The Hearst Designer Visions Showhouse is an event I look forward to every year. The designers chosen to participate go above and beyond and this year is no exception. They used to choose a film as the inspiration for the spaces which I always loved but now they are asked to come up with their […]
You’d think I’d have gotten more posts up this week considering how much time I’ve spent at home because of the hurricane. The truth is that it’s hard to focus and pull away from the news coverage. The city looks like something out of a movie and everyone outside seems dazed and confused. Poor Staten […]
Getting down to Tribeca from the Upper East Side is always a struggle. None more so than on Friday when there were no taxis on the road due to a Muslim holiday and no downtown 6 subway trains due to an investigation. But the Hearst Designer Visions show house was worth the travel effort. It’s […]
The third space in the Hearst Designer Visions Show House was designed by Thomas O’Brien of Aero Studios for Veranda magazine. He was inspired by the 1987 firm Someone to Watch Over Me starring Mimi Rogers and Tom Berenger. A bit more by the song of the same name and the prewar glamour of the […]
Jed Johnson Associates is a wonderful design firm in New York but the one I had the least familiarity with at the Hearst Designer Visions Cinema Style Show House. It was nice to be able to see their work up close and learn more about then. While I knew that Jed Johnson had died in […]
One of my favorite events every year is the Hearst Designer Visions Cinema Style Show House. They usually hold it in a newly constructed residential building and the three chosen designers are paired with a Hearst magazine and choose a film as inspiration for their spaces. Since the building this year is 1212 Fifth Avenue […]
The third apartment at The Setai for Designer Visions was designed by Steven Gambrel for Town & Country magazine. It has just been published in the December issue if you want to read more about it. As you know, all the spaces were inspired by a film set in New York and Steven chose Six […]
Of all the spaces at Designer Visions at The Setai, I was most excited to see the apartment inspired by Wall Street. Interior designer Richard Hallberg designed the space for Veranda and imagined where Gordon Gekko would live after he was released from prison. He would certainly still be collecting art and living well. What […]
One of my favorite events last year was the Designer Visions: Cinema Style sponsored by Hearst magazines and I couldn’t wait to see what they had up their sleeve this year. They have paired three of their magazines with three top designers to create apartments that were inspired by films all set in New York. They […]
The final townhouse in the Designer Visions series was designed by John Saladino for Veranda and was inspired by Girl with a Pearl Earring. Apparently Mr. Saladino does not normally participate in showhouses so this was quite a coup. Girl with a Pearl Earring is set in 17th-century Netherlands and this showhouse has more literal […]
For his Designer Visions Showhouse in the Soho Mews, interior designer Richard Mishaan chose Dinner at Eight as his inspiration. The movie revolves around the preparation for a dinner party for a group wealthy and soon to be unwealthy men and women during the Great Depression. You practically need an org chart to keep up […]
By now, most of you have probably seen the November 2009 issue of House Beautiful that features Thom Filicia‘s fabulous Designer Visions Showhouse. I was treated to a private tour of all the showhouses a few weeks ago and I can tell you that they are even more spectacular in person! This year, each designer […]