Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2019 i Architectural Digest

“Rattan hasn’t always been considered a noble material,” says Paris-based architect and designer India Mahdavi. “But if there’s one place in the world it could be really appreciated, it’s Miami.” With that sentiment in mind, Mahdavi developed a suite of furnishings for Ralph Pucci’s Miami design gallery to show off the flexible reed’s myriad uses. The material bends to form the frames of elegant dining chairs and a curved settee and is pieced into intricate marquetry for tabletops resembling rays of sunshine. Typical of Mahdavi, the warm, natural material is punched up with her favorite eclipse motif, rendered atop a lacquered cocktail table, seating cushions, and a massive mural that wraps the building’s sweeping façade. ralphpucci.net…

Adjaye Associates Aero Studios Alex Papachristidis Interiors Amy Lau Design The Archers ASH NYC Ashe Leandro Atelier AM Bestor Architecture BIG–Bjarke Ingels Group Bilhuber and Associates Billy Cotton Brian J. McCarthy Inc. Brigette Romanek Cafiero Select Carrier and Company Interiors Caruncho Garden & Architecture Charles & Co. Charles de Lisle Charles Zana Architecture Christoff:Finio Architecture Commune Design Daniel Romualdez Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro Dimore Studio Drake/Anderson Elizabeth Roberts Architecture & Design Faye Toogood Ferguson & Shamamian Architects Fernando Santangelo Inc. Fox-Nahem Associates Francis Sultana G. P. Schafer Architect Gachot Studios Georgis & Mirgorodsky Architecture & Design Groves & Co. Ike Kligerman Barkley India Mahdavi Ingrao Inc. Isabel López-Quesada Isabelle Stanislas Architecture Jamie Bush + Co. Jean-Louis Deniot John Pawson Ltd. Johnston Marklee Joseph Dirand Architecture Julie Hillman Design Kelly…

Embodying and embracing the current revival of minimalist sophistication, the Mid-Century Modern Collection by NASIRI is a study in fine art and quality craftsmanship. Characterized by clean, well-designed lines, the collection possesses a superior quality and versatility that stands the test of time—bridging the elements of the past and present through the use of complex technique and simplicity of design. NASIRI’s newest collection is inspired by antique flat-weaves that were woven by Persian women for centuries in Iran. NASIRI continues the tradition of these flat-weaves by employing expert artisans who apply the same techniques and methods as those used hundreds of years ago to handcraft unique pieces that cater to the specific design aesthetics of their clients. The company’s bespoke services allow for unlimited customization in design, color, and fiber…

For three generations, the family at Blatt Billiards has been creating unique masterpieces of gameroom craftsmanship. Since 1923, fathers and sons, brothers, cousins, nephews, and uncles have worked together to create the finest pool tables, shuffleboard tables, and gaming tables. Using classic cabinetry techniques, Blatt painstakingly takes the finest exotic woods, slates, and stone and molds them into heirloom pieces that bring families joy, fun, and a lifetime of great memories. No corners are cut making sure all wood grains match, the slate sits perfectly level, and the tables meet all professional tournament standards. A visit to Blatt’s Manhattan showroom reveals the full range of styles they offer—from ultra modern to sleek Carrera marble to vintage and retro looks. If you have something truly unique in mind, Blatt’s design team…

“High style in the country cracks me up,” Redd says. “No room is off-limits,” Bailey says. “I don’t believe in that.”…

Nineteen years ago, the Manhattan gallerist Sean Kelly and his wife, Mary, visited what their real-estate agent described as the most beautiful piece of land in Columbia County, New York, albeit a property no one would ever want to buy. “It took us hours walking through the woods to find it,” Sean recalls. “It was all virgin forest. Finally we did—and there was no view.” Or so it seemed. After climbing to the top of a pine tree, Sean pulled back the foliage to discover a panorama seemingly unchanged since the time of the Hudson River School painters, with rolling hills and vast swaths of farmland. (He also realized that the tree, half dead, was cantilevered over a precipitous drop.) Safely back on the ground, he and Mary offered to…

Toile de Jouy has long been a part of Dior’s heritage: Monsieur Dior used the classic pattern as early as 1947, when he furnished his Paris atelier at 30 Avenue Montaigne. Now the fashion house has revisited the motif, adding fresh twists in the form of wild animals. The results appear not only in the brand’s cruise collection but also in a capsule home line that includes plates, cushions, and more. Holiday shoppers can spot them in Dior windows worldwide. dior.com…

When Italian tile brand Bisazza asked Mahdavi to design a bathroom, she realized something: Everything on the market was white. “The first thing you see in the morning is your bathroom. You want it to bring you good energy,” she mused. Her proposal: a playful tub, sink, and mirror in yummy hues like strawberry, blueberry, and pistachio that electrify the senses, especially when paired with her new sprightly pin-striped glass mosaic pattern, a follow-up to her 2015 tile collection. bisazza.com…

Since launching BDDW in 1995, followed by M. Crow two decades later, Tyler Hays has applied his love of handcraftsmanship to everything from sofas to ceramics to puzzles. Along the way, he has experimented with tile, wood-firing locally sourced wild clay into rustic, at times wonderfully weird creations. They now have their own dedicated Manhattan showroom on Howard Street, just steps from BDDW’s longtime flagship. Open by appointment, the new space doubles as a gallery for artworks from Hays’s personal collection. At 29 Howard St.; bddw.com.…

