November 2023 Archives - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/issues/november-2023/ The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:58:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ID_favicon.png November 2023 Archives - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/issues/november-2023/ 32 32 Explore Innovative Cabinet Handles by 4 Female Creatives https://interiordesign.net/products/reform-cabinet-handles-by-female-creatives/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:15:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_product&p=219049 Reform's latest collection of cabinet handles explores the tension between craft and industrial manufacturing with innovative forms and textures.

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Explore Innovative Cabinet Handles by 4 Female Creatives

Glass, ceramic, wood, and metal are four elemental materials in product design. For the release of two new kitchen cabinet series, Shaker and Plain, Copenhagen’s Reform tapped four female creatives to each select one of these raw ma­terials to create cabinet handles. For the range, dubbed the Atelier collection, designer Maria Bruun integrated both na­tural and smoked oak into pulls and knobs. In creating her handles, ceramicist Yukari Hotta was drawn to round unglazed forms inspired by rocks gathered on the beach. Glassblower Nina Nørgaard fabricated clear and colored glass knobs in organic shapes. Artist and metal fabricator Alberte Tranberg embraced the idea of doing things “wrong” by letting the 90-degree angles on her tubular bent-brass pulls flatten in on themselves. reformcph.com

yellow wildflowers in a sink
a cream colored handle on a counter
a brass fixture
handles on a table
a woman in a white shirt
Nina Nørgaard.
white door pulls
a woman in a blue denim shirt looking at a product
Alberte Tranberg.
a woman in a black t-shirt holding a product
Maria Bruun.
a woman in a black turtleneck holding a fixture
Yukari Hotta.
a glass door pull with gold flecks
a black faucet on a gray counter
a glass door pull

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Karina Kreth Takes a Cinematic Approach to This Home in Argentina https://interiordesign.net/projects/karina-kreth-san-isidro-home-design/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:40:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=218883 Argentine architect Karina Kreth’s unique design approach shines through her latest project, a residence in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

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a dining area near a winding white staircase
The dining area is anchored by a custom Ascolta table and Federico Churba’s Clio chairs.

Karina Kreth Takes a Cinematic Approach to This Home in Argentina

Argentine architect Karina Kreth took a major detour on her path to her current profession. “When I was at university studying architecture,” she reveals, “I started working as an art director for films”—a job she’d keep for 15 years. That career trajectory informs her multidisciplinary practice, Estudio Karina Kreth, founded in 2009, to this day. “Now, when I work with clients,” she continues, “I talk to them about creating a script and a choreography for their house and the way they want to live.” Kreth’s cinematic approach shines through her latest project, a residence in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The restrained yet highly detailed design emphasizes negative space, with sculptural elements and focused moments of color that offer a stage set for life to unfold.

The arrangement of the 8,600-square-foot, two-story home, which opens on both levels to outdoor living spaces and terraces, features airy, uncluttered volumes that highlight the young family’s many artistic, culinary, and social pursuits. “For this client, and for me, too, the new luxury is having the time to stay home and be with friends and loved ones,” Kreth notes. Instead of filling rooms with layers of color, furnishings, and texture, she took a tightly edited, less-is-more approach.

Inside a Home Designed With a Film Director’s Eye

a living room with a long tan sofa and white walls
The living room features a Patricia Urquiola Sengu sofa and a Krane lamp by Ladies & Gentlemen and Vera & Kyte; paint­ings are by Alejo Musich.

In the living room, for example, a large L-shape sectional sofa frames the fireplace. But where a cocktail table would typically stand there’s empty space instead, so the couple’s two young girls can bring out their drum sets for impromptu concerts and dance parties. In many cases, custom furnishings and casework by Kreth provide visual interest while serving double duty to hide clutter. The kitchen is a case in point: She created a large central island to house the dishwasher and oven, but clad it in light-blue fluted wood to make it a sculptural centerpiece. In the entry, an absence of artwork means the white-steel spiral staircase leading up to the second floor’s three bedrooms becomes the focal point. “All the little things for me are very important, because on the big screen, it’s those little things that create the atmosphere,” the architect notes.

Ultimately, Kreth used her director’s eye to imagine scenes of family life playing out in each space, then conceived rooms around those conjured-up vignettes. It is a concept she often refers to as architectural syncretism, or the practice of amalgamating the residents’ countless experiences and memories. “In cinema you compose everything—the costume design, the setting, the props,” Kreth says. “But I cannot imagine a space without people in it. It’s impossible for me.”

