
Inspired Design
A design journal as a celebration of art, creative pursuits & influential legends.
Inspired Look: Dazzling Interiors
Dazzling Interior has redefined the world of modern luxury by becoming synonymous with refinement, quality and unique style. It involves expert selection and considered relationships between elements of light, texture, scale, and unexpected materials.
“It’s all about the mix, where something traditional doesn’t feel dated, and something modern doesn’t feel futuristic. It feels practical and real.”
Inspired Design: Hollywood Regency
Hollywood Regency came out of Hollywood's Golden Age, in the 1930s. Producers and directors wanted to bring extra star power to their films, so they decorated with serious opulence in mind. This then translated to home decor for the major stars of the era, like Joan Crawford.
If you've ever gotten serious art deco or mid-century modern vibes from Hollywood Regency, you wouldn't be wrong. While the furniture has a lot in common with mid-century in the silhouettes and clean lines, the details, such as pattern and color, are inspired by art deco. "While art deco has a similar flair for opulence, it doesn't feature the cheeky eclecticism that Hollywood Regency boasts”
Inspired Design: Sculptural Furnishings, Creative Lighting, and Colorful Textiles
Now in its 25th year, Maison & Objet brought the best in home decor, interior design, architecture, and lifestyle trends to Paris’s Parc de Expositions de Villepinte, January 17 through 21. On both banks, showrooms were bustling with interior designers, journalists, and retailers who came to peruse furnishings and textiles as part of the annual Deco Off. Installations in galleries and private homes emphasized old-world charm mixed with artisan techniques, while fusing tradition and nouveau craft. Pink and green were everywhere, and fabrics were presented in exciting textures as well as tropical and vivid floral prints.
Inspired Design: French California Eclectic
We like when it’s at its most eclectic: For instance, on the left side of the drawing room, your eye embraces at the same time a unique library of Gio Ponti, with Murano glass, and silk-covered doors, and an exceptional Brazilian 1980s Denuncia table by José Zanine Caldas. Though quite different in style, the two pieces mix beautifully.
For us, a contemporary residential look is not about having contemporary pieces. It’s about having a mix of pieces that communicate with each other and reflect the culture, taste and identity of the people living in the home. We like to create eclectic interiors by mixing different periods,
Inspired Look: Refined Interiors
Refined Interiors can be defined as versatile: with a fresh approach creates a fil rouge but every space is carefully crafted around an idea, a need or demand of the client. Every room is unique and aspirational, perfectly capturing the personality of the owner with a blend of vintage and custom furniture.
Refined textiles, detailed decor create refinement.
Inspired Look: Mix Up Things with Old and New
Bohemian, livable, comfortable — English country meets California beach life. I just like rooms that make you feel good when you walk into them. So often there will be beautiful homes but when you walk into them, they’re stagnant, with no energy. So it’s about creating the energy, lifestyle and knowing how to live.
Layer patterns and colors! Don't be afraid to mix styles! Things seemingly incompatible, say, a commode from the 17th Century with a Mid-Century Modern lamp will work as long as the pieces are excellent and beautifully designed. Live with the thing that mean something to you!
Inspired Look: Interplay of Art, Textures, and Different Furniture Styles
I am a great believer in versatility. It’s a philosophy that shapes much of a homes growing art collection. furniture selection, and changes of the inhabitants.
“I always think that homes should be quite flexible in terms of adapting to whatever might be happening in your life and family,”