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CONTENTS
SUMMER 2023
E L L E D E C O R
20
DOUGL
AS
FRIEDMAN;
FOR
DETAILS,
SEE
RESOURCES
THE A-LIST ISSUE 96
WHISPERED GLAMOUR
Can haute colorists Miles Redd and David
Kaihoi turn down the volume? See for
yourself in this Manhattan apartment.
BY WILLIAM NORWICH
DESIGNERS REDD KAIHOI
106
BIG MOOD
How Danielle Colding delivered the drama
for a pair of audacious New York clients.
BY CATHERINE HONG
DESIGNER DANIELLE COLDING
114
THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
For a keen-eyed art collector, Elliott Barnes
carves out a Paris retreat that shows off
an impressive breadth of work.
BY CAMILLE OKHIO
ARCHITECT ELLIOTT BARNES
122
CALCULATED RISK
In upstate New York’s horse country,
designer David Netto puts historicism
on a knife-edge.
BY NANCY HASS
DESIGNER DAVID NETTO
130
JUST DESERT
With a landscape like this—California’s
Coachella Valley—you make sure it takes
center stage. Which is just what Nicole
Hollis did at this hyperminimalist home.
BY JANELLE ZARA
DESIGNER NICOLE HOLLIS
In the living room of a home in California’s
Coachella Valley designed by Nicole Hollis
(page 130), two Vladimir Kagan for Holly
Hunt sofas encircle Pierre Augustin Rose
cocktail tables from Studio Twenty Seven.

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C O N T E N T S
PIPPA
DRUMMOND
34
EDITOR’S LETTER
37
WHAT’S NEXT
The best design discoveries for
entertaining en plein air. Plus:
How to hit the beach in high style
42
THE AGENDA
What’s shaping our tastes and
topping our to-do lists this season
48
FASHION +
FURNITURE
These ultrachic tables will suit
all of your outdoor-living needs
52
JEWELRY BOX
Van Cleef Arpels brings
sparkle to the solar system with
its dazzling new automaton
54
SHORTLIST
Designer Pamela Shamshiri
shares the eight things she
can’t live without
57
POINT OF VIEW
When it comes to decorating,
everyone has an opinion. But
is the client ever right?
BY STEPHEN WALLIS
60
GREAT DEBUTS
An age-old material—
leather—reaches new heights
in Louis Vuitton’s latest home
collection
62
TALENT
Architect Lina Ghotmeh’s
Serpentine Pavilion in London
is an elegant call to action
64
HAUTE TAKE
Tiffany Co.’s iconic
Fifth Avenue ﬂagship
enters a new golden age.
BY JILL NEWMAN
The Saetta croquet
set by Armani/Casa
is perfect for summer
entertaining
(page 37).
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C O N T E N T S
NOE
DEWIT
T
The guest bedroom of
a Manhattan apartment
designed by Redd Kaihoi
(page 96) features an
antique desk and chair
amid a windowpane
pattern by Miles Redd
for Schumacher on the
bed and walls.
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A view of the pool in art collector Hélène Nguyen-Ban’s
Paris apartment, designed by architect Elliott Barnes.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BILLAL TARIGHT
69
BUILDER
Summer is the season to create
an outdoor room. Here’s how.
BY TIM MCKEOUGH
77
THE 2023 A-LIST
Our 13th annual compendium
of the top talents in design today,
with 11 new members joining
the ranks
138
RESOURCES
140
MY KIND
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E D I TO R ’S L E T T E R
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P
utting together ELLE DECOR’s annual A-List issue—our chance to
celebrate top design talent around the world—is always a special
treat. For one thing, the editorial team gets to pore over truly
breathtaking work in residential interiors, architecture, and landscape
design by some of the brightest lights in our business.
But this issue also gives us an opportunity to recognize the
ELLE DECOR community: the many designers who consistently share
their work with our team and our audiences, here and online; the
fabricators, millworkers, plasterers, weavers, masons, and more who
make it all happen; and, of course, the clients who bring their curiosity,
enthusiasm, and no small dose of vulnerability to the fore by commis-
sioning such stellar work—and by allowing us into their private realms,
photographers in tow.
And in we went, visiting homes—in New York City, in the country-
side north of Gotham, in Paris, and in California—that each show a
designer working at the height of their powers. Our cover story is art-
world entrepreneur and collector Hélène Nguyen-Ban’s incredible home
in the French capital, a three-story stunner designed by architect Elliott
THE
A-LIST
ISSUE
Barnes. To complement her collection of paint-
ings, furniture, and antiquities, Barnes and his
client worked together to create a home that’s
also a temple for art. The underground pool,
featured on our cover, is in itself a work of art.
What could be more ﬁtting for this issue?
Also in these pages: the best of the best in
new furniture and home accessories for the sum-
mer; the design dish on Tiffany’s glittering Fifth
Avenue ﬂagship redo, the Landmark, in Manhat-
tan; and for our Point of View column, Stephen
Wallis asks decorators if their clients are ever
right. Fun—and real insight—ensues. Enjoy. ◾
A corner of the
dining room in a
Manhattan town-
house designed by
Danielle Colding
(page 106).

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E L L E D E C O R
THE BEST
DESIGN
DISCOVERIES
BY PARKER BOWIE LARSON
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PIPPA DRUMMOND
STYLED BY TESSA WATSON
SUMMER
ROMANCE
Our favorite new outdoor
pieces are as beautiful as they
are functional.
Lily Sauvage pots
by Dior Maison.
5″ dia. x 5″ h., $260;
7″ dia. x 7″ h., $370.
dior.com

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W H AT ’S N E X T
Wireless hand-painted
mushroom lamps by
Margot Larkin for
Casa Branca.
4″ dia. x 11″ h.; $395 each.
casabranca.com
Sandira stool by
Janus et Cie.
15″ dia. x 19″ h.; $1,174.
janusetcie.com
Bamboo Caning and
Mirabelle melamine
plates by Juliska.
9″ dia. and 11″ dia.;
from $20 each. juliska.com
Oliver high-back lounge
chair and ottoman by
Ann Marie Vering for
Brown Jordan.
34″ w. x 37″ d. x 38″ h., $3,025;
27″ w. x 20″ d. x 17″ h., $1,190.
brownjordan.com

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W H AT ’S N E X T
BY PARKER BOWIE LARSON
GET
T
Y
IMAGES
A BIGGER
SPLASH
High style hits
the beach with these
summer-ready designs.
Poisson cushion.
15″ w. x 9″ h.; $270.
hermes.com
Double Decker
umbrella.
126″ dia. x 105″ h.;
price upon request.
santabarbara
designs.com
Beach bats.
8″ w. x 16″ h.;
$32 for two.
sunnylife.com
Wonderboom 3
speaker.
4″ dia. x 4″ h.; $100.
ultimateears.com
Fuchsia Frazada
and Heart in Hand
surfboards by Gary
Linden x St. Frank.
24″ w. x 3″ d. x 84″ h.;
$2,595 each.
stfrank.com
Terence armchair
by Armani/Casa.
32″ w. x 31″ d. x 37″ h.;
price upon request.
armani.com
Supermax Outdoor
chair by Antonio
Citterio for Flexform.
64″ w. x 50″ d. x 27″ h.;
price upon request.
flexform.com

W H AT ’S N E X T
VINCENT
LEROUX
THEAGENDA
What’s shaping our tastes and topping
our to-do lists this month.
STAY: PARIS
FRENCH
TWIST
Bubbe meets Madame du
Barry at Le Grand Mazarin,
opening June 15 in Paris’s Marais
neighborhood. Designed by
ELLE DECOR A-List ace Martin
Brudnizki, the hotel nods to its
setting in the historic Jewish
quarter with its restaurant
Boubalé—”my little darling”
in Yiddish—while guest rooms
feature such Versailles-like
touches as custom tapestries.
“It’s an homage to the sumptuous
residences of the aristocratic
era,” says Brudnizki.
—Ingrid Abramovitch
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W H AT ’S N E X T
FROM
TOP:
DOUGL
AS
FRIEDMAN;
MAT
THIEU
SALVAING
RELAX: ANTIBES
HAUTE
REPOSE
This summer sees Dior Spa Eden-Roc open
on the lush grounds of the legendary Hôtel
du Cap-Eden-Roc. Overlooking the southern
tip of Cap d’Antibes, Eden-Roc is world-
renowned for its gardens and sultry Côte
d’Azur light, immortalized in an eponymous
fragrance by Dior Parfums. But the connec-
tions between the French luxury house and
the estate don’t end there—indeed, Monsieur
Dior’s own Mediterranean manse, Château
de la Colle Noire, is just under an hour away
by car. He was enamored of the region’s
beauty; fittingly, the rocky coastline inspired
the spa’s waiting room, done in shades of
pale sand. Guests are invited to discover
Maison Dior and Hydrafacial treatments, four
customizable, elements-inspired Dioriginels
Rituals, and even an onyx-clad affusion suite.
Bonne journée! —S.S. oetkercollection.com
Dior Spa Eden-Roc
sits on the lush
grounds of the Hôtel
du Cap-Eden-Roc.
EAT:SANTAMONICA
COASTAL
COOL
Local landmark hotel the Georgian origi-
nally opened its Art Deco doors in 1933,
housing the likes of Charlie Chaplin and
Marilyn Monroe. The hotel was purchased
in 2020 by Jon Blanchard and Nicolo
Rusconi of BLVD Hospitality, the develop-
ers behind Ace Hotel DTLA. They brought
on U.K.-based firm Fettle, responsible
for London’s Marylebone Hotel and the
Rome outpost of the Hoxton, to restore
the interiors. The Restaurant at the
Georgian, then, is primed to be the
waterfront’s next big dining destination.
Executive chef David Almany sources
seasonal produce from the nearby Santa
Monica Farmers Market for his coastal
Italian–inspired menu, served across the
restaurant’s three distinct yet equally plush
indoor and outdoor dining areas.
—Sean Santiago thegeorgian.com
Sunset Bar at
the Restaurant
at the Georgian
in Santa Monica,
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W H AT ’S N E X T
TOP:
K
ATINK
A
BESTER,
BOT
TOM:
JASON
VARNEY
SEE: NEW YORK CITY
WOMEN’S
WORK
ELLE DECOR A-List designer Lee F. Mindel’s
Galerie56 will present “iiNtsika zeSizwe (Pillars
of the Nation),” a solo exhibition of seven bronze
sculptures by the South African artist Zizipho Poswa,
on view beginning May 15. In her first U.S. solo show,
presented with the design gallery Southern Guild, the
artist uses a medium historically reserved for Colonial
monuments to celebrate her Xhosa heritage and the
women who raised her. —S.S. galerie56.com
STAY: TOKYO
FOUND IN
TRANSLATION
Italian hospitality takes root in Tokyo in a finely detailed new Bulgari Hotel for
the Japanese capital. The six-level outpost—with a design masterminded here, as
at all Bulgari hotels, by ACPV Architects Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel—includes
a restaurant by the brand’s mainstay chef Niko Romito, a sprawling spa, a glittering
rooftop bar, and more, all right in the heart of the city. —Asad Syrkett bulgarihotels.com
South African
ceramic artist
Zizipho Poswa.
A suite at the
Bulgari Hotel
in Tokyo.
EAT: PHILADELPHIA
NEW
NORDIC
Rittenhouse Square might be a ways from
Stockholm, but a Swedish-inspired bar
brings hygge style to the City of Brotherly
Love. Designed by ELLE DECOR A-List wiz
Ghislaine Viñas with her client, art galler-
ist Paige West, Andra Hem (the name
means “second home” in Swedish) serves
up cocktails like Pears for Heirs with
dishes like vegan Swedish meatballs and
potato pancakes with gravlax. The bi-level
lounge has rooms wrapped in custom flo-
ral wallpaper, bentwood David Trubridge
pendants, and a bold Scandi palette
of mustard, peacock blue, and black.
—I.A. andrahem.com
The bar at
Andra Hem in
Philadelphia,
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FAS H I O N + F U R N I T U R E
Monolith table by
Emmanuel Gallina.
95″ w. x 45″ d. x 29″ h.;
price upon request.
poliform.com
Rocket occasional
table by Nathanaël
Désormeaux and
Damien Carrette.
13″ dia. x 19″ h.; $1,605.
roche-bobois.com
Nooch tables by
Piero Lissoni.
37″ w. x 37″ d. x
9.5″ h., $5,288;
54″ w. x 37″ d. x 9.5″ h.,
$5,977. bebitalia.com
Dharma table
by Studiopepe.
59″ dia. x 29″ h.;
price upon request.
baxter.it
Gehry cocktail table
by Frank Gehry.
48″ w. x 48″ d. x 15″ h.;
$900. hellerfurniture.com
SURFACE
TO AIR
No outdoor living scheme is
complete without a table on
which to perch a sangria or
spritz. Thankfully, brands are
rolling out a slew of striking
new surfaces to suit all outdoor
settings, from vibrant poolside
cocktail tables to architectural
dining designs. Pair these two
families with a set of color-
blocked garments for a truly
eye-catching garden soiree.
—Helena Madden
Bring the summer heat
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from top to bottom.

