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From significant business changes to noteworthy product launches, there’s always something new happening in the world of design. In this biweekly roundup, AD PRO has everything you need to know
Product Launches
Henry Holland Studio debuts inaugural lighting collection
Henry Holland Studio’s earthenware tabletop collections have quickly garnered a following by using the nerikomi technique, where pressure applied to layers of contrastingly colored clay results in organically harmonious patterns. Now the ceramics that are reminiscent of faux bois are expanding form in the studio’s first-ever lighting collection, which also retails through Sister by Studio Ashby. Handcrafted by Holland and his team of fellow ceramicists in London, the ever-fun floor and table lamps (and even a side table) of varied orb widths are available in steel blue, muddy brown, and terracotta.
Muuto expands North American footprint
Scandinavian design brand Muuto, known for its partnerships with such designers as Cecilie Manz and Tom Chung, is poised to attract a slew of new American and Canadian devotees thanks to the recent launch of its North American online store showcasing furniture, lighting, and homewares. To celebrate this e-commerce development, Muuto has decked out a private loft in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, at 23 Greene Street, with such favorites as the minimalist Outline sofa, sculptural Kink vase, and cocooning Oslo lounge chair. Later this year, the Muuto Apartment will join forces with Resident to transform it into a luxe dining pop-up helmed by a Michelin-trained chef.
Openings
KRB settles into new uptown home
Kate Rheinstein Brodsky’s KRB, her high-toned destination for antiques, vintage furniture, art, and home decor, has relocated to Lexington Avenue and 73rd Street, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The shop, with a renovation courtesy of Bories & Shearron Architecture, Antis Construction, and painter Chris Pearson, is adorned with avocado-colored floors and red sofas, a vivid backdrop for such stunning finds as a painted glass and lacquer mirror, a vintage faux bamboo table, or a Christopher Spitzmiller chevron lamp crowned in a Fermoie shade.
Post Company debuts Connecticut showroom
Post Company, the multidisciplinary Brooklyn- and Wyoming-based studio behind such hospitality hits as The Lake House on Canandaigua and Inness, now has a retail spin-off. Post Collection, opening on October 15 in Lakeville, Connecticut (Post Company founding partner Jou-Yie Chou fell for the bucolic town during the pandemic), will marry Post Company’s upholstered pieces for SixPenny with a slew of books, artworks, and a curated assortment of vintage furniture, rugs, and objects. Located on the ground floor of a colonial building, the space is dressed in pine flooring, smoke-gray walls, and Shaker-style window coverings, as well as Post Company’s lighting and wood creations made in collaboration with Roll & Hill.
Business
E-design platform Decorist goes dark
Within the past decade, there’s been an explosion of start-ups offering interior design services online. Though the nascent industry already has its share of success stories, its recent history also suggests that success certainly isn’t guaranteed. Last week, Decorist became the latest design platform to go defunct. On Monday, a company blog post announced that the platform “is no longer accepting new orders or bookings for our services.”
Those who have booked but not yet started a project with a designer on the platform should be refunded within six to eight weeks. For those whose online project is underway, Decorist’s chat function will go offline precisely once the clock strikes midnight on October 13, forcing users to either seek out a refund or find a way to work with their designer outside of the platform. Shopping lists and design boards will also be inaccessible after October 12, though Decorist plans to give users the ability to export them before the site goes dark.
In the News
Jeanne Gang named winner of 2023 Charlotte Perriand Award
Pioneering 20th-century French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand championed harmonious, organic designs throughout her prolific career. It’s no coincidence, then, that the Créateurs Design Awards has chosen Jeanne Gang, a woman equally passionate about fusing design and nature, as the 2023 recipient of its award named after Perriand. Gang, who founded the Chicago-based architecture and urban design practice Studio Gang in 1997, has overseen such ecologically sensitive local projects as Aqua Tower, an undulating skyscraper built to minimize bird collisions, and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, a neglected pond reimagined as a garden brimming with native plants and wildlife. Gang will be honored in Paris on January 21.
Dunn-Edwards unveils color of the year and new direct-to-consumer collection
Warm cinnamon notes meld with dusty pink and a jolt of earthy terracotta in Terra Rosa, the hushed, relaxing shade singled out as Dunn-Edwards Corporation’s 2023 color of the year. Along with this news, Dunn-Edwards has rolled out Dura, a direct-to-consumer palette of 210 classic and daring hues available nationally. Bolstering the confidence of DIY’ers at all skill levels are the enlightening 3x5 color cards, fan decks, and samples in both wet and peel-and-stick varieties that help simplify the befuddling selection process. Another perk? The sound expertise of the Dunn-Edwards color concierge team. These trained interior designers are happy to provide customized one-on-one consultations to all.
Design Happenings
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La Petite Maison Gala raises money for cancer care
A series of captivating dollhouses crafted by local talents was the star of La Petite Maison Gala. Held on September 7 at the Junior League of Houston, the inaugural event was the vision of designer Alexandra Killion, whose own dollhouse sold for a whopping $18,000. The one of a kind work—constructed by Newberry Architecture and Stetzer Builders and designed by Ashton Taylor Oberhauser of Ashton Taylor Interiors, Courtnay Tartt Elias of Creative Tonic Design, Devon Liedtke, Hallie Henley Sims of Hallie Henley Design, Julie Dodson Webster of Dodson Interiors, Meg Lonergan of Meg Lonergan Interiors, and Sari Imber Moore of Sari Imber Interiors—raised more than $150,000 for A Shelter for Cancer Families, a nonprofit that offers private residences and support services to families receiving cancer care at Texas Medical Center.
Another season of The Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein entertains
French designer Vincent Darré, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, American artist Larry Bell, and Israeli Canadian American architect Moshe Safdie have all chatted with design journalist Dan Rubinstein on the latest season of his intriguing podcast. The Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein, which dives into the worlds of design, art, architecture, food, fashion, and travel through the lens of global tastemakers, will drop new episodes until mid-November, featuring interviews with the likes of designers Martino Gamper and Luke Edward Hall.
Date set for Terence Conran auction
Between his interior projects, restaurants such as Bibendum, and retail enterprises including The Conran Shop and the Habitat furniture stores that preceded it, the late Sir Terence Conran is synonymous with modern British design. On December 14, Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers will offer fans a rare opportunity to bid on myriad items from his personal collection that once graced Bartons Court, Conran’s home of more than 40 years in Berkshire, England. The pieces span from his rectangular walnut desk outfitted with a frieze drawer and extending flanks to artworks including an assemblage of nine lithographs by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi and bottles of wine salvaged from Conran’s cellar.