For more than 25 years, Livex Lighting has been creating extraordinary decorative lights, focusing on detail and craftsmanship. Each design is infused with an unparalleled passion for the craft as well as undeniable creativity. With more than 3,500 fashionable styles from which to choose—custom options are also available—Livex Lighting provides solutions for any space. Each piece features meticulously hand-applied finishes and is developed with the most current technologies and design trends. Available in many sizes that are suitable for various applications, Livex Lighting complements design aesthetics that range from chic and contemporary to timeless and traditional. Livex Lighting continues to innovate and interpret premium decorative lighting with a unique personality. To view and experience any Livex Lighting products, please visit livexlighting.com for a list of all showroom or ecommerce retailers.…

New Moon’s COO and designer, Erika Kurtz, talks about the importance of preserving the art of design in a digital world. Why is the tradition of handmade rugs so important? Handmade rugs are the product of a living chain, the animals, the artists who draw the designs, the weavers, the dye masters—as well as the people who choose to live with them in their homes. To remove the human element is to remove some of the soul and uniqueness of the finished rug. Is there a way to embrace technology while preserving the tradition of handmade rugs? In this new digital age, you risk losing the original, historical art form that is passed down through our hands. Digital design is a growing part of our industry but when creating visual…

we wanted traditional London—modern isn’t what we were looking for,” Dan Caten says. It’s a comment that startles a bit, considering that Dsquared2, the fashion label that he and his brother Dean founded more than two decades ago, has always been more rock ’n’ roll than royalty. Instead, the Canadian-born identical twins—close-cropped silver hair, bold eyewear, whippet-thin physiques, and a habit of completing each other’s sentences—wanted a classic example of local real estate but on their own terms. So they went looking in a west London area that Tatler once called “mistressy and the fact cannot be avoided”: Maida Vale, where Italianate houses painted the color of clotted cream have hosted kept women and sex scandals (Lord Lambton’s spectacular 1973 flameout, to name just one) since the late 19th century.…

Practice what you preach. Walk the walk. Put your money where your mouth is. Pamela and Ramin Shamshiri, the fetching sister-and-brother partners in the AD100 Los Angeles design firm Studio Shamshiri, are doing all of the above in their dynamite new office on Sunset Boulevard. Flooded with natural light and serious charm, it redefines the concept of the creative workplace. The Spanish Colonial–style building that houses the Shamshiris’ burgeoning enterprise was erected circa 1928 by silent-film cowboy Fred Thomson and his wife, pioneering screenwriter Frances Marion. When it opened, the structure was known, rather romantically, as the Court of Olive. The Cat & Fiddle restaurant and pub, a classic Tinseltown watering hole, inhabited the space for three decades before it closed in that location in 2014. “I had really hoped…

For Julia Berger, a well-styled table and an inviting bed have a lot in common. “It’s all about layering,” says the founder of Julia B., a Sonoma-based line of handmade home goods. For her newest napkins and bed linens, Berger turned to Liberty London, enlivening some charming floral fabrics with her signature scalloped embroidery. And for the latest additions to her ongoing collaboration with Quattro Mani, she conceived dining sets featuring Art Deco patterns splashed across ceramic plates. juliab.com…

Venture out of the ordinary and into a desert oasis with the one-of-a-kind rugs from the Alchemy rug collection at ABC Carpet & Home, where design and nature combine to create unexpected magic—a prism of duality. Experience the genesis of design, where expert craftsmanship and rare beauty are revealed by the artisans who meticulously create each rug by hand. In the collection, traditional motifs and recycled yarn are transformed through spontaneous, painterly color, evocative of the surreal desert sky with an eco-conscious perspective. For more information, visit abchome.com AD360° VIEW THESE AND OTHER PRODUCTS AT ARCHDIGEST360.COM…

Ask Miles Redd what kind of clients he gravitates toward, and old-fashioned terms pepper the conversation: people with moxie, with get-up-and-go, who have tongs in the fire. That would include Houston’s Bailey and Pete McCarthy—she’s the founder of a kicky bedding and lifestyle company called Biscuit Home, and he’s a partner in a fizzy restaurant group called Goodnight Hospitality. “They like pretty houses, good times, and entertaining,” the AD100 New York City decorator says of the couple, adding, regarding his Texas commissions thus far, “The jobs are always fun, the worries are low.” The adoration is high, too: If there were a Miles Redd fan club, Bailey would be its president. “Embarrassingly, I am his superfan—I’ll own that,” she cheerfully admits, adding that she met her aesthetic idol when he…

“Home is a container of things dear to you,” says Britt Moran. “Asian style is part of our design DNA,” Dan Caten notes.…

Isabelle Stanislas has a knack for being associated with places inhabited by figures of note. The French designer, new to the AD100 this year, was recently tapped to revamp three state rooms at the Élysée Palace, the official residence of France’s presidents. Recent projects include the salon and restaurant at the Château Malromé, near Bordeaux, which once belonged to the mother of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. And the designer herself lives in the former duplex of the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, on Paris’s Rue de Rivoli. “I love being in spaces steeped in history,” she declares. The owners of this particular majestic apartment on the Left Bank, Anna Peter Breton and her husband, would appear to have a similar predilection. He is one of France’s most successful TV producers; she is…

Five years ago in New Orleans, Will Cooper, Ari Heckman, and Jonathan Minkoff of the AD100 firm ASH NYC found themselves smitten. Searching for a site for their next hotel, the trio and their local partner Nathalie Jordi arrived at a vacant Marigny church complex (complete with rectory, schoolhouse, and convent) designed in part by architect Henry Howard in the 1860s. As they took in the property’s cypress staircases, gingerbread façade, and gilded altars, they knew this was it—the perfect site and the perfect neighborhood. “We’ll do whatever it takes,” Cooper recalls thinking. What it took was some 12 months to rezone the property, years of mood-boarding, a restoration in conjunction with NOLA’s studioWTA, and several buying trips to Europe, just one of which yielded 770 antiques. “We wanted it…