Innholdsfortegnelse for March/April 2021 i DesignSTL

IT’S BEEN ALMOST a year since I last closed an issue of Design STL from the office. These days, my living room is my office. My chair is a reupholstered French fauteuil. My desk is a vintage folding table designed by George Nelson that I share every other week with my 12-year-old son when he’s learning from home. Last March, as the magazine’s Brentwood office was abruptly vacated, none of us had any inkling that almost 12 months later we’d still be logging in from home, our bedrooms, our converted linen closets. The power of technology made the transition more seamless than expected. As days turned into weeks and then into months, we grew accustomed to talking by way of Slack; editing proofs downloaded from Google Drive; and watching as…

IF YOU FOLLOW Andrea Jarrett on Instagram, you’re familiar with her minimalist aesthetic. You know that she favors chunky knits, that she trims her own face- framing French girl-style fringe. Like many influencers, Jarrett documents these, and other, details of her wardrobe— a thrifted top here, a cotton flax dress there—photographed against the exposed brick background of her Tower Grove East living room. Her look, she discovered last year, after a deep dive into Pinterest, can be described as “artsy, academic, Parisian.” “There’s a subcategory of the academic look that I [also] fall under: dark academia with deep plaids and a lot of black,” she says. But when Jarrett isn’t engaging with her 15,000 Instagram followers, she’s entertaining an entirely different audience as a violinist for the St. Louis Symphony…

WHEN NOAH SMUTZ was a classics student at the University of Kansas, he moved to the island of Crete to work for a summer. In search of real-world experiences, he saw his future-a job in academia with bouts of travel to dig sites every year-unfolding before him. “It was clear archeology was not for me,” he recalls, “starting with digging in the dirt in 120-degree heat.” The discovery that summer, though, of a 4-inch piece of carved ivory depicting a religious ceremony and dating to 2700 B.C., opened up a new world to him. “When we took it to the object conservator on site, I learned for the first time that conservators exist. I also realized that instead of pulling broken objects out of the ground, I wanted to put…

ADDITION Jessica Deem, Virescent Architecture + Design Randy Renner Jr., Period Restoration; Scott Krejci, Srote & Co Architects | Planners | Interiors APARTMENT LIVING JEMA Marcia Moore, Marcia Moore Design CHILDREN’S ROOM Amy Studebaker and Michelle Thore, Amy Studebaker Design; Jeffrey Hancox, Hancox Group, Inc. Emily Hall, Emily Hall Interiors COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT SPACE Gray Design Group SPACE Architects + Designers + Builders COMMERCIAL RETAIL SPACE CORE10 Architecture JEMA CUSTOM FURNITURE DESIGN John Koenig, Edelweiss Wood John Koenig, Edelweiss Wood; Karen Korn, Karen Korn Interiors DINING ROOM Emily Hall, Emily Hall Interiors Lauren Sweet-Schuler, Castle Design FOYER Amy Studebaker and Michelle Thore, Amy Studebaker Design; Jeffrey Hancox, Hancox Group, Inc. Annie Brahler, Euro Trash GREAT ROOM Annie Brahler, Euro Trash Lauren Sweet-Schuler, Castle Design HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION Brett Clark, Savvy Design Group;…

what % of US adults say they read magazines in the last 6 months? 91% This includes 95% of those under 35 and 95% of those under 25. (MRI-Simmons, Fall 2019) when advertisers were asked which medium offers the highest ROAS, which was the highest overall? MAGAZINE. THE MAGAZINE ROAS OF $6.51 WAS DOUBLE THAT OF THE TV ROAS OF $3.23, AND MORE THAN DOUBLE OF THE DIGITAL ROAS OF $2.43. (NCSolutions 2005-Q12019) HOW MANY ADULTS AGES 18+ READ MAGAZINES? 228.7 MILLION THAT’S AN INCREASE OF 18 MILLION SINCE 2012. (MRI-Simmons, Fall 2012-2019) THE PRINT MAGAZINE INDUSTRY IS GROWING 139 new print magazine brands with a frequency of quarterly or greater were introduced in 2019 (Samir “Mr. Magazine” ™ Husani Monitor 2020) MAGAZINES REACH PREMIUM AUDIENCES IN HIGH-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS* At…

SOFT AND SOPHISTICATED, velvet is beloved, but its appeal is hardly new. The fabric—the product of a weaving technique that creates a dense plush pile over a base cloth—dates back to at least 7th century Asia, where velvet was first woven of silk. Eventually velvet was brought to Europe, most notably Italy, becoming popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. “At the time, velvet was mostly used for clothing and ceremonial textiles by the nobility and the church because of its expense,” says Genny Cortinovis, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Saint Louis Art Museum, “but enhanced weaving technology in the 17th and 18th centuries helped usher in a new phase for the fabric, lowering its production cost and making it more…

“It doesn’t matter where I am; I’m always thinking about redesigning,” says Lucía Landa, owner of an eponymous custom upholstery and antiques firm. Landa, who is originally from Mexico City, moved to the United States after meeting and marrying Joe Duggan in 2004. The couple lived in Washington, D.C., before moving to Saudi Arabia, where Duggan worked as a speechwriter for the CEO of the Aramco oil company. The couple spent six years living in and traveling throughout the Middle East. They returned to St. Louis, Duggan’s hometown, in 2015. Two years ago, Landa launched her company from the basement of her home on Flora, in the Shaw neighborhood, then moved the business into the couple’s new Gustav Stickley-style Craftsman, situated on 5 acres in Old Ferguson West. Last fall,…

1 UNION STUDIO Mary Beth Bussen and Sarah Kelley were drawn to the neighborhood’s community feel when searching for a location to hold Union Studio’s second storefront. “Part of the beauty of the space is seeing the work of individual artists coming together,” says Bussen. At Union Studio, shoppers will find jewelry, housewares, and fine art handmade by more than 120 local artisans. The shop’s name reflects that special union between artisans and the people who support them: “Yes, we sell beautiful work,” Bussen says, “but we also try to build community.” 8137 Big Bend stlunionstudio.com 2 DHARMA + DWELL At Dharma + Dwell, “all the items are refillable, reusable, or package-free,” says owner Jordan Blackhurst, who loves helping St. Louisans make conscious decisions that guide them toward a more…