As the facade of a Bates Masi-designed home in Water Mill, New York, rises from eight to 14 feet high, the mahogany planks subtly widen. “It was quite a demand to make of the contractor,” architect Paul Masi says. “But the design was so much about traveling through the site and weaving [the house] together with the deck.”

BoConcept makes a solid range of sleeper sofas but this jack-in-the-box of footstools, the Ottoman, adds an optional snooze space in an especially compact package.

Oki Sato of Nendo says origami was one of the inspirations for the fusion line, an influence that can be seen in the rug. Photo courtesy of BoConcept.

The fusion collection includes a sofa and a multi-surface end table. Photo courtesy of BoConcept.

This revamped Montreal flat includes a rooftop sauna lined with torrified, or dried, cedar. Outfitted with glass paneling and oriented to capture views of Mount Royal, it is the ideal haven for this hardworking homeowner.

Ryan Anderson of RAD Furniture designed the stools as well as the table and benches on the pool deck.

However, relying solely on concrete was not the best use of the budget, so Mulvena “balanced the concrete floors and highlights with a simple palette of affordable but industrial materials: black steel and plywood." The couch is by BoConcept.

For now, one-year-old Awa is small enough to sleep in the hammock that hangs from the ceiling.

Counter and sink (€6,800), mirror (€680)

Jeffrey Shumaker, chief urban designer for the New York City Department of City Planning, calls out the High Line, the wildly popular public park built on an elevated abandoned railway, as an example of cities seeing potential in underutilized spaces. "As delegations from other cities and countries visit the High Line, they always ask, 'How can we create our own High Line?' The answer I always give is the same: Think of something that's unique to your place, some place that's embedded in the fabric of your city that can have a similarly transformative effect," he says.

Fold by Nendo for Conde House $7,500 Oki Sato’s geometric white oak screen sports interlocking sections to improve visual privacy from any angle.

Nendo's Su stool range for Emeco, made of anodized aluminum, untreated wood, and concrete.

In the living room, spare Scandinavian design takes center stage. Hans Wegner’s Wishbone chairs surround an Essay dining table by Cecilie Manz for Fritz Hansen; a mostly wood palette is enhanced by slate-gray brick around the fireplace. The paper lanterns throughout the home are a mixture of classics by Isamu Noguchi alongside those picked up in Japan and France.

Built-ins reduce the need for furniture.

At the client’s request the kitchen contains neither upper cabinets (Shino can’t reach them) nor an oven (they only used the old one once—to reheat a pizza). A modular Roche Bobois Mah Jong sofa adds a decorative flourish to the living area while maintaining as low a profile as the traditional Japanese furniture.

Yang Yeo and his girlfriend Ching Ian relax on the back stoop of their renovated and radically updated Singapore shophouse—an archetypal building type in this busy port city. “Shophouses brought back memories of our childhood,” says Yeo.

In the bathroom, plain white tiles line the walls and ceiling. The floors are natural stone and the fixtures are by VOLA. Lassen built the sink himself.

The bathrooms are lined in luxurious Estremoz marble.

The beanbag chairs and outdoor sofa and chairs are from West Elm and the Case Study Museum Bench is from Modernica.

Two San Francisco art and travel addicts overhauled a loft—and customized a pair of shipping containers—to accommodate their collection and reflect their passions.

This hand-tufted Kaleidoscope Rug by BoConcept was inspired by pixelated kaleidoscope images. Definitely fit for the modern age.

A blue BoConceptcandelabra can function as a conversation piece on any tablespace.

The collaboration birthed a unique, compact design from interior to exterior. Using specific materials and colors to emphasize a warm sense of home, lead designer Adriana Balko explains "the car really shows bipolarity of both brands. We have a radical exterior and a cozy interior".

Bergen by BoConcept, $2,286.

Italy and Singapore–based studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presents PLAYplay, a colorful furniture line for Journey East. See it displayed at "A Matter of Perception: Tradition & Technology" at Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta 24.

"Coming from a fine-art background, I'm often influenced by other artists. For this collection I have drawn inspiration from Alexander Calder’s hanging and standing mobiles," says designer Bec Dowie of Douglas and Bec's new Line collection. "This inspiration is transcribed in all the pieces: the playful urge to elongate lines, explore balance both physically and aesthetically using honest materials."

To highlight the existing architecture of the home, Hill retained the dark polish of the casement windows, which she finds enhances period details instead of undermining them. In the rear sunroom, the vintage Case Study furniture pieces with Plexiglas bases are from Metro Retro in Houston. A Bourgie lamp by Kartell is atop an old marble end table by Knoll, and the Gan kilim rug pictures a branch motif echoed in the kitchen and breakfast room.

Builder Ross Percival helped finesse the finely tuned detailing that separates the internal slope from the rock outside (opposite). The Pedro wire stool is by Craig Bond for Candywhistle.

Alex enjoys a sun-filled breakfast at the built-in dining table and bench, one of many space-saving designs.

Nendo’s new product w132 for Swedish brand Wästberg is not a single item but a lamp system: A collection of parts that can be arranged in different configurations depending on what base, shade and/or pole is chosen. The shade comes in three different shapes and the lamp system is available in white, black and blue.

The food bowls are as smart as they are simple. Contour lines are embossed on the inside to indicate how much food or water the pet has consumed. The bowls not only come in three different sizes, but matching plant pots help create a more cohesive space between the products and the interior.

They photographed clouds outside, reduced the shadows into a dotted pattern, and laser cut the holes onto the tables to translate the image. Photo courtesy Moroso.

The tables can be nested or splayed out, depending on the size of the space. Photo courtesy Moroso.

Japanese designer Nendo turns his sights on shoes and chess, via Dezeen.

Nendo for Glas Italia, Hall 16 Stand C23/D18 at Rho.