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I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT INTERIOR DESIGNERS often play many roles beyond mere decorating. For instance, it’s not unusual during the course of a typical renovation or build for a designer to also be expected to act as a wedding planner, a fashion stylist, a marriage counselor, a child psychiatrist, and occasionally (if they are handy enough) a plumber. As I wrote in my foreword to the upcoming book by talent extraordinaire Estee Stanley—a new addition to our A-List—for a designer, wearing many hats is a way of life. And that, my friends, is how I describe the criteria behind ELLE DECOR’s A-List, now 10 years in and going strong. What distinguishes our registry from the rest is that it’s not a snob list—these aren’t the kind of professionals…
2 MICHAELS 2michaelsdesign.com AERO STUDIOS aerostudios.com ALBERTO PINTO albertopinto.com ALEX PAPACHRISTIDIS INTERIORS alexpapachristidis.com ALEXA HAMPTON alexahampton.com ALIDAD alidad.com ALYSSA KAPITO INTERIORS alyssakapito.com AMAN & MEEKS INTERIOR DESIGN aman-meeks.squarespace.com AMY LAU DESIGN amylaudesign.com ANN WOLF INTERIOR DECORATION annwolfid.com ASHE LEANDRO asheleandro.com ASHLEY WHITTAKER DESIGN ashleywhittakerdesign.com BEATA HEUMAN beataheuman.com BILHUBER & ASSOCIATES bilhuber.com BILLY COTTON billycotton.com BRAD FORD ID bradfordid.com BRANCA branca.com BRIAN J. McCARTHY bjminc.com BROCKSCHMIDT & COLEMAN brockschmidtandcoleman.com BUNNY WILLIAMS INTERIOR DESIGN bunnywilliams.com CARRIER AND COMPANY carrierandcompany.com CATHERINE MARTIN catherinemartin.com CHAMPALIMAUD DESIGN champalimauddesign.com CHARLOTTE MOSS charlottemoss.com CORINNE GILBERT corinnegilbert.com CULLMAN & KRAVIS ASSOCIATES cullmankravis.com DAN FINK danfinkstudio.com DARRYL CARTER darrylcarter.com DAVID KLEINBERG DESIGN ASSOCIATES dkda.com DEBORAH NEVINS & ASSOCIATES dnalandscape.com DRAKE/ANDERSON drakeanderson.com EMMA JANE PILKINGTON emmajanepilkington.com ERIC HUGHES DESIGN erichughesdesign.com ESTEE STANLEY esteestanley.com FOX-NAHEM ASSOCIATES foxnahem.com FRANK DE BIASI INTERIORS…
THE MALE GAZE IN ART is controversial in the age of #MeToo, but then again, Andy Warhol was never your prototypical male artist. Indeed, “Warhol Women,” a new survey of his portraits at New York’s Lévy Gorvy gallery (through June 15), opens with a series of Christopher Makos photographs of “Lady Warhol”—the artist himself, in drag. “You realize he’s not hamming it up,” says gallery cofounder Brett Gorvy. “His love of women is sincere. He idealized them.” All kinds are represented in this stunning survey of Warhol’s halftone silk-screen portraits from the early 1960s through the 1980s. One wall showcases images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, including Red Jackie, his iconic 1964 work based on a photograph taken right before her husband’s assassination. Another Warhol obsession, Marilyn Monroe, is represented in…
WHEN IT COMES TO creating enticing merchandise displays, Mark Cunningham is no novice. He worked in retail for a decade in the 1990s as a vice president of creative services for Ralph Lauren, then cofounded the influential home-design boutique March with Sam Hamilton in San Francisco. Cunningham has since become an ED A-List decorator with a luxurious but understated style that draws on classic Americana, and clients ranging from fashion designer Francisco Costa to Edie Parker’s Brett Heyman. Now Cunningham is starting his own brand, appropriately named Marked, with a by-appointment showroom on New York’s West 37th Street and newly launched collections of furniture and fabrics. “My interior design work varies from client to client,” he says. “With Marked, I can bring everything together.” Each season Cunningham will arrange the…
It’s a banner month for books, starting with New York designer Jeffrey Bilhuber’s new bible, Everyday Decorating ($45, Rizzoli), with advice about making your home cozier no matter your aesthetic. Then, fashion designer and interior decorator Lisa Perry sheds light on her world of design in Lisa Perry: Fashion, Homes, Design ($85, Assouline), showcasing her colorful spaces across the globe (see page 118 for a look at her home on the French Riviera). Phaidon presents Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century ($80), a compendium of 400 of the world’s most exceptional rooms—with an introduction by William Norwich—by icons like Elsie de Wolfe and such contemporary stars as Roman and Williams. In Love Affairs with Houses ($60, Abrams), by Bunny Williams, the ED A-List Grand Master presents 15 home projects…
Why choose nature as the theme of this year’s Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial (through January 20, 2020)? CB: The show was being planned when the UN’s report on climate change was released. The triennial is all about what we need to do to get to zero carbon emissions by 2050. Is climate change the most important issue of our time? CB: Yes. We talk about it as a national crisis, but it’s a global crisis. Do you think design can reverse the effects on our environment? CB: I think it can change the course, but only with smart collaboration with scientists. On display is a unique piece in which the designer used old grafting techniques to combine heirloom fruits onto one tree. He met with botanists to figure out how…
