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CLOSET ENVY Large or small, a stunning walk-in closet is a room all its own. California Closets creates custom closets and organizational systems throughout the home. Chic and timeless with rich, Italian-inspired finishes and elegant displays, these sophisticated closet designs beautifully highlight dream clothing, shoe and handbag collections. For more ideas and inspiration please visit CaliforniaClosets.com. THE HEARST DESIGN GROUP AND THE MINE HOST LEGENDS KICK-OFF COCKTAIL PARTY To celebrate LEGENDS 2017, The Mine and The Hearst Design Group hosted an exclusive cocktail party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles. Over 100 top interior designers and industry influencers joined the party to toast design on The Terrace overlooking West Hollywood. themine.com B&B ITALIA INTRODUCES SAKé BY PIERO LISSONI B&B Italia adds to its collection of high-end furnishings with…
MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Christian Astuguevieille, whose two apartments in Bayonne, France, appear on page 164, dabbles in nearly every facet of the design world, from ropewrapped furniture to costume jewelry to perfume. This fall, Astuguevieille will add ceramist to his already overflowing résumé. “I’ve always been a lover and collector of pottery,” he says about his latest endeavor, which has been years in the making. Inspired by an imaginary civilization, his new collection of sensuously shaped clay vessels—available in a range of earthy shades that are painted or carved with graphic patterns—will debut at his Paris gallery in September. As for the future, Astuguevieille remains coy: “We have a lot of projects going on, but they’re all secret for now!” IN FULL BLOOM French garden designer Louis Benech, who…
EXERCISING RESTRAINT Form-hugging materials and other masochistic references associated with bondage are the latest fetish to dominate the design world. Meyghan Hill of Los Angeles–based (Wh)ore Haüs Studios was inspired by the multilayered straps she spotted on a pair of Saint Laurent high-heeled boots to create a marble-and-leather side table with brass-buckle detailing for her Restraint collection (whorehausstudios .com). Lauren Larson and Christian Swafford of New York studio Material Lust have brought their fascination with ancient symbols to their sculptural Vanishing Twin chair, handcrafted from painted wood or epoxy (material-lust.com). Lindsey Adelman designs her Clamp light from old industrial clamps found at American factories, which she plates in brass and pairs with handblown glass globes (lindsey adelman.com). And interior designer John Lyle has collaborated with jeweler Andrea Gutierrez, translating his…
ELLE DECOR AND THE SHADE STORE CELEBRATE THE A-LIST IN LAS VEGAS ELLE DECOR celebrated the new A-List Issue with The Shade Store at their new Las Vegas showroom. Editorial Director Newell Turner and The Shade Store CMO Michael Crotty welcomed local interior designers who enjoyed daytime cocktails, seasonal hors d’oeuvres, and a colorful candy bar inspired by The Shade Store’s fabric collections. Special guests A-Lister Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent stopped by to join the celebration. ROCHE BOBOIS OPENS NEW U.S. SHOWROOMS Roche Bobois, the leading luxury French furniture brand, has just expanded to 29 U.S. showrooms. This summer, the third NYC showroom has opened in the heart of the Upper West Side while the fourth South Florida showroom has recently opened in the bustling Miami Design District. roche-bobois.com…
1 SUBCONTINENTAL Paris-based designer Usha Bora looks to the handweaving and block-printing techniques of her native eastern India to create vibrantly patterned cushion covers, bags, and scarves for her Jamini brand. Ashu in Blue, left, and Ashima in Red are shown. The cotton pillow covers come in several additional colors. 16• h.x 26• l., $133 each. jaminidesign.com 2 CURVE APPEAL The Lloyd chair, by Baltimore design firm Crump & Kwash, is a contemporary update of the traditional corner chair. Its seat is available in a variety of oil-finished woods and metals, including Walnut with Bronze vertical rungs, shown. 27• h.x 23• w. x 21• d., $1,500. crumpandkwash.com 3 TABLE ART Marco Lorenzetto, an Italian painter living in Los Angeles, pays homage to the colorful ceramics of his hometown of Faenza…
From the straitlaced conformism of the 1950s to the urban decay of the 1970s, artists had plenty to react against in the second half of the 20th century. A new exhibition, “Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950–1980,” at the Met Breuer in New York, shows the ways in which 62 artists from all over the world approached an irrational era with anger, pathos, irony, and wit. The works include Philip Guston’s cartoonlike paintings of garbage piles, Ana Mendieta’s self-effacing photographic selfportrait (made by pressing her face against a plate of glass), and Yayoi Kusama’s folding ladder overgrown with bulbous anatomical forms. Arranged under rubrics like Vertigo and Excess, the roughly 100 paintings, photographs, and sculptures re-create—and heighten—the chaos, as if to say there’s no other way out (September…
