview. “There are some very interesting figures. It’s more interesting and shows a greater diversity of art than I’ve seen.”
Story here.

Fall

Photo: Dean Isidro for The New York Times

Michael Bastian cotton trench coat, $2,750 at Bergdorf; Idol Radec oxford tuxedo shirt, $295 at Bloomingdale's; corduroy tuxedo jacket (part of a suit), $1,710 at Etro; polka-dot bow tie, $69 at Club Monaco; wool trousers in bird's-eye-check, $645 at Maison Martin Margiela.

Pittsburgh

Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Obama and leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret underground plant to manufacture nuclear fuel, saying the country has hidden the covert operation from international weapons inspectors for years.

New York City

Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times
CIty Center Fall for Dance Series.
Members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company in "Offenbach Overtures."

London

Royal Academy of the Arts

Anish Kapoor: Sculpture
26 September through 11 December

Prada

Mary Travers 1936-2009

Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times
Peter, Paul, and Mary: 1962

Illustrator: Wesley Bedrosian

NYTimes: When a Parent's "I Love You" Means "Do As I Say."

Manhattan

Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

NYTimes:

"We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess at the heart of this crisis," President Obama said during a speech at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan.

The president spoke beneath the dome of the building where the nation’s founding fathers once argued sharply over the role that government should play in the country’s economy. Mr. Obama noted the historic setting, saying: “Two centuries later, we still grapple with these questions — questions made more acute in moments of crisis.”