Thursday, September 24, 2009
New York Interior Designers Celebrate Elle Decor
It was one of the biggest events of the year for New York interior designers and it all went down on Tuesday night at Bergdorf's.
From the New York Times:
Elle Décor, the unstuffy, vaguely urban interior design magazine, is 20 years old next month; the evening’s party was in honor of that birthday, a particularly important one given that during those two decades, its competitor House & Garden folded, was resurrected and folded again, and the ingénue-competitor Domino was shuttered last January. So the night was a bit of a victory lap: In a year of dismal numbers, Elle Décor had inched ahead of the shelter behemoth Architectural Digest (now the only decorating magazine in the Condé Nast stable) to hold the No. 1 spot in the shelter category. It was a heady feeling, Ms. Russell had said earlier.
Elle Decor has come along way and interior designers descended upon Manhattan to recognize the design mag and to meet Margaret Russell, author of the new Best Of coffee table book that shows off some of its best work.
Full Article:
The Design Universe Lines Up at Bergdorf's (NYT)
For a list of Manhattan Interior Designers:
Manhattan Interior Designers
Labels: Interior Decor New York, Interior Design, Manhattan Interior Designers, New York Interior Designers
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
NY Home Improvement Blog Patrol
Photos from ATCertain facets of Japanese culture freak us out, like talking shrimp cartoon characters, vending machine shopping and now, from Tokyo, comes a home design scheme that you have to see to believe. Apartment Therapy LA has the story and some eye-popping photos of something called the "Reversible Destiny Lofts". The architecture features outlets and switches in hard-to-reach places, uneven floors, strange entrance and exits, and colors straight out of your most recent nightmare about that time you got separated from your parents at a carnival. Good luck with all that, Tokyo residents.
Apartment Therapy on Tokyo Loft Craziness.
Discussions about real estate are so 2006, like watching Friday Night Lights or listening to Fergie. One day, however, the subject will become palatable again. Over at the Comitini Blog, they've posted the definitive explanation of the difference between Townhouses, Co-ops, Condos and Cond-ops. For those new to or interested in the Manhattan real estate world, check it out and break some of your misconceptions.
Cominiti on NYC Real Estate Terms
Last but not least, cityhammer.com member and closet organizing maven Clos-ette is looking for 2 interns. If you or someone you know is interested in luxury design, real estate and VIP sales, email your resume to Clos-ette here: Contact Clos-ette
Clos-ette Internships
Labels: Closet Organization in New York, Interior Design, Loft Design, Manhattan Real Estate
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The New York Times Goes Shopping for Design Books
The Pacific Design Center in LA, home of Potterton BooksEvery designer has different sources of inspiration, be it a color they saw at a runway show or the set design of a classic movie. In the case of Kelly Wearstler, a Los Angeles based designer, inspiration comes in the form of old, out-of-print design and architecture books she finds in specialty stores like Potterton Books (New York location is at 3rd Ave between 58th and 59th).
Potterton Books specializes in architectural books and in this New York Times article by Kimberly Stevens, Kelly Wearstler is shopping at the location in the Pacific Design Center in LA.
As a designer of resorts and residences, as well as accessories and home furnishings, Ms. Wearstler is also a healthy consumer of vintage books and discusses the concept of design book collecting being similar to buying works of art.
She found the illustrations and architectural renderings in “The Bathroom: A New Interior,” published in 1931, so inspirational that she designed a bathroom in her own home based on one of the drawings. And in “The Hermès Shop Windows,” she couldn’t get enough of the unusual finishes and hand-crafted objects. “I have these moments when I’m flipping through a book and a page is so visually compelling — an idea just strikes me,” she said.
To get an idea of some of the books she's into right now, check out the article: Click Here
Labels: 10022, Architectural Books, Books on Design, Interior Design, Interior Designers
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
It's Back! Inexplicably, Top Design Gets Another Shot
India Hicks, the New Host of Top Design for 2008What was more awkward on last year's Bravo show, "Top Design"? Was it that kiss-off catch phrase from Jonathan Adler (in case you blocked it out, it was "See Ya Later, Decorator")? Maybe it was Todd Oldham's not-quite-ready-for-TV turn as host. Could it have been the conceit of the show's concept itself? Whatever it was that kept you from being able to watch more than one episode, never fear New York, Top Design is back with a new host and hopefully some hard-learned lessons from season 1.
The big news is that Bravo took a page out of the Top Chef playbook and cast a model, albeit one with an expertise and passion for design, a la Padma Lakshmi of Top Chef. India Hicks will be your MC for the festivities in 2008. She is a model and a design aficianado with an intensely British background centering around her relation to a Viceroy of India and her having been a bridesmaid at Princess Diana's wedding.
This is all well and good, but will the design and decor aspect of the show improve as well? Bravo is certainly counting on it!
Reminisce about season 1: http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Design/about/
Labels: Bravo, Interior Decorators, Interior Design, Top Design
