Table of contents for October 2018 in ELLE DECOR

THE THEME OF THIS ISSUE was originally intended to be “In Defense of Craft.” It’s an idea I’ve been knocking around in my head for some time. In the digital age, where we’re all connected 24/7, what need defending, in many cases, are individual métiers: weaving, throwing clay, painting (see the Dolce & Gabbana suit I’m wearing at right, which was hand-painted by New York artist Jody Morlock). At ELLE DECOR, we’re always defending craft, and that is our mission—one that is immutable. But at the same time, craft seems to be everywhere. As more and more companies lay claim to the handmade, suddenly every bottle of whiskey is sold as small-batch, every chair is supposedly bench-made, every goblet is handblown (Murano glass, of course), and so on. The question…

Decor Rapport Beauty and inspiration in three hits. 1. Crucial Whips Channel Michael Schumacher on your morning commute with the street-legal McLaren 570S. 2. Everyday Objets The sinuous lines of this glazed-stoneware sculpture by Japanese artist Koike Shoko (on exhibit at Joan B. Mirviss in New York City through October 19) would give Hector Guimard a run for his money. 3. Noticing Patterns The Caresses, by Fernand Khnopff, is featured in the new book Fierce: The History of Leopard Print (Harper Design) and has us wondering: Why, oh why, would a leopard ever want to change its spots? JANE’S TAKE INSURANCE POLICIES I’m what you’d call a secret slob. There’s always a hem being held up by a few safety pins, and my pedicures are usually self-amended with erratic swipes only over the toes…

1. ARRANGEMENTS BY MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES FOR FLOS Why can’t a lamp be as graceful, weightless, and striking as a piece of fine jewelry? Anastassiades’s Arrangements design for Flos includes a variety of simple aluminum shapes with matte finishes—squares, circles, teardrops—that can be linked together with dovetail joints, creating bewitching chains of light. This adaptability offers the opportunity to build something slight and delicate, like a pendant, or dramatic and substantial, like a chandelier. Where to Put It: Hang miles of it down the center of a large room for use as a divider. 2. LYRA BY ALISON BERGER FOR HOLLY HUNT Inspired by vintage telescopes and other scientific esoterica, Berger’s Lyra lighting system—aptly named for a constellation—is an expandable bronze grid housing filament bulbs, hand-carved crystal lenses, and reflective mirrors.…

1. SCANDIA HOME The world’s finest goose down and most refined fabrics are crafted in America to become luxurious Scandia Down comforters and pillows. Add exquisite Italian bed linens, Portuguese bath collections and renowned white glove service, and you have Scandia Home. Discover the Scandia Down Difference™ at scandiahome.com. 2. HUDSON VALLEY LIGHTING Tumbling cubes of open iron frame a Sputnik inspired central light cluster in Roundout, a statement-maker that mixes metals and geometries. Design by Rachel Cannon Limited. Photography by Jessie Preza. hudsonvalleylighting.hvlgroup.com 3. ONE KINGS LANE PRESENTS MARK D. SIKES One Kings Lane is proud to present the most complete online collection from designer Mark D. Sikes, including furniture for Henredon, rugs for Merida, textiles for Schumacher, even vintage finds handpicked by Mark himself. onekingslane.com/markdsikes 4. MODERN FORMS…

LIKE A VILLAGE in the city,” says gallerist Tina Seidenfaden Busck of Christianshavn, the stylish, canal-bisected neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is home to both the Apartment, her shoppable design-filled space in an elegant 18th-century residential building, and, a few floors away, the light-filled 2,800-square-foot apartment she shares with her husband and three young children. “I love the diversity here,” she says. “You have people living in houseboats, amazing historical buildings like the home of [Danish painter] Vilhelm Hammershøi, and top restaurants like Noma and Amass, in addition to smaller shops like Lille Bakery for bread and pastries.” That lively mix is key to her personal aesthetic, which includes an unbridled enthusiasm for color and pattern as well as an eye for great lines, transcending perceived notions of Scandinavian design…