Explore the Home’s Soothing Interiors and Sinuous Forms

a dining area near a winding white staircase
The dining area is anchored by a custom Ascolta table and Federico Churba’s Clio chairs.
a person walks up a white paneled staircase
A white-painted steel staircase with solid-oak treads is the focal point of the two-story house’s main level.
A porthole door be­tween the entry and the stair­case opens onto a hallway to the powder room.
A porthole door be­tween the entry and the stair­case opens onto a hallway to the powder room.
A skylight caps the stairwell
A skylight caps the stairwell, with a pendant by Konstantin Grcic.
a light blue kitchen island white a white pendant light above
Jason Miller’s Endless Straight pendant fixture illuminates custom cabinetry in the kitchen, outfitted with hidden Miele appliances.
a linen headboard above a white bed in a room with wood panel walls
In the main bedroom, the linen-upholstered headboard integrates with a built-in oak credenza and Apparatus’s Cylinder sconces; the bouclé sofa is custom.
a black and white marble on the walls of the main bathroom
One of the two main bathrooms sports Panda white marble walls and casework built of Petiribi, a local wood.
In a daughter’s bedrooms, a built-in wardrobe frames a linen-covered headboard, both custom.
In a daughter’s bedrooms, a built-in wardrobe frames a linen-covered headboard, both custom.
a wood panel wall in a bathroom with a gray pedestal sink
The powder room contains a custom honed-granite sink, Venetian oak panel­ing, and an IC pendant by Michael Anastassiades.
product sources from front

flos: pendant fixture (stair), sconce, pendant fixture (dining area), pendant fixture (powder room), sconces (bathroom).
ascolta: custom table (dining area).
fch: chairs.
roll&hill: pendant fixture (kitchen), lamp (living room).
cassina: sofa (living room).
apparatus: sconces (main bedroom).
listone giordano: wall stone (powder room).

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dulux: paint.

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7 Character-Filled Apartment Buildings That Wow https://interiordesign.net/projects/eco-conscious-apartment-design/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:37:16 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=221413 From East Coast to West, Florida to New York, luxury and affordable apartment buildings evict a cookie-cutter approach for character and copious perks.

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the lobby features a black leather couch and bold artwork
Photography by Matthew Williams.

7 Character-Filled Apartment Buildings That Wow

From East Coast to West, Florida to New York, luxury and affordable apartment buildings evict a cookie-cutter approach for character, eco-consciousness, and copious perks.

Walk Through Striking Apartment Buildings Brimming With Style

Asher, Tampa, Florida, Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects

Standout: Massive yet LEED Gold certified, the 22 stories offer 490 rental and furnished extended-stay units in a factory-style tower that nods to the region’s industrial past. Conceived with price-conscious tenants in mind—homes start at 380 square feet—details are anything but budget: American oak, terrazzo, brass, and Venetian plaster mix with artwork by Windy Chien, William LaChance, and Thomas Trum and an amenity deck featuring a 74-foot pool.

The Astor, New York, Designed by Pembrooke & Ives and Ash Staging

Standout: The Upper West Side property by Clinton and Russell dates to 1901—as do such interior finishes as the entry’s heavily veined marble. To bring the rental-owner hybrid into the 21st century, developer CIM hired Pembrooke & Ives to redesign 25 res­idences as luxe condominiums ranging from studios to five-bedrooms, all with contemporary kitchens, oversize main bathrooms, and marble fireplace mantels, as well as two model units, where, along with the lobby, furniture and artwork have been
curated by Ash Staging

Launch, Alameda, California, Designed by Vida Design

Standout: The northern city is actually an island that once hosted a naval air station, so the 13,000 square feet of amenity and public spaces—even the noir mail room—in the rental mid-rise boast the streamlined, symmetrical influences of maritime architecture, centered on a palette that evokes the color of the sea by day and night (aka Benjamin Moore & Co.’s Polo Blue and Space Black). Furnishings—the lobby’s custom nautical-hued sofas, the club­room’s leather Blu Dot loveseats—are fittingly aerodynamic and shipshape.

