Get The Look: Fashion Meets Interiors
Valentino’s Head Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli introduced dramatic shapes, oversized bows, flamboyant feathers, and updated florals in a gloriously contrasting palette in envy-inspiring silhouettes. You might just find the citron coat and ice blue “work wear” look translated to this Editor’s apartment! A wild, unbridled sense of Fantasia is evident throughout this haute couture collection, setting […]
Pindler Welcomes New Design Manager
Williamson’s real responsibility will be to continue staying ahead on industry trends. She brings with her previous bicoastal experiences in the fashion industry working for Cynthia Rowley in New York City and BCBG MAXAZRIA in LA and textile knowledge from working with Duralee and The Robert Allen Group, before pursuing her design career at […]
Natural Is Beautiful
Yesterday’s taste of spring-like temperatures in NYC has us craving vitamin D, flowers everywhere and of course, Spring Collections. GDG got a sneak preview of one French brand’s stand out introduction. From innovative woven leathers to untapped natural materials, Élitis’ 2018 textiles are already making GDG headlines. Let’s talk texture. The Emblèmes collection offers leather […]
Behind The Glass: Turning The Page
John Derian of John Derian Company Inc. is an artist and designer who transforms printed images from the past, and transports viewers to another world. Since the mid 80s Derian has worked with antique printed images in collage and then in decoupage. Thirty years later he compiled “Picture Book”, but this photo story doesn’t end […]
DCOTA’s Winter Market Tech + Technique Recap
On Thursday, February 15 the DCOTA Winter Market paid homage to skilled creators, artisans and innovative minds who redefine design and explore the next-generation. Let’s just say it – Digital trends are impacting the future of the interiors industry. Digital trends are impacting every industry actually, so it is time to get creative, which shouldn’t […]
Color Capture
Spring has sprung, at least temporarily, which means a time to reset. To the savvy homeowner sometimes that means a time for design refresh. Now Benjamin Moore makes pressing the reset button easier than ever with its new 2018 Color Capture mobile app. Available in the Apple Store and Android Play Store, ‘Color Capture’ makes […]
A Family Affair
The creative process is innate and mysterious, with inspiration coming from expected and unexpected sources alike. Patrick Frey, Chairman and Creative Director for La Maison Pierre Frey, has a family lineage packed with visionary prowess, using his roots, French spirit and a bit of imagination to foster the Pierre Frey brand. For Patrick, design truly […]
12 Rooms with Romantic Hues
Roses are (Caliente) red, violet (is the color of the year), it’s Valentine’s Day and boy, have we got hues for you. Romantic interior style doesn’t always mean frilly and feminine; rather it’s a look that can charm all five senses using soft and bold color choices, lots of plush fabrics and personal touches. Fall […]
Bon Jour Versailles
“At the Palace of Versailles, the Sun King was bored. One day he had the vision of a flash of lightning, new and magical, other than his own sunlight illuminating his Hall of Mirrors. He dreamed of it, and even made it his coat of arms. A few centuries later, Flos and Baccarat made it […]
Meet the Newest DCOTA Team Member
“The moment someone opens the door to their home for the first time and get to see and experience their vision materialized that I was able to create for them, that moment of complete awe, that’s why I do what I do and what motivates me to get up every morning.” –Anel De Castro Anel […]