Monthly Archives: June 2010

June 2, 2010 · 12:05 am

ARTmonday: Elephants in Art

The elephant is the season’s “it” animal in interiors and the arts. I’m seeing them everywhere, from the stage to indie films, in shelter mags and in the shops. The elephant is not new to the style scene. Iconic examples of the beast have been around a while. Here’s a quick look at select elephants in the arts. Tomorrow I have a montage of elephants incorporated in decor, and on Wednesday, some cute pachyderms for sale. If you’re eager for an immediate glimpse of rooms and items, check out “Trendlet Alert: Elephants” on The Inside Source.

Richard Avedon • “Dovima With Elephants” • Harper’s Bazaar • 1955

Didier Massard • “Elephant” • 2008

Carlsberg Elephant Beer print ad • 1950

Shepard Fairey • “Obey Elephant”

dekaAnimals “A Little Elephant” • $18 • Etsy

Banksy • Exit Through the Gift Shop

Jessica Biales • “Elephants in Central Park” • 2009

Elephant Parade • London

“Elephant.” • The New Victory Theater • New York City

Sketchbook • Lee Essex Doyle

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June 1, 2010 · 9:47 am

Fine Print: Designers’ Homes in CFDA Book

WWD reports that the CFDA (that’s the Council of Fashion Designers of America for those of you not in the fashion know) and glossy book publisher Assouline are publishing American Fashion Designers at Home, a coffee-table book that will showcase homes from over 100 of its members. It’s due out in September ($65, to benefit the CFDA Foundation), though it’s featured on neither Amazon nor Assouline’s own site yet.

Glimpses will include new and yes, we’ve seen them before images, including Carolina Herrera UES (that’s Upper East Side for you non-New Yorkers) co-op, Donna Karan’s Parrot Cay guest house, Josie Natori’s Paris pied-à-terre, Diane von Furstenberg’s Cloudwalk estate in Litchfield County, Ralph Lauren’s Double RL ranch in Telluride, Mark Badgley and James Mischka’s horse farm in the rolling Kentucky hills, Lela Rose’s TriBeCa loft, and Bob Mackie’s vibrant L.A. pad. And, of course, no fashion décor tome would be complete without Jenna Lyons’ Park Slope brownstone.

Here are the images online at WWD. I contacted the publicists at Assouline, begging for more . . .

Angel Sanchez’s Mondrian-inspired living room.

The roof deck of Elie Tahari’s triplex in Soho , complete with family.

The guest house at Donna Karan’s Parrot Cay retreat in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Milly’s Michelle Smith’s pre-war living room on Madison Avenue, first seen in Elle Decor.

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June 1, 2010 · 8:36 am

Montage: 23 Wall Installations

I’ve been really interested in the idea of wall installations lately; a natural progression after last year’s obsession with wall sculptures. While you can use pretty much anything to create pattern and texture to blank walls, the ones I’m most attracted to are the art works. ( I have an ‘everyday objects as wall art’ post in the works as well). A few months ago I blogged about Tracy Melton’s tree ring encaustic paintings I purchased on Etsy. We finally hung them yesterday and they look fantastic – the picture is below. (My lack of photography,lighting and styling skills don’t do the installation justice.) I had planned on lining them up in a grid, but my ever artistic husband (he has a knack, surprisingly), insisted they’d look better scattered. Like ’em?

Our house on the Cape