The Suffolk, New York, Designed by JG Neukomm Architecture

Standout: Just as the Lower East Side is home to myriad cultures, the common areas and unit finishes of this 30-story building are a palimpsest of materials and moods. The area’s historic Guastavino vaults inspired the artisanal-plastered, terrazzo-floored lobby with custom 9-foot pendants, the amenity lounge skews continental with Calacatta Viola risers and Patricia Urquiola seating, while the coworking carrels are pure punk with black-and-white photography and Area Environments wallcovering titled Collected Turbulence.

South E8, Raleigh, North Carolina, Designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Standout: To accommodate the southern city’s explosive growth yet maintain its low-rise scale, the three-story building adds eight rental residences to a lot that previously had one, and does it with drama and environmental awareness: The angular facade shifts from white-painted brick to black standing-seam steel paneling, while interiors boast such passive design strategies as cross ventilation, energy- and water- efficient fixtures, ample daylighting, and outdoor access.

Wellsmith Apartments, Richmond, Virginia, Designed by Hickok Cole

Standout: With the goal of enriching tenants’ days, replenishing their energy, and improving well-being, the 349-unit new-build rental property features a graphic white-brick and black-aluminum exterior complemented inside by local painter Naomi McCavitt’s 11-by-20-foot botanical mural, plus additional stress-relieving art; such elevated finishes as quartz, chrome, porcelain tile, and polished concrete; and airy communal spaces that open onto pools, courtyards, and greenery for a front-porch experience with urban benefits.

Allan & Geraldine Rosenberg Residences, Freeport, Long Island, Designed by Studio Libeskind

Standout: The firm’s first affordable-housing project also happens to be for seniors, so all 45 units’ ceramic-tiled bathrooms are accessible. Common areas are too, and they’re dynamic as well: Precast-concrete pavers form a rooftop walking track and an internal courtyard, from which doorways painted bright colors that help orient residents to their floor are visible. It’s all contained in a StoTherm ci Mineral facade punched with geometric apertures.

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A Madrid Show House Prioritizes Well-being for People and Pets https://interiordesign.net/projects/casa-decor-madrid-prioritizes-people-and-pets/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:47:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=218644 For a Madrid show house, Studio Ruiz Velázquez fetches an apartment concept that benefits humans, their animals, and the environment.

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a cat crawls off an orange plush chair
The moveable furniture, also custom and upholstered in the same self-cleaning fabric, is suitable for use by humans or pets.

A Madrid Show House Prioritizes Well-being for People and Pets

Many of us love our furry friends. But, while we may fill our houses with their toys and accessories, we don’t often design interiors for them. However, for a compact apartment appearing in the annual Casa Décor Madrid show house last spring, Spanish architect Héctor Ruiz Velázquez set a chic precedent. Partnering with Ecoplen, a fellow Spanish company that manufactures smart textiles, the Studio Ruiz Velázquez CEO and senior architect conceived of the home for a family of two species—a human with a cat and a dog, not coincidentally the same pets that Francisco Pérez, CEO of Ecoplen parent company Atenzza Group, has—and planned it with their health, harmony, and nature in mind, harnessing the latest product innovations in naturally hygienic materials.

The project began with the idea of equality. “It’s typical of interior design to categorize between accessory and essential, between decoration and structure,” Ruiz Velázquez begins. “In this case, the main elements cover the needs of both pets and their guardians.” Meaning, in this residence, no space would be off-limits for any occupant. The site for the show-house project was a 290-square-foot, two-level studio in a 1929 neoclassical building, but the components can be disassembled and
reassembled with different configurations inside another envelope.

Inside a Pet-Friendly Apartment in the Casa Décor Madrid Show House

a room with orange chairs and cat hammocks with gray walls
For the Casa Décor Madrid show house last spring, Studio Ruiz Velázquez envisioned a 290-square-foot loft for a client who sought to live comfortably, healthily, and in harmony with their pets, fabricating tree-trunklike cylinders that house—and separate—the bathroom and bed from the main living area, then wrapped the upper expanses in Ecoplen, a self- and air-cleaning textile and the project sponsor.
a tree canopy enables cats to play
Vertical openings in the fabric “tree canopy” allow natural light to cast soft shadows.
a cat crawls off an orange plush chair
The moveable furniture, also custom and upholstered in the same self-cleaning fabric, is suitable for use by humans or pets.

