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Best Interior Designers - ELLE Decor’s 125 Top Interior Designers
CourtesyELLE Decor proudly presents the 10th anniversary edition of the A-List—our annual registry of the most stylish, influential, and innovative interior designers from around the world. Back in 2010, our first A-List had 25 members (and five to watch). Today, the Class of 2020 is 125 firms strong—a wide-ranging group who inspire us with the magical homes they create across the globe. Click through to read all about them.
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Aero Studios
Courtesy of Aero StudiosSTYLE Warm modernism
COLLABS Outdoor fabrics for Lee Jofa, lighting for Visual Comfort
Founded by interior and home-furnishings designer Thomas O’Brien, Aero Studios is a master design office where crossover and collaboration are the rules rather than the exception. The office’s many projects range from lofts and formal apartments to commercial work like the Sixty Thompson hotel and a condo developed by the Rudins called the Greenwich Lane.
Instagram: @aerostudios
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Alberto Pinto Interior Design
James MerrellSTYLE Linda Pinto continues her late brother’s lavish elegance
COLLABS A new joint venture with Thierry Despont
Eclecticism and refinement remain the keywords when it comes to creating entire universes for Alberto Pinto’s prestigious clients worldwide: private residences, offices, airports, hotels, yachts, and jets. Under Linda Pinto’s management, Alberto Pinto is marked by cultural influences that let traditional and modern meet in harmony.
Instagram: @albertopintoagency
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Alessandra Branca
Simon UptonSTYLE Classic con brio
NEWS A Casa Branca relaunch includes embroidery by Rwandan genocide survivors
Born and raised in Italy, Alessandra Branca grew up believing classical beauty is meant to be intertwined with everyday life.
Her eclectic, colorful work fuses the workmanship of a couturier with energy and practicality in all she designs. Her book, New Classic Interiors, was published in 2009.
Instagram: @abranca
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Alex Papachristidis
Richard PowersSTYLE Affable connoisseur
NEWS Curated a recent Christie’s auction of 18th- and 19th-century furniture, porcelain, and art
Bold patterns, jewel tones, and exotic accents are characteristic of Alex Papachristidis’s work. Recent projects include a beach house in the Hamptons, a Philadelphia Main Line residence, and a Greenwich Village apartment. Tour Papachristidis’s maximalist New York apartment here.
Instagram: @alexsviewpoint
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Alyssa Kapito
Alyssa Kapito InteriorsSTYLE Ivory tower
PROJECTS Minimalist homes from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to Greenwich, Connecticut
Based in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, Alyssa Kapito brings a fresh take on the classics and has a great appreciation of antiques and art.
Some of her projects include a full restoration of a historic Hamptons estate; a family home in Beverly Hills; a beach house in Bellport, Long Island; and a landmarked townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Instagram: @alyssakapitointeriors
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Aman & Meeks
Eric PiaseckiSTYLE Cheeky glamour that shows off the art
CLIENTS Patrons and philanthropists, including Emily Fisher Landau and Candia Fisher
James Aman and partner John Meeks draw on their backgrounds in store design, visual display, and fashion to create lovely, elegant rooms. The designers are especially adroit at fashioning a look of tailored luxury that evokes both past and present.
Instagram: @amanmeeks
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Amy Lau
Thomas LoofSTYLE Sensual expressionism
CLIENTS Edgar and Clarissa Bronfman, fashion designer Elie Tahari
COLLABS Gio Ponti–inspired rugs for Kyle Bunting, wallpaper for Fromental
Founded in 2001, Amy Lau Design creates interiors known for their warmth, expressiveness, and impeccable attention to detail.
Amy has a reverence for the inherent beauty of natural materials and landscapes and thoughtfully incorporates elements of each into every project.
