In the BOH series What I Love, we’re asking designers to build us a mood board of what’s inspiring them right now. Amy ...

The White House has 132 rooms, and each new US president gets $100,000 to redecorate them. With every new president comes new design choices, often reflecting their values and political views.

When he was carving white marble, for example, he tried to suggest color: fashioning the eyes in his portrait busts, he would incise the irises deeply so that they lay in shadow and appeared dark.

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