Snapshots

Staff -- Interior Design, 11/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Absolute artistry

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection's modern paintings inspired the colors and patterns of Abstract Matters, a new line of textiles, rugs, and wall coverings by Designtex. So the manufacturer brought friends and colleagues all the way to Venice to admire product and artwork together.

1. Textiles displayed on throw pillows on the museum's roof terrace.

2. Interior Design deputy editor Edie Cohen.

3. The new line's design team, with Lorraine Stathamof Loophouse and Jane Wicksand Leslie Lewitas,both of Designtex, standing behind freelance designer Kimberle Frostand Leigh Douglassof Designtex.

4. Novita PR's Chris Abbateand Dania Ahmad.Viewing the collection.

Look who's painting the town

Benjamin Moore & Co.'s new Hue Awards honor the innovative command of color in architecture and design—with a $5,000 prize, no less. The inaugural year's awards went to Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, Drake Design Associates, Clive Wilkinson Architects, TVS Interiors, Daniel Weiland Architect, and the Rockwell Group; the lifetime-achievement award went to architect Steven Holl. The ceremony took place at New York event space Skylight.

1. Lifetime-achievement award recipient Steven Holl.

2. Dancers providing additional color.

3. Hue Awards judge Louis Gropp,retired editor of House Beautiful, with honorees Buzz Yudelland Tina Beebe,both of Moore Ruble Yudell, judge Ivan Chermayeffof Chermayeff &Geismar Studio, and Benjamin Moore president Denis Abrams.The Rockwell Group's Ed Bakos,designer Jamie Drake,and Jeff Mahshie from the fashion label Chaiken.

4. Striking a pose.