Instagram: @amylaudesign
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Apartment 48
Marco RiccaSTYLE Boho layers
PROJECTS A Manhattan townhouse on the Upper East Side, a modern home in Miami, a New York City flagship for Rent the Runway
Alabama native and noted color wizard Rayman Boozer rose to prominence when he founded Apartment 48, a chic New York home store set up like an apartment. Today, he is the go-to designer for everyone from Manhattan professionals to start-ups in search of an energetic, original look.
Instagram: @raymanboozer
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Ashe Leandro
Joshua McHughSTYLE Chilled-out sophistication
CLIENTS Jake Gyllenhaal, Seth Meyers
Former set designer Ariel Ashe and architect Reinaldo Leandro’s New York City firm Ashe Leandro mixes contemporary luxury and natural materials to create spaces that feel open and timeless.
Past projects include work for Liev Schreiber and Seth Meyers, who is the husband of Ashe’s sister.
Instagram: @ashe_leandro
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Axel Vervoordt
ELLE DecorSTYLE Wabi-sabi wow
CLIENTS Kim-ye, Robert De Niro, Bill Gates
PROJECTS His legendary art and antiques galleries in Antwerp and Hong Kong
Interior designer, antiquarian, and art gallery owner, the Antwerp tastemaker is revered for his influential style, mixing antiquities and art with modern furnishings draped in Belgian-linen slipcovers.
Instagram: @axelvervoordt
Photo forthcoming.
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Beata Heuman
Simon BrownSTYLE Bloomsbury by way of Scandinavia
CLIENTS U.K. creatives
PROJECTS Whimsical wallpaper, fabrics, and more on her online Shoppa
A London up-and-comer with a whimsical, unexpected approach to interiors, Beata Heuman is known for her playful and original work.
Heuman worked for Nicky Haslam for nine years before setting up her own studio in 2013. Her team strives to create beautiful interiors—whatever the scale and budget—characterized by a Scandinavian attention to detail and longevity.
Instagram: @beataheuman
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Bilhuber & Associates
William WaldronSTYLE All-American dash
CLIENTS Elsa Peretti, Mariska Hargitay
COLLABS Fabrics for Le Gracieux, hardware for P.E. Guerin
Though the styles of his rooms range from sumptuously lush to strictly tailored, Jeffrey Bilhuber offers an all-American take on classic decorating—which explains his popularity with clients such as the late David Bowie and Anna Wintour of Vogue.
Instagram: @jeffreybilhuber
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Brad Ford ID
Trevor TondroSTYLE Love craft
PROJECTS A model apartment at Jean Nouvel’s 53 West 53rd complex at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art
NEWS Field + Supply, his biannual makers’ fair in New York’s Hudson Valley, enters its seventh year
New York–based designer Brad Ford is known for his residential interiors that are at once modern and warm, elegant, and functional.
He founded his eponymous firm in 1998, and his Field + Supply craft and design fair has more than 100 vendors and exhibitors.
Instagram: @brad_ford_id
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Brian J. McCarthy
William WaldronSTYLE Sumptuous elegance, honed at Parish-Hadley
NEWS 2020 lifetime achievement award from the New York School of Interior Design
New York–based designer Brian J. McCarthy draws inspiration from the culture and elegance of European living. That translates into eclectic spaces grounded by an understanding of history, but realized with a focus on functionality, comfort, and sumptuous materials. His book, Luminous Interiors, was published in 2013.
Instagram: @brianjmccarthyinc
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Brockschmidt & Coleman
Brockschmidt & Coleman, LLCSTYLE Classicism without cobwebs
CLIENTS The literary elite, from Jon Meacham to Julia Reed
NEWS A New Orleans design studio and boutique, Sud, which specializes in Italian crafts
New York City–based Bill Brockschmidt and Courtney Coleman describe their clients as “under-the-radar literati and collectors” who appreciate their ability to match historical references with modern sensibilities.
Instagram: @brockschmidtandcoleman
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Bunny Williams Interior Design
Roger DaviesSTYLE Patinated luxury
NEWS A new line of Bunny Williams Home furniture
is slated for the fall
Bunny Williams is all about classic comfort, an informed eye, and a bit of fun. In her rooms, fine European antiques meet mirrored walls and gutsy artwork. She uses intense colors and delicate patterns with equal panache. Go inside a Williams-designed Park Avenue apartment here.