THE FASHION INDUSTRY is often a nucleus of hyperbole. A new collection is never just good, it’s divine. A successful designer isn’t merely talented, he or she is a genius. Thus, when the fashion consultant and jewelry designer Ariel de Ravenel uses the word extraordinary over a dozen times in the course of a 55-minute interview, one could be tempted to dismiss her sentiments as inflated. But it is immediately clear that her choice of adjectives stems not from a lack of perspective, but rather from a deeply felt sense of gratitude for the rarefied and inspiring life she has been able to lead and continues to build. Extraordinary is pretty much the only way to describe it. After all, she started as an assistant in the late 1960s to…

WHEN NAVAL OFFICER turned architect Luís Bernardo Brito e Abreu returned to his centuries-old family manor—on the remote Azorean island of São Miguel in Portugal—in 2006 after a six-year absence, he faced a number of design challenges familiar to those who inherit ancestral homes and significant historical properties. How do you pay respect to the legacy of the past while adapting it to modern tastes and sensibilities? And, when almost everything in the house has been painstakingly handmade by artists and artisans, some of them family members, how do you decide what stays and what goes? According to Brito e Abreu, it’s a craft, much like writing a novel where one is constantly editing, taking passages away and then adding something new and surprising in the right places. “It is…

Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. TALENT PAGE 72: Estee Stanley and Brigette Romanek, Hancock Design, hancockdesign.net. Carly Kuhn, The Cartorialist, cartorialist.com. PAGE 76: Andria Mitsakos, Wanderlista, wanderlista.com. TOOLBOX PAGES 78–82: Michael Anastassiades, flos.com. Alison Berger, hollyhunt.com. Bec Brittain, becbrittain.com. Tord Boontje, atelierswarovski.com. Lee Broom, leebroom.com. Wallpapers: Marthe Armitage, hamiltonweston.com. SHOWCASE PAGES 86–92: Cakes: Alana Jones-Mann, alanajonesmann.com. TRUTH IN DECORATING PAGES 94–98: Christina Z. Antonio, christinazantonio.com. Harry Nuriev, Crosby Studios, crosby-studios.com. Necklace: Christina Z. Antonio. Suit: Victoria Hayes, victoriahayesnyc.com. MOOD BOARD PAGE 102: Rug: Jonathan Adler, jonathanadler.com. Mule: Gianvito Rossi, gianvitorossi.com. Gown: Giambattista Valli, giambattistavalli.com. Fabric: Kravet, kravet.com. Murano glass: Stories of Italy, artemest.com. Earrings: Caroline Constas, modaoperandi.com. SHORTLIST PAGE 106: Marie-Aude Rose, La Mercerie, lamerceriecafe.com. Bakery: Stohrer, stohrer.fr. Mattress: Tensira, tensira.com. Museums: Musée d’Orsay, musee-orsay.fr. Musée…

JAMES MERRELL Photographer, “Friends in Haute Places,” p. 122, and “Tre’s Company,” p. 138 HQ: “A houseboat outside London, where I live surrounded by water, swans, and oak trees.” Personal Acquisitions: “A 16th-century carving from India, a camel-teeth necklace from Morocco, a bird’s skull from France, dried leaves from Mexico, and antlers from Scotland.” GISELA WILLIAMS Writer, “Azores of Energy,” p. 144 HQ: Berlin GOOD LIBATIONS: “A strong flat white, green juice with lots of ginger, and a margarita. In that order.” LUÍS BERNARDO BRITO E ABREU Designer, “Azores of Energy,” p. 144 HQ: Azores, Portugal PRIZED POSSESSION: “An 18th-century figurehead from a wrecked ship that now stands proudly in my living room.” ALANA JONES-MANN Baker and photographer, “Don’t Be Crewel,” p. 86 HQ: Los Angeles PRIDE AND JOY: “I’m…

