Architectural Digest Gets Back its Personality with Daphne Guiness!

Margaret Russell's influence is becoming more and more evident in every issue!

'Archi Di' as I like to call it, is being updated at last. More eclecticism and more sophisticated cool, and less soulless 'hotel lobby decorating'!

Even the paper and typeset look more NOW!

The March and April issue are wonderful!

The Manhattan apartment of Daphne Guinness designed by Daniel Romualdez
is particularly inspiring to me.

Stunning Daido Moriyama artwork stars in the Hall of Mirrors

Oh so chic, Daphne Guinness

Another Amazing Transcendental Experience by Damien Hirst
along side a wonderful 1950's floor torch ere in the shape of a palm tree

Photographic art by David LaChapelle, Nobuyoshi Araki and Bert Stern 'Marilyn' photo grace the mirrored wall

The return of Art Deco with wonderful mirrored side tables

The library sports a wonderful pop of orange and a fantastic action portait of Guiness by
David LaChapelle

Photos by Thomas Loof for Architectural Digest March 2011

Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan Back By Popular Demand!

Well I like to give my readers what they want!  After the wonderful feedback from the last Adler/Doonan post, I have scoured my old mags for some more of the work by the 

Guru of Vintage "Happy Chic"!

Please enjoy the following images from Adler and Doonan's own Palm Beach condo, a clients New York apartment, and the iconic Parker in Palm Springs.

C'Mon Get Happy with Jonathan Adler!

Love the coffee table and the Warren Platner classic wire chair!

Adler and Doonan's Palm Beach retreat!

Excellent Paul Evans mirrored bed!  Yeah Baby!

Love the Suzani bedcover on that bed!

Red, blue and white always delights!

So sunny and Doris Day like!!

Lovely 'Golden Girl Chippendales' for dining!

You've gotta love gingham and red together!

Nice salon hang and wonderful lamp and shade matches my own West German lamp!

Pretty in pink!

Wow! Psychedelia for a 5 year old!! Just adore the yellow, cartoon like tall boy!

Ah!  That wonderful breeze block at the Parker, Palm Springs! Fab pic by Art Gray.

Love the bikini bottom painting with the atomic light overlay!

Yabba Dabba Do! I adore the 'flintstone' like room divider!
pics of the Parker by Art Gray

Feel the serenity at the Parker!

Images via Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor, & Interior Design

Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan Colour Their World!

Happy hipsters Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan know how to play table tennis and live the colourful life!

 Their sunny Park Avenue apartment sparkles and pops with colour, and each day they like to come home from the office, Simon Doonan's being Barneys NYC and Jonathan's being Jonathan Adler Pottery, Home and Decorating, and get down and dirty with a game of table tennis on the coolest table tennis table in the known universe. 

 Yes it has Saarinen bases and red and black paisley fabric covering!

Please enjoy the following images via Architectural Digest Espana

Simon Doonan relaxing tabletop!

Jonathan Adler:  The man who coined the phrase "See YOU Later Decorator!"

Love the flitch coffee table!

Now that's a decorated bathroom!  Love the 'Hermes' orange and the monogrammed bathmat!

The wonderful bedside Owl is from Jonathan Adler

Just adore the banana sculpture! "Sit on it and twist!!!!"
Naughty!!

Tangerine Parsons table, fab atomic light and Phillippe Starck Gnomes! 

Fantastic area rug! Pottery by Adler!