The 2014 Design Leadership Summit started off with requisite cocktails and raconteur Fran Lebowitz in a conversation with Deborah Needleman – Editor-in-Chief of ‘T’, the New York Times Style Magazine. Lebowitz, as anticipated, was in full ‘Fran Lebowitz mode’ opining about the state of New York City “post–Bloomberg” and reminiscing, or rather bemoaning, the things about ‘old New York’ that have disappeared…
Dressing Table – Leleu
Maison Gerard has been a go-to resource for fine French Art Deco in Greenwich Village for forever…and as it turns out, in this case ‘forever‘ is 40 remarkable years!
Gerard Widdershoven opened Maison Gerard in 1974 at a time when there was only one other gallery in New York City that specialized in French Art Deco furniture, lighting and objects. Widdershoven played a pivotal role introducing this period of decorative arts to the New York market; featuring pieces by Andre Sornay, Emile Jacques Ruhlmann, Maxime Old, Jean Dunand, Edgar Brandt, Dominique, Andre Groualt, Maison Leleu and many others.
I went to the party celebrating this impressive milestone and discovered how the evolution of Maison Gerard continues…
Photo: Thomas Loof
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.
I hope to see you there!
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.
I look forward to seeing you there!