BY THE NUMBERS “DELACROIX” AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK (SEPT. 17–JAN. 6, 2019) 1832 The year Eugène Delacroix set off on his Moroccan adventure (notebook pictured above). 1 The number of comprehensive retrospectives dedicated to the work of Delacroix in the U.S. 537,782 Visitors during the exhibition’s run at the Louvre in Paris. It was the museum’s most-attended show ever. ED GOES TO THE MOVIES In The Children Act (limited release September 14), Emma Thompson plays a hard-nosed high-court judge in London whose life diverts from its course when she befriends a dying boy who, for religious reasons, is refusing lifesaving treatment. If that’s not enough Sturm und Drang, her university-professor husband, played by Stanley Tucci, is feeling unappreciated. Perhaps he would be better served staring at…

Your home is your reflection. It captures your taste, your personality, and the memories you have collected over a lifetime. As the years roll by, it evolves from somewhere new, to somewhere you. This season, we’re here to help you craft the new chapters that tell your home’s unique story. From the cozy sofa you sink into with your family, to the hand turned pottery that punctuates your mealtimes, these unique, artisanal pieces are designed and curated to be an integral part of the moments that matter – and you’ll only find them at Anthropologie. Frames of Nature / “There’s no better designer than nature,” said the late, great, Alexander McQueen. True comfort is defined by a feeling of ease and relaxation, something we took to heart when crafting a…

What is more classic than black and white? The great thing is you can mix and match patterns within this minimal palette: So long as it’s graphic, you really can’t go wrong. How about a Swiss-dot evening gown with leopard mules? Or why not try an optical-illusion rug with an animal-print glass? Fabulous striped chairs and a charming polka-dot fabric will liven up any room, no matter its inclination. If you like it, go for it!…

DURING ITS HEYDAY in the 1940s and ’50s, the corner of Woodward and Grand River Avenues in Detroit was the place to be, whether you were cruising around in your Thunderbird or window-shopping at the many shops along the stretch. Now Shinola—the made-in-Detroit brand that counterintuitively launched in 2011, two years before the city filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy—is reviving this intersection at the heart of the city’s astonishingly resurgent downtown. By year’s end, Shinola will inaugurate a massive feat of urban reengineering, transforming two vintage buildings into a 129-room hotel complex with an events space, a coffee shop, a restaurant, and a bar by Gachot, the New York design firm behind the brand’s flagship stores in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. What’s more, the project will incorporate a new pedestrian-friendly…

ELLE DECOR: This issue’s theme is the handmade. In the age of Instagram, it seems we have to defend the importance of making things by hand more than ever, especially in our world of furniture, fabrics, architecture, and interiors. We wanted to get your thoughts on the topic, especially as it relates to this project. To start, there’s a lot of wood. BRAD FORD: This apartment had so much craft already built in, especially that wood paneling in the living room. And there was an equal amount of wood paneling in the family room, but it felt like too much with the two rooms being right next to each other. Because so much workmanship had gone into creating the woodwork, we really debated how to handle it. We decided to keep…

SO OFTEN, THE QUESTION we ask of designers and decorators in this magazine is, Where do you begin? Where does an idea take hold? Where do four blank walls transform from a designer’s imagination into rooms to remember? But that’s not the question I had for Amaro Sánchez de Moya, who has become known for his resplendent and unapologetically ma ximalist interiors. What I wanted to ask him was, How do you know when a room is finished? At the center of the Old Town of Seville, Spain, arguably one of Europe’s great maker cities, the palace he recently built for two doctors—Isabel Sáez de la Fuente and Pascual Sánchez Martín—is a study in craft, both ancient and other wise. The patrons have been amassing art and antiques for many…

