Current Obsessions: Longer Light

This weekend, wrapping up our color issue and headed into our spring clean-themed week—and with Daylight Savings Time tonight—we feel like spring is finally on the horizon. Here are 13 things we’re noting, while setting the clocks forward.

• Introducing the Merci apartment.
• And the Pritzker Prize goes to…
• The Case for Condos (Or: Does Anyone Need a 10,000-Square-Foot Home?)
• Good news, New Yorkers: Ikea just opened a storeroom on Staten Island, for faster delivery throughout the boroughs.
• Five cities to visit for their design events this month.
• A new spring collection from Rebecca Atwood.
• And, Another Country’s latest collection is inspired by well-being.
• Parachute takes on rugs.
• Would rent linens? Now you can, from West Elm and Rent the Runway.
• Flaneur’s latest colorways take inspiration from early spring.
• Going on now: Brookfarm General Store’s end-of-season sale.
• The “shower of the future” launches a revolutionary bath shelf.
• Five tips for designing a city garden, from a hot design firm.
• And: before you organize your pantry, take note.

Previously in Obsessions:

• Current Obsessions: March by Design
• Current Obsessions: The Ikea Apartment
• Current Obsessions: L’Amour