Instagram: @bunnywilliams_interiordesign
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Carrier and Company
William WaldronSTYLE Positively chic
COLLABS Lighting with Visual Comfort, fabrics with Lee Jofa
Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller are a husband-and-wife duo who create rooms that are a confident mix of timeless and contemporary design—both familiar and fresh at once.
Always refined and sophisticated, light-filled and airy, their spaces range in style from elegantly traditional to luxuriously minimalist to glamorously bohemian.
Instagram: @carrierandco
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Champalimaud Design
CourtesySTYLE Warm welcome
PROJECTS Suites for Boston’s Mandarin Oriental
Alexandra Champalimaud of the Champalimaud design firm is an Anglo-Portuguese expat and one of the world’s most talented luxury hospitality designers. The New York–based studio is dedicated to expressing the individual character of each space through extraordinary design, with imaginative and forward-thinking teams that lead successful award-winning projects around the globe.
Instagram: @champalimauddesign
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Charlotte Moss
JAMES MERRELLSTYLE Genteel and traditional
CLIENTS The Upper East Side, Hamptons, and Palm Beach crowd
COLLABS Metal botanicals, potted or framed, with Tommy Mitchell
Having launched her career on Wall Street, Charlotte Moss is equally attuned to the principles of classic decorating and the needs of a modern household, as well as inspired by women travelers and explorers who pushed boundaries.
Instagram: @charmossny
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Commune
Dominique VorillonSTYLE Handcrafted and holistic
PROJECTS Ace Hotel Kyoto
Los Angeles–based partners Roman Alonso and Steven Johanknecht are masters of the new California cool. From homes to hotels to product design, their work embodies a respect for craft and an almost archaeological sense of place.
Instagram: @communedesign
The 20 Most Famous Interior Designers Working Today
Overnight success is rare in the design industry. Most famous interior designers have spent years working with clients, developing product lines, and building their brands. Becoming a household name requires hustle—and lots and lots of media savvy. Today’s best-known designers took a variety of roads to the top, but now can often be spotted gracing the covers of magazines with buzzy commissions and clients, or landing regular gigs on TV. Once they made it, they figured out how to capitalize on their success and expand their reach worldwide.
While they each have specific specialties and styles, these designers and architects have certainly left their mark on the industry, and continue to influence the way people live and decorate. Read on for AD PRO’s roundup of the most famous interior designers working today.
Joanna Gaines
In just six years, Joanna Gaines—with help from her contractor husband, Chip—has created a design empire. Since Fixer Upper premiered on HGTV in 2013, the designer and TV star has launched collaborations with mega brands like Target and Anthropologie, started a magazine, published books, and made shiplap and farmhouse-style design ubiquitous. The couple has also turned the town of Waco, Texas, into a tourist destination with the Magnolia Market at the Silos, a 4.9-acre shopping and dining complex that draws an estimated 30,000 people per week. While Fixer Upper ended its run in 2018, the Gaineses are continuing their path to design domination. Next up is a hotel in downtown Waco and their own cable television network.
Nate Berkus
In 2002, Nate Berkus made his debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and he quickly became one of America’s favorite design talents, landing TV shows, book deals, and collaborations galore. His eponymous firm, which he founded in 1995 at the age of 24, attracts an array of high-profile clients, including Ricky Martin, and Berkus has partnered on product lines with Target, Kravet, the Shade Store, and Framebridge. He and husband Jeremiah Brent star in TLC’s Nate & Jeremiah by Design and the couple recently unveiled their latest collection for Living Spaces.
Kelly Wearstler
In 2009, The New Yorker declared Kelly Wearstler “the presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design,” and since then her reach and influence have grown far beyond California. The trendsetter has shaped the hospitality industry with her designs for the Viceroy Hotels and Residences, Four Seasons Anguilla, and, most recently, Proper Hotels in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin.
