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More is More is More!

Media, Printed Matter, Uncategorized

Congratulations Carl Dellatore for yet another remarkable book for Rizzoli Books, “MORE is MORE is MORE: Today’s Maximalist Interiors”. And for a jam-packed book launch and signing @rizzolibookstore with countless leaders of the Interior Design industry.

There is one quality all these incarnations of maximalist design have in common: There must be an element of surprise. Maximalist interiors always create a certain frisson, a sense of amazement, a gleeful jolt for the visitor. When you enter a maximalist room, the question remains, How did the designer ever think of that? To achieve surprise, creativity is a necessity.

A surreal moment seeing the Rizzoli bookstore windows today with Carl Dellatore’s work on center stage!

Thank you Dara Caponigro and Schumacher for all the fabrics!

And thank you upholsterer extraordinaire Mario Villimar for the folding screens and slipcovers!

Photo by @carldellatore

We are thrilled to be included in the book with a double page full bleed spread of our Greenwich Village dining room with an incredible mural by @kmartinpaulsen.

 

 

My Interview with Carl Dellatore, Editor of ‘Interior Design Master Class’ from Rizzoli

Design, Printed Matter

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I first met Carl Dellatore three years ago this month; after having followed his blog for some time I’d asked him to visit with me at my office to talk about the work he was doing around developing content strategies. We’ve been working together ever since.

At the time, in addition to working with designers and vendors on crafting digital presences that advance their brands, Carl expressed a wish to study design formally, but was challenged by how to go back to school at his age. I made the suggestion that he begin with Edith Wharton’s The Decoration of Houses first published in 1897 — still widely regarded as the first book to read when embarking on a career in interior decoration.

What follows is a Q&A that explains what happened next… (more…)

Interior Design Master Class by Carl Dellatore

Uncategorized

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This week I learned that my good friend and colleague Carl Dellatore’s eagerly anticipated book, Interior Design Master Class, is officially finished and off to the printer. I’m both grateful and excited to have been part of Carl’s project from its inception, and to be included in the incredibly talented roster of designers who have contributed to the book.

In my capacity as the President elect of the ASID New York Metro Chapter, I have been working with the New York School of Interior Design on an event to celebrate the book. If you’d like to be kept abreast of the event – and of other events being scheduled around the country – you can join the book’s mailing list by following this link.

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And the book is available for pre-order if you’d like to be one of the first to receive a copy.

(cover photography credits clockwise from upper left: James Merrell, Nelson Hancock, Christian Garibaldi, Pieter Estersohn, Eric Piasecki, Steve Freihon)

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