On Friday March 21st, writer and editor Linda O’Keeffe will be moderating a panel discussion at the Architectural Digest Home Show. Geoffrey Bradfield, Robert Passal, Kathryn Scott and I will be discussing the innovative ideas that we as designers have utilized in our own homes – the ideas that we might not be able to convince clients to adopt.
For more information on purchasing tickets to attend the show,follow this link.
Last week, Elizabeth Williams, the Curator of Decorative Arts & Design at the RISD Museum visited my design studio to look at a wide range of objects that I am now offering to her department at the Museum.
Some five years ago I was invited to join the Board of the RISD Museum. As a student at the Rhode Island School of Design I loved, enjoyed and learned a great deal about the history of the Fine and the Decorative Arts at the Museum, so I was happy to offer help and assistance in any way that I could, and was thrilled to have a reason to visit Providence 3-4 times per year.
Over the last 5-10 years I have accumulated lots of objects – of various scales, materials and time periods – that are of specific interest to me. In the course of my professional life I regularly ‘shop’ and buy items at auction, and have been a very active participant on eBay (another form of auction) for over 14 years. Many of these items I have purchased for my personal use and pleasure; some I include in design projects; and others have been accumulating in closed cabinets in my office ‘for the Museum’. I think Elizabeth was surprised to find dozens of items for her review and consideration.
Last Friday I was quoted in The Wall Street Journal, in an article written by David Colman about the new book Mies, which chronicles the career of design legend Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Colman asserts “the book is most intent on reasserting Mies as a focal player in the International Style movement that revolutionized industrial architecture in the ’40s and ’50s, ushering in the reign of glass-and-steel boxes.”
The article goes on to sheds light on the 85 year history of the iconic and ubiquitous Barcelona chair.
Celebrated interior design Matthew Patrick Smyth, architect DD Allen and I all give our personal perspectives on how to best specify the classic piece in interiors today. It’s quite an interesting piece.
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Please join CJ Dellatore and me at the Avery Boardman showroom, in the Decoration and Design Building on Tuesday morning, March 11th at 9:30.
We’ll be discussing social media, and some simple strategies you can implement to begin establishing a presence on Facebook and Pinterest to advance your design centric business.
It promises to be an informative event, so please RSVP to the building at this email address: rsvp@ddbuilding.com.
In addition to sharing some images from and thoughts about the exhibition, I want to share a few examples of these very personal spaces that I have designed for my clients.
A wall mounted ledge with two drawers, oval mirror, and daylight from an adjacent south facing window creates an intimate space for the finishing touches of dressing in a New York City apartment
I have a friend named Rob. I don’t see him very often, but when I do it is always a real pleasure.
He is a very upbeat person with a seemingly insatiable curiosity for delight in many of its guises – flavorful cheeses, distinctive food preparations, beverages of all sorts to accompany food, or to drink alone; especially wine. And it doesn’t stop there – he has accumulated many treasures over an extended period of time: paintings, drawings, prints, maps, photographs, furniture, books, objects – and the list goes on.
Rob and his remarkable wife Shelley have had a rich life raising their four daughters in a grand-scaled Queen Anne home (including a carriage house) in an early Boston suburb, while leading rich professional careers.
While the children (and now grandchildren) live on their own, Rob and Shelley’s ‘nest’ is hardly empty.
Rob has an intellectual, historical or aesthetic connection – and is passionate about – nearly every ‘thing’ in his home. He is a cultural adventurer; some time ago we enjoyed an afternoon looking at antique furniture, paintings and decorative arts in a museum, followed by an exhibition of adventuresome new art, we had a lovely meal with a great accompanying beverage, and went to a enormous outlet bookstore.
And what’s particularly refreshing about Rob is that unlike so many men, he speaks of his professional life only when prodded – there is too much still to see, do, experience, taste, share, etc. to converse about work!
Now you’re wondering what Rob has to do with Pinterest?
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