On the residential side, her client list includes Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, and Gwen Stefani, and she’s designed lines for Ann Sacks, Lee Jofa, the Rug Company, Georg Jensen, and Visual Comfort, as well as her own collection of furniture and accessories.
Martyn Lawrence Bullard
There are celebrity interior designers, and then there’s Martyn Lawrence Bullard, the go-to decorator for superstars like Elton John, Cher, Kylie Jenner, and Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian. He’s also a favorite collaborator for brands and has designed a dozen licensed lines that include tile for Ann Sacks, mattresses for Custom Comfort, and silver crowns for Christofle. When he’s not designing for the stars, Bullard is making his mark on the hospitality scene with interiors for Casa Laguna in Laguna Beach and the upcoming The Prospect in Los Angeles.
Bobby Berk
The past two years have been beyond big for Missouri native Bobby Berk. In 2018, he debuted as Queer Eye’s design expert and quickly became a fan favorite for his impactful home makeovers.
The industry veteran launched his retail business back in 2006 and his eponymous design firm in 2015, but Queer Eye has brought his modern, livable style to a massive audience (as his 2.6 million Instagram followers attest). In October, Berk launched a furniture collection with A.R.T. Furniture at High Point Market featuring 44 pieces, several of which quickly sold out.
Peter Marino
Fashion’s favorite architect is Peter Marino. The design legend, who founded his firm in 1978 after working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; George Nelson; and I.M. Pei/Cossutta & Ponte, has designed stores for a who’s who of luxury fashion and jewelry brands including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Bulgari, Hublot, Dior, Fendi, and Graff. His boutiques, like his residential projects, are known for their luxe materials and impressive art displays. He recently released a new textile line for Rubelli and unveiled Louis Vuitton stores in London and Seoul.
Justina Blakeney
L.A. designer Justina Blakeney turned her eclectic, plant-filled style into a hot trend and a booming business with 1.
2 million Instagram followers. She started her design blog, Jungalow, in 2009, and since then she’s written a New York Times bestseller, The New Bohemians; launched an online store; and embarked on a number of collaborations with brands such as Anthropologie, Band-Aid, Target, and Loloi Rugs. Her latest endeavor is a limited-edition, size-inclusive line of apparel, We Wild by Justina Blakeney, and she plans on opening a brick-and-mortar outpost in the near future.
Emily Henderson
Designer Emily Henderson made America up its styling game and helped transform bookshelves, cocktail tables, and mantels across the country. Her big break was winning season five of HGTV Design Star, and her subsequent show on the network, Secrets From a Stylist, ran for two seasons. She shares design know-how with dedicated fans on her popular blog and her Instagram feed, where she has more than 835,000 followers. Her 2015 book, Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, From Tabletops to Bookshelves, was a New York Times bestseller.
In addition to running her interior design practice and content operation, Henderson serves as Target’s home style expert.
Jonathan Adler
Ever since his cheeky pottery debuted at Barneys in 1993, Jonathan Adler has been infusing homes with color and humor. He quickly expanded his business beyond ceramics, designing everything from pillows and furnishings to lighting and rugs. Adler’s design studio has created the interiors of the Parker Palm Springs and Eau Palm Beach, as well as private residences and model apartments. He has licensed lines galore, including his Now House brand on Amazon; a collection with cannabis lifestyle company Higher Standards; and partnerships with Kravet, H&M Home, and the Shade Store.
10 decorators and interior designers worth following on Instagram - Woman Delice
If you are one of those who are in some stage of renovation right now, well, or of those who like to constantly come up with something new and change regularly environment in your home, then this post is for you!
Long live instagram, this worldwide network, into which a huge amount of different copyright materials merge daily, to which we have direct access.
What's the point of buying expensive decor magazines when you can subscribe to decorators' accounts directly and get inspired, as they say, "first hand"?..
Instagram as a source of inspiration
If you think that Instagram is entertainment for youngsters, then you should not be: there is no more convenient way to track the work of designers, artists, stylists, photographers whose visual style you like. We have made a selection of interesting decor-related accounts: study, subscribe, be inspired.
And yes, if you want, subscribe to our instagram too. Nothing serious, just moody photos 😉
#1. Orange County
California-based designer who creates functional interiors and manages to actively use the color pink without turning the room into a barbie nightmare.
#2. Dabito
Dabito lives in New Orleans and works as a graphic designer, and interior decor is a hobby that the author actively photographs. An interesting hodgepodge of the best interiors in the state, many different ideas:
#3.
Emily Henderson This girl is widely known, she has been designing for a very long time, and has already published many books and even hosts her own show. There are many useful and simple solutions on her Instagram (from the series “how to fit a dining table into a small room”).
#4.Grant K. Gibson
This is an instagram that collects examples of interior solutions from around the world - its author, decorator and designer from New York, constantly moves and makes photo reports about his trips and the interiors he has seen. Interesting.
#5.Justina Blakeney
A crazy lady from Los Angeles who loves bright colors and characterful interiors. It’s worth following her instagram just to dilute the tape of black and white minimalist photos in the Scandinavian style.
#6. Kelly Wearstler
Hollywood glamour. An amateur, but the style is absolutely recognizable and unique. If you like to feel like a diva, then it's definitely worth subscribing.
#7. Nicole Gibbons
A New Yorker who started out as a fashion blogger but eventually switched to interiors. Pretty, urban, feminine:
#8. Orlando Soria
Instagram of the creative director of the design studio, as you understand, most of the photos are examples of the studio's professional work. Approximately how to get free photos from the Architectural Digest on your phone:
#9. Will Taylor
Another instagram filled with examples of work using different colors. Its author is the owner of a chain of stores, which he promotes under the slogan "beige is boring!" My Scandinavian home
Instagram of an Englishwoman from London who has been living in Sweden for many years. She started blogging about Scandinavian design many years ago and today she is the author of several books on Scandinavian design and one of the top interior bloggers:
8 top decorators in the world
Pablo Picasso once said that a good artist copies and a great one steals.
Let's soften: everything new is a well-forgotten old. Great designers use all the achievements of culture and art that humanity has accumulated. At the same time, they skillfully combine them with functionality and manufacturability. Let's see how some of the most famous and highly paid decorators and designers of our time do it.
Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber
The British design duo founded a studio together after they graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 1996. Today the Barber&Osgerby brand is known all over the world. The decorators themselves call themselves pragmatists and romantics of their work. Jay and Edward's favorite base for furniture and design has always been wood. According to the creators, it provides simply unlimited scope for self-expression.
The studio designed the torch for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Its design was made of aluminum alloy and had 8000 holes in the body. From a practical point of view, the works of designers include Tip Ton chairs made of recyclable polypropylene, Tobi-Ishi and Button tables for the Italian company B&B, Paris shelving.
The portfolio also includes collaborations with Coca-Cola, Swarovski, Levis and many others. The creations of the duo entered the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Karim Rashid
The name of this man was heard even by those who consider themselves far from the world of design and scenery. Karim is the son of an Egyptian and an Englishwoman and grew up in Canada and England. He studied design in Italy and Canada. Artistic taste was instilled in him by his father, a theater decorator by profession.
One of the secrets of Rashid's popularity and demand is his ability to realize the advantage of freedom over material things. In creativity, this is manifested by a preference for convenience over style. Karim chooses pure bright colors, simple glossy surfaces, straight lines for his creations. Black color is practically not found in his collections, Karim does not like it in interiors and decor items. For production, he prefers modern synthetic materials to natural ones.
The decorator is trusted with the design of restaurants, hotels, boutiques, exhibitions and TV studios in Tokyo, London, New York, Los Angeles. His work is exhibited in 20 museums around the world, including MoMA, Center Pompidou and SFMOMA.
