Setting the Table
Celebrating Beauty Undone with Kosas at their launch Party in a raw undone loft in Soho.
Fall has been a very special season for The Setting. During the last month, we have had exciting projects and hit new milestones with our growing team…
Celebrating women with Tanya Taylor and Vogue ,accompanied by a beautiful array of customized ceramics.
Designer and digital content creator Éva Goicochea is, we have to admit, living the ultimate aspirational life…
If you aren’t already familiar with Candice Kaye and her work, the time is now—she’s about to be everywhere...
Women We Love
With a blend of modern and traditional elegance Tanya Taylor has curated a well established brand of herself. See how the amazing New York based designer and all around dream girl, Tanya Taylor sets the table:
Alicia Brunker, writer, entrepreneur, and thought leader, is the epitome of all that our Women We Love embody. See what makes this woman such a force of nature.
We catch up with April Uchitel, CEO of Violet Grey, to discuss everything from her proudest career moments to moving from New York to Los Angeles, and her goals and hopes in her exciting new venture.
Professional surfer, Quincy Davis, shares her pro tips on staying motivated through her daily routine and the importance of doing what you love.
Recipes
Ahead of memorial day weekend with friends coming to visit and farmer’s markets brimming with fresh ingredients, we wanted to take the plunge and make a pie from scratch. Full disclosure: I make a bourbon pecan pie every Thanksgiving but that’s as far as my pie making experience goes. Pecan pie is probably the easiest to pull off… strawberry rhubarb with lattice crust, maybe not so much.
Today the thermostat hit 70 degrees. New York City’s first flirtation with Spring has arrived and my girl friend and baker in crime Billur and I decided to create a Spring-inspired cake to celebrate…
February has been the busiest month at The Setting since launch. Traveling to London and Los Angeles and producing our first exhibition at Capsule has made for a very entertaining few weeks. Now that I’m finally catching my breath, I wanted to share one of my recipes from this year’s super bowl party. I chose this dessert because it was above and beyond everyone’s favorite…
For my dad’s birthday this past weekend, he told me that the only thing he wanted was for me to make him a carrot cake (from scratch)…
Today I woke up to cold winds warning of the winter ahead. It’s not that I don’t enjoy certain aspects of the colder months but living in New York City, there is definitely a deep breath of preparation on that first truly brisk day…
Now that it’s August, New York City is in high summer and there are days when the heat can be a bit overwhelming. I decided to cool off and experiment with a batch of ice cream sandwiches…
In honor of The Setting's launch, I wanted to create a my version of a celebratory cake.
Objects of Affection
For Olivia Fleming, Senior Features Editor at Harper's Bazaar, founder of Olivia Kane Jewelry, and our newest feature in this installment of Objects of Affection, this balance was achieved through her husband’s Christmas gift of a gold jewelry box.
From being inspired by the idea of women empowerment to the importance of giving antiques a new life, Violette lets us in on the secret of how simple it can be to create a space of your own.
As our first official story post-relaunch, we are ecstatic to introduce a new series on the Journal entitled Objects of Affection.
Coffee Talk
The Setting sat down with one of our favorite boss babe's Olivia Perez at Old Rose and got down to the nitty-gritty of the future of the editorial industry, the importance of #content and why age is truly just a number.
Travel
With summer quickly coming to a close, we want to reflect on the memories that made us smile during this sun-filled season. For two weeks this past August, I traveled back to my own tropical paradise, which also happens to be my home town – Manila, Philippines…
The Setting's Amanda Shine navigates her way through the Venice Biennale—on display until November—to find some seriously stylish coffee cups.
Gheanna remains stateside as she trades her New York vibes for a more laid back mentality in one of the country’s hottest cities: Portland, Oregon. Here, she shares her encounter with beekeeper Damian Magista of Bee Local, as well as her general observations on the city.
To celebrate the first story for our new The Setting Abroad series, our food & travel contributor Gheanna Emelia writes about her whirlwind 48 hours in Barcelona, Spain…
I just returned home from Los Angeles, my first trip since launching The Setting. While there I spent a day exploring Malibu and taking photos along the coastline of the Pacific Coast Highway…
A few weeks ago, The Setting hosted an evening in honor of Libby Gray's beautiful photography...
Journal
Beginning the New Year looking back on our favorite projects and thinking ahead for 2019!
With Thanksgiving here and with so much that has happened over the course of one year, it's a good time to reflect and express gratitude for all of the experiences we have had along the way.
With our last post dating back to the distant but great year 2016 was, you could say it has been a while since we last featured the stories of the women we admire, the recipes we can’t get enough of, and everything in between...
The designer’s Southampton store offers exclusive plates and bowls by small ceramics company The Setting.
It’s official. I am beginning a shiny, new chapter at The Setting. And it begins with a series of interviews. I am starting the series myself and will follow up with interviews of women who inspire me and my readers. Women who make, create, build, bake, write and explore this world we inhabit today.
As the new year begins, I look forward to everything on the horizon for The Setting. I also can’t help but look back at how much has happened…
The weeks have flown by and this morning I realized tomorrow marks the one month anniversary of my launch. I wanted to take some time to write about why creating handmade products is important to me and the inspiration behind The Setting.
Erin Starkweather, PR Manager & Content Editor at CAP Beauty gives us the rundown on everything from her day to day work life, the women she admires herself, and how she likes to unwind after a busy week creating amazing content.