Sommaire pour June 2019 de ELLE DECOR

I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT INTERIOR DESIGNERS often play many roles beyond mere decorating. For instance, it’s not unusual during the course of a typical renovation or build for a designer to also be expected to act as a wedding planner, a fashion stylist, a marriage counselor, a child psychiatrist, and occasionally (if they are handy enough) a plumber. As I wrote in my foreword to the upcoming book by talent extraordinaire Estee Stanley—a new addition to our A-List—for a designer, wearing many hats is a way of life. And that, my friends, is how I describe the criteria behind ELLE DECOR’s A-List, now 10 years in and going strong. What distinguishes our registry from the rest is that it’s not a snob list—these aren’t the kind of professionals…

WHEN IT COMES TO creating enticing merchandise displays, Mark Cunningham is no novice. He worked in retail for a decade in the 1990s as a vice president of creative services for Ralph Lauren, then cofounded the influential home-design boutique March with Sam Hamilton in San Francisco. Cunningham has since become an ED A-List decorator with a luxurious but understated style that draws on classic Americana, and clients ranging from fashion designer Francisco Costa to Edie Parker’s Brett Heyman. Now Cunningham is starting his own brand, appropriately named Marked, with a by-appointment showroom on New York’s West 37th Street and newly launched collections of furniture and fabrics. “My interior design work varies from client to client,” he says. “With Marked, I can bring everything together.” Each season Cunningham will arrange the…

ALEXA HAMPTON “The exterior and shelves of my Billy are drenched in an oxblood lacquer from Benjamin Moore. I chose Brunschwig & Fils’s La Portugaise wallpaper for the interior and added brass details on the front for flair. I’m paying homage to the legendary interior decorator Albert Hadley, specifically the oxblood-and-brass Money Room that he designed for another legend, Brooke Astor.” JUAN MONTOYA “I wanted to turn this bookcase into a piece of art, and my love of nature is what inspired me. I used Josef Hoffmann’s iconic Blueberry wallpaper and contrasted it with natural birch. The juxtaposition of the natural form of the branch with the clean lines of the bookcase produces a truly beautiful piece.” DRAKE/ANDERSON “Our goal was to take an ordinary mass-produced object and transform it…

WHEN INDIA M AHDAVI created a rose-quartz fantasia of an interior in 2014 for the Gallery at Sketch, the most Instagrammed restaurant in London, she was as surprised as anyone by the scale of its impact. “I knew it would be strong, but you don’t foresee the strength of Instagram,” says the Paris-based designer. She arrived at her pink choice quickly and decisively. “Sometimes you make decisions in one minute. But it’s one minute [backed by] 20 years of experience. You have the maturity to be sure of what you want.” Since founding her eponymous design house in 1999, Mahdavi has become known for her singular color sense and joyful furniture—like her playful velvet Charlotte armchair—both of which she has employed for clients such as Red Valentino, Tod’s, and Ladurée.…

I LOVE SOUVENIRS,” CONFESSES THE LONDON ARTIST AND designer Luke Edward Hall, referring to a ceramic ashtray with charmingly naive painted glaze that marks it as a memento of the Palazzo Principe. “I collect a lot of vintage hotel ashtrays…but I often do fake hotel souvenirs.” Indeed, this ceramic piece was decorated by Hall himself to commemorate a hotel that exists only in his imagination (though he did do a collection for an actual hotel, Positano’s famed Le Sirenuse). A sense of playfulness is quite typical of Hall’s work, which frequently returns to the relaxed sensibilities of the Mediterranean. His drawings and paintings are reminiscent of the work of Jean Cocteau in both their classical themes and fluidity of draftsmanship, while simultaneously retaining a refreshingly unpretentious joie de vivre. “Travel…

IT WAS CAMELOT BEFORE CAMELOT. SANDS POINT, just a 40-minute drive from New York City on a good day, so close and yet a world away on the Cow Neck Peninsula in Nassau County, surrounded by water and bordered by sandy beaches. It’s where Guggenheims, Vanderbilts, and Goulds bought land and built castles—and, some say, it was the model for East Egg in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby. But there was also a more down-to-earth aspect to life in Sands Point—one in which politicians, writers, artists, and theater professionals took retreat in the private oases provided by their hosts. That’s the Sands Point I remember from my childhood summers there, spent in a bathing suit at our two-story shingled house next door to Marie and W. Averell Harriman’s compound overlooking…

RITA KONIG, DAUGHTER of the pioneering female decorator Nina Campbell, grew up amid lush and comfortable interiors and observed firsthand the hard work that goes into creating them. But while Konig clearly learned the nuts and bolts of design from an impeccable source, from the moment she founded her interior design firm two decades ago, she forged her own distinctive style: a bit quirky, highly livable, and, most of all, happy. Based in London, Konig has built her thriving practice with both residential and commercial projects that take her all over the world; she recently decorated the interiors of the buzzy Hotel 850 in West Hollywood (see ELLE DECOR March 2019). If she has earned a wider following along the way, it is in part because she communicates her taste…

2 MICHAELS 2michaelsdesign.com AERO STUDIOS aerostudios.com ALBERTO PINTO albertopinto.com ALEX PAPACHRISTIDIS INTERIORS alexpapachristidis.com ALEXA HAMPTON alexahampton.com ALIDAD alidad.com ALYSSA KAPITO INTERIORS alyssakapito.com AMAN & MEEKS INTERIOR DESIGN aman-meeks.squarespace.com AMY LAU DESIGN amylaudesign.com ANN WOLF INTERIOR DECORATION annwolfid.com ASHE LEANDRO asheleandro.com ASHLEY WHITTAKER DESIGN ashleywhittakerdesign.com BEATA HEUMAN beataheuman.com BILHUBER & ASSOCIATES bilhuber.com BILLY COTTON billycotton.com BRAD FORD ID bradfordid.com BRANCA branca.com BRIAN J. McCARTHY bjminc.com BROCKSCHMIDT & COLEMAN brockschmidtandcoleman.com BUNNY WILLIAMS INTERIOR DESIGN bunnywilliams.com CARRIER AND COMPANY carrierandcompany.com CATHERINE MARTIN catherinemartin.com CHAMPALIMAUD DESIGN champalimauddesign.com CHARLOTTE MOSS charlottemoss.com CORINNE GILBERT corinnegilbert.com CULLMAN & KRAVIS ASSOCIATES cullmankravis.com DAN FINK danfinkstudio.com DARRYL CARTER darrylcarter.com DAVID KLEINBERG DESIGN ASSOCIATES dkda.com DEBORAH NEVINS & ASSOCIATES dnalandscape.com DRAKE/ANDERSON drakeanderson.com EMMA JANE PILKINGTON emmajanepilkington.com ERIC HUGHES DESIGN erichughesdesign.com ESTEE STANLEY esteestanley.com FOX-NAHEM ASSOCIATES foxnahem.com FRANK DE BIASI INTERIORS…

ON A SUNNY SPRING MORNING, A TWOstory brick building on Gansevoort Street in downtown New York City was a hub of activity. Waiters dressed in white jackets with Nehru-style collars proffered silver trays of green juices, and a packed crowd admired the impeccably stitched leather bags and printed silk scarves on display. The occasion was the opening of a new Hermès store in the city’s (still) booming Meatpacking District, a historic neighborhood that throughout the early 20th century contained multiple slaughterhouses. The arrival of an Hermès boutique to this edgier enclave (compared to, say, Madison Avenue, where the brand’s flagship resides) might seem like a curious choice at first, but as Denis Montel—the managing and artistic director of RDAI Architecture and the store’s designer—puts it, “Hermès has so many faces.…

How big do you like your planters? GENEVIEVE GORDER: Size matters. I love giant planters when we’re talking about exteriors and we have a little more freedom with scale. I like big planters, and I cannot lie. They need friends, though. Small- and medium-sized friends. CHRISTIAN DUNBAR: Size can make it memorable, but I also like to think that shape is as or more important. Planters, to me, can be a big miss, or a big hit if done right. Unfortunately, they’re typically an afterthought. When is it absolutely necessary to deploy them? GG: If you’re dealing with a porch, a terrace, or a rooftop, planters are the only way to have living things outside. It’s an urban issue as far as the exterior. CD: Wherever there is no natural…

THE PROTAGONIST OF GARY SHTEYNGART’S 2018 NOVEL Lake Success, Barry Cohen, is a watch-obsessed man so enamored of his prized collection of timepieces that he brings it along with him on a Jack Kerouac–worthy cross-country expedition. Barry would likely make space in his carrying case for at least one of the new horological offerings from Louis Vuitton, which meld decorative beauty with sophisticated technology, forged in the brand’s Geneva atelier La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton. The Voyager Automatic Flying Tourbillon design (available for both men and women, along with the other creations) features an impressive tourbillon escapement—the rotating cage at the six mark on the dial—and a selfwinding movement in a case set with brilliantcut diamonds. Another tourbillon escapement model, the Voyager Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Pavéd, has a…

KNOWN FOR I TS SUMP TUOUS PAT TERNS, evocative of 18th-century chinoiserie, the bespoke London wallpaper company de Gournay has garnered a cult following since its founding in the 1980s by former financier Claud Cecil Gurney. Such celebrities as Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss, and J.K. Rowling swear by its wallcoverings, which are handmade in China, while top designers and fashion brands, from India Mahdavi and Kelly Wearstler to Chanel and Aquazzura, have become close collaborators. In London, Martin Brudnizki put his own decadent spin on a pair of de Gournay creations for his overhaul of Annabel’s, the renowned members-only club. Now Gurney’s daughters, Rachel, 35, and Hannah, 33, are bringing a fresh perspective—and six brand-new designs—to the brand, as directors working alongside their father. Though neither sister aspired to join…

WAY BACK IN my Le Cirque days, pasta primavera was all the rage. That was spaghetti tossed with a pantry full of vegetables and herbs, a riot of color and fresh flavors. Here, we want to celebrate just our favorite color of the season with a dish that’s nearly monochrome: Call it “pasta prima verde.” This is an unapologetically green dish, a mix of all the bright things I love in early spring. We use asparagus, sugar snap and spring peas, green beans, fresh mint, and zucchini, all bound together by a luscious lettuce cream that’s the key to the entire dish. The lettuce cream brings a richness and density of flavor to chewy pasta like rigatoni (use whatever dry pasta shape you like, though tubular ones are best so…

I HAVE KNOWN TREVOR AND AL E XIS Traina for at least a decade. We were friends before I ever did any work for them. I’ve designed their house in San Francisco and a place in Napa, and we’re working on a fun project in Mexico. They have become family to me, which made it even more special when they asked me to decorate the American ambassador’s residence in Vienna. We have different outlooks on the world sometimes, but we have a real love and understanding. Another thing that was such a fairy tale is that Trevor’s grandfather was assigned to this very same post under President Gerald Ford. And Alexis’s uncle was an ambassador to the U.K., so this is in their blood. When you close your eyes and…

THE WIND WHIPS ACROSS CHICAGO’S Lake Shore Drive no matter the season. But within the 1910s mansion on Lake Michigan that decorator Alessandra Branca recently completed for a client after five years of construction, all is calm. Or more than just calm—serene. Under her guidance, the fourstory Georgian edifice has become a neoclassical refuge bathed in supersaturated color and rich textures—the perfect place for its owner, a manabout-town, to sip a Campari on a balmy June afternoon or nurse a cognac late into a December night. “You want to feel both wrapped in solitude and ready to go out into the world,” says Branca, who is based in the Windy City but was raised in Rome, a fact that is writ large on the project, with its mixture of references…

1. ROCK CRYSTAL COLLECTION BY HAMMERTON STUDIO Artisan blown glass captures the raw beauty of rock quartz crystal in these wall and ceiling lights from Hammerton Lighting. An LED illuminates the spectacular shape and texture of each glass shade without the distraction of a filament bulb. hammertonstudio.com 2. KERRY JOYCE TEXTILES The new SCRIBE fabric is inspired by the origins of language and letterforms. It is one of six new designs that are part of the Heather Rosenman Collection for Kerry Joyce Textiles and is printed on the finest Irish Linen. Available in seven colors. kerryjoycetextiles.com 3. HIGH-POLISHED ALICE SINK Introducing the stunning angular Alice sink (SK423), shown in highpolished silicon bronze. Available in a variety of bronze finish options and can be undermounted or set as a vessel. rockymountainhardware.com…

Why choose nature as the theme of this year’s Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial (through January 20, 2020)? CB: The show was being planned when the UN’s report on climate change was released. The triennial is all about what we need to do to get to zero carbon emissions by 2050. Is climate change the most important issue of our time? CB: Yes. We talk about it as a national crisis, but it’s a global crisis. Do you think design can reverse the effects on our environment? CB: I think it can change the course, but only with smart collaboration with scientists. On display is a unique piece in which the designer used old grafting techniques to combine heirloom fruits onto one tree. He met with botanists to figure out how…

DALA PLANTER BY STEPHEN BURKS 30• dia. X 32.5• h.; $1,290. dedon.us COLUMN PLANTER BY BILLY COTTON 24• dia. X 27• h.; $2,300. seibert-rice.com LITCHFIELD PLANTER BY BUNNY WILLIAMS 24• sq. X 27.5• h.; $1,650. centuryfurniture.com ROYAL CROWN PLANTER 28• dia. X 30• h.; $2,300. pennoyernewman.com PAPUA PLANTER 15• sq. X 15• h.; $5,600. elysegraham.com HAND-PAINTED AND SPRIGGED CERAMIC CROCK 30• h.; $22,000. bddw.com QUADRATL BOX PLANTER BY ORLANDO DIAZ-AZCUY 28• sq. X 32.5• h.; $6,270. janusetcie.com ARABESQUE PLANTER BY LOIS CARR 16• w. X 16• d. X 14• h.; $382. feed-seed.com RAISED FAUX BOIS PLANTER BY MICHAEL FOGG 42• w. X 42• h.; to the trade. sutherlandfurniture.com VASO CESTA 31• dia. X 17.5• h.; $1,878. innergardens.com…

FAUX GROTTOES, CASCADING WATERFALLS, AMOEBAshaped outlines, corkscrew waterslides, and athletically sprung diving boards—pool design has long been a fertile font of hedonistic experimentation. But the latest trend in upscale pools reveals a different impulse: a back-to-simplicity, less-is-more desire to create watery retreats that position the pool as a beautiful, integral part of a home’s architecture or a cohesive element of the larger landscape. “It’s more of a ref lecting pond in the garden,” says designer Madeline Stuart, noting that she has recently been working with numerous clients on longer, narrower rectangular pools. “They would rather have something that’s elegant and narrow and that doesn’t overtake the yard. The idea of this ginormous pool that can accommodate dozens of people—that’s for the YMCA.” Devon Dobson, president of Connecticut-based bespoke-pool company Litchfield…

SERVES 4 2 heads Boston lettuce, 4 leaves reserved and thinly sliced1 bunch mint, half thinly sliced4 oz. warmed heavy creamSalt and pepper8 oz. rigatoni pasta2 oz. green beans2 oz. asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces2 oz. sugar snap peas2 oz. zucchini, core removed and sliced2 oz. peas, fresh or frozen2 oz. ricotta3 oz. Parmesan, plus more for grating2 T olive oil2 oz. scallions, thinly sliced2 lemons, zested and juiced4 oz. prosciutto, dried in the oven at 300°F until crispy 1. Bring two medium-sized pots of water to a rolling boil. In one, blanch the Boston lettuce and the whole mint leaves for a few seconds. Shock the greens in ice water, and once cold, squeeze until very dry. Combine the greens and warmed cream in a blender. Blend until smooth,…

IF YOU’VE EVER ATTENDED A SEATED DINNER PARTY ONLY to spend the evening swiping through your phone, then your host for the night was clearly not a Gemini (May 21–June 21). An air sign ruled by Mercury, Gemini is symbolized by the figure of twins; while that may account for a propensity for indecision, it also makes for an extremely social and curious zodiac sign. A table dreamed up for a Gemini-centric affair would look something like the one that Reed Krakoff, the chief artistic officer of Tiffany & Co., created here using pieces from the brand’s home and accessories collections as well as artfully applied masking tape. The sterling silver watering can and flowerpot hold floral branches and lemons, appealing to the sign’s versatile nature, while the color-blocked bone…

Made in New Orleans, this dramatic chandelier looks like a preserved artifact from a 19th-century home, dripping with the candle wax of a bygone era. But appearances can be deceiving. In fact, this one-of-a-kind, steel-framed chandelier has been hand-dipped in plaster to achieve its Miss Havisham look. The work of Julie Neill, a decorator turned furniture designer who recently debuted a new lighting collection for Visual Comfort, the statement piece treads a fine line between old-world and new, marrying a traditional silhouette with a contemporary surface treatment. Neill, who is known for the bespoke lighting she creates in her studio in the Big Easy, is especially fond of plaster. “It’s a material that doesn’t need any embellishment,” she says. And while this chandelier has a pre-Edison vibe, it can conveniently…