Innholdsfortegnelse for Jan-16 - Feb-16 i ELLE DECOR

ONCE UPON A TIME From Cinderella’s glass slipper to Red Riding Hood’s cloak, clothing plays an important role in fables and folklore as symbols of power, identity, and metamorphosis. (Just ask any child in a Disney princess costume.) “Fairy Tale Fashion,” at New York’s Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, looks at the way artists and fashion designers have visualized the enchanted garments in beloved stories. Classic illustrations by Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham complement fantastical interpretations by Alexander McQueen, who embellished a gown with copper-colored beads to evoke Rapunzel’s hair, and Christian Louboutin, who reimagined Dorothy’s ruby slippers as stilettos (January 15–April 16; fitnyc.edu). Meanwhile, Paris department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche commissioned artist Ai Weiwei to adorn its winter sale with a display of kitelike dragons…

1 / LIGHT RELIEF In 1984, the late Murano glass master Carlo Moretti collaborated with sculptor Paolo Martinuzzi on the Efra, left, and Quati table lamps, made with handblown glass, painted iron, and brass trimmings. The recently revived lamps each use a 60-watt incandescent bulb. Efra: 8″ dia. x 11.5″ h., $1,250;Quati: 7.5″ dia. x 16″ h., $1,285. carlomoretti.com 2 /HIT THE DECK BDDW gives the classic deck chair a sophisticated upgrade with a shearling pillow, leather sling seat, bronze frame, and attached circular drinks tray. Shown in natural leather with oak arms, it is also available in textured black leather with walnut arms. 33″ w. x 35″ d. x 31″ h., $5,800. bddw.com 3 /SQUARE ROOT BC Workshop turned to the diffuse-light sconces created by French designer Charlotte Perriand…

It has never been easy to get your hands on one of Costanza Paravicini’s plates. The Milanese artisan still makes handpainted ceramics the way they were produced in Italy centuries ago, by painting her designs—from garlands to snakes to family crests—directly onto raw bisque. She does this freehand, using only powdered pigment and water; any errors must be scraped off the porous surface with a blade. After glazing and firing, the final result is tableware of extraordinary color and sheen, exuding what Paravicini calls the pulsating vibrata that distinguishes a handmade object. Like so many other Italian artisans, Paravicini has always conducted business the old-fashioned way. She does not advertise or take phone orders. Clients visit her in her Milan workshop, which is tucked behind the courtyard of her family…

He is a legend in the music business, having discovered and produced records by such talents as Bob Marley, U2, and Grace Jones. But Chris Blackwell’s second act as a hotelier has been equally successful. The son of an English father and a Jamaican mother, Blackwell operates several Jamaican resorts through his firm Island Outpost, including Strawberry Hill, the Caves, and GoldenEye, which is located on the grounds of the former home of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series of spy novels. Blackwell’s intimate hotels are the antithesis of the massive resorts that have colonized the Caribbean, with simply furnished villas and huts and a funky sound track that attracts the global creative set. “Our guests come from different parts of the world,” Blackwell says, “but everybody speaks…

AS HONEYMOONERS IN 2009, the young couple who now own Villa Le Scale (“House of Stairs”) first visited Capri, the Mediterranean island near Naples that has been a popular resort destination since Emperor Tiberius moved there from Rome in 27 A.D. The groom, a hedge-fund manager, was so smitten by Capri’s idyllic beauty that he vowed he would someday own a home in its hills. They returned five years later when a friend, knowing the couple were looking for a vacation home, told them of an early-19th-century villa on the island that had come on the market. This time, it was the bride who was smitten. Now a mother of three, she fell in love with the place as soon as she ascended its marble staircase under a canopy of…

RUSSIAN DESIGNER KIRILL ISTOMIN takes a playful approach to his profession. “Decorating has to be fun,” he insists. “I’m always looking for things that amuse and fascinate me.” And nothing enthralls him quite like the great Russian imperial palaces. So imagine his delight when he was asked to transform a pavilion in the so-called Chinese Village of the Russian palace Tsarskoe Selo, outside St. Petersburg, into a weekend home for a client. “It’s like a fairy tale,” Istomin says. “The perfect opportunity to go to town.” Beginning in the 18th century, Tsarskoe Selo served as a country residence for the Russian royal family. Nicholas II used it as a refuge during the 1917 Revolution. It was his illustrious ancestor, Catherine the Great, who had commissioned the Chinese Village with the…

ABOUT A DECADE AGO, it became popular to look to luxury hotels for design inspiration. Excited by their travels, people proclaimed they wanted their homes to be as cosseting as a five-star suite, with every convenience at their fingertips. As much as I appreciate king-size beds, tiny toiletries, and big, fluffy towels, I’ve never understood this infatuation. To me, a luxury hotel is a lovely diversion, a getaway, and a nice escape from the real world. But I have always felt one’s home should be a lot more personal, even quirky, than a hotel suite, no matter how expansive and beautifully appointed it might be. And all too often, the homes that those suites inspired resembled nothing more than a sea of beige punctuated by a giant flat-screen. Today, the…

