Love American Style - The Decorating Episode!

This wonderful book was published in 1975 and I find myself often flicking through its slightly yellowing pages.

I get so inspired when I see some of these interiors that feature incredible museum quality 20th Century iconic art, like the pics from the Scull Pop Art Collection and the interior by

  Billy Baldwin which features works by Jackson Pollock, Kenneth Nolan,

 and Helen Frankenthaler!

By the way this apartment was owned by S.I Newhouse Jnr, media tycoon and Chairman of Conde Nast!

Wow! Oh for the privilege of working an interior around such modern masterpieces!

Please enjoy the following images from "Decorating American Style" by Jose Wilson

and Arthur Leaman!

The Scull Pop Art Collection featuring the James Rosenquist and French Provincial Dining

Jasper John's "Flags" with sculpture by Claes Oldenburg

Pumpkin Vinyl walls with black and white floor by Richard Ohrbach

Billy Baldwin interior for SI Newhouse featuring the Jackson Pollock, Kenneth Nolan and
Helen Frankenthaler

Michael Taylor all white interior with tv and red abstract!
Adore the white artwork to the left!

Mickey Mouse bedroom by Arthur Leaman

Jasper Johns "Target" and lifesize George Segal sculpture owned by Henry Geldzahler

Scull collection with Andy Warhol faces of Ethel Scull  and Roy Indiana painting with "Stove" by Claes Oldenburg

Wall to wall red Kartell storage units 

Interior with Morris Louis painting

David Eugene-Bell blue and white extreme!

Sublime Michael Taylor all white room

70's does thirties interior with cactus by Richard Himmel

Shades of Grey by Barbara Darcy of Bloomingdales

The cover of Decorating American Style by JoseWilson and Arthur Leaman

Urquiola Carribean Island Retreat

Spanish born architect Patricia Urquiola has created an innovative, and relaxed, natural retreat for
W Hotel Resort & Spa Vieques Island, just off the south east coast of Puerto Rico.

  The resort features Urquiola's signature range of casual cane furniture she has created for B & B Italia together with a wonderful array of lighting that is seen throughout the retreat. She has also selected a range of photographic works from local Puerto Rican artists and combined them with  eclectic pieces from other design stars such as Marcel Wanders and Tom Dixon .

Urquiola, who is is based in Milan these days, has worked and continues to design for  the icons of

 20th Century design houses such as Alessi, Cassina, Kartell,
Cappellini, and Knoll.

Feast your eyes on some wonderful pics by one of my favourite photographers, Manolo Yllera whose work features constantly in AD Espana.
 This is  from the December 2010 issue of Architectural Digest Espana!

Loving the chandelier and stunning photograph by Cristina Leon

Interesting Lighting installation by Patricia Urquiola for Flos at the bar!

Patricia Urquiola

The "Crinoloine" chair part of the range designed for B & B
It's the new take on the 1960's Peacock chair!  

Images from AD Espana & decorahoy.com

The Most Iconic Chair of the 20th Century

The Series 7 chair by Arne Jacobsen is my favourite chair of all time!  I have continued to use this versatile design classic in my work since the 1980's.  Not only is this chair wonderfully comfortable, (actually I am sitting on a dark brown stained vintage version from the 1970's as I write), I find that the chair works in a plethora of different interiors. With its wonderfully curved back, it has been the most copied chair in modern design history. The Series 7 is just as happy sitting along side traditional antiques as it is in a typically modernist setting.

Jefferson Apartment Main Beach

Here are the stunning red lacquered versions which we have combined with a wonderful
 painting by Australian artist Melinda Harper.
Also featured is Phillipe Starck for Kartell Gnome stool.

View to the Pacific featuring Scott Redford's Polar Bear and Campari Light by Ingo Maurer

I simply adore this wonderful moulded plywood Danish classic designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955!

Interior Design in both pics above by Watson & Watson  2007