Los Angeles Designer Jeff Andrews on High-Profile Celebrity Design
Interior Design: Jeff Andrews Photography: Stephen Busken and Grey Crawford Published as: Star Quality Jeff Andrews is the kind of designer whose work one instantly recognizes, but is unique to each client and project. Some of those clients are high-profile celebrities; some are busy creatives, and one is Jeff Andrews himself—perhaps his most exacting client. […]
Tiffany & Co. launches an iconic exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London
Text: Erika HeetPhotography: Courtesy Tiffany & Co. Published as: Vision & Virtuosity Tiffany & Co. has just launched its “Vision & Virtuosity” exhibition, showcasing more than 400 objects from the House’s archives, at London’s Saatchi Gallery. The show is a visual chronicle of the storied jeweler since its founding in New York City in 1837, divided […]
Desert modern in California’s Coachella Valley
Interior Design: Penny Drue BairdText: Erika HeetPhotography: Roger Davies Published as: La Quinta Oasis Penny Drue Baird has worked with one of her clients so long, she has watched his design aesthetic change drastically from uber traditional to ultra modern. His journey began 22 years ago, when he was 28, with a traditional house in […]
A modern California beach hotel designed around surf culture
Overlooking the famous Cowell’s surf break, the Dream Inn is perched on the sand on a stretch of the central coast of California, in the original surf city, Santa Cruz. Built in 1963, the retro chic property was recently revamped, its whimsical retro-surfer décor nodding to the inn’s origins and Santa Cruz’s history as a […]
A designer’s own midcentury modern home makeover in South Carolina
Interior Design: Dawn Engeman-Brehm of Diggs DesignText: Laura MaukPhotography: Jack Robert Published as: A Perfect Marriage Interior designer Dawn Brehm is a master storyteller. Her verbal tales consistently put listeners on the edge of their seats and her visual stories are sights to behold—arrangements where color, texture and form come together symphonically and almost always […]
Art and color define a Palm Springs residence
Interior Design: Bodron/FruitText: Erika HeetPhotography: Manolo Langis Published as: DESERT JEWEL Palm Springs is best known for its arid, sleepy beauty, midcentury modern architecture, and art, for better or worse (sorry, Marilyn). Its year-round bliss draws people from everywhere to the desert haven beneath the towering peak of Mount San Jacinto. One of these visitors […]
Exclusive: Julian Lennon Photography and Q&A
Text: Erika HeetPhotography: Julian Lennon Published as: Julian Lennon: Behind the Lens Julian Lennon lives life lyrically. The musician, artist, filmmaker and philanthropist has infused his poetic world view into a collection of black and white and color photographs, curated by Portia de Rossi via her art publishing firm General Public, which endeavors to bring […]
An eclectic art home in Manhattan by Pembrooke & Ives
Interior Design: Pembrooke & IvesText: Erika HeetPhotography: Genevieve Garruppo Published as: Eclectic Company While the specs for a pre-war apartment in Manhattan by Pembrooke & Ives didn’t flag the project as unusual, they belied its true nature. “It’s definitely a maximalist approach,” says studio director Rendell Fernandez, who spearheaded the architectural renovations. While the clients […]
A city view home in Manhattan
Interior Design: Grade NYText: Erika HeetPhotography: Thomas Loof Published as: Manhattan Muse It all began with a pair of armchairs: circa 1940 Bombay style with ebonized black ash arms that curve and reach down to the floor, selected by the design firm Grade NY for their clients on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Found […]
A thoughtful upgrade for a San Francisco Victorian
Interior Design: Studio MunroeText: Zlata Kozul NaumovskiPhotography: Thomas Kuoh Published as: Visual Symphony When interior designer Emilie Munroe’s clients eyed a 1910 Victorian in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco for their family, which includes two young daughters, she was thrilled to help them make it their forever home. “Miscellaneous renovations had occurred over […]