Turning to nature for inspiration, Ruiz Velázquez’s concept grew to the idea of a grove of two trees, their cylindrical trunks sheltering the private spaces and supporting a lofted bedroom in their undulating “canopy” above, wrapped in flexible fabric walls. These hanging partitions create privacy and bathe the studio in a lambent glow, softening the light from strip fixtures recessed into vertical edges of the organically shaped dropped ceiling. “The canopy becomes a wall during the day and, due to its translucent capacity, it becomes a lamp at night, giving light with different intensities,” Ruiz Velázquez explains. The wall textile is Ecoplen, which is not only self-cleaning and stain-resistant but also treated with virus-killing biocides and mineral-based photocat­alyst, a natural antimicrobial activated by sunlight, to actively purify the interior.

“The beauty lies in the forms and materials born from a context of their own environment,” says the architect, for whom natural materials were an essential design choice for a space inspired by trees and living beings. In addition to the canopy, he used Ecoplen fabrics to create soft moveable floor cushions, a pink-hued artwork, and a cat play wall that can be endlessly reconfigured with a grid of dowels and pliable textile shelves. The curving walls, structural cylinders, and kitchen are finished in Ecoclay, a natural clay-based material that is both insulating and sound-absorbing. The ground-level flooring is made of an anti­bacterial ceramic tile that Ruiz Velázquez designed, while the concrete staircase and the loft’s slab floor are covered in micro-cement, a waterproof finish mixed with minerals and resins. “All of this creates a healthy and 360-degree healing environment,” he notes.

A Biophilic Design Accessible to Four-Legged Friends

a wall of cat hammocks in a gray room with a large column and orange chair
A grid of dowels transforms a wall into a custom play area for a cat.
Under the cylinders, one of which contains a bioethanol fireplace, and throughout is antibacterial ceramic floor tile
Under the cylinders, one of which contains a bioethanol fireplace, and throughout is antibacterial ceramic floor tile that Héctor Ruiz Velázquez designed for Cerámica Saloni.
a kitchen curves in a u-shape with minimalist fixtures
The pared-down kitchen is nestled in the curved space between the two cylinders.

In line with its nature-based material performance, the apartment is largely earth-toned, with pops of pink, blue, and orange only in the soft furniture and accessories. Though it is filled with daylight, Ruiz Velázquez envisioned the interiors like a cave, mostly because of the thermal properties and color of the clay finishes. Sited in the curved niche between the two trunks, the sinuous stovetop and counter of the kitchen feel particularly like a natural landform. The adjacent bioethanol fireplace adds to this cozy atmosphere on the lower level.

Because of the apartment’s small size and the team’s research into the ideal environment for pet enrichment, “We decided to elevate the private areas, freeing up the main floor,” for play, gathering, cooking, and eating, Ruiz Velázquez continues. The shower, for example, which occupies the taller of the two cylinders, is set two steps up the stairs but has separate fittings for humans and dogs to wash up. Its accompanying sink is a few steps up from that. Though the nestlike loft is meant for relaxation, it’s accessible for all—particularly via the cat scratch-and-climbing pole that runs the vertical height of the residence. Its custom round bed is supported by the other structural trunk, the one that houses the water closet downstairs.

The Space Includes Natural Light and Room to Explore

a scratch-and-climbing pole near a wall coated in natural clay material
Surrounding the cat’s scratch-and-climbing pole are walls finished with a natural clay-based material with both insulating and sound-absorbing properties.
In the loft, the canopy has strategically placed openings for views to the ground level
In the loft, the canopy has strategically placed openings for views to the ground level, letting in light, yet maintaining privacy.
a custom white circular bed with blue circular pillows
A custom bed and cushions outfit the loft bedroom, which is in one of the cylinders.

Maintaining sightlines between all common areas was important for daylighting, safety, and peace of mind, so Studio Ruiz Velázquez formulated strategically placed openings in the trunks and canopy to ensure that “animal and human can always have a visual connection, even from different levels,” the architect adds. Though the built-in activity and exploration nooks, like the pet door added to the toilet room for more curious creatures, can provide stimulation, contact between pets and guardians is the main goal.

