British designer michael young has recently designed ‘pissarro’, the interior of a new contemporary french restaurant named after the famous french artist, located in the city centre of hong kong. He explains : “Hong Kong has some wonderful dining but few authentic experiences, a few hi quality establishments draw on finely executed historical references to create a satisfactory surroundings but 95% are a pastiche and fail to achieve any sense of warmth thru design. The concept I decided to create was in reaction to this, I adore eating out and wanted to design a place that gave the comfort of a classic interior but in contemporary terms. I find that most new interiors feel austere due to materials and surfaces they employ. I have been fortunate to get involved in several interesting projects in our industrial division from which I have drawn some extraordinary processes.

I worked with leading design engineer Ken O’Rourke in Taiwan on the front door, he persuaded some hi volume production factories in Taichung to CNC panels of aluminum each with different designs embedded into them to aircraft standard and anodize in specially created colors. 3M provided the wall and ceiling finishes using golden di-noc which assists in creating depth and plane to the interior which was problematically thin. After developing techniques in paper folding with local craftsmen over the last two years I felt brave enough to clad walls using the same process. The only demand from the client was to call the establishment Pissarro after the French artist. He was known for is wonderful skies was in homage we abstracted them digitally and duplicated them in modern terms, each panel contains 26,400 pieces of paper which makes over 300,000 in the entire interior. To break up the strong lines and industrial approach I flew to Mount Fuji to create the lighting in a small village workshop that would allow me to blow the lighting myself.

It was an organic experience and I had no idea what was going to happen, the beauty was in the spontaneity, after blowing the glass into a ball we would then heat up a small area and blow again repeating the process several times. In these areas the glass becomes thinner allowing the light to pass thru and creating a warm glowing effect. Furniture was manufactured by Accupunto Indonesia. The Coen chair (winner of Wallpapers 2008 best dining chair award) was created as special edition in replanted teak and black leather. A matching table was also designed both using cnc technology Young’s ambition to unite traditional craft ideology with technology-led processes of today pre-empts a typology in design which celebrates progress and the timeless appeal of design placed in its time. The restaurant covers 1600 SQFT and seats approximately 50 diners at any one time.

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In designer Ralph Lauren’s Norman-style stone manor house in Bedford, NY, a circular mahogany paneled hall leads to the master bath, part of the Laurens’ five-room upstairs master suite. The couple chose white marble for the space, which overlooks the grounds, and incorporated a mirrored wall and an 18th-century mantelpiece.

The master bath of Rifat and Tilda Hassan’s summer house in Istanbul, commissioned by their architect son-in-law, Hakan Habif.

Seeking to update their newly acquired 1981 Hamptons getaway, a Manhattan couple looked to Shelton, Mindel & Associates. In the master bath, which the architects preconceived, a freestanding tiled wall “divides areas with a sense of the larger space,” says Mindel. The terrazzo-tile floor and the Shelton, Mindel & Associates-designed vanity lighting, tub, fittings and sinks are all from Waterworks.

“It’s a Balinese pavilion on the Kohala Coast,” Paul Vincent Wiseman says of the house he and his associate Timmie Friend designed with architect Robert Glazier on the Big Island of Hawaii for a couple. For the master bath, semitransparent slatted screens designed by Wiseman frame the his-and-her vanities in the master bath. The stool is Javanese.

“As a landscape abstraction, it has no expression of façade; rather, it’s a series of slope extensions,” Antoine Predock says of a Colorado house he designed. Tucked into the northeast corner of the house, the master bath looks onto a grove of aspens.

On the border of Nairobi National Park, former diplomat Paul Verleysen built a cluster of “tree houses” on stilts for guests. A canoe, lined with fiberglass, serves as a tub in the bath. A wrought iron chandelier that was forged on-site hangs above.

Designer Xorin Balbes and architect Paul Ashley, of TempleHome in Los Angeles, transformed a Hollywood Hills residence, carving out an airier living space that emphasizes the connection between the inside and the outside. The master bath was updated with glass and marble. Walker Zanger bath and shower tiles.

Designer Mitchell Turnbough infused venture capitalist David Kronfeld’s Chicago penthouse with striking details. Green onyx distinguishes the surfaces in the master bath. Boxes near sink, gold-plated tub fittings and tray on tub, Sherle Wagner.

Architect Richard Landry, of Landry Design Group, “adapted modernist philosophies” for a Los Angeles house owned by Jack and Alice Berberian. The spalike master bath incorporates limestone walls, floors and countertops.

London-based Tiggy Butler restored the original splendor of an early-18th-century terrace house built in the fashionable Mayfair district of London. “I wanted the colors to recall the warm, golden sand of a Greek island beach,” Butler says of the master bath, originally an entrance hall to a room for entertaining. “The wonderful 18th-century mantelpiece was found in situ.” The wall lights and mirror are from Vaughan.

Source :Architectural Digest

NathanEgan Interiors, launched by designers Wayne Nathan and Carol Egan in 2000 has been busy since opening day. By inspiring, “uptown clients with downtown ideas” (according to W Magazine), the Soho pair quickly established an enviable reputation as skilled purveyors of a refined, eclectic mix of contemporary and classic furnishings. This modern, forward-thinking vision has taken them a long way! Currently, the two have projects in Manhattan, Connecticut, Long Island, Westchester, as well as in Palm Beach, FL.

With a head-turning client list that includes the Thom Lounge at the Thompson Hotel and the New York Mets corporate offices at Shea Stadium, NathanEgan Interiors stands apart, delivering a fresh point of view to their clients and a thoughtful, deliberate approach to their work.

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Tony Ingrao is a designer based in New York and has an incredible range of style – from classic to modern. He is known to have a Versace-like flair for drama and luxury. He has a passion for antiques and opened an exclusive high-end art and antiques gallery in Manhatten.

Source : INGRAO