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FAS H I O N + F U R N I T U R E
ROSIE
ASSOULIN:
SU
MUSTECAPLIOGLU
Kasha table by
Henrik Pedersen.
47″ dia. x 30″ h.;
$9,545. gloster.com
Otto side tables
by Marc Merckx.
24″ dia. x 22″ h., $2,805;
36″ dia. x 13″ h., $3,350;
19″ dia. x 13″ h., $3,280.
tribu.com
Carmel cocktail table
by OEO Studio.
34″ w. x 28″ d. x 10″ h.;
$2,299. gubi.com
Crate cocktail table
by Gerrit Rietveld.
18″ w. x 18″ d. x 16″ h.;
$295. us.hay.com
Nit tables by
Gonzalo Milà.
32″ dia. x 17″ h., $3,190;
24″ dia. x 17″ h., $2,189.
bover.es
Bexley table.
12″ w. x 14″ d. x
24″ h.; $1,670.
madegoods.com
A look from
Rosie Assoulin
pairs sun-kissed
yellow with
verdant green.

J E W E L RY B OX
PHOTOGRAPH BY CASSIE FLOTO-WARNER
Van Cleef
Arpels’s
Planétarium
Automaton.
Price upon request.
vancleefarpels.com
HEAVENLY
BODIES
Infinity may be impossible to fathom, but we
need only look up to see it—even if we can’t
understand it. The skies are boundless in their
beauty and thus the perfect point of departure
for a craft that serves to beautify above all
else. At Van Cleef Arpels, the heavens
provide endless creative fodder, most recently
with a standalone planetarium of surprising
proportions. The 20-inch-tall model of our
solar system follows a centuries-long tradition
of exquisite automatons that inject awe into
the daily lives of a lucky few. With a sun of
yellow sapphires, a moon of moonstone, and
a diamond-wrapped earth of turquoise and
garnets, this system’s splendor is inconceiv-
able in its own way. —Camille Okhio

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S H O R T L I S T
PORTR
AIT:
COURTESY
DEWEY
NICKS;
EDIBLE
GARDENS:
L
A
HOMEFARM;
KITCHEN:
STEPHEN
KENT
JOHNSON
WITH
INTERIOR
ST
YLING
BY
MICHAEL
REYNOLDS
AS TOLD TO SEAN SANTIAGO
PAMELA
SHAMSHIRI
With her studio’s ﬁrst monograph
out soon, the Los Angeles A-List
designer shares the things that
keep her grounded, inspired,
and excited about design.
1. HIBA
ATMOSPHERE
SPRAY
This is my favorite
scent for the home
and office. It’s like
being in a forest full
of hinoki trees.
tortoisegeneralstore.com
3. SANTA MARIA
NOVELLA POTPOURRI
I keep this in my car. It transports
me back to the beautiful old
pharmacy in Florence.
smnovella.com
7. SHAMSHIRI: INTERIORS
Our first book, out in September, is
as much a story about family as it is
about design and architecture.
rizzoli.com
6. SONIA
BOYAJIAN RING
Sonia made this owl-eye ring for me
from two gorgeous amethysts.
soniabstyle.com
5.
BEATRICE
LAVAL VELVET
QUILT
I love how soft
and cozy this is.
It really makes the
bed look dressed.
lemondesauvage.com
8. HOTEL
LOCARNO
This hotel in Rome has
a mix of historic and
modern rooms, each
as good as the other.
hotellocarno.com
2. EDIBLE GARDENS
FARM BOX
My friend Lauri Kranz and her hus-
band run this farm here in L.A., where
they grow everything themselves.
lahomefarm.com
4. UTRECHT CHAIR
We’ve used this Gerrit Rietveld piece in
so many projects. It’s still so relevant.
1stdibs.com

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P O I N T O F V I E W
BY STEPHEN WALLIS ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIMONE NORONHA
IS THE CLIENT EVER RIGHT?
Opinions are like you-know-whats: Everybody’s got one.
And when a homeowner’s emotions run high as budgets swell,
decorators are likely to be given some notes.
I
t’s too bold. It’s too green. It’s too too. There are
moments, even in the best designer-client relationships,
when doubt and discord take hold and designers find
themselves saying some version of “You just need to trust
me.” Plenty of clients will relent, but others push back,
maybe even insist. So, are they ever right?
“Whether you’re right or wrong or they’re right or
wrong, it becomes a gray area, especially with the clients
who aren’t sure of what they want,” says designer Brian
McCarthy, who has worked through all kinds of ups and
downs with clients in a nearly four-decade career. “When
I’m able to say, ‘Trust me, this is it,’ that comes with deep
conviction, and I mostly do it with clients I have a real
relationship with.” McCarthy says he welcomes debate,
especially with those who “have a point of view.”
But things do go wrong. Not only in the second-
guessing of aesthetic decisions but also with delays and cost
overruns, issues that ever-more-demanding homeowners
tend to have little tolerance for. “Today you have to run your
business like a very tight ship,” says designer Ernest de la
Torre, particularly if you’re working “in the billionaire
zone,” where clients “don’t easily forgive mistakes. They
want lots of information. And they want things on time.”
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P O I N T O F V I E W
one of the biggest changes from his early days working at
Parish-Hadley was that “people were patient and nobody
expected things to be done overnight. We didn’t have that
pressure 30 years ago to outperform somebody else.” Level-
ing with a client and telling them their schedule demands are
unreasonable can easily cost a designer a job. “It’s just
amazing how off-kilter people are on the realities of doing it
well and being willing to wait for the quality,” McCarthy says.
What’s more, thanks to the explosion of home-
renovation TV shows, online interiors resources, and design-
related social media, clients today come “empowered with
all of this quote-unquote knowledge,” says Jessica Geller of
Toledo Geller. Her business partner, Virginia Toledo, notes
that most, after having a dialogue about their tastes and pri-
orities, will trust the duo to put it all together. “But there’s
always the outlier who can’t stop giving suggestions, and
that can be challenging,” Toledo says.
Demanding clients are as old as the interior design
profession, of course. But in the first half of the 20th
century, decorators—the preferred term then—were called
upon to enact “a kind of artistic alchemy,” as the legendary
Rose Cumming once described the craft. Alexis Barr, a his-
torian at the New York School of Interior Design, explains
that, back in those days, aspiring patrons would “look to the
decorator not just to furnish a home but also to show them
how to create a lifestyle and run a household. There was a
sense of deference to someone who maybe was born into
a higher social station.”
You tended to find that dynamic with decorating
arbiters like Dorothy Draper—whose motto was “If it looks
right, it is right”—or her cousin Sister Parish. “There are
anecdotes of Parish’s assistant following her through
houses carrying a tray and filling it with knickknacks that
she found objectionable,” Barr says. “Clients seem to have
been too overwhelmed by Parish’s reputation to object to
‘being trayed.’”
Starting around midcentury, there was a shift toward a
more client-centered, evidence-based approach to interiors,
embraced by such eminences as Parish’s future partner,
Albert Hadley, and Billy Baldwin, who espoused that “deco-
rators should not be dictators.”
More recently, changes in societal attitudes about pro-
fessional versus lay expertise have had a huge impact on
designer-client relationships. “In our hyperconnected world,
we all have the opportunity to become self-educated
‘experts,’ ” Barr says. “And this gives people the confidence
to assert themselves and to make bold unilateral choices.”
And, as the ones writing the checks, clients may well
insist on ownership over all creative decisions. As one New
York City billionaire says of his hands-on approach to his
apartment renovation: “I’m sure there were points where I
was frustrating as a client. If it’s going to be something that
you live in for the rest of your life, why shouldn’t you be able
to pause and say, ‘Let me consider this again.’”
Designer Nina Barnieh-Blair sums up the designer-
client relationship this way: “Yes, I’m working for you, but
you are paying for my expertise and my recommendations.
Not everything turns out perfectly all the time, so there has
to be some sort of fulfillment at the end.”
Ultimately, most designers say they prefer a client who
borders on being too assertive over one who has no opinions
at all. “I need to have that dialogue,” says designer Joy Moyler,
who has decorated for celebrities such as Adrien Brody and
Leonardo DiCaprio. “I don’t want a client to just go off and
say, ‘I’ll come back in two years and see my house.’ That
doesn’t work for me. I don’t care if they’re on a movie set.”
Designers talk about the limitations of clients to see
things holistically, to fully grasp scale and balance. Increas-
ingly sophisticated 3D renderings help, and they are an
essential component of the toolbox today. But there’s also
the organic nature of decorating that can kick in as a project
evolves, at times in surprising ways, shaped by some combi-
nation of serendipity, experience, and hard work.
Both designer and patron need to allow the process to
happen naturally, and it’s a very delicate dance, one that
requires mutual trust and respect to succeed. It takes the
right client and, sometimes, when push comes to shove,
the client being right. ◾
Stephen Wallis is a writer living in New York City.

DUNE CHANDELIER
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G R E AT D E B U T S
PHILIPPE
L
ACOMBE
W
hen it comes to chic leather accessories, few
fashion houses are as top of mind as Louis
Vuitton. That material mastery also applies to
the brand’s Objets Nomades line of furniture and decorative
objects, which includes pieces with colorful hide woven and
folded into playful-yet-soigné configurations. Launched at
Milan Design Week this spring, the maison’s latest creations
push innovation to even further heights. The Italian firm
Zanellato/Bortotto debuted its Basket Table, composed of
interlocking leather strips. “We were fascinated by the
Central Asian nomadic tradition, where people move
around with the support of the yurt,” says designer Giorgia
Zanellato. Swiss firm Atelier Oï’s decorative mobile, Quetzal,
was inspired by the bright plumage of the tropical bird; two-
tone leather was folded into a rainbow of hide “feathers.”
Another of Atelier Oï’s designs, Origami Bowls, features
leather molded by hand into a series of artful vessels. “A key
element is the play with materials,” says Armand Louis, who
founded the firm with Aurel Aebi and Patrick Reymond.
“It’s the search to find new ways to transform them simply
while still creating sophistication.” —Helena Madden
LEATHER OR
FEATHER?
An age-old material reaches
new heights in a luxury icon’s
latest home collection.
LEFT: For Louis Vuitton’s
Objets Nomades line,
Atelier Oï crafted the
Quetzal mobile, which
takes inspiration from
a tropical bird.
BELOW: Zanellato/
Bortotto’s Basket Table
features a series of care-
fully woven leather strips.
BOTTOM: Atelier Oï’s
Origami Bowls are
handmade with colorful
leather instead of paper.
louisvuitton.com

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62
TA L E N T
HERMÈS:
IWAN
BA
AN
PORTRAIT BY MATTHEW AVIGNONE
RAISING
THE ROOF
In London, Lina Ghotmeh
debuts a Serpentine Pavilion
that is an elegant call to action.
A
garden in the middle of London’s
Hyde Park is an unlikely location
for design’s next big thing. But
ever since Zaha Hadid inaugurated the
ﬁrst pavilion for the Serpentine Galleries
in 2000, the commission has become
one of the most prestigious on the global
architecture scene. The latest architect to
be appointed is Paris-based Lina Ghotmeh,
known for her deep dives into the history
and cultural resonance of a place. This
spring, she debuted a new leather work-
shop in Louviers, France, for Hermès with
an arched design made of 550,000 bricks
crafted by a local mason.
At the Serpentine, Ghotmeh’s pavilion,
on view from June 9 through October 29,
is a delicate wooden structure with a
pleated roof and colonnade surrounding a
transparent interior. She calls it À table—
inspired in part by her childhood in
Lebanon, where food is essential to cul-
ture and connected to geography. “Food is
about bringing us together,” she says. “And
it has more relevance than ever because
eating sustainably betters our relationship
to the planet.”
Ghotmeh’s “archaeological” approach
began with research into topics as varied
as ancient Greek symposia, Stonehenge,
and Dogon toguna huts. Tables and stools
she designed for the pavilion will be on
sale at the Conran Shop, and the pavilion
itself is sustainable: It can be taken apart
and reassembled. In London, it will host
climate conversations and artist talks.
And, she promises, “There will be a great
opening dinner.” —Ingrid Abramovitch
ABOVE: Architect Lina
Ghotmeh in her Paris
studio. linaghotmeh.com
RIGHT: Her design for the
new Hermès leather work-
shop in Louviers, France.
BELOW: An architectural
model of Ghotmeh’s
À table pavilion for the
Serpentine in London’s
Hyde Park.

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64
H AU T E TA K E
BY JILL NEWMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY NICHOLAS CALCOTT
Evolution
of a
New York
Icon
A NEW
GOLDEN
AGE
Tiffany Co.’s legendary
New York ﬂagship gets a
lustrous reinvention ﬁlled
with design and art.
Daniel Arsham’s Bronze
Eroded Venus of Arles
sculpture stands at the
base of the new staircase
at Tiffany Co.’s recently
unveiled New York
flagship. Architect Peter
Marino helmed the store’s
interiors, while Shohei
Shigematsu of the firm
OMA New York oversaw
the renovation and
three-story roof addition.
OPPOSITE, FROM TOP:
A Nancy Lorenz white-
gold-leaf inlaid screen
on the high-jewelry floor.
An astrological chandelier
inspired by a Jean
Schlumberger design
hangs on the fourth floor,
devoted to gold and
diamond jewelry.
Tiffany Co.
founder Charles
Tiffany installs
the nine-foot-tall
Atlas clock for
the entrance of
its 550 Broadway
location.
The New York
flagship moves
uptown to a Cross
Cross–designed
building on Fifth
Avenue near
57th Street.
Jean
Schlumberger
designs his
graceful Bird on
a Rock brooch to
showcase the
Tiffany Diamond.
1853 1940 1956

TIMELINE,
FROM
LEFT:
TIFFANY
ARCHIVES;
LIBR
ARY
OF
CONGRESS,
PRINTS

PHOTOGR
APHS
DIVISION,
GOT
TSCHO
-
SCHLEISNER
COLLECTION;
HORST
P.
HORST;
AUDREY
HEPBURN®
TR
ADEMARK
AND
LIKENESS
LICENSED
BY
LICENSING
ARTISTS
LLC
FOR
SEAN
FERRER
AND
LUCA
DOT
TI;
GET
T
Y
IMAGES;
BROOCH,
BOWL,
CUFF,
AND
2023
FACADE:
COURTESY
TIFFANY

CO.
T
owering above Tiffany Co.’s Fifth Avenue entrance is a
sculpture of Atlas holding a clock, which Charles Lewis
Tiffany commissioned in the 1850s from his friend, the
sculptor Henry Frederick Metzler. Originally mounted above
an earlier Tiffany store, Atlas made his way uptown when the
jeweler opened its flagship in 1940. Today, following the site’s
nearly four-year gut renovation, it’s one of the few familiar ves-
tiges left of one of the world’s most famous stores.
The French luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy
Louis Vuitton, which acquired Tiffany in 2021, hired architect
and ELLE DECOR A-List Titan Peter Marino to reimagine the
interiors of the flagship. The result is a dynamic visual feast
filled with works of art, commissioned pieces, and prized
examples of both modern and vintage furnishings. “When peo-
ple walk into the store, I want them to feel exhilarated, excited,
thrilled,” Marino said in an interview days before the store
reopened in late April.
His intent is apparent the moment one enters the expan-
sive main level of the store, now called the Landmark, where
floor-to-ceiling screens showcase videos of changing views of
Central Park and the Manhattan skyline, energizing the room
with light and movement. Here, the most eye-catching attrac-
tions (and big social-media moments) are a Jean-Michel
Basquiat painting with a background in the robin’s-egg blue
shade of a Tiffany box, as well as the historic 128.54-carat
Tiffany Diamond set in a necklace for all to see and photograph.
And, of course, there are vitrines filled with sparkling jewels.
At the heart of the building is a glamorous, curvilinear, Elsa
Peretti–inspired staircase in cerused oak with an undulating
glass balustrade studded with rock crystal that winds from
floors three through eight. For the first time, both Peretti and
Paloma Picasso, who each created defining jewelry for the brand,
will have dedicated corners to showcase their unique style and
spirit. There is also a spotlight on Jean Schlumberger, whose sig-
nature jewels are displayed in a newly reimagined salon.
While the old flagship felt like a traditional retail site, the
new store more closely resembles a gallery, with bright spaces
filled with art and design. Marino, who personally attended to
every detail, chose artist Daniel Arsham’s 12-foot-tall bronze
Venus sculpture, created in 2022, for the bottom of the
Breakfast at
Tiffany’s is
filmed on the
ground floor of
the Fifth Avenue
store.
Elsa Peretti
brings her
organic modern-
ism to Tiffany.
Her jewelry and
home accessories
are bestsellers
to this day.
1974
1960 2023
Tiffany Co.
unveils its
Landmark,
transformed by
Peter Marino
and OMA New
York.

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H AU T E TA K E
Peter Marino handpicked every
piece in the store, from rare
collectibles to specially
commissioned furniture.
1990
Philodendron
side table by
Peter Lane.
A vintage
Paul Evans
Cityscape
table evokes
the Manhattan
skyline.
Polished-brass
cocktail table
with tiger’s-eye
inlay by Erwan
Boulloud.
1969 dining
table by
Pieter De
Bruyne.
Midcentury
Agua table
by Giuseppe
Scapinelli.
Celestial
table by
Patrick
Naggar.
1960s Tri-3 table
by Gabetti and Isola
in chromed tubular
steel, leather, and
crystal.
Vintage
table by
Maria
Pergay.

FURNITURE,
CLOCK
WISE
FROM
TOP
LEFT:
LOUIS
DÉCAMPS;
DANIELE
IODICE
FOR
NILUFAR
GALLERY;
COURTESY
T
WENT
Y
FIRST
GALLERY;
JEFFREY
KL
APPERICH;
COURTESY
DEMISCH
DANANT;
COURTESY
1STDIBS;
ANTOINE
BOOTZ;
TOILE:
COURTESY
TIFFANY

CO.
staircase. And that’s just for starters: Museum-caliber
works—by James Turrell, Rashid Johnson, Damien Hirst, Anna
Weyant, and others—appear on every floor. Meanwhile, the
sixth floor, devoted to home goods, features several works by
Julian Schnabel, who also designed a series of plates with
names of guests—such as Lou Reed and Ben Gazzara—whom
he would like to have at his table. “The combination of art and
architecture is meant to make the whole greater and create
richer overall experiences,” Marino says.
One of the most dazzling spaces in the building is a glowing
three-story glass addition, positioned above the 1940 limestone-
and-granite facade by Cross Cross. The contemporary exten-
sion was conceived by architect Shohei Shigematsu of the firm
OMA New York, who also directed the building’s structural
design. Of the 10th floor, reserved for VIPs, Marino notes: “I
had free rein to design an apartment floating above 57th Street
and Fifth Avenue with a view of Central Park.”
For the space’s unique finishes and furnishings, he collab-
orated with several New York artisans, including Nancy
Lorenz, whose lacquer wall panels are inlaid with mother-of-
pearl and white gold. Marino also sourced rare collectible
furniture, from a vintage Gio Ponti mirrored vanity to a 1960
Paul Evans Cityscape dining table evoking the Manhattan sky-
line to a 1990 Peter Lane glazed stoneware Philodendron side
table with a bronze base.
Inside the Blue Box Café, headed by famed chef Daniel
Boulud, Marino had hundreds of Tiffany boxes strewn from the
ceiling in a fantastical display. Blue hues of varying shades are
woven throughout the decor in commissioned art, tabletop
accessories, and furnishings. The Tiffany Co. Toile china pat-
tern is also making its debut, displayed on the home floor, where
artistic director Lauren Santo Domingo unveiled an entirely
new collection of contemporary designs.
As much as Marino reimagined Tiffany’s as a contempo-
rary cultural hub of art, design, and commerce, he also paid
tribute to some of its smallest and most memorable works of
art, those being the window displays that were conceived by
the late Gene Moore. Some of those whimsical displays have
been restored and hang like art in the store. As the designer of
the famous Fifth Avenue windows for decades, Moore created
miniature theatrical scenes that seduced passersby to stop and
dream. Now when they pass Tiffany’s windows, there’s even
more to dream about. ◾
PICTURE
THIS
The new Tiffany Toile
pattern is in a New York
state of mind.
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“I want people to
feel exhilarated.”
–Peter Marino

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T H E A R T O F D I N I N G

69
E L L E D E C O R
B U I L D E R
BY TIM MCKEOUGH
DOUGL
AS
FRIEDMAN
LOOK MA, NO WALLS!
’Tis the season to create an outdoor room.
Who really wants to be cooped up all summer?
Nothing ties an
outdoor living
room together
like an antique
Balinese pergola
and chandelier,
seen at the Miami
Beach home of
Argentine hotelier
Alan Faena.

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DOUGL
AS
FRIEDMAN
P
atios, terraces, and screened-in
porches aren’t just places to sit
in the sun for a few minutes.
In recent years, they have become
spots to truly live—more an integral
part of the home rather than a nice-
to-have add-on. To support that shift,
designers are creating beautifully
appointed outdoor rooms that are
pushing the dowdy old patio sets of
yesterday to the curb.
“I design outdoor rooms the
same way I do indoor rooms,” says
New York–based ELLE DECOR A-List
designer James Huniford, who com-
poses open-air spaces replete with
sofas, rugs, side tables, and lanterns.
“I start by thinking about the seating areas and focusing
views to the garden, the water, or a firepit,” he says, just like
he might center an indoor room on a fireplace or notable
work of art. Increasingly, Huniford also designs outdoor
spaces to address homeowners’ particular needs. “Some
people want to have outdoor foosball or billiard tables,” he
says. “They want a comfortable place for a casual meal, as
well as for entertaining a large crowd.”
Laura Hodges, a designer in Baltimore, approaches
plein-air spaces in a similar way. “When I do an outdoor
room, it’s an extension of the house that’s for a specific
use—a kitchen, a gym, an office,” she says. “It’s something
that serves an actual function rather than just a place for
sitting outside.”
Creating an outdoor space is far easier today than it
used to be, thanks to advances in durable fabrics and other
materials. “We’re able to capture an unbelievable feeling
that no one’s achieved before because we have all these
amazing new performance yarns,” says Los Angeles–based
A-List designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, who reports
being inundated with requests for outdoor rooms with plush
furniture. “So many companies are producing beautiful
outdoor fabrics with very intricate weaves. The days of
those stiff blue-and-white-striped sofas are over.”
Now sofas and chairs are being covered in luxurious
outdoor velvets, chenilles, and linenlike fabrics that look as
if they were meant for indoors. “If you live somewhere such
as New York or Oklahoma, where it gets cold in the winter,
you can just pull that furniture inside and it works just as
well,” Bullard says.
Or if you want to extend the season, there are plenty of
attractive outdoor heaters that can deliver warmth in
targeted areas, he notes, including slim units tucked into
pergolas, underfloor radiant heating, and fire bowls.
Lighting should also mimic what you use indoors: different
dimmable layers delivered by sconces, pendants, chan-
deliers, and accent lights hidden in planters rather than a
romance-killing flood lamp. “Dim the lights, light the fire-
pit,” Bullard says, “and you create a mood.”
Of course, to really make an outdoor space feel like a
room, you need to define its edges, even in the absence of
walls and ceiling. “An outdoor room needs to have architec-
ture,” says Robert Remer, the founder of Opiary, a landscape
design firm in Brooklyn. “It’s not just a matter of putting
some outdoor furniture out there. It should have boun-
daries, framed views, and different levels.”
Sometimes the existing architecture of the space
delivers with a porch or pergola, but it’s also possible to
create an enveloping feel in other ways. Frequently, Opiary
defines the edges with clusters of planters offering green
at varying heights. Other times, the firm has installed
vertical green walls. Recently, Remer also designed Spolia, a
modular system of sculptural geometric planters featuring
arches, semicircles, and diagonals that can be stacked like
Legos and seeded with pockets of foliage. “We can put all
sorts of domestic elements into it, like fireplaces, sinks,
whole kitchens, and built-in seating,” Remer says. “The
nexus of architecture and garden space is what we’re most
excited about.”
Clearly, the professionals at Opiary aren’t the only
ones. Designers and homeowners are working to blur the
boundary between indoor and outdoor living ever further
by making the transition between those spaces seamless.
“The outdoor room is actually one of the most important
rooms in the house,” Bullard says. “People have figured that
out and are using those rooms more than ever.” ◾
Burning off winter
weight is less of
a struggle with
an outdoor gym,
like this one in
Maui by Martyn
Lawrence Bullard.

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PINK
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OUTDOOR
BEVERAGE
CENTER
Ensure that your
kitchen is fully
stocked with
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from Dometic’s
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24″ w. x 26″ d. x
35″ h.; $3,849.
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BY ANTONIO
CITTERIO
For an outdoor living
room, this sofa looks
chic—roof or no roof.
65″ w. x 39″ d. x 35″ h.;
price upon request. flexform.it
1. AXEL WALL
SCONCE
Shed some light on
your nightcap with this
stately sconce.
12″ dia. x 13″ h.; $362.
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2. PIETRA KODE BY
DANIEL GERMANI
Cosentino’s ultra-durable
Dekton stone tiles give surfaces
a breezy, natural look.
Price upon request. cosentino.com
7. LUMI
WALL
SCONCE
This pairs
perfectly with
the green hues
of your garden.
7″ w. x 8″ d. x 16″ h.;
$3,000.
articolostudios.com
4. BAR CART
Drinks, anyone? This chrome
cart is a happy hour must-have.
52″ w. x 27″ d. x 38″ h.; price upon
request. officinegullo.com

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2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
LILY BROWN,
CLAYTON COTTERELL,
AND DEIRDRE LEWIS
LILY
BROWN
It’s here: our annual look at the most impressive
designers across residential interiors, architecture,
and landscape. This
year, we introduce
11 standout studios
changing the game
globally. And we also
salute a special group
of the industry’s
Titans, whose
work is,
in a word,
legendary.
MIMINAT SHODEINDE
After founding her studio in 2018,
the British Nigerian designer and
artist has taken on ambitious work
in locales from England to Nigeria to
South Africa. Her elegant, pared-back
aesthetic is all-encompassing,
with Shodeinde often
designing everything in a
home down to the tables,
chairs, and doorknobs. She’s
currently working on projects
soon to be completed in
Kuwait City, London, and
Ericeira, Portugal.
London
@miminat_designs
miminat.com

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78
2023
A-LIST
FROM
TOP:
DEIRDRE
LEWIS,
CL
AY
TON
COT
TERELL
GARRETT HUNTER
Hunter’s eponymous design studio
takes a curatorial approach, informed
by his experience as a furniture dealer
and the coproprietor of Tienda X
Gallery in Los Angeles. His projects,
including a Hollywood Hills bungalow
featured in our April 2023 issue, reflect
an eclectic sensibility steeped in
history and obsessed with craft. On the
horizon: Hunter is finishing work on a
chalet in Aspen for art-collector clients.
Los Angeles/Seattle
@thegrh
garretthunter.com
NICHOLAS OBEID
Born in Troy, Michigan, to
Syrian parents, Obeid got his start
in design working for Jonathan Adler,
then set off on his own as an interior
designer known for warmly modernist
spaces that incorporate vintage
finds. Obeid also designs
furniture, notably for CB2.
Coming soon: his own collection
of sofas, tables, and more.
New York City
@nicholas_obeid
nicholasobeid.com

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80
2023
A-LIST
DEIRDRE
LEWIS
MARK GRATTAN
Grattan, whose clients include
polymath Solange Knowles and artist
Simone Leigh, says he aims for his
work to be “a quiet conversation”
among color, texture, and material. His
goal may be a whisper, but his style is
a minimalism that roars. A furniture
designer who pivoted to interiors,
Grattan appeared on the cover of
our April 2021 issue in his Mexico
City apartment. Up next: a
new home-design project in
Manhattan.
New York City/
Mexico City
@markgrattan

E L L E D E C O R
82
2023
A-LIST
FROM
TOP:
DEIRDRE
LEWIS,
LILY
BROWN
LAURA GONZALEZ
Multifaceted French architect and
interior designer Gonzalez is known
for her imaginative, colorful style—
whether she is designing homes, hotels
like the Saint-James in Paris, or luxury
retail universes for Cartier. Her Left
Bank gallery showcases her range,
from her whimsical furniture pieces
to fabrics for Schumacher.
Paris
@lauragonzalezofﬁciel
lauragonzalez.fr
PATRICK MELE
Never one to shy away from color or
pattern, Mele has crafted a number
of vibrant residential and commercial
spaces, among them a New York
City apartment featured in our
March 2023 issue. In addition to
interiors projects, Mele owns two
vintage furniture shops in
Connecticut: a namesake
retail outpost in
Greenwich,
and Black Rock
Department Store,
which opened in
Bridgeport last fall.
Greenwich, Conn.
@patrickmele
patrickmele.com

2023
A-LIST
CL
AY
TON
COT
TERELL
TIFFANY HOWELL
Howell founded her ﬁrm,
Night Palm, in 2016, focusing
on residential and commercial
interiors, and in the ensuing years
has gained attention for her work
on Caviar Kaspia’s Los Angeles
outpost and more. The home
Howell designed for Mara Brock
Akil and Salim Akil graced
the cover of our September
2022 issue. Night Palm’s ﬁrst
furniture line is set to be
unveiled soon.
Los Angeles
@nightpalm
nightpalm.com

Plateau Dining Side Chairs and Rectangular Dining Table.
Cushions in Perennials fabric. Shown with Perennials
Tide Pools - Verdigris rug. | perennialsandsutherland.com

E L L E D E C O R
86
2023
A-LIST
FROM
TOP:
CL
AY
TON
COT
TERELL,
LILY
BROWN
LUIS FERNANDEZ
Before designer and metaverse
bon vivant Fernandez founded
@luisfern5, which has an
aesthetic he describes as “futuristic
modernism”—see the cover of our
October 2021 issue—he trained as
an architect, then pivoted to fashion
before returning to design. He’s
currently working on a residence
in Brentwood, California, as
well as a home on Long Island.
Los Angeles/
New York City
@luisfern5
luisfern5.com
CHRISTINA SEILERN
From a concert hall in Switzerland
to an eco-resort in the United
Arab Emirates, Studio Seilern
has built large-scale contemporary
structures around the world,
typically working with local
materials to create harmony with
the buildings’ natural environs. In
our Winter 2023 issue, ELLE DECOR
published principal Christina
Seilern’s recently completed vacation
home on the Greek isle of Paros.
London
@studioseilern
studioseilern.com

Creating spaces
that invite happiness.
Schooler Kellogg Interiors partnered with The Container
Store to create a luxuriously inviting dressing room for
the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas. The elegant
result featured sparkling glass-front cabinets and LED
lighting mixed with Shaker-front cabinets and drawers
wrapped in softly textured white recycled leather.
©2023
The
Container
Store
Inc.
All
rights
reserved.
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4/23
Schedule a free design consultation at
containerstore.com/custom-spaces.

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88
2023
A-LIST
DEIRDRE
LEWIS
MICHELLE R. SMITH
Following a career as a
lawyer, Smith founded
her design ﬁrm,
Studio MRS, in
2011. Her spaces
feel both elegant
and timeless,
often with
an eye toward
reﬁned vintage
elements. Smith’s
own home, a Greek
Revival townhouse
in New Orleans,
graced one of two
covers for our April
2023 issue. At the
moment, she’s in the
midst of completing
residential projects in
New York, Georgia, and
New Hampshire.
Brooklyn
@michellersmithinteriors
studiomrs.com

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2023
A-LIST
DEIRDRE
LEWIS
ANDREW KOTCHEN
AND MATT BERMAN
Since founding Workshop/APD in 1999,
Kotchen (left) and Berman have worked
across architecture, interior design, and
product design. A vast array of residential
and hospitality projects is coming
to fruition in New York, Miami,
Aspen, Los Angeles, and
beyond, while the Workshop
Collection Showroom, a
home for their 16-piece
product line, will open
later this year.
New York City/
Nantucket, Mass.
@workshopapd
workshopapd.com

THE LIST
ALFREDO PAREDES
STUDIO
NEW YORK CITY
@alfredoparedesstudio
alfredoparedesstudio.com
ALYSSA KAPITO
INTERIORS
NEW YORK CITY
@alyssakapitointeriors
alyssakapito.com
AMAN MEEKS
NEW YORK CITY
@amanmeeks
amanmeeks.com
AMY LAU DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@amylaudesign
amylaudesign.com
APARTMENT 48
NEW YORK CITY
@apartment48
apartment48.com
ASHE LEANDRO
NEW YORK CITY
@ashe_leandro
asheleandro.com
ATELIER DAVIS
ATLANTA/SOUTH
ORANGE, N.J.
@atelier_davis
atelierdavis.com
BILLY COTTON
NEW YORK CITY
@billycotton
billycotton.com
BRANCA
CHICAGO/
PALM BEACH
@abranca
branca.com
BROCKSCHMIDT
COLEMAN
NEW YORK CITY/
NEW ORLEANS
@brockschmidtand
coleman
brockschmidtandcoleman
.com
COMMUNE DESIGN
LOS ANGELES
@communedesign
communedesign.com
COREY DAMEN JENKINS
ASSOCIATES
NEW YORK CITY
@coreydamenjenkins
coreydamenjenkins.com
COURTNEY MCLEOD
NEW YORK CITY
@rightmeetsleftinterior
design
rmlid.com
DANIELLE COLDING
DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@daniellecoldingdesign
dcdny.com
DAVID NETTO
LOS ANGELES
@davidnettosays
davidnettodesign.com
DE LA TORRE DESIGN
STUDIO
NEW YORK CITY
@delatorredesign
delatorredesign.com
DELIA KENZA INTERIORS
BROOKLYN
@deliakenza
deliakenzainteriors.com
DIMORESTUDIO
MILAN
@dimorestudio
dimorestudio.eu
DRAKE/ANDERSON
NEW YORK CITY
@drake_anderson
drakeanderson.com
DUNE HAI
OAKLAND, CALIF.
@dune_hai
dunehai.com
ELLIOTT BARNES
INTERIORS
PARIS
@elliottbarnesarchitect
ebinteriors.com
ERIC HUGHES DESIGN
LOS ANGELES/
NEW YORK CITY
@erichughesdesign
erichughesdesign.com
FABRIZIO CASIRAGHI
PARIS
@fabriziocasiraghi
fabriziocasiraghi.com
FOX-NAHEM ASSOCIATES
NEW YORK CITY
@foxnahem
foxnahem.com
GACHOT
NEW YORK CITY
@gachotstudios
gachotstudios.com
GHISLAINE VIÑAS
NEW YORK CITY
@ghislaine_vinas
ghislainevinas.com
HANNES PEER
ARCHITECTURE
MILAN
@hannespeer
hannespeer.com
HENDRICKS CHURCHILL
SHARON, CONN.
@hendrickschurchill
hendrickschurchill.com
HUGO TORO
PARIS
@hugotoro_
hugotoro.com
HUNIFORD DESIGN
STUDIO
NEW YORK CITY
@fordhuniford
huniford.com
ISABEL LÓPEZ-QUESADA
MADRID
@isabellopezquesada
isabellopezquesada.com
ISHKA DESIGNS
NEW YORK CITY
@ishkadesigns
ishkadesigns.com
JAYNE DESIGN STUDIO
NEW YORK CITY
@jaynedesignstudio
jaynedesignstudio.com
JEAN LIU DESIGN
DALLAS
@jeanliudesign
jeanliudesign.com
JEAN-LOUIS DENIOT
PARIS
@jeanlouisdeniot
deniot.com
JOY MOYLER INTERIORS
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.
@joymoylerinteriors
joymoylerinteriors.com
JULIANA LIMA
VASCONCELLOS
RIO DE JANEIRO
@julianalimavasconcellos
julianavasconcellos.com
KATHRYN M. IRELAND
LOS ANGELES
@kathrynmireland
kathrynireland.com
KATIE RIDDER
NEW YORK CITY
@katieridderinc
katieridder.com
KEMBLE INTERIORS
PALM BEACH/
NEW YORK CITY
@kemble_interiors
kembleinteriors.com
KEN FULK
NEW YORK CITY/
SAN FRANCISCO
@kenfulk
kenfulk.com
KERRY JOYCE
ASSOCIATES
LOS ANGELES
@kerryjoyceatelier
kerryjoyce.com
KLIGERMAN
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@kligerman.ad
kligermanad.com
LEYDEN LEWIS
DESIGN STUDIO
BROOKLYN
@leydenlewis
designstudio
leydenlewis.com
LORENZO CASTILLO
MADRID
@lorenzocastillolife
lorenzocastillo.org
MARK CUNNINGHAM
NEW YORK CITY
@markcunninghaminc
markcunninghaminc.com
MARK HAMPTON
NEW YORK CITY
@alexahamptoninc
alexahampton.com
MARK D. SIKES
LOS ANGELES
@markdsikes
markdsikes.com
MARTIN BRUDNIZKI
DESIGN STUDIO
LONDON/
NEW YORK CITY
@m_b_d_s_
mbds.com
MARTYN LAWRENCE
BULLARD
LOS ANGELES
@martynbullard
martynlawrencebullard
.com
MARY MCDONALD
WEST HOLLYWOOD,
CALIF.
@marymcdonaldinc
marymcdonald.com
MATT BLACKE
LOS ANGELES
@mattblackeinc
mattblackeinc.com
MKCA
NEW YORK CITY
@mkcarchitecture
mkca.com
MR ARCHITECTURE +
DECOR
NEW YORK CITY
@mrarchitecturedecor
mrarch.com
Lists like these are many things: an accounting, an index,
a snapshot in time. But our A-List is also a statement on our
community. Below are the designers who consistently share
their work with us and our readers, who always inspire us,
and who demonstrate time and again the power of good design.

E L L E D E C O R
92
2023
A-LIST
NATE BERKUS
ASSOCIATES
CHICAGO/NEW YORK CITY
@nateberkus
nateberkus.com
NATHAN TURNER
WEST HOLLYWOOD,
CALIF.
@nturnerdesign
nathanturner.com
NEAL BECKSTEDT STUDIO
NEW YORK CITY
@nealbeckstedt
nbeckstedtstudio.com
NICK OLSEN
NEW YORK CITY
@nickolsenstyle
nickolsenstyle.com
NICKEY KEHOE
LOS ANGELES
@nickeykehoe
nickeykehoe.com
NICOLE FULLER
INTERIORS
NEW YORK CITY/
LOS ANGELES
@nicolefullerinteriors
nicolefullerinteriors.com
NICOLEHOLLIS
SAN FRANCISCO
@nicolehollissf
nicolehollis.com
OLIVER M. FURTH
LOS ANGELES
@olivermfurth
olivermfurth.com
PAMPLEMOUSSE DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@delphinereedkrakoff
pamplemoussedesign.com
PAPPAS MIRON DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@pappasmirondesign
pappasmiron.com
PETER DUNHAM
ASSOCIATES
LOS ANGELES
@peterdunhamdesign
peterdunham.com
PINE HOUSE EDIBLE
GARDENS
OAKLAND, CALIF.
@pinehouseediblegardens
pinehouseediblegardens
.com
RAFAEL DE CÁRDENAS
LTD.
NEW YORK CITY
@rafaeldecardenas.ltd
rafaeldecardenas.com
REATH DESIGN
LOS ANGELES
@reathdesign
reathdesign.com
REDD KAIHOI
NEW YORK CITY
@reddkaihoi
reddkaihoi.com
RETROUVIUS
LONDON
@retrouvius
retrouvius.com
RICHARD MISHAAN
DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@richardmishaan
richardmishaan.com
RITA KONIG
LONDON
@ritakonig
ritakonig.com
ROBERT STILIN
NEW YORK CITY
@robertstilin
robertstilin.com
RODNEY LAWRENCE
NEW YORK CITY
@rodneylawrenceinc
rodneylawrenceinc.com
SHAWN HENDERSON
NEW YORK CITY
@shawnhenderson
shawnhenderson.com
SIG BERGAMIN
ARQUITETURA
SÃO PAULO
@sigbergamin
sigbergamin.com.br
STEPHANIEGOTO
NEW YORK CITY
@stephaniegoto
stephaniegoto.com
STUDIO COOKE JOHN
NEW YORK CITY
@studiocookejohn
cookejohn.com
STUDIO MELLONE
NEW YORK CITY
@studiomellone
studiomellone.com
STUDIO SHAMSHIRI
LOS ANGELES
@studioshamshiri
studioshamshiri.com
SUZANNE KASLER
ATLANTA
@suzannekasler
suzannekasler.com
TERREMOTO
LOS ANGELES/
SAN FRANCISCO
@terremoto_landscape
terremoto.la
THOM FILICIA
NEW YORK CITY
@thomfilicia
thomfilicia.com
THOMAS WOLTZ
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
VA./NEW YORK CITY
@nelsonbyrdwoltz
nbwla.com
TOM SCHEERER
NEW YORK CITY
@tomscheerer
tomscheerer.com
UNIONWORKS
BROOKLYN
@theunionworks
theunionworks.com
VINCENT VAN DUYSEN
ANTWERP, BELGIUM
@vincentvanduysen
vincentvanduysen.com
VIRGINIA TUPKER
DARIEN, CONN.
@virginiatupker
virginiatupker.com
YABU PUSHELBERG
NEW YORK CITY/
TORONTO
@yabupushelberg
yabupushelberg.com
YOUNG HUH
INTERIOR DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@younghuh
younghuh.com
TITANS
ADJAYE ASSOCIATES
NEW YORK CITY/LONDON
@adjayeassociates
adjaye.com
ALEX PAPACHRISTIDIS
INTERIORS
NEW YORK CITY
@alexsviewpoint
alexpapachristidis.com
BUNNY WILLIAMS
INTERIOR DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@bunnywilliams_
interiordesign
bunnywilliams.com
CHARLOTTE MOSS
NEW YORK CITY
@charmossny
charlottemoss.com
CULLMAN KRAVIS
ASSOCIATES
NEW YORK CITY
@cullmankravis
cullmankravis.com
DARRYL CARTER
WASHINGTON, D.C.
@darrylcarterdesign
darrylcarter.com
HAYNES-ROBERTS
NEW YORK CITY
@haynesrobertsinc
haynesroberts.com
INDIA MAHDAVI
PARIS
@indiamahdavi
india-mahdavi.com
JACQUES GARCIA
PARIS
@jacquesgarciaofficiel
jacquesgarcia.com
JACQUES GRANGE
PARIS
@jacques.grange
33-1-55-80-75-40
JUAN MONTOYA DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@juanmontoyadesign
juanmontoyadesign.com
KELLY BEHUN STUDIO
NEW YORK CITY
@kellybehunstudio
kellybehun.com
KELLY WEARSTLER
LOS ANGELES
@kellywearstler
kellywearstler.com
MICHAEL S. SMITH
SANTA MONICA, CALIF.
@michaelsmithinc
michaelsmithinc.com
PAOLO MOSCHINO LTD.
LONDON
@paolomoschinoltd
paolomoschino.com
PETER MARINO
ARCHITECT
NEW YORK CITY
@petermarinoarchitect
petermarinoarchitect.com
PIERRE YOVANOVITCH
PARIS/NEW YORK CITY
@pierre.yovanovitch
pierreyovanovitch.com
ROBERT COUTURIER
NEW YORK CITY
@robertcouturierinc
robertcouturier.com
ROMAN AND WILLIAMS
NEW YORK CITY
@roman_and_williams_
romanandwilliams.com
ROMANEK DESIGN
STUDIO
LOS ANGELES
@brigetteromanek
romanekdesignstudio.com
ROSE TARLOW
LOS ANGELES/
NEW YORK CITY
@rosetarlowmelrose
house
rosetarlow.com
SHEILA BRIDGES DESIGN
NEW YORK CITY
@harlemtoilegirl
sheilabridges.com
SHELTON MINDEL
NEW YORK CITY
@sheltonmindel
sheltonmindel.com
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By William Norwich
Photographs by Noe DeWitt
Styled by Howard Christian
The living room of an
Upper East Side duplex
apartment designed by
Miles Redd and David
Kaihoi, with the architect
Elizabeth Graziolo.
Custom sofa by Luther
Quintana in a Madeaux
by Richard Smith fabric;
1930s armchair by Pierre
Chareau; benches by Aero
Studios; Akari pendant by
Isamu Noguchi; artwork
(right) by William Keith.
For details, see Resources.
In a Manhattan
apartment,
haute colorists
Redd Kaihoi turn
down the volume.

E L L E D E C O R
98
n the interior design world, the New York–based
ELLE DECOR A-List firm Redd Kaihoi is a go-to for
maximalist, color-on-color decorating executed at
the highest standards. The principals, Miles Redd
and David Kaihoi, seemingly have never met a
fire-engine red or kelly green they did not like. So on
a recent afternoon, as Redd toured me through the
interiors of their latest project, a four-bedroom
duplex penthouse in Manhattan, perhaps the biggest
surprise was that the rooms are all dressed in
neutrals, with not a single bright hue to be found.
“Our clients, who moved here from California,
didn’t want a typical Upper East Side apartment,” Redd says.
He and Kaihoi had previously worked with the couple on
homes that were more in keeping with their signature bold
approach. “Usually, we do like a fair amount of color,” the
client says. “But in New York, it felt right that the palette
should be more subdued.”
A restrained strategy also suited the apartment’s setting
in a new Art Deco–influenced building by the architect Peter
Pennoyer. Inspired by the work of American architects Ely
Jacques Kahn and Ralph Thomas Walker, Pennoyer fashioned
a 19-story structure with a handsome facade in hand-cut
Indiana limestone with mullioned windows, cast-iron rail-
ings, and lanterns—harking back to a time when details were
considered and handmade. The goal, Pennoyer has said, was
to create a structure that can “both belong to its place by
completing the streetscape, and to stand on the sky plane.”
To ensure that the interior architecture of their apart-
ment was in keeping with the building’s intent, the clients
also tapped architect Elizabeth Graziolo. A former partner
in Pennoyer’s company, she had played an instrumental role
in the design of the building. Later, when she started her
own highly acclaimed firm, Yellow House Architects,
Graziolo was brought on board to work alongside the
designers. She added finesse with details that merge
couture with classicism, from the dining room’s fluted
plaster walls to the linen-fold paneling on the walls in the
book-lined family room and the brass mesh treatment in the
primary dressing room.
Meanwhile, Redd and Kaihoi set out to fulfill the cli-
ents’ wish of an atypical interior on the Upper East Side,
where politeness too often stifles passion. In this case, mis-
sion accomplished. In rooms with nearly 12-foot ceilings,
the sun now pours in like honey. As one enters through an
enfilade, light streams in from four directions, energizing
the entire space. Mirrors cleverly amplify and extend the
natural light. “I never met a mirror that I didn’t like,” Redd
says. “It is like having another window in a room.”
Extolling the talents of the decorative artist Augustin
Hurtado (the New York Post once described him as “the
secret weapon of Fifth Avenue”), Redd pauses to admire the
shells that the artist has subtly embedded in Venetian plas-
ter. The kitchen’s white walls, also in Venetian plaster, take
on a golden hue as the sunlight comes round from the east.
In the library, Hurtado created another finish that appears
like faux parchment. And the dining room’s ceiling gleams
in multiple coats of cream lacquer.
As you look south from the entrance, an Isamu Noguchi
Akari lantern in the living room glows through the vantage
point of an arch. The lantern is new, while the furniture is
mostly from the family’s home in California, with a few
added pieces—a 1930s Pierre Chareau bergère in the living
room, a pair of curvy Michael Wolk swivel chairs in an
ivory bouclé in the library—that echo the building’s Art
Deco influences. The choice of the Noguchi pendant as
opposed to anything more formal is central to how Redd
and Kaihoi satisfied their clients’ request that the apartment
feel laid-back. “The play of tension, the organic next to the
geometric” was essential to creating an unstuffy atmo-
sphere, Redd says. “It has that sort of Halston-at-the-beach
chic that gives the place its relaxed vibe.”
So, too, do step-back terraces that the landscape design
company Harrison Green has created to embrace the city
skylines and views of Central Park. Meanwhile, in the pri-
mary bedroom, the walls are lined in white felt, supple and
quiet as fresh Alpine snow. It’s a pared-down aesthetic that,
in the end, is as impactful as anything the firm has done. “I
do think this is an opportunity for people to see us in a new
light,” Redd says. “Sure, we are known for our color, and
people come to us for that, but I always tell them that white
and black are colors too. In fact, my favorite colors.” ◾

A lacquered ceiling floats
over fluted plaster walls in
the dining room. Georgian
table, Elisabeth James
Antiques; vintage
Brazilian dining chairs;
chandelier by Astele;
curtains of a Muriel
Brandolini fabric.
OPPOSITE: David Kaihoi
(left) and Miles Redd
on the dining terrace.
Table and chairs by RH,
Restoration Hardware.

In the kitchen, Mies van
der Rohe stools are uphol-
stered in a Moore Giles
leather. Pendants by
Ann-Morris; fittings by
Waterworks.
LEFT: A pair of swivel
chairs by Michael Wolk in
the library. Anatolian kilim
from Bazar Oriental Rugs;
artworks (right, from top)
by Fairfield Porter and
Emilio Sanchez.

ABOVE LEFT: The girls’
bedroom is dressed in
shades of pink. Custom
headboards and curtains
in a Pierre Frey linen;
linens by Biscuit Home;
chandelier by Visual
Comfort; wallpaper by
Schumacher; artwork
(right) by Jordan Davies.
OPPOSITE: The bed
and window treatments
in the guest bedroom
are in a windowpane
pattern by Miles Redd
for Schumacher, which
also covers the walls.
Sconces by Visual
Comfort.
ABOVE RIGHT: Graziolo
designed the brass mesh
wall treatment in the
primary dressing room.
Mirror by Bunny Williams
Home; chair in a Cowtan
Tout fabric.
“I never met a mirror
that I didn’t like.”
—Miles Redd

105
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In the primary bedroom,
the bed has a canopy in
a de Le Cuona crewelwork
fabric. Bed linens by
Serena Lily; sofa by
Sutherland; nightstands
by Rose Tarlow; porcelain
lamp (left) by Michael S.
Smith Inc.

Danielle Colding
delivers the drama for
a pair of audacious
New York clients.
By Catherine Hong
Photographs by Kelly Marshall
Styled by Elvis Maynard

107
E L L E D E C O R
In the salon of a
1910 Manhattan
townhouse designed
by Danielle Colding,
a custom slipper chair
is in a Dedar fabric
with Samuel Sons
trim. Side table by
Swell Studio; curtains
of a fabric by Pierre
Frey; artwork by
Deborah Buck.
OPPOSITE: The
custom sofa is in
a Maharam fabric.
Cocktail table by
Tom Faulkner; rug
by Stark; pendant by
Ochre; artwork by
Mirielle Jefferson. For
details, see Resources.

oo much is never enough.” These immortal
words attributed both to Mick Jagger and the
18th-century playwright Pierre-Augustin
Caron de Beaumarchais could just as well
have come straight from the lips of the
homeowners of this Manhattan townhouse.
Here, behind the 1910 building’s deceptively plain facade,
patterns play on patterns, cocktail-bar vibes reign, and the
dining room feels like a Matisse collage come to life. Inte-
rior designers regularly praise their clients for being “fear-
less” and “risky,” but in this case, says Danielle Colding, the
typical designer-client relationship was practically flipped
upside down. “They actually pushed me to go bolder than I
would have on my own,” she says, admiringly. “That’s rare.”
It was the spring of 2019 when the ELLE DECOR A-List
designer was commissioned by the couple—an attorney
and a writer with two dogs, no children, and a knack for
entertaining—to transform the five-story building into a
personality-filled home base. Structurally, the newly reno-
vated building was in good shape and boasted sun-drenched
front rooms, three outdoor areas, and elaborate moldings on
the parlor floor. But the finishes felt heavy, dominated by
what Colding describes as “outdated espresso-mocha
colors,” and the house overall suffered from a dearth of flair.
Known for her exuberantly eclectic, global approach to
design, Colding agreed there was ample room for improve-
ment. “To me, the ultimate insult is to say something looks
like a showroom,” she says. “I always prefer wonky, quirky,
and even slightly ugly to boring.”
Colding learned just how bold her clients were willing
to go early in the process, when she was working on the
foyer. She had already installed graphic black-and-white
tiles on the floor, configuring them irregularly in such a way
as to convey chaotic energy. She had also chosen a black-
and-white graffiti print Pierre Frey fabric for the Roman
shade. With so much going on in the small space (including
artworks), she planned to keep the walls neutral. But then
came the clients’ cri de coeur: “No white walls!”
“So I added this funky wallpaper,” she says, pointing to
the black-and-white square-patterned Kelly Wearstler
paper. The result? A hyper-layered op-art entryway that
announces: “Get ready. This house is going to be fun.”
As visitors soon realize, the surprises have only just
begun. One flight up from the entry level (which also
includes a kitchen in a glossy sunflower yellow), the narrow
landing has been turned into a full-size bar. “In most town-
houses, this area is wasted space, a seating area that nobody
ever sits in,” says Colding. Outfitted with custom cabinetry,
a vintage Italian mirror, and midnight-blue palm-print wall-
paper, the moodily lit bar conjures a cozy private club or
glamorously louche hotel.
Just beyond lies the living room, or “salon,” as Colding
refers to it. “I envisioned a Truman Capote–type of party
with lots of martinis,” she says of the space, which features
black grass-cloth walls and a dramatic cascade of graffiti-
on-toile print curtains falling from the 12-foot ceilings. A
pair of Art Deco chairs and a curvaceous custom sofa in
electric blue face a screen set above a marble fireplace. Con-
temporary artwork, including an abstract canvas by Mirielle
Chairs by Mario Milana
surround a black marble-topped
table in the dining room. Console,
Artemest; chandelier by Ochre;
curtains of a fabric by Brunschwig
Fils; custom wallpaper by
Fromental; artwork (left) by
Julia Rivera; sculpture (between
windows) by Michel Lanos.
OPPOSITE, BOTTOM:
The black-and-white foyer
sets the tone for the house.
Wallpaper, Kelly Wearstler
for Lee Jofa; floor tile by Mutina.

Jefferson, breaks up the dark opacity of the walls. “In col-
lege, I had a black dorm room wall, but I think this is the
first time I’ve designed a living room with black walls,”
Colding says. “It’s magical at night.”
Still, it is the dining room across the hallway that is
arguably the house’s true showstopper. As radiantly light as
the salon is groovily dark, the room conjures a sculpture
garden, Matisse collage, and postmodern Alice in Wonder-
land stage set all at once. What appears to be a hand-
painted mural on the chalky walls is actually a Fromental
wallpaper, whose palette of Swedish blue and deep indigo is
echoed in the elegant drapery, which is so formal as to be
almost tongue-in-cheek. Arranged around the monumental
marble table, a set of 12 vaguely zoomorphic iron-and-
leather dining chairs by Mario Milana layers on the whimsy.
Meanwhile, an earthy Michel Lanos ceramic sculpture and
a pair of Brutalist-style concrete ﬂoor lamps “kind of chill
the space out,” she observes. “I did not want it to feel glam.
Glam is not a word I like.”
After all, while the clients may have clamored for
more, Colding never let herself get carried away. “To me,
this home is a lot, but it still feels tasteful,” she says. “It
shouldn’t feel like a clown show. My goal was to make it
funky and interesting—but also not look crazy.” ◾
Danielle Colding in a
blouse by Alexander
McQueen and pants
by Jacquemus.

LEFT: In the kitchen, custom
cabinets by the Breakfast
Room are painted in
Farrow Ball’s India
Yellow. Range by Wolf;
tile by Ann Sacks; counter-
tops by Caesarstone;
wallpaper by Holly Hunt.
ABOVE: An Eames
chair from Design
Within Reach is a com-
fortable reading perch
in the home office.
Vintage bar cabinet,
Incollect; side table,
A+R; artwork by L.E.T.
“Theclientspushedmetogo
bolder than I would have
onmyown.That’srare.”
–Danielle Colding

E L L E D E C O R
112
ABOVE: In the primary
bedroom, de Gournay
wallpaper panels
give the effect of art.
Chair and sideboard
by Orior; rug by
Tufenkian; curtains
of a fabric by Dedar.
ABOVE RIGHT:
A mirror by CB2 hangs
in the primary dress-
ing room. Custom
cabinetry and hard-
ware; wallpaper by
Fromental; sconces by
the Urban Electric Co.
OPPOSITE: The primary
bedroom’s walls are
sheathed in a custom
vivid blue wallcovering by
Twenty 2. Nightstand by
Lawson-Fenning; lamp,
Visual Comfort; pendant
by Remains Lighting.

E L L E D E C O R
114
By Camille Okhio
Photographs by Billal Taright
Styled by Olivia Gregory
For a keen-eyed collector,
architect Elliott Barnes
carves out a Paris retreat
that centers an impressive
breadth of work.

A living room in
Hélène Nguyen-Ban’s
Paris apartment,
designed by Elliott
Barnes. Artworks
by Harold Ancart
(center) and Raphaela
Simon hang among
African and Filipino
antiques. For details,
see Resources.

E L L E D E C O R
116
or architect and designer Elliott Barnes, a
minimalist approach to design can contain
multitudes. Take, for instance, the Paris home
he designed for veteran art collector and tech
innovator Hélène Nguyen-Ban. “There was
only one constraint,” Barnes says. “She
wanted to use one single material throughout
the whole home.” That material was the gray-
hued, porous, hard-wearing Vals quartzite
that’s been used in some of the world’s most
luxurious buildings, including Peter
Zumthor’s thermal baths in Vals, Switzerland. It covers two
of the three floors in Nguyen-Ban’s 8,000-square-foot home.
Here, the stone serves as the protagonist in a space
designed to disappear. “My whole job was to provide Hélène
the absence of presence,” says Barnes, an ELLE DECOR
A-List designer. “When a friend walks into a client’s house,
it’s important to me that they feel it’s a representation of
that person. If they say, ‘This is an Elliott Barnes space,’
then I didn’t get it right.” Barnes’s use of the stone served an
overarching requirement: to afford the best environment for
Nguyen-Ban’s art collection, which includes contemporary
pieces by Danh Vo, Thao Phan Nguyen, and Thu-Van Tran.
“My art is part of my family,” she says. “I wanted a space
that would not only showcase my collection but enhance it.
I needed a designer who would respect that.”
Nguyen-Ban and Barnes met nearly 20 years ago while
he was under the tutelage of Andrée Putman. When
Nguyen-Ban approached Barnes about this project in 2009,
their rapport was already well established. “I was working
at Louis Vuitton on the launch of Marc Jacobs’s first ready-
to-wear collection for the brand and needed a place close to
my office in the 7th arrondissement,” she says. “I was lucky
to find such an industrial space in this classical, conserva-
tive area of Paris.” The apartment had started life as horse
stables in the 1870s, servicing a much larger bourgeois
house adjacent to it. Eventually the stables became a print-
ing house, and then in the 1990s a studio for the Spanish
painter Miquel Barceló; Nguyen-Ban moved in in 2011.
Now the apartment doubles as an office for Nguyen-Ban’s
latest venture, the newly launched collecting app Docent,
which combines algorithmic data with art-world expertise to
make personalized recommendations. It’s also a home for the
pieces that first drew Nguyen-Ban into the fine-art world.
Inherited antiquities from her parents hold pride of place in
both public and private spaces, supplemented by the African
and Asian ritual figures that Nguyen-Ban collects. The
French collector spent her childhood in Ivory Coast, where
her Alsatian mother met her Vietnamese father. From there,
the family moved to Togo and then Cameroon. Now Nguyen-
Ban lives most of her life in London, where she keeps a Vic-
torian townhouse with her husband and three daughters.
Her Paris home is a place to recharge and recalibrate;
Barnes even managed to squeeze a subterranean swimming
pool into the space. “The unique industrial qualities of the
apartment have allowed me to incorporate architectural ele-
ments that are typically challenging to integrate in private,
classical homes here,” says Nguyen-Ban. “We created a very
Zen room with Asian artifacts and antiquities, where I prac-
tice a shiatsu ritual every morning at sunrise. In London my
days begin in a room with Andres Serrano’s Last Supper,
which is of course an entirely different experience.”
Serrano’s work also appears in this apartment, with
his Red Popes I-III triptych gracing a rooftop gallery that
is more glass than wall. Windows on this floor open
completely—another request of Nguyen-Ban’s, with art
installation and movement at the forefront of her mind. A
Richard Serra–esque spiral staircase descends into the main
suite, with several other bedrooms nearby for family and
friends. (Illustrious overnight guests have included the art-
ist Henry Taylor and Serrano himself.)
A full circle in a spiritual sense, the home gives
Nguyen-Ban a feeling of permanence in response to a child-
hood spent romantically, though a bit traumatically, in
movement. The house’s actual shape is closer to that of a
cul-de-sac, offering transportive formal qualities for which
Barnes and Nguyen-Ban had not initially planned. Standing
at one end of the home, Nguyen-Ban can throw open a win-
dow and call across the courtyard to a friend or family mem-
ber on the other side. In Barnes’s eyes, “it makes for a very
interesting living experience right in the center of Paris.” ◾
Hélène Nguyen-
Ban stands with
a work by Zhang
Huan. Sculpture
by Pascale
Marthine Tayou.

A large-scale artwork by
Pierre Soulages anchors
the entrance. The jars
are 18th-century Chinese;
photograph by Robert
Mapplethorpe; artwork
(at left) by Zao Wou-Ki.

In the dining room,
a 1930s table with
a molave wood top is
surrounded by Pierre
Jeanneret’s Chandigarh
dining chairs. Sculptures
by Camille Claudel (left)
and Auguste Rodin.
OPPOSITE: The custom
kitchen in brushed stain-
less steel was designed
with Boffi.

“I wanted a space that would
not only showcase my
collection but enhance it.”
–Hélène Nguyen-Ban

E L L E D E C O R
120
ABOVE: On the top
floor, the golden
cross is by Jean-Michel
Othoniel. Artwork
by Oscar Murillo.
ABOVE RIGHT: A bed-
room features built-in
storage.
RIGHT: A daybed by
Christian Liaigre in the
reading room. Artwork
by Hiroshi Sugimoto.
“My job was to provide
the absence of presence.”
–Elliott Barnes

In the spa, a skylight over-
looks the minimal pool.

E L L E D E C O R
122
By Nancy Hass Photographs by Pieter Estersohn Styled by Howard Christian
The exterior of a Colonial-
style home in Millbrook,
New York, built in the 1980s
and recently renovated by
architect Sam Mitchell and
interior designer David
Netto. Landscape by
Deborah Nevins.
In upstate New York’s horse
country, designer David Netto
puts historicism on a knife-edge.
OPPOSITE: In the entry hall,
moldings and door frames
painted in Benjamin
Moore’s Lafayette Green
are trimmed with an egg-
and-dart border from
Adelphi Paper Hangings.
Lantern by Matthew Cox;
antique Caucasian runners,
Upstate Rug Supply. For
details, see Resources.

E L L E D E C O R
124
he Los Angeles–based, Manhattan-bred
designer David Netto has never been afraid to
push, cajole, or beguile his clients into taking
chances. An adventurer himself, he likes to
nudge others to test their limits. Raised on the
Upper East Side in the 1980s, he dropped out
of Harvard’s graduate architecture program,
launched what might have been the first upscale midcen-
tury children’s furniture line, and, after buying Richard
Neutra’s famed Ohana House in Los Angeles, began a cross-
country residential design studio. No one can ever accuse
him of failing to practice the sort of audacity he preaches.
The New York couple who asked him to reimagine
their weekend house in Millbrook, a horsey enclave two
hours north of New York City, has long been on board with
Netto’s rakish élan. When he designed their Manhattan
apartment in 2015, Netto persuaded them, after some hesita-
tion, to hang a huge 1975 Alexander Calder tapestry, Float-
ing Circles, above a mantel. Since then, Calder tapestries
have become something of a signature for the designer.
The couple, a health-care CEO and a policy analyst, had
bought the upstate house, a well-executed 1980s evocation
of a Colonial-era estate, in 2016. On more than 200 acres, it
had been the longtime home of a local grandee, and they
retained most of his furnishings along with lots of chintz
and period-appropriate accoutrements. For several years
they largely treated it as a cozy place for their three young
children to tramp through in ski boots.
But then came the pandemic, and once the family was
holed up there for months on end, they realized it was time
to transform the house into a “real home,” the policy analyst
recalls. The couple hoped that Netto, an ELLE DECOR A-List
designer, could maintain the casual, rural allure while at the
same time turning the house into a more polished and
pared-down refuge. They also asked him to figure out a way
to bring in more sun and a sense of expansiveness.
A more pedestrian designer might merely have sug-
gested they add an unobtrusive Colonial-style wing to
either side, or a flat-roofed rectangular “great room”—such
modifications are common. But Netto has never been one to
bow to the obvious. Instead, he proposed a rather avant-
garde solution: a vast octagonal room connected to the
house by a hallwaylike orangerie.
It wasn’t an easy sell, but the CEO was captivated by
Netto’s inspiration: the octagonal library of Edgewater, the
neo-Palladian estate overlooking the Hudson River in
upstate New York that was built in 1824 and owned during
the 1960s by the author and gadfly Gore Vidal. The
eight-sided room in that home also was an addition,
dreamed up in 1854 by the architect Alexander Jackson
Davis. It stands in still-shocking contrast to the classical
proportions of the original structure. “I was compelled by
the courage it must have taken, and I was determined to get
my clients to say yes,” Netto says. “We had to do something
radically different.”
Indeed, the new octagon, which measures 28 feet
across and sports a 13-foot-high ceiling, lends the house a
A pair of Charlotte
Perriand rush chairs
frames a painted
bookcase from Sibyl
Colefax John
Fowler in the kitchen.
Antique Italian table,
1stDibs; dining chairs
by Industry West;
pendant by Vaughan.

playful if awe-inspiring dimension. With horizontal pine
paneling (“We wanted it to have a rec-room feeling,” says
Netto, “not too Jeffersonian or grand”), the space is where
the family entertains, especially during holidays. The kids
play board games in one corner, while the adults gather at
the fireplace beneath a 1975 Calder tapestry called Star. The
encircling orangerie brings the outside in through the sea-
sons, with trees in zinc planters.
Throughout the house, Netto has mixed fine classical
furnishings—Queen Anne–style chairs from the 1790s, a
full-chintz guest room—with contemporary pieces that
inflect the spaces with a bit of whimsy. A row of French
hanging lanterns is powder-coated in white, which changes
their mood entirely, and in a corner stands an amphora on a
pedestal, both made of natural rattan. Above one of three
fireplaces hangs a mirror framed with porcupine quills, and
on an end table sits a spherical stoneware lamp by Jennifer
Nocon with a skirted foot and sculpted horns. “I try to inter-
pret the traditional pieces like a sketch, an outline, keeping
their allusion but loosening up the form,” Netto observes.
“It’s a little unfinished, as much about the future as the past.
That’s how you get it to be young.” ◾

A collection of Italian
plaster intaglios in
J. Pocker frames hangs
on the walls of a sitting
room. Custom baluster
table by RT Facts; custom
settee by Ida’s Eye.
“I try to interpret the traditional
pieces like a sketch, loosening
up the form.”
–David Netto

OPPOSITE: A 1975
maguey tapestry of an
Alexander Calder design
anchors the octagonal
great room, which was
added to the house.
Custom white Bridgewater
armchairs; ottoman by
Hollywood at Home;
rug by Beauvais Carpets;
curtains of a fabric by
Colefax and Fowler.
BELOW: In a guest bed-
room, the curtains, wall-
paper, and bed upholstery
are in a Quadrille toile.
Desk by Chelsea Textiles;
wicker pouf by Hawkins
New York; rug by Mark
Inc. Carpets.
“We wanted the octagonal
annex to have a rec-room
feeling—not too Jeffersonian
or grand.”
–David Netto

A sitting area of a home
in Indian Wells, California,
designed by Nicole Hollis
with landscape by
G. Grisamore Design Inc.
Cocktail table by Arthur
Casas; swivel chairs
by Vladimir Kagan for
Holly Hunt; floor lamp by
Claudia Moreira Salles.
For details, see Resources.

By Janelle Zara
Photographs by Douglas Friedman
For a hyperminimalist home
in the arid Coachella Valley,
Nicole Hollis made sure the
landscape took center stage.

ELLE DECOR - Summer 2023

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