This week’s interview is with Michele Rondelli star designer and all around Renaissance man. He was born in Locarno, Switzerland in December 1964. After a cosmopolitan upbringing and education he studied law, then architecture and interior design in Switzerland and Paris. His first job was with renowned textile company Création Baumann, where he deepened his [...]
I first ran across Michelle’s unique furniture designs about a year ago while researching an article on shagreen and was absolutely blown away. Michelle Bergeron is a one woman show who’s couture designs are sold under the brand name of Skatemoderne. Michelle’s got an amazing eye for detail and that shows in [...]
Well, I’m sure this is not going to come as a huge surprise to any of you, but I love watching competitive reality design shows like the (unfortunately) cancelled Bravo TV’s Top Design and HGTV’s Design Star. One of my favorite competitors/designers was beautiful boy, Preston Lee, who made it to the top rounds of the second [...]
Today’s Designer Spotlight is an interview with Marica Zia Priven who’s one half of the dynamic lighting design team Zia Priven. Her husband Paul, makes up the other half. Their style is classically modern mixed with a generous helping of Hollywood Glam (they’re both California kids, after all).
They’ve attracted the attention of world [...]
Today’s Design interview is with Rashon Carraway, a.k.a. Mr. Goodwill Hunting. He is living proof that big style doesn’t have to be synonymous with big bucks. With a good eye and a ruthless determination to get the most value for his money, Rashon keeps his options open everywhere he goes and knows that treasure can [...]
Get ready to swoon! This week’s interview is with Canadian commercial photographer, Brandon Barré. Brandon has an amazing eye for detail and is equally adept at shooting interiors, food and even people. In fact, he’s won numerous awards including James Beard, Gourmand World Silver, Canadian Cuisine Cookbook Award and the Promax North America Gold [...]
Jil Sorensen is an amazing, pretty much self taught, interior designer who’s style is whimsical, full of color and sophisticated all at the same time. She also actually sketches her rooms as opposed to using AutoCad which I just love. It adds the heart and soul to a design on paper. Not only does she [...]
A while back I did an interview with Nadine Lerner of Bluedogz Designs and she was so generous with her answers, pictures and glimpses into her life I had to break the article up into two parts. The first part details how she got went from being a ballerina [...]
Nadine Lerner is an amazing woman with a fascinating life story who has started her own little design business from beautiful Montreal, Canada. She was kind enough to share some of triumphs, fears and thoughts about the design industry in general and her business in particular with us in the below interview. If you’d like [...]
I happen to run across an article in Chicago Home Magazine featuring Chicago interior designer, Jillian O’Neill and was immediately smitten. Her design style is elegant and sophisticated but immensely approachable. I love how she mixes textures to create an environment that invites your eye to roam. So, naturally I was absolutely thrilled when [...]