Karim Rashid does not make a secret of his knowledge, he willingly gives lectures, participates in competitions and design conferences. In 2001, the master published the first book entitled "I want to change the world."
Christopher Hall
From New Zealand to Turkey Christopher was driven by dreams and interest in Eastern culture. For 20 years now, he has been creating and creating his masterpieces here, and famous Arab princes are among his clients.
In its interiors, the Hall combines modern Western culture and millennial Eastern traditions. For the subtlety of taste, he is called the alchemist of elegant chic. The decorator himself believes that he managed to revive the interest of Westerners in Eastern culture.
Its low tea and coffee tables, bronze lamps and sofas evoke dreams of Arabian tales.
Christopher's craving for luxury began with decorating an old barn in his grandfather's garden. At the disposal of the teenager were magnolia branches, pieces of brocade, old furniture and carpets. Surprisingly, the future decorator was able to create a single composition from this set. Even then, Christopher thought that his native island was too small for him. At the age of 19, the young man leaves for Greece to study culture and art. The influence of Hellenism is noticeable in his work: just look at the Somata furniture collection, inspired by ancient Greek mythology.
Patricia Urquiola
This amazing woman from Spain is called a hurricane for the speed and power with which she broke into the Olympus of world design. In her work, Patricia is attracted by African, Central Asian and Indonesian motifs. Their culture and art are inspiring. No less she loves the fjords and savannas, which are also reflected in her creations.
The designer calls the history of his professionalism "Italian", as he has been living in Milan for more than 30 years.
Patricia believes that women add more sense to design than men. She sees his future in the absence of symmetry. Patricia specializes in armchairs, chairs and sofas. And, although her creations are difficult to attribute to any particular style, professionals among themselves call it "comfortable minimalism." The asymmetrical Fjord chair with one armrest, the Chasen pendant lamp that resembles a Japanese whisk, the Lowland sofa, which is copied by many upholstered furniture manufacturers, are iconic pieces created by decorator and designer Patricia Urquiola.
Ross Lovegrove
The British designer has been described as a "preacher of organic essentialism". He encourages people to give up the unnecessary and love nature. Some of Ross's ideas are truly innovative. For example, for the design of the streets of Vienna, he came up with the so-called "solar trees" (Solar Tree).
They charge during the day and shine at night. This environmentally friendly solution is completely independent of the city's power grid.
The designer calls his studio "a terrible place". According to him, it looks like a NASA space laboratory and a natural history museum at the same time. However, it is here that the maestro creates masterpieces. In the studio, you can see silicon oxide chairs, biopolycarbonate furniture, a leaf-shaped Kevlar chair, and many other unexpected things. For such unique ideas, the designer is called the man of the future. Ross Lovegrove himself says that he just wants to make familiar things more perfect.
Marcel Wanders
No significant exhibition in the world of design is complete without this native of the Netherlands. The history of Marseille as a decorator is amazing. In 1988, he was expelled from the Design Academy Eindhoven, and after that he graduated with honors from art school in Amsterdam.
Wanders began his career by presenting to the public an armchair in knots imitating the technique of macramé knitting.
Today, the designer admits that his non-standard work is loved in other countries, but coolly perceived in his native Netherlands. Inexperienced people are slightly shocked by his need to express the dark sides of the human soul, melancholy and fears in furniture and decor. His sensational project Monster Chair (“Chair-monster”), a collection of vases “Sinusitis”, “Hay fever”, “Rhinitis”, as well as decor items depicting human eyes are not understood by many. But the New Classic sanitary ware line, Blue Ming porcelain and Jardin d'Eden silverware delight the most ardent adherents of the classics.
In 2011, The New York Times named Marcel Wanders the "Lady Gaga of Design" for his unconventional approach, inexhaustible imagination and creative energy. However, the scope of his business suggests that he remains a true European, and of the toughest modernist training.
Kelly Hoppen
This woman is called the queen of English design. Kelly has created her own recognizable style, which is called "neutral luxury".
