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Rooms to Remember: The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker by Suzanne Tucker

Yossawat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:04:16 +0000

Rooms to Remember: The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker

In the work of interior designer Suzanne Tucker, art and artifact collections are displayed to best advantage for daily enjoyment by their owners, custom-mixed wall colors are set off by richly sensual textiles and forms, and inherited pieces are blended with newly found treasures to bestow a subtle aura of age and permanence. She uses her extensive knowledge of antiques and the decorative arts to create finely detailed, inviting rooms that perfectly complement both their architectural setting and their owners’ personality.

Always looking to the “bones” of a structure first, Tucker works from the outside in to ensure that a house remains true to the conventions of its style while its functions suit a contemporary lifestyle and sensibility. Superb interior architecture, delicate finishes, and fine furnishings are introduced and layered to form spaces that are balanced, fluid, and comfortable, whether in historically significant properties or modern wine country estates. She brings her perceptive ability to create truly unique, tailored spaces—amassed over years as the protégé of the legendary Michael Taylor as well as from her own extensive travels and twenty-three years as a principal of her firm—to each project. She maintains that even the most exquisite pieces of furniture and art can, and should, be arranged throughout a space in an accessible way to serve the needs of the people who inhabit it.

This lavishly illustrated presentation showcases Tucker’s diverse and site-specific styles in twenty projects, ranging from formal Mediterranean-style villas to sophisticated city apartments and airy Napa Valley retreats to rustic mountainside houses. Personal, engaging commentary reveals her spirited nature, many sources of inspiration, creative process, and valuable tips that can be applied to interiors of any age, style, or mood.

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Jacques Grange: Interiors by Pierre Passebon

Yossawat — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:05:27 +0000

Jacques Grange: Interiors

Combining good taste and audacity is a subtle art that interior designer Jacques Grange has perfected for over four decades. As a young man working for design legends Henri Samuel and then Didier Aaron, his talent was soon recognized by the likes of the Rothschilds, Madeleine Castaing, and the Vicomtesse de Noailles. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Grange is known for being able to disappear behind his designs; he believes an interior décor should serve as a “self-portrait” of the occupant and not the designer. His prestigious commissions in New York, Paris, London, Venice, and Marrakech blend Oriental and North African influences with Western styles, from rococo opulence to modern chic. But, remarkably, Grange is not afraid to strip everything away, and to make space itself the main focus of a room. Always balancing virtuoso flourishes with tasteful understatement, Grange’s touch is unique.

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Hue by Kelly Wearstler

Yossawat — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:46:14 +0000

Hue by Kelly Wearstler

Kelly Wearstler is the ultimate trendsetter in interior design. Hue by Kelly Wearstler builds upon the success of her first monograph, Modern Glamour, and includes recent, unpublished projects, including her home in Beverly Hills, celebrity residential projects as well as some of her latest hotel projects. Hue celebrates the power of color in Kelly’s work and the possibilities of color in interior design and decorating. A must-have for amateurs and professionals seeking design inspiration America’s top interior designer.

Kelly Wearstler Biography

Kelly Wearstler is the author of “Modern Glamour” and the founder of the Los Angeles architectural interior design firm kwid (Kelly Wearstler Interior Design). Her designs for the trendsetting Viceroy resorts from California to the Caribbean; such taste-making hotels as Maison 140 and Avalon; unique office, retail, and leisure spaces, including BG restaurant and lounge in Manhattan’s Bergdorf Goodman; and upscale residences such as the Trousdale Estate have been profiled in House and Garden, House Beautiful, Interior Design, Elle Decor, Vogue, and W. Wearstler is also designer of her own kwid line of furnishings and accessories. She lives in Beverly Hills with her husband, hotelier Brad Korzen, and their sons.

Steve Crist has edited and created numerous art and photography books including The Polaroid Book, Marilyn by Andre de Dienes, Jazzlife and Steve McQueen by William Claxton, and The Curse of Lono by Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman. In 2006, he created and published the internationally successful Gonzo by Hunter S. Thompson. Steve is the Publisher of AMMO Books, and is currently in production with Todd Oldham on Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life, and Lulu by Lulu de Kwiatkowski. He lives in Los Angeles.

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David Hicks: A Life of Design by Ashley Hicks

Yossawat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:56:10 +0000

David Hicks: A Life of Design

David Hicks is acknowledged as one of the most important interior designers of the late twentieth century, in the company of Albert Hadley and Billy Baldwin. Known for his bold use of color, eclecticism, and geometric designs in carpets and textiles, Hicks turned English decorating on its head in the ’50s and ’60s. His trademark use of electrifying color combinations, and mixing antiques, modern furniture, and abstract paintings became the “in style” for the chic of the day, including Vidal Sassoon and Helena Rubinstein. By the ’70s, David Hicks was a brand; his company was making wallpaper, fabrics, and linens and had outposts in eight countries, including the U.S. where he worked with the young Mark Hampton, and where his wallpaper was used in the White House. “My greatest contribution as an interior designer has been to show people how to use bold color mixtures, how to use patterned carpets, how to light rooms, and how to mix old with new,’’ he stated in his 1968 work, David Hicks on Living—with Taste, the last authoritative book on his work. Written by his son Ashley Hicks, who has unprecedented access to Hicks’s archives, personal photos, journals, and scrapbooks, this is a vibrantly illustrated celebration of a half century of stunning interiors.

