Inside the Bedford-Stuyvesant salon of ceramicist and interior architect Nia Vance, raw materials converse with inherited history. Ebonized white oak paneling frames bespoke leather seating tailored by second-generation master upholsterers, establishing an exacting standard for contemporary domestic ritual.
Vance approaches spatial planning through an ethos of gathering: subterranean acoustics, monolithic dining slabs carved from reclaimed Georgia pine, and hand-beaten bronze lighting that casts golden pools across curated collections of contemporary African diaspora sculpture.
The Architecture of Living
Critical reporting on emerging domestic typologies, heirloom craft preservation, and innovative architectural pavilions.
Modular Woodcraft in Atlanta
The Modern Gathering Salon
Bronze, Plaster & Sacred Light
Studio atelier profiles examining how Southern woodworking traditions inform minimalist solid-walnut credenzas, joinery benches, and tactile domestic storage solutions.
How visionary interior designers are redefining the formal parlor into versatile spaces for intergenerational hospitality, chamber music, and private art exhibitions.
A critical examination of custom lighting fixtures and architectural hardware forged by contemporary Black sculptors bridging monumental art and home functionalism.
Atelier Nduka: Sculptural Permanence
Founded between Lagos and Chicago, Atelier Nduka crafts bespoke seating systems and architectural casework that challenge sterile European minimalism through ancestral Nigerian geometry and heavy-gauge patinated brass.
Each edition is produced in numbered runs under sixty pieces, using timber sustainably harvested from West African reforestations and hand-stitched grain leather treated with natural plant oils.
Investigating generational leather tanneries, stone masonries, and archival metalsmithing traditions.
Receive private monographs, invitations to studio visits, and early acquisition access for limited collectible furniture drops across the House of DULA network.
Essays on Black spatial identity, salon hospitality, and historic preservation across the diaspora.