Florida Design – Digital Edition Volume 31-2

It’s hard to believe how different our circumstances were a year ago. Our offices were closed. Staff worked from home. As businesses reduced their presence within these pages, we employed patience and opened lines of communication with our design partners and long-time clients. Now with the resurgence of Florida’s economy, clients have returned. The projects featured in Florida Design continue to shine, and we relish each opportunity to present the best in interiors, architecture, and landscape design from across Florida. Events have also returned. This spring, Florida Design participated as the media sponsor for the second Collab Miami Boutique Design Show. Then we were off to the National Hotel Miami Beach with the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Miami-Dade, where Editorial Director Daphne Nikolopoulos moderated a design panel. And we…

In these past few post-COVID months, I’ve made it a point to tour showrooms and meet with as many designers and industry professionals as possible. Every time, the topic of Florida design—what it is and what it isn’t—comes up, and I find the answers fascinating. Does our state have a design signature? There are some common denominators, certainly: expansive outdoor spaces, a tendency toward indoor-outdoor living, broad windows to bring in sunshine and views. But beyond that, it’s hard to compare the immaculate contemporary environments of Miami to the Mizneresque mansions of Palm Beach, or the cottages of the Keys to the modernist architecture of Sarasota. In short, Florida design is an amalgam of styles influenced not only by a sunny lifestyle, but also by a rich history and unique coastal…

For the fourth year, New York’s Kips Bay Showhouse headed to South Florida—showcasing the work of some of the nation’s most talented interior designers and benefitting Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County (kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org). Here are our picks for this year’s chicest show house spaces. THE GREAT ROOM: PRIMITIVE MODERN FD: What was your vision for this space? I wanted to tell a story of comfortable luxury. I’m a firm believer that high-end design can be tailored and relaxed at the same time. I often describe my aesthetic as, “take Fred Flintstone, and drop him in the year 2021.” I’m a fan of rugged and organic materials that I tend to pair with timeless modern classics. FD: Tell us about your…

TEXT WRITER NAME Maria Sharapova’s storied tennis career has taken her all over the world. Sure, she’s brought home titles and championships, but along the way she has also developed a love for design—reflected in her new furniture partnership with Rove Concepts (roveconcepts.com). “This collection was born out of my passion for design and inspired by my love of art and architecture,” Sharapova says. “My first-ever home collection pays homage to my life as an athlete, designer, art enthusiast, and entrepreneur.”…

For acclaimed Los Angeles–based designer Ann Marie Vering, inspiration for her new collection of outdoor furniture at Restoration Hardware came from a handheld folding fan. With an education in architectural engineering and the soul of an artist, Vering says her creative ideas can come from anywhere. “I call it ‘hunting for inspiration,’” she says. “All my designs have meaning because I’m putting something into it from myself, something I’ve come across that inspires me and tells a story.” Each frame in Vering’s new Pavona collection is handwoven in a single continuous panel of all-weather cord, offering not only a durable finish, but also a stunning play of light and shadow. To tell the story of the fan through furniture, Vering has designed her new Pavona collection in all-weather cord—handwoven around curved…

Designed to complement the home’s elements, this wine cellar tucked into a home in the Village of Golf features a glass and steel door that recalls the home’s double front doors, and a chevron limestone floor that repeats a pattern used in its entryway flooring. The wood racking system offers diverse storage: space for broken cases below, angled storage to display labels at eye level, single bottle storage above, and shelves housing wooden boxes. palmbeachwinecellars.com…