Sommaire pour May 2020 de ELLE DECOR

1 AMBIENT RAY BY GLOSTER JB: Brilliant move to filter the light through the wooden slats to warm the otherwise cooler tones of the LED. It is so versatile and would look great in any modern home. BR: I love Gloster lights. These should be in a huge line running down the side of a pool. 2 BAND CLUB CHAIR BY PATRICIA URQUIOLA FOR KETTAL BR: I’d arrange these in groups of two or three around a lawn or pool area and add a small table for summer drinks. JB: Urquiola is a master of reinterpreting classic forms. The three wide bands of fabric create a bold, graphic element. 3 CAICOS CHAISE BY RH, RESTORATION HARDWARE JB: It’s a modern take on a low-profile minimalist wood chaise. I’d place a pair on a…

IF YOU WERE HOPING TO create the perfect conditions under which to raise a child destined to become a contemporary design executive, you would likely imagine something resembling Giulia Molteni’s upbringing. The granddaughter of Angelo Molteni, who founded the venerable Italian furniture brand Molteni & C in 1934, Giulia grew up near the company’s headquarters in Brianza in a stunning modern house designed by the architectural couple Afra and Tobia Scarpa. At age 12, she started helping out during the annual Salone del Mobile design fair, handing out catalogs to visitors to the Molteni booth. By the time she was 20, she knew she would join the business. “Design companies are very often family-owned because it’s a kind of tradition, passed from a father to a daughter or son. It’s…

Keith Williams The landscape architect is partial to fountain grass: “I love the softness and movement,” he says. $25 each. thegreenhousepnw.com Carolyne Roehm “Their petals remind me of a beautiful piece of thin taffeta silk,” the former fashion designer and style guru says of Oriental poppies. $17 each. bluestoneperennials.com Mark D. Sikes The decorator takes a “more is more” approach when it comes to myrtle topiaries: “I put them inside and outside,” he says. $64 each. unitednursery.com Charlotte Moss A longtime devotee of the bearded iris, she says: “My grand-mother had them, and I couldn’t wait to grow my own.” $7.50 each. gilberthwild.com…

Global Patterns These fabrics by such design luminaries as Peter Marino, Paolo Moschino, and Michelle Nussbaumer will transport you to some of the world’s most beautiful locales, from the canals of Venice to a Japanese garden, all without leaving the comfort of your home. In Full Bloom Florals for spring can be groundbreaking. Take Bill Amberg’s new leathers for Moore & Giles, which are digitally printed. And don’t rule out classic chintz: Schumacher’s modern take features fresh colorways. The foliage and buds of May gardens are entering the home in exciting ways. Great, Outdoors Ever wanted to upholster a poolside chaise in a plush jacquard? Now you can, thanks to technological advances in performance textiles. Perennials used digital looms to create Timothy Corrigan’s bold new outdoor fabric collection (above), while…

ALL OF THE BUSINESS DEGREES and corporate handbooks in the world can’t teach the gut-centric prescience that has propelled Giorgio Armani’s success across a dizzying array of mediums. Among the many examples of this sixth sense, consider this year’s 20th anniversary of his shelter label Armani/Casa. Although he didn’t formally establish the interiors arm of his company until 2000, Armani designed his first piece for the home, the sharply silhouetted Logo lamp, in 1982—just seven years after founding his ready-to-wear label and long before many of his fashion colleagues delved into the domestic sphere. “It represents my first foray into a world I’ve always found fascinating,” says Armani of the lamp. “With its pure, geometric shape, it embodies the key elements of my design philosophy.” That signature aesthetic—coolly elegant, minimal,…

AS PART OF HER JOB, BULGARI’S CREATIVE director, Lucia Silvestri, spends a lot of time searching for exceptional gemstones. But the self-professed gem hunter, known for her glamorous style, sun-kissed skin, and layers of gold jewelry, doesn’t solely focus on a jewel’s color and cut: She’s also seeking positive energy. “I look for stones that speak to me,” she says. When she’s holding a special gem, she can feel its energy. And when she first visited Italy’s Pugliaregion six years ago, she immediately experienced those same positive vibes. “I felt a connectedness when I came to Puglia,” says Silvestri, who recently celebrated her 40th year at the legendary Italian jewelry house. “I’m instantly relaxed, and I feel at home here.” Located in the heel of Italy’s boot, five hours by…

SUCH IS THE LOVE THAT BILL BROCKSCHMIDT AND RICHARD Dragisic feel for Sicily that they did a 23andMe test to see if either had Italian blood—only to find that they didn’t. Brockschmidt hails from Virginia, while his husband Dragisic is from West Texas. Both trained as architects (Brockschmidtis a partner in the ED A-List firm Brockschmidt & Coleman) and divide their time between Manhattan and New Orleans. But neither had been to Sicily until 2000. For Dragisic it was his very first meal, a plate of fresh squid stuffed with almonds and oranges, that did the trick. Brockschmidt’s passion had deeper roots—he had become obsessed with Italy in high school Latin class. In February 2006, on their third trip to Modica, the city founded some-where between 1300 and 1030 b.c.…

AS COUNTERINTUITIVE AS IT MAY sound, one of the major considerations for Kelly Behun when she was contemplating her first collection for Hudson Valley Lighting was how the pieces she created would look when switched off. This is not to say that she ignored the glow that each fixture would emit, a fundamental concern. Rather, her approach was as thoughtful and holistic as you would expect from someone who spent years working on hotelier Ian Schrager’s in-house design team before establishing her own studio in 2005. “A fixture needs to carry its weight in the mix of a room and contribute to the overall vibe regardless of the mode it’s in,” Behun says. “I also took great care when selecting the lampshades—again, I wanted them to be as pretty when…

FOR HIS SPRING 2020 collection, Joseph Altuzarra dressed his models in an array of crochet tank dresses and knit camisole tops that contrasted beautifully with his sharp tailoring. At the time, the fashion designer said that the inspiration for these luxuriously homespun pieces came, in part, from his love of knitting, which he learned from his mother. It turns out that Altuzarra has handicrafts on his mind in other ways. This month, he is unveiling a collaboration with Etsy, the digital company known for empowering small design entrepreneurs. Altuzarra has long been a fan of Etsy, which he uses as a resource for vintage fashion inspiration. He is also an avid personal consumer of the site’s home goods. Three years ago, he approached the brand about working together; the resulting…

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN IS SITTING IN the living room of his penthouse apartment in Paris on a brisk and sunny January morning, the metallic thread on his custom velvet slippers glistening like the top of the Eiffel Tower visible through the windows. He is explaining how his longtime friend Jacques Grange, the ne plus ultra of French decorating, came to design the space. “Jacques said, ‘I’m going to ask you three questions,’” the shoemaker to the stars tells me. “‘If you answer them truthfully, I’ll do your apartment.’” A coffee tray arrives with colorful porcelain cups. I hesitate, momentarily, but then Louboutin leans over: “You have a white shirt, so take the white cup. I’m in gray, so I’ll take the gray.” Never one to turn down color advice from the…

When Bernd Goeckler opened his eponymous antiques store in New York City in 1989, his offerings leaned toward Louis XVI and neoclassical pieces. In the 30 years since, Goeckler, who passed away in 2019, adapted his beloved boutique with the times, incorporating contemporary items. This Hubble Bubble mirror, by artisans Roberto Rida and Simone Crestani, is a customized iteration of a piece from their Duetto collection and a shining example of this evolution, which continues to this day. Exclusive to Bernd Goeckler, the Duetto series was the brainchild of Katja Hirche, the gallery’s current director (and Goeckler’s niece). “The idea was to marry the fragility of the crystal and the metal,” says Rida, who contributed the gilt-bronze portion of the mirror. “We wanted to highlight the contrast between the materials,…