They’re Not in Kansas City Anymore

Design editor Wendy Goodman takes you inside the city’s most exciting homes and studios. [Design Hunting](   September 24, 2024   [They’re Not in Kansas City Anymore Todd and Emily Voth’s bold pied-à -terre in Herzog & de Meuron’s “Jenga Building” drinks in the city lights.]( The living room. Photo: Joshua McHugh Emily and Todd Voth own a century-old home in Kansas City, Missouri. But after they sold their natural-soap company, Indigo Wild, in 2018, they realized they wanted a place in Manhattan, too. They bought this unit on the 29th floor of Herzog & de Meuron’s “Jenga Building,” at 56 Leonard Street, and hired David Mann of MR Architecture + Decor to design its interiors. But they were wary: “Is this going to be some big New York designer? Are we going to get what we want?” Emily says. “Because, you know, Todd being an architect and me being an entrepreneur, we definitely have our opinions.” Also: “We didn’t want brown or mid-century,” says Emily. Mann, who often works in black and white, decided instead that he would feature a variety of rich colors: “The best approach with a pied-à -terre that was so bright,” because of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. [TAKE A TOUR]( I also visited Christopher Griffin, known as Plant Kween to their Instagram followers, in [their sunny, plant-filled Crown Heights apartment](, which bloomed thanks to a bold makeover by designer Calvin Hrezik. Wendy Goodman Design Editor, New York Magazine and Curbed   ADVERTISER CONTENT  [Learn more about Jeeng](   This Week in Design SPOTTED IN THE LISTINGS [A Milk-Themed Tribeca Bedroom and Other Things We Dug Up This Week]( This week’s batch of small-but-notable things found in the listings also includes an Old West saloon in a Park Avenue co-op. ON SET [How The Penguin’s Production Designer Created Her Gotham]( The Penguin sleeps in a Diamond District vault, the Falcones have a Long Island mansion, and everything is loosely 1970s-inspired. CHAPTERS [Donald Judd’s Everlasting Influence]( Colin King, Nick Poe, and Landon Brown talk about the artist’s impact on their work. BRICK AND MORTAR [Where Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel Antonoff Got Their Ribbons]( Remembering M&J Trimming, a Garment District institution that will soon be closing its doors.     ADVERTISER CONTENT  [Learn more about Jeeng]( [Curbed]( follow us on [instagram]( • [facebook]( • [twitter]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved