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 [...]
Tag Archives: Interior Design
The Bird’s Cages
I love old industrial cage lighting fixtures and fans. Just purchased a whole bunch for our redesign of the legendary Blue Parrot in East Hampton, set to reopen on Memorial Day weekend. Read more about the Parrot’s fabled history in this sad farewell by Forbes’ James Brady in 2005. After four years, The Blue Parrot [...]
Interior Desecrations
James Lileks chronicles the hideous homes my generation grew up in with Interior Desecrations. I hate dating myself, but this may explain certain psychological issues children of the seventies are prone to. You just can’t have an accurate grip on reality when you’re surrounded by stuff like this. Lileks’ commentary that accompanies each shot is [...]
Hempel Worship
Quite possibly one of the most brilliant placemakers of our time, Anoushka Hempel is my idol. The former British 60′s actress-turned-hotelier and designer has created four absolutely unparalleled hotels (including my favorite hotel ever – Blake’s in South Kensington, London) and a slew of restaurants and retail stores (including Louis Vuitton in Paris and Van [...]
Redd Alert
Some people are architects, some interior designers. Miles Redd is the consummate decorator. In the magnificent old world Parish-Hadley way. He makes this stuff for a living. I’m jealous. Come on, are you kidding me with that black kitchen? I want to die there.
