British-born, Amsterdam-based interior designer Kate Hume is as sleek, chic and vibrant as the houses she designs in Moscow, London, Prague, Dubai and beyond.

As this year's buzzed-about fashion exhibition opens in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, co-curator Andrew Bolton has a very real — and fascinating — conversation with 1stdibs.

The interiors photographer extraordinaire Dominique Vorillon talks to 1stdibs about getting his start, his favorite projects and the inspiration he finds in locations from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Sologne, France.

He's a globetrotting interior designer, but Vicente Wolf also finds time to write books, create his own furniture and housewares lines, and, this week, hunt through our Fine Homes inventory for dream houses with extraordinary views and a great sense of history and style.

Mid-century modern furniture dealer Liz O'Brien takes the New York Design Center by storm with a month-long exhibition of her "Editions" furniture, inspired by the work of designers she's long admired.

As part of an ongoing effort to expand our global reach, 1stdibs is excited to announce the launch of our Benelux section, which includes the top shops and galleries in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Shop Benelux.

As the weather gets warmer and summer plans begin to coalesce, here at 1stdibs our thoughts are saturated with seascapes and sandy shores. Today our special search uncovers dream beach houses, from a sleek new build in Honolulu to a historic 10-bedroom "cottage" in Southampton.

When he’s not filming his popular PBS show A Moment of Luxury, the amiable, won’t-take-no-for-an-answer interior designer Bill Stubbs might well be decorating a mansion in Moscow, a ranch house in Houston or the inside of a corporate jet. Today the charming Texan turns his eye to the 1stdibs inventory and selects his most-coveted items.

Whether challenging or charming, historic or cutting-edge, fashionable or offbeat, the latest listings on our Fine Art search are certain to engage.

Panchito - B.25 No.2 (detail), 2011, by James Neil Hollingsworth at Christopher Clark Fine Art

Pack your bags, cinephiles. It's that time to head to Cannes in the South of France! Shop red carpet–worthy dresses on 1stdibs fashion. Links to each item make putting together your next look just a few clicks away! Go shopping

1stdibs has a spectacular selection of estate and fine jewelry and watches, with hundreds of new items added each Wednesday from the world's leading jewelers.

A new organization based in a creative hub across the river from Manhattan seeks to protect and perpetuate the tradition of craft in the decorative arts — watch its members in action at the upcoming LIC Arts Open festival.

Karen Howes, of the London interior design firm Taylor Howes, believes in bridging practicality and show-stopping glamour — an approach that keeps her clients coming back year after year.

On the eve of the latest blockbuster show at the Met's Costume Institute, Vintage Luxury is offering a rare collection of Elsa Schiaparelli's revolutionary designs exclusively through 1stdibs. Shop the collection.

To say Kimba Hills, owner of the Santa Monica shop Rumba, lives and breathes design is no exaggeration — the showroom that adjoins her store doubles as her full-time home.

An exhibition of abstract works by Ebitenyefa Baralaye will be unveiled at an opening reception for the artist at 1stdibs' 10th-floor gallery at the New York Design Center on Saturday, May 5, 3-5pm.

Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter take on summer's favorite subject — the beach house — in their latest book, a spirited celebration of surf, sand, sun and high style.

Those who dream of hosting sun-drenched soirees, dining with family alfresco or just relaxing poolside in their own private outdoor space need look no further than the special collection of houses we've pulled from our Fine Homes inventory.

The entertainment industry's top production designers and set decorators discuss the long-standing interplay between the celluloid world and real-world interior design.

Possessed of a spirited hand and a nimble mind, painter Chuck Webster has produced a series of layered, large-scale abstractions for his upcoming show at ZieherSmith in Chelsea.

Check out the 1stdibs photo archive, featuring the world's most celebrated interiors and architecture photographers, including Tim Street-Porter, Tria Giovan and Melanie Acevedo. View the extensive archive of interiors, read more about the photographers and shop each room's look on 1stdibs.

1stdibs presents Fine Period & Modern Silver, offering the very best in Georgian, period American, Mexican and Danish pieces, all chosen from the top dealers in the US and overseas. Shop Fine Period & Modern Silver on 1stdibs.

1stdibs@NYDC, located on the 10th floor of the New York Design Center at 200 Lexington Avenue, holds shopping hours every Saturday, from 10am to 5pm. Stop by to browse the bricks-and-mortar showroom and shop the wares of 54 1stdibs dealers.