Cindy's Salon

November 16, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

A couple of weeks ago, my husband, Jaime, my girls, and I spent the day in Brooklyn and decided to drop in at my friend Serap's furniture gallery Voos. She has curated a wonderfully interesting collection of furniture and lighting all designed by local Brooklyn designers.



While Mia and Saskia played on the sidewalk outside, I got a chance to explore inside. I was really taken with a very large light fixture that reminded me more of a sculpture that a lamp. This bronze piece is the work of Laurie Beckerman and is about seven feet tall. I consider lighting as a form...Read More

November 15, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

There are a couple of things I am obsessed with at the moment: styrofoam, using colored tape to transform furniture, and installation design.

Designing an installation became a reality for me when Cindy Allen asked us to design an installation for InterfaceFLOR which we helped to install in their Awarehouse outside Atlanta last month. It was an amazingly fun experience and am so grateful for the opportunity.  Look for it in the November issue of Interior Design.



This experience really opened my eyes to the opportunity that installation design offers, and I was delighted to come ac...Read More

November 14, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

A couple of weeks ago, I was in Factory Antiques...Read More

November 9, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

We had my daughter's class potluck last week and I always enjoy meeting the parents of our local public school PS234 in TriBeCa. Not only is it just fun chatting with parents I already know, but its always fun meeting new people.



It's such an interesting cast of characters that make up the parents of my daughter's classmates. I have admired the work of Bill Sullivan ever since I saw a show at a local gallery in my neighborhood. I was absolutely in awe of his work and kept the postcard of his work on my desk for awhile becaus...Read More

November 8, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

The Alcove Sofa by the freakishly talented Bouroullec Brothers is in my opinion a brilliant piece of design. I like that there are zippers in the corner so you can fold down the back and the sides. Available through Vitra.