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Category Archives: Decorative Arts
Best In Tent
I love a tented a room. From Napoleon’s wartime campaign tents to Percier and Fontaine‘s rooms for his Josephine at Malmaison, I’m a sucker for striped fabric pulled taut overhead. Here are some greats…
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Got Game?
This is what Valentine’s Day gifts look like around these parts. How I find things like this romantic, only those very close to me would understand. Suffice to say my recent and plentiful meals at the John Dory Oyster Bar have brought mounted game fish even closer to my heart. A few great finds including a great vintage Beam’s Choice bottle to add to my collection…
All Bowned Up
For several months I have been working on the remodeling of Bowne & Co. Stationers on Water Street in Lower Manhattan. Bowne & Co. is a full-service printing and letterpress shop with a heritage that dates back to 1775 and a curious man named Robert Bowne. Part of my work has required some research on this very interesting gentleman, much coming from a history of his life and his firm entitled Of Men and Dreams. Aside from being attacked by and defeating a large bear in what is now Queens, Bowne co-founded many legendary business, institutions, and landmarks in New York that remain today – including the Bank of New York, the Erie Canal, New York Hospital, and the first New York City public school. Get the whole story
RED ALERT!
Check out the all new Field Trip newsletter put out by the fine folks at Refinery 29! Today’s issue features out DECODENCE exhibit on the SS Normandie as well as our little hidden jewel – 18th Century printing press Bowne & Co! (You’ll be hearing more about that place very soon!) There’s also a terrific write-up here!
The first ten lucky ducks to print out their newsletter and bring it to the museum receive free admission to DECODENCE as well as a complimentary Jeremy Scott DECODENCE T-Shirt! Bon Chance!
DECODENCE!
This month sees the opening of DECODENCE: Legendary Interiors and Illustrious Travelers Aboard the SS Normandie. Given my passion for all things early twentieth century, it’s been a total joy to work on developing this project with the Seaport Museum!
For those of you who don’t pore over out-of-print decorative arts textbooks and google things like “Japanning techniques” and “lost Jean Henri Riesener pieces”, the SS Normandie was a magnificent ocean liner and the pride of the French Line in the 1930′s. Get the whole story
Tai Ping Showroom at Hospitality Design Expo
Tai Ping is an international custom company recognized as the carpet designer and manufacturer of choice for a discerning clientele. With a presence in over 100 countries, Tai Ping collections are inspired by global trends in design, fashion, and art. Tai Ping carpets grace the floors of fine residences and palaces, private jets and yachts, hotels and casinos, and airports and convention centers around the world. Creating bespoke, handmade, one-of-a-kind carpets and rugs for iconic projects ranging from Philip Johnson’s Glass House to the White House, the firm’s projects read like a who’s who in global design. Additional projects include: The Plaza Athénée, Le Meurice, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, Aman Resorts, Cipriani, Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, W Hotels, Wynn, The Venetian, Barneys New York, Christian Dior, Van Cleef & Arpels, Ferragamo, Louis Vuitton, Pada, and Pucci.
For Tai Ping, I designed and executed concept-driven, branded exhibition spaces at the Hospitality and Design Exposition (HD Expo) in Las Vegas. From ideation to execution to showroom programming (music, model talent, etc) we curated a completely custom space that brought the exclusive firm’s attributes to life in their signature Eurasian aesthetic. Of the two projects highlighted here, one targeted the Spa design market, and the other targeted the fine interior and hospitality designers. Projects are shown from concept to execution.
