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Chic storage solutions for PPE/Off Duty, The Wall Street Journal

It's time for an entryway intervention. These formerly warm, welcoming spaces have turned into mini medical-supply stores—dumping grounds for masks, rubber gloves, bottles of hand sanitizer and wipes galore. With space at a premium, safety-minded tastemakers are struggling to add personal protective equipment to an existing mix of coats, shoes and backpacks in an orderly yet stylish way. I interviewed organizing expert Shira Gill for her take on this situation, and also found a few stylish products to help get you organized. Read the whole article (paywall) here. ...

02 October, 2020
Decorating in the Digital Age/Departures

This story focused on how interior designers, retailers and trade showrooms are pivoting their businesses in the era of Covid. With anecdotes from Young Huh, Mikel Welch, Nicole Fuller, HenryBuilt, Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams and more. We also touch on the rise of online decorating services like Modsy and Kathryn Ireland's The Perfect Room. Read the full article here....

02 October, 2020
The team behind The Crown’s sets/Netflix Queue

Definition of dream assignment: interview The Crown's production designer Martin Childs and set decorator Alison Harvey about how they do what they do, both generally and specifically for Season 3 (their work on the Aberfan landslide episode was nominated for and won an Emmy). Too much to say in a few sentences - go here to read the entire piece. I promise it's not boring....

25 September, 2020
Nina Magon designed interior in Mansion/WSJ

Nina Magon of Houston's Contour Interior Design created living and dining areas for a couple with two children and a very modern house in the Memorial Villages area of Houston, Texas. Total cost: About $534,000. See the breakdown here....

25 September, 2020
Uxua Das furniture in T: The New York Times Style Magazine

Wilbert Das, former creative director of Diesel and co-founder of Uxua Casa hotel and spa in Trancoso, Brazil, has launched a line of furniture based on his designs for clients like Anderson Cooper and Richard Gere (who Das is working with on a resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico). You can see it all at uxuadas.com and read the full piece on T. ...

09 September, 2020
Kara Mann’s collection for CB2 in AD

Chicago designer Kara Mann (whose clients include Virgil Abloh) has created a collection for CB2, inspired by the '80s. You can see it all here....

29 August, 2020
Exhibit of Lebanese Design in Aspen/Gallerie Magazine

This weekend marks the opening of “Haptic Narrative – The Aspen Edition,” an exhibition that’s the result of a unique collaboration between Lehmann Maupin, R & Company, and House of Today, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting emerging Lebanese designers. Had the events in Beirut this past week never happened, most would herald the show at the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) as enterprising, mingling fine art with important vintage and contemporary design. But given the widespread devastation of the so-called Paris of the Middle East, and the fact that the Lebanese designers whose works are shown have lost their homes,...

07 August, 2020
A CEO who is a DIY expert/ The Wall Street Journal

Michael Episcope started noticing things around his Lincoln Park home that needed fixing. But despite (ostensibly) having the means to delegate these projects to the pros, he tackled them himself. This included building a Murphy bed for his teenage son (complete with a basketball hoop on the underside) and replacing French doors with a picture window (a contractor quoted him $60k, he did it with the help of a friend for about $5k). Read all about it here.  ...

01 August, 2020
A fabulous Bangkok apartment in the Mansion section of the Wall Street Journal

The now 1-bedroom 1.5 bath (post renovation) on the 25th floor of the Renaissance Hotel building in central Bangkok is owned by partners Edward Ng and Terence Ngan of AB Concept, an architecture and design firm. What I love most about this story is that the couple have no kitchen, just a small sink, a (chic) hot plate and a small refrigerator. Oh, and that view from their bathroom. You can read it here (paywall)....

17 July, 2020
Interview with the costume designers from Dark Crystal for Netflix Queue Mag

One of my favorite recent stories, because it's a bit of a departure for me, is this one, an interview with Brian and Toby Froud, the father and son team behind the costumes for the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. What's interesting is that this series features "creatures" that are all puppets -- almost 200 of them-- and Brian and Toby were tasked with designing/creating both the creatures and the costumes - hair, make-up, jewelry, all of it, for puppets ranging from 2 to over 6 feet. It's actually really fascinating, and you can read the entire piece here....

11 July, 2020