Ashley Hicks Biography
Ashley Hicks is a designer of interiors, furniture, carpet, and fabric. He has designed private homes in the U.K., New York, Italy, and Switzerland, as well as retail stores for his wife, Allegra Hicks, in London and New York. He lives in London.

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Brooklyn Apartment Interior Design by Robert Austin Gonzalez

Yossawat — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:56:29 +0000

Robert Austin Gonzalez – a furniture and interior designer out of Brooklyn. What’s interesting about Rob, aside from his exciting work is his background. He studied Engineering and Fine Art, has been a designer for Cannondale Bicycles, a life sculptor, and a bicycle messenger on the streets of New York. He’s even a surfer. This is Brooklyn Apartment some of his portfolio.

Brooklyn Apartment : Complete apartment remodel. White lacquer built-in. Console/bench with speaker cabinets and custom chandelier.

Source : Robert Austin Gonzalez

Portland Place by Rubih Hage

Yossawat — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:54:50 +0000

Rubih Hage is a qualified architect and interior designer, graduating in 1991 from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Between 1989 and 1991 Rabih worked on hi-tech commercial projects assisting renowed French architects and engineers. During this time Rabih was involved in landmark works such as the TGV train stations of Paris Montparnasse and Nantes, and the 1992 French Pavilion at the Seville Expo. Rabih has won a string of awards and competitions including the Brithish Interior Design Association’s (BIDA) Interior Designer of the year in 2004. This is Portland Place, Rubih Hage’s portfolio.

Source : Robih Hage

New look in Palace of the Sea

Yossawat — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:15:57 +0000

Hotel design is currently an exciting area of architecture. New trends in hotel design are currently coming about as a result of the modern desire to travel, increase our range of experiences, and utilize our precious leisure time more effectively. Today, I will show you about Palace of the sea or the Palau de la mar in Spanish.

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The Hospes Palau de la Mar is a new addition to the cultural and creative scene of one of Spain’s most lively cities Valencia. Continuing a tradition of fine cuisine and hospitality, the Palau de la Mar (Palace of the Sea) is a modern remodelling of two palace residences in the centre of the city. An immaculately developed and advanced concept, the hotel is the work of prestigious interior designers Isabel Lopez and Sandra Tarruella.

Hospes is known for restoring historic buildings while successfully updating them into workable and luxurious properties.

Under natural light pouring through a stained glass skylight, the grand loggia stairway with an intricately carved wood banister has been made all the more striking by simply painting the surrounding areas a stark ivory white.

Once a carriage passageway, the vaulted foyer is accented by using interesting textures such as black leather padding atop the banister rail and a long cowhide runner in the foyer’s hallway. The casual and contemporary interior patio pairs well with the classical nobility of the façade and interior architecture. Covered by a glass-and-steel balcony, which leads to the guestrooms, the patio’s raised boxes are lushly filled with fragrant Mediterranean plants and herbs.

Though the design concept remains consistent throughout, the original architecture of the two mansions has brought about innovative uses of space. As for interior design, principles of modernity reign rather than historicism. Carefully co-ordinated design elements, mainly using wengé wood, have been chosen for the rooms: The joinery work on the wardrobes complements the floor pattern, which is again mirrored in the wengé headboards, tables and stools placed throughout. Some guestrooms feature oversized bathrooms where large bathtubs are either sectioned off from or opened up to the main living and sleeping space via a folding wooden screen.

Source : Design Hotel, Interior Design

Cosmetic Surgery in Chic

Yossawat — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:02:56 +0000

If you go to hospital or some clinic, you will see plain interior design. But If you go to “Skin” you will meet new world of costmetic surgery. Skin is a new cosmetic surgery in Florence, Italy. The interior, designed by Michael Young and Katrin Olina. It’s a conversion of an old building, is in the historic Borgo San Jacopo district in central Florence. I am very impress about design and wish you love it too.

Young and Olina previously collaborated on the Dr James Plastic Surgery in Taipei, Taiwan.

Some of the walls are made in Corian with CNC technology.

Young designed the interior and Olina created the artwork and decorative surfaces, which make extensive use of Corian.

Source : dezeen, Katrin Olina, Michael Young, Interior Design

Coddington Design

Yossawat — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:48:02 +0000

Melanie Coddington and her team create refined, elegant spaces. Strong silhouettes and sophisticated use of colour are key to the rooms success. She loves to mix finishes in a room to avoid that matchy matchy vibe and concentrates on quality of materials and timeless pieces. These rooms are serene but definitely not simple. Luxe living by Coddington Designs.

Images from Coddington Design

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Source : desire to inspire, interior design