TRUE BLUE The richly tinted cyanotype, an early form of photography that still intrigues artists today, gets its due in a new museum show In 1842, the English astronomer Sir John Herschel experimented with chemicals, paper, and water and came up with an inventive way to copy his notes—the resulting photographic image was tinted rich shades of blue. A half-century later, photographers adopted the cyanotype method, which was portable and required little equipment to bring evocative color to landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. “Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period,” a new exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, collects more than 80 of these tinted treasures, from a silhouette of a honey locust leaf and seedpod by Anna Atkins, a friend of Herschel’s who used the form to create a catalog…

With her imaginative eye and technical prowess, the designer and architect Patricia Urquiola creates contemporary furniture that feels both classic and of-the-moment. Perhaps that is why the Spaniard—whose studio is based in Milan—has become one of the design world’s biggest stars. Her clients include the venerable Italian firm Cassina, where she was recently named art director, along with such prominent companies as Molteni & Co., B&B Italia, Missoni, Baccarat, and Kartell. Meanwhile, she is just as busy on the architectural front, where her commissions range from the new Jewelry Museum in Vicenza, Italy, to homes in London and Miami and hotels from Vieques, Puerto Rico, to Singapore. “When I did my studies at the Milan Polytechnic, you didn’t have to decide between design and architecture, like you do today,” she…

Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. MASTHEADS PAGES 16–18: Birdie suspension lights, from $413, by Foscarini (foscarini.com). New Prairie vertical bookcase, $600, by Sauder Boutique (www.sauderboutique.com). Cavett chair, in Twine, $1,099, by Crate & Barrel (crateandbarrel.com). Colette chair, $3,030, by Baxter (ddcnyc.com). Kate Tibetan-knot wool rug, $17,820 for 9′ x 12′, by Fort Street Studio (fortstreetstudio.com). Dornick side table, $1,255, by Steven Volpe for McGuire Furniture (mcguirefurniture.com). TREND ALERT PAGE 42: Ravenna chenille, in color 03, to the trade, by Osborne & Little (osborneandlittle.com). Puzzle wallpaper, in Pink and Orange, to the trade, by Cole & Son for Lee Jofa (leejofa.com). Colonnade velvet, #ZMSC03008, to the trade, by Zoffany (stylelibrary.com). Tricolore terra-cotta dinnerware, $88 for saucer, $102 for plate, by Astier de Villatte (johnderian.com). Illusion Wall Lamp,…

TALL AND LEAN French designer Paul Mathieu continues his fruitful collaboration with Stephanie Odegard with a line of elegant candlesticks inspired by Champagne flutes. The hand-carved marble pieces come in a range of colors. From left, Plat in Green, Ove in Black, Flute in Black and White, and Ove in Green. 23″ h.; Flute and Ove: $680, Plat: $1,250. stephanieodegard.com. Taper candles: creativecandles.com. 8″ hexagonal tiles: cletile.com 1 / TAKING SHAPE German architect Ferdinand Kramer designed the round Charlotte and square Calvert cocktail tables in 1951 as part of his Knock-Down line of easy-to-assemble furniture. The oak-veneer tables have been reissued by e15 in colored, white, and clear lacquers. Charlotte: 30″ dia. x 16″ h., Calvert: 22″ sq. x 16″ h.; from $975. karkula.com 2 / FIRED UP Made of…

The guest room in the Beirut apartment of artist Nabil Nahas includes a Syrian mother of pearl–and–bone inlay mirror, chair, and chest of drawers; a 1930s Murano glass chandelier; and an upholstered Jean Royère armchair. The curtains are of a cotton fabric from a Damascus souk, and the floor is paved with tiles from Marseille, France.…

I’ve traveled all over Asia, from China to Indonesia, and I am always inspired by the local cuisines. But the food in Singapore, where I have opened a branch of my restaurant DB Bistro Moderne, especially intrigues me because of its diversity and complexity. As a seaport, this city has absorbed the influence of its native Malay culture, as well as the contributions of immigrants from China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and many other places. In France, a classic braise like short ribs is marinated and cooked in red wine, but the variation in this recipe shows the influence of my time in Singapore. I’ve replaced the wine with rice vinegar and added Asian flavors in the form of fivespice seasoning, ginger, and garlic. The meat is cooked for four…

Back in 2005, Lisette Bramsell and Mats Ohlsson thought they had the perfect life. They were engaged, with a sleek apartment in Stockholm and a just-finished summer cottage—designed by renowned Swedish architect Sandell Sandberg— in the bucolic bayside town of Båstad, five hours away on the southern coast of Sweden, across from Denmark. “It was what I always wanted, a very urban and sophisticated lifestyle, with a place to get away to,” says Bramsell, then a partner in an architectural firm. Then one day, while driving in the countryside near their new place, they saw the farm that would change everything. It was only a few miles from the cottage—Bramsell, who had grown up in the area, remembered passing it as a child, seeing it out the car window, and…