Get to know an Interior Designer: Kelly Hoppen

Kelly Hoppen is a British Interior Designer who has designed across the globe.  She also has her own collection of paint, accessories, and a series of books.  In Touch, a book she wrote on how to use texture in your spaces has served as a great inspiration to me for residential interior studio projects.  I love her simple color palettes that look look rich due to the contrasting textures.

Student Spotlight: Molly

Our class just finished up doing a multi-generational house that includes a courtyard and living areas for 3 generations of 1 family.  Molly did a great job with giving her house a contemporary, crisp feel while still using traditional materials.  Her dropped ceiling beams carry your eye along the perimeter of the courtyard and into the rest of the space.  Feel free to leave comments or suggestions, I know Molly would love feedback on her work!

Get to know an Interior Designer: Miles Redd

Miles Redd is a residential interior designer who originally studied film at NYU.  After studying in France, working as an antique dealer, and working as an assistant designer, he became creative director for Oscar de la Renta Home.  His layered style combines flea market antiques with polished lacquered pieces, rich fabrics, and jewel colors.

{Info and Images courtesy of Miles Redd}

Get to know an Interior Designer: Christopher Coