Florida Design – Digital Edition Volume 32-2

There are innumerable songs, poems, movies, and other art forms that exalt the virtues of living by the water, and nowhere do those praises ring louder than here in Florida. Flanked by the Gulf and the Atlantic, Floridians are never too far from waves and sand—not to mention canals, lakes, bays, and rivers—and although the threat of virulent hurricanes every year is always looming, we wouldn’t have it any other way. My own perch on Brickell Key faces south over Biscayne Bay and despite the fact that I’ve opted to evacuate twice as ominous storms approached, the thought of living anywhere else quickly dissipates the moment I step out on my balcony, take in the view, and breathe in the salty air. Isn’t this the reason we live in Florida? The…

If you have a design project on the horizon, chances are you also have a collection of ideas and inspiration torn from the pages of Florida Design. Clients often walk into the offices of our interior design partners with stacks of tear sheets to guide their plans. That doesn’t surprise me in the least. At our headquarters in West Palm Beach, the editorial team is always buzzing with intel that gets fine-tuned and distilled into every issue of the magazine. One of the very best parts of my job (I get paid to do this!) is visiting with clients when they have new products to present. At the recent showroom opening of Moderno in Orlando (page 213), I was introduced to InvisaCook. This technology allows for induction heating to be embedded…

JASON LYNN & ALEXIS VENANZI The Decorators Unlimited “Modern Marvel,” page 144 Projects like the ones Alexis Venanzi and Jason Lynn recently took on in Hypoluxo Island don’t come along very often. The massive residence’s design was guided by its homeowner’s wish to have something truly special, regardless of price or timeline. Venanzi and Lynn delivered with clean lines, simple geometry, and a minimalist perspective on ornamentation. “A lot of our design intent was to hide the mechanics of the home, which isn’t always easy,” says Venanzi. “We wanted people to walk in and ask, ‘how does that work?’” ALLISON PALADINO & ZITA RUDD Paladino Rudd Interior Design “Room to Play,” page 156 The Palm Beach residence featured in this volume from Paladino Rudd Interior Design happens to be the fourth house the studio has designed for…

Designer Kelly Wearstler is not one to rest on her laurels. The in-demand tastemaker recently unveiled three new collections that speak to the spirit of collaboration. Contour, created with ceramicist Morgan Peck, offers nine styles (from vases to candlesticks) created in Peck’s signature freestyle and nodding to Wearstler’s love for brutalist architecture. Also new is her latest offering for Lee Jofa, Morro, inspired by the silhouettes that defined French and Italian furniture in the ’70s. That means tables, lounge chairs, and sofas that take a monolithic form as if cut from one piece. And, in an artistic move with fellow designer Hagit Pincovici, Third Nature offers a creative take on date palms and desert plants (born out of a desire from Pincovici to reconnect with nature following Covid) in the…