Equal parts Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, this gilded teapot elevates the notion of teatime. Handmade in Berlin by Bernhard Kühn, whose workshop is in the former laboratory of a 19th-century apothecary shop, the one-of-a-kind piece is cast in clay from Germany’s Westerwald mountain region and plated in gold. The artist’s stunning ceramic work, at once peculiar and elegant, was spotted at John Derian’s Provincetown, Massachusetts, shop—the ultimate trove of superlative curiosities—by our editor in chief. So really, then, the only question is, Cream or sugar? kuehn-keramik.com…

THERE ARE DESIGNERS, and then there’s Bunny Williams. For 30 years, the Sister Parish alum has been decorating houses in her trademark English style for a smattering of billionaires, A-Listers, and those who know better than to trust themselves. Throughout it all, Williams has never given in to fads or trends—the secret sauce to her continued success and the hallmark of the decade-old furniture line that bears her signature. “What is interesting, always—and why it is so important to look at the past—is that the past can look so new,” she says. bunnywilliamshome.com 10 YEARS OF BUNNY WILLIAMS HOME 2008 HOURGLASS TABLE “Furniture with a beautiful shape always gives a space some interest.” 2009 CHICKEN FEATHER LAMP “This pattern was inspired by the feathers of one of my favorite roosters…

FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES, bronze is synonymous with “Close, but no cigar.” Not so in the world of art and design. I’d like to think that if given the option to work in gold or silver, Rodin, Giacometti, and whoever sculpted the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome would still have opted for bronze. It may not have the same intrinsic value, but bronze brings something more ineffable to the table—especially when it’s used to make one—and designers Christina Z. Antonio and Harry Nuriev see it similarly. This is a topsy-turvy age we’ve found ourselves living in, and perhaps one day soon, bronze will get that cigar. CZA: It has a sylphlike quality, very sleek and feminine, yet also really robust and heavy. HN: I like how the bronze seems to be…

The first dish chef Marie-Aude Rose cooked on her own, when she was 15, was a creamy chicken tarragon she prepared for a dinner party of her older sister’s friends. “It was my way of feeling there was a purpose for me to be there,” explains the Paris native, who put a version of this creation, encased in a buckwheat crepe, on the menu of La Mercerie, her all-day café in New York’s SoHo. Since opening this year in the Roman and Williams Guild store, La Mercerie has become an instant hot spot with its pairing of elegant French-Mediterranean cuisine—Rose has worked in the kitchens of Michelin-starred restaurants like Laurent and Guy Savoy’s Le Chiberta—with wood-and-velvet decor. Having Roman and Williams’s dinnerware for her plating—everything from the table settings to…

SOMETIMES THE simplest things make you the happiest. Raclette, a dish made with the sweet-tasting Savoie cow’s-milk cheese of the same name, with an intense aroma, is melted over bread and potatoes, and accompanied by a range of charcuterie and pickles. It’s a ritual, a little do-it-yourself feast, made as you go. There’s almost nothing to cook but the cheese itself. The only preparation necessary is to gather your friends around the traditional grill and let them melt their cheese and serve themselves. With that said, raclette is more than just melted cheese. It’s an express ticket to Haute Savoie, the beautiful mountains above Lake Annecy, with family-run fromageries everywhere and cowbells clanging musically in the distance. Every time I return here, even in summer, I make sure to find…

TO COSTANZA PARAVICINI, Milan is not merely the sophisticated locus of Italy’s fashion industry—it is a small town. Her life revolves around an intimate corner of the city: the historic arts district of Cinque Vie, home to both her sprawling apartment and Laboratorio Paravicini, the workshop for her famed hand-painted ceramics. “Milan is not like Rome,” she says. “It is not that old or grand. My Milan is very cozy.” The workshop is nearly hidden in an 18th-century building, down a labyrinthine lane and through an ancient inner courtyard. The scene contrasts with much of Milan, which, after the bombings of World War II, saw construction of charmless apartment blocks. Cinque Vie, however, was reassembled brick by brick, preserving its post-Renaissance aura. The workshop is marked by gently lit display…