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Dec 30, 2008

Familiar Ground: Kathryn Scott

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Written by Donna Sapolin Few would take issue with the notion that an interior designer should develop a deep familiarity with the space he or she is hired to design for a client. One could even make the point that the more familiar the designer is with the space, the more readily he or she can [...] (more...)

Dec 22, 2008

The Editor: Joseph Noble

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Special Advertising Section A well-known interior designer shuffles through a box of Joseph Noble samples-high-tech and woven fabrics that catch the light in a way that exposes titillating color combinations and nuanced patterns. An expression of pure pleasure washes over the designer’s face: “I always know what I’m going to get here, what the quality and [...] (more...)

Dec 16, 2008

Hollywood Regency

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The Hollywood Regency style was characterized by high glamour and glitz and emerged through the work of interior designers, such as Dorothy Draper, Elsie de Wolfe, and William (Billy) Haines, who decorated the homes of film luminaries in Hollywood’s Golden Age of the 1930s. (more...)

Dec 16, 2008

Timothy Corrigan: Liveable Luxury

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Dec 9, 2008

Robert Couturier: The Uncompromising Eye

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Dec 2, 2008

Noel Jeffrey: The Transformative Power of Design

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Nov 25, 2008

The Alchemy of Elegance: Otium

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Nov 25, 2008

French Empire

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Sumptuous and elaborate, the Empire style originated during Napoleon’s First Empire (1804-1815), and combined the grandeur and martial symbols of Rome with ancient Egyptian motifs and the elements of Greek architecture. (more...)