“This project in particular has a larger scope than the architecture itself,” Ruiz Velázquez opines. “It’s the purest connection of life on the planet, animals and humans living in the same home where they share not only leadership but also the same level of priority in the functional design.” Atenzza’s Pérez wholeheartedly agrees: He’s currently reinstalling nearly every element of the show house—from the cat play wall to the canopy and cylinder systems—at his apartment in Valencia.

a custom shower with light gray walls
In the same cylinder, the custom shower is two steps up from the ground floor and has fittings that can be used by the owner and on his dog.
a curved cylinder hides the bathroom and food dishes for cats
Next to a niche for pet food and storage, a cylinder swings open to the water closet.
the bathroom sink is in the stairwell
Taking advantage of every inch of space, the bathroom sink is in the stairwell, which leads up to the bedroom and where flooring switches to micro-cement.
a fireplace with expansive ceilings above
The apartment has a 13-foot ceiling.
project team

studio ruiz velázquez: almudena de toledo; david jabbour díaz; marta garcia rios.

cement design: cement work.
proyectos y reformas: general contractor

product sources from front

drypets: pet bed (living area).
estufamania: fireplace.
geberit: toilet (water closet).
bang & olufsen: speaker (bedroom).

throughout

ecoplen: textiles.
cerámica saloni: floor tile.
ecoclay: walls.
axor: sink fittings, shower fittings.
zara home: accessories.

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Inside a Flatiron Loft That Doubles as a Spalike Retreat https://interiordesign.net/projects/inside-a-flatiron-loft-by-messana-ororke/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:05:00 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=218675 The owner of a loft in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, an art dealer, kept coming back to Messana O’Rorke to expand their tranquil and minimalistic home.

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sliding frosted-glass panels in a living room with gray couches
Sliding frosted-glass panels framed in unlacquered brass separate the bedroom from the living area, which has a Nicolas Party painting and a cocktail table and lounge chairs by Poul Kjærholm.

Inside a Flatiron Loft That Doubles as a Spalike Retreat

2023 Best of Year Winner for Small Apartment

Rarely does an architect get to renovate the same property three times—let alone within a decade. But the owner of a loft in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, an art dealer, kept coming back to Messana O’Rorke. After the firm designed his original 800-square-foot apartment, the client purchased the studio next door; partners Brian Messana and Toby O’Rorke combined them to create a 1,200-square-foot unit. Later, they returned to install a new kitchen and flooring. Throughout the process, the loft retained a warm, minimal aesthetic and oak-and-brass palette. “We expanded and altered it while keeping the same spirit,” Messana notes.

Located in a former factory building, the expanded apartment has an 11-foot ceiling and seven south-facing windows. The challenge, Messana says, “was how to keep the essence of a loft, that big open space, without creating a studio.” The solution lay in sliding frosted-glass doors trimmed in unlacquered brass that separate the bedroom suite and a snug den from the living and dining area, but allow light to flood through.

a gray kitchen island with oak cabinets and wood flooring
In the kitchen, the waterfall countertop is basaltina stone and the custom cabinetry French oak, which matches the new flooring throughout.

The first iteration of the apartment had a galley kitchen that the client rarely used, but over the years, he began to cook more and wanted to entertain. Messana O’Rorke opened the kitchen to the great room, removing the partition wall and installing a basaltina stone countertop with a fridge and freezer hidden underneath. Cabinets clad in French oak match new 9-inch-wide floorboards that replaced fumed-oak flooring to further lighten the space.

For all their appeal, lofts can lack an element of surprise: You walk in the door and see a huge space in its entirety. “The problem is you only have one experience—it’s one-note,” Messana says. He and O’Rorke laid out the apartment so it reveals itself gradually, creating a sequence of events. At the entrance, visitors encounter an intimate foyer with a shoe closet, then turn into a storage-lined hallway and glimpse the front windows. But it’s only farther down, when they arrive at the kitchen, that they can start to appreciate the full size of the loft—and it takes further exploration still to discover the more tucked-away den and bedroom.

There’s one last surprise. “Nobody expects the main bathroom—it’s insane,” Messana says. A masculine, spalike retreat, it’s covered almost entirely in exuberant travertine, including a sexy shower stall with an illuminated tinted mirror. An encore indeed.

Walk Through the Manhattan Loft Apartment

sliding frosted-glass panels in a living room with gray couches
Sliding frosted-glass panels framed in unlacquered brass separate the bedroom from the living area, which has a Nicolas Party painting and a cocktail table and lounge chairs by Poul Kjærholm.
an oak bookshelf in a dining room with a wood table
An oak bookshelf anchors the dining area, where the table is by George Nakashima.
More bronze-framed glass panels enclose the den off the dining area.
More bronze-framed glass panels enclose the den off the dining area.
A Julian Pace painting hangs in the bedroom.
A Julian Pace painting hangs in the bedroom.
a white bed with a wood headboard near a minimalist lamp
Peter Bristol’s lamp stands on the custom headboard.
Floor-to-ceiling shelves in the entry’s mirror-backed shoe closet
Floor-to-ceiling shelves in the entry’s mirror-backed shoe closet are Euro­pean white oak.
an office in the bedroom with a black chair
In a Flatiron District loft, the bedroom’s office nook—with art by Wayne Thiebaud, Fernando Botero, and Amber Andrews—is clad in custom fumed and wire-brushed European white oak.
the main bathroom is wrapped in travertine
The main bathroom, including its custom sink and vanity, is wrapped entirely in travertine.
The water closet off the shower is enclosed by a pocket door.
The water closet off the shower is enclosed by a pocket door.
product sources from front

fair: stools (kitchen).
dwr: sofa (living area).
armadillo: rug.
the citizenry: ottoman.
water­works: fittings (bathroom).
uc group: custom bed (bedroom), custom glass panels, custom sliders (bedroom, living area), medicine cabinet (bathroom), shelves (closet).
juniper: lamp (bedroom).
west nyc home: sofa (den).

throughout

the hudson company: wood flooring.
lv stone source: stone supplier.
zerolux lighting design: lighting consultant.
m.a. rubiano: mep.
wood floors & surfaces: woodwork.
abs renovations: general contractor.

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Ralph Pucci Unveils a Whimsical Collection by Elizabeth Garouste https://interiordesign.net/products/elizabeth-garouste-beans-collection-for-ralph-pucci/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:01:27 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_product&p=219142 Almost a decade since her first show with Ralph Pucci International, Elizabeth Garouste returns with a seven-piece collection, Beans.

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Ralph Pucci Unveils a Whimsical Collection by Elizabeth Garouste

Almost a decade since her first show with Ralph Pucci International, Elizabeth Garouste returns with a seven-piece collection, Beans. The Parisian designer mined disparate influences, from the Middle Ages to neoclassicism, to create the whimsical biomorphic forms, which include a mirror (Herman), console (Jim), chandelier (Priscilla), side table (Ara), and more. All are handmade of Pucci’s proprietary Plasterglass resin-plaster composite and fabricated by master sculptors working as artists-in-residence at the celebrated gallery’s New York studio. Mosaic tiles and bold colors like deep red and pale grassy green adorn the free-flowing shapes, amplifying their effervescent charm. It’s a more than worthy continuation of her witty and unconventional work as one half of the noted duo Garouste & Bonetti, which flourished in the 1980’s and ’90’s. Through Ralph Pucci International. ralphpucci.com

a red biomorphic table with a swirling pattern top
Ara.
a curvy mirror with a white plaster border with green shapes
Herman.
a light green pendant that holds a glowing light
Priscilla.

“The Plasterglass collections by other designers are generally realized in black or white, but I wanted mine to play with colors and even introduce a new material: mosaic,” says Garouste.


a narrow red table with three bulbous legs
Jim.
detail of a bulbous red table leg
Jim.

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Yabu Pushelberg Designs a Surrealist Rug Collection for CC-Tapis https://interiordesign.net/products/yabu-pushelberg-rug-collection-for-cc-tapis/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:44:30 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_product&p=219133 Architectural and surrealist motifs distinguish Memento, a new rug collection by Yabu Pushelberg launched at the New York showroom of CC-Tapis.

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Yabu Pushelberg Designs a Surrealist Rug Collection for CC-Tapis

Architectural and surrealist motifs distinguish Memento, a new rug collection by Yabu Pushelberg. Launched at a packed opening in the New York showroom of Italian brand CC-Tapis, the Tibetan wool rugs are knotted and carved by hand in a combination of dyed and undyed fibers. The seven designs, including Axo, Drift, and Echo, are memory dreamscapes. Their conception allowed Interior Design Hall of Fame members George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, partners in business and life, to quietly reminisce on their shared history—creating mementos that can live on a floor or wall. Elusive and allusive, the references may be known only to the designers—but they’re beautiful to all. cc-tapis.com

Axo rug hanging on a wall
Axo.
GEORGE YABU AND GLENN PUSHELBERG
George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg.
a tan geometric rug with circle cut out designs
Axo.
a rug with a curved blue abstract pattern that appears to have a shadow
Echo.
a tan rug with abstract forms
Drift.

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Marimekko Unveils an Artful Collection of Tableware and Textiles https://interiordesign.net/products/marimekko-artist-series-tableware-collection/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:46:10 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_product&p=219124 Finnish design house Marimekko releases a 16-piece collection of ceramic table­ware and textiles featuring original work by artist Sabine Finkenauer.

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Marimekko Unveils an Artful Collection of Tableware and Textiles

Sabine Finkenauer, a German artist based in Barcelona, Spain, initially specialized in sculpture. But her more recent oil pastels on paper have crystallized a hand-drawn vocabulary of everyday shapes inspired by ornament and geometry. Now, Finnish design house Marimekko releases a 16-piece collection of ceramic table­ware and textiles featuring original work Finkenauer created solely for the Artist Series. Among the patterns are checkered Atalaya, Sambara, and Almena, all inspired by carved wooden chess pieces the designer came across at Madrid’s El Rastro flea market, and Tomina, which repeats an angular hourglass shape that crops up time and again across the her oeuvre. marimekko.com

a mug with colorful patterns of hour-glass shaped rectangles
a long light pink table dotted with ceramic mugs and plates
Sabine Finkenauer Artist Series.
a pillow with a green rectangle at center and diamond color blocks in each corner

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British Paint Brand, Little Greene, Makes Its U.S. Debut https://interiordesign.net/products/little-greene-opens-first-us-store/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:36:17 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_product&p=219061 British paint maker Little Greene opens its first U.S. store in Greenwich, Connecticut, and a localized e-commerce website, showcasing its vast color palette.

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British Paint Brand, Little Greene, Makes Its U.S. Debut

British paint maker Little Greene, owned by the Mottershead family and manufactured in the foothills of Snowdon in North Wales, is well regarded across the pond—up there with the Farrow & Balls and Edward Bulmers of the world. Now, the brand makes its U.S. debut with a store in Greenwich, Connecticut, and a localized e-commerce website. The 196 colors in the brand palette are catalogued by historic period and contain 40 percent more pigment than typical paints—a combination of all-natural and safe synthetic ones. We’re partial to Atomic Red, a super-saturated mid-century red-orange, and Pleat, a shade that lives in the liminal space between green, blue, and gray. Craftspeople rather than machines do the mixing, and there are interior and exterior finishes plus oil- and water-based paints to choose from—not to mention handcrafted decorative wallpapers aplenty. littlegreene.us

David, Ruth, and Ben Mottershead.
David, Ruth, and Ben Mottershead.
Nether Red paint
Nether Red.
a splotch of army green paint
Jewel Beetle.
a splotch of pale pink paint
Masquerade.
a splotch of yellow paint
Mister.
a splotch of red paint
Atomic Red.
a splotch of blue gray paint
Deep Space.
a splotch of heather green paint
Pleat.
a saffron wall with a curved mirror and hanging pendant
Bassoon.
deep blue wall with pottery on a shelf
Smalt.

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Discover Eye-catching Kitchen Hardware Inspired by Fine Jewelry https://interiordesign.net/products/explore-the-monogram-designer-collection/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:00:53 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_product&p=219035 The Monogram Designer Collection offers handles, hoods, and refrigerator panels in solid brass or titanium inspired by fine jewelry and watches.

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Discover Eye-catching Kitchen Hardware Inspired by Fine Jewelry

In 1893, three enterprising brothers founded the Keeler Brass Company, which became known for crafting furniture trim as well as brass parts for the legendary Model T car. More than a century later, the legacy continues, as the domestically manufactured brand relaunches with new hardware—and a partnership with appliance company Monogram. The Monogram Designer Collection, by creative director Richard T. Anuszkiewicz, offers handles, hoods, and refrigerator panels in solid brass or titanium inspired by fine jewelry and watches, some wrapped in hand-stitched Edelman leather. “The proportions and scale are tailored and refined,” Anuszkiewicz notes, “so the user has a tactile experience that engages the senses.” monogram.com; keelerbrasscompany.com Sample Monogram x Keeler Brass Company now on Materialbank.com.

Explore the Monogram Designer Collection

brass fixtures by monogram
a man in a gray suit standing near a kitchen island
detail of brass fixture
sparks flying of a brass fixture by monogram in the making
a person adding final touches to a brass fixture
stove handles by monogram and keeler

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