I spoke last night with Laura Esquivel who is in town working on the last stages of the Broadway musical based on her acclaimed book Like Water For Chocolate, with my dear friend Stephen Lytle. We designed two very different apartments for Laura here in New York, but with similar feeling. Here is a picture [...]
In this fabulous picture by Antoine Bootz you can see that by using just black and white an interior can be as dramatic and interesting as when you use color. Take a close look at the way a simple orange cord stands out within this environment. It really is like having a black and white [...]
I don’t know anyone that walks around in Victorian clothing but I have seen people wearing period accessories mixed with their Armani suit. Nowadays when design has become a common word thanks to television, this comparison shows me that there is no reason to reproduce historical interiors in our homes. When talking about contemporary modern [...]
Now that Lenny is having such a good time in concert all over Europe, I wonder if he misses the bedroom that we designed for him in 2001, just in time for Christmas. My entire office flew in for two weeks to install his new house, which in addition to all custom furniture and antiques, [...]
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