More is More is More!

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!

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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.

 

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Votive Offerings: Glenn Gissler at RISD Museum

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This month, my friend the decorative arts historian Lisa Zeiger wrote an interesting article entitled VOTIVE OFFERINGS: GLENN GISSLER AT RISD about my relationship with my alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design, and more specifically with the RISD Museum, on her blog BOOK AND ROOM.

As a RISD alum, former board member, and devoted museum donor, it’s been my goal to help give students and visitors the opportunity to experience and draw inspiration from the museum’s collection. Lisa’s post chronicles my decades-long quest to donate notable fine art, industrial design and decorative objects to the RISD Museum, with a personal goal of bequeathing 1000 objects in total. You can read the post by following this link

I lived with many of these items in my NYC apartment before they found a new home at the RISD Museum, including a partners desk with two chairs by Donald Judd, and works on paper by Kiki SmithSol LewittLeon Golub, and Vija Celmins. I also have passed along objects by the 19th century industrial designer Christopher Dresser, and 20th century objects by Josef HoffmannEttore Sottsass, Joe Columbo and Russel Wright.

You’ll find just a selection of my notable donations to the museum below, and if you’re so inclined, you can follow this link to the museum’s website, which shows many more with descriptions and details.

The New Generation of Interior Design

Senior Designer Craig Strulovitz – a member of the New Generation of Interior Design – has been recognized by On Style for something that I have known for years – he is a great editor and a great designer! 

 

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A creative spirit from the get-go, Craig Strulovitz has DESIGN in his blood!

Seeing first-hand the building of residences by his Grandfather and pursuing every childhood opportunity for inquiry and self-expression it was natural that he would attend the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. At RISD he majored in interior architecture and upon graduation, he came to New York  City and got a job as an intern at Glenn Gissler Design.

Now some fourteen years later with extensive experience on projects large and small, Modern and not-so-Modern, he is the Senior Designer, playing a key role in all aspects of nearly every project – skillfully coordinating architects, general contractors and a wide range of trades, he is skillful at identifying and cleverly solving design and decorating quandaries, and keeping our clients abreast of project developments. And he has an astute eye for fine art and decorative objects; so it is no wonder that he has recently received recognition in Carl Dellatore’s new book from Rizzoli, and in Apartment Therapy

 

ON STYLE: Inspiration and Advice from the New Generation of Interior Design

 

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Photo: Gross & Daley

 

 

Craig’s apartment in Brooklyn was recently featured on Apartment Therapy offering proof that it takes more talent than financial resources to create a distinctive home. The one-bedroom apartment that he shares with his husband Charl Castelyn in Crown Heights Brooklyn is not without its challenges as noted by the title of the story: 

This Brooklyn Home Flawlessly Masters an Incredibly Long and Narrow Living Room

 

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It is evident that Craig brought the same level of editing and sophistication to his one-bedroom apartment as he did to the large Tribeca loft for our clients – his work is definitely worthy of inclusion among his stellar peers in ON STYLE

 

We have not seen the last of Craig’s creative spirit and talents at work!

 

 

Glenn Gissler, October 2019

 

 

 

 

Glenn Gissler Design In The Press

Grateful for every book feature, press article, and award nomination. Here’s what’s been happening lately with Glenn Gissler Design.

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Glenn Gissler Design is incredibly honored to be featured in
William Norwich’s new book. 

INTERIORS: THE GREATEST ROOMS OF THE CENTURY

A project we completed more than 20 years ago, photographed for Interior Design Magazine by Peter Mauss ESTO, has been included.(and no, we don’t mind sharing the spread with Hubert de Givenchy!)

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Glenn Gissler Design was anonymously nominated to submit a comprehensive portfolio for the 20th Anniversary of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards.

The award was established as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and to honor excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement in American Design.

And while we did not receive the award, it was an extraordinary honor to be nominated!

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Glenn Gissler Design is honored to be featured in 
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Many thanks to John Smiroldo and writer Marianne Litty at  Antiques & Fine Art / InCollect for including Michael Kors’ apartment in this story on the enduring power of black and white for interiors.

Click through to this link to see the entire press feature.

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Glenn Gissler Design is honored to be Featured in 

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“A new house that reflects the strong vernacular traditions of downeast Maine but in a modern enough way that you know that it is of now, not then.”

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Click through this link to see more images from the
projects and to read the feature.

Photography by Jonathan Reece

 

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“A Westchester, New York home that blends Art, History, Architecture, and Furnishings into An Awe Inspiring Interior that Transcends Trends”

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Click through this link to see more images from the
projects and to read the feature.

Photography by Gross & Daley

 

And finally, Glenn Gissler Design is honored to be Included in Brownstoner Magazine’s list of TOP LEADERS in Brooklyn Design 2019 

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Selected by a panel of judges comprising principals from Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn Historical Society, CPEX Real Estate, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Flavor Paper, Komaru Enterprises and Prospect Park Alliance, as well as Brownstoner, Glenn Gissler Design was honored at the Brownstoner RADD Awards on Thursday, March 21 at The Brooklyn Historical Society

Luxe Red Reader’s Choice Award

Glenn Gissler Design is honored to have 2 projects nominated for the

2019 LUXE RED Reader’s Choice Awards!

First in the Contemporary Interior Design Category;
And Second in the Landscape Design/Outdoor Living Category.

Click through the links below to see more images from the projects, and to vote for Glenn Gissler Design!

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Contemporary Interior Design

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Landscape Design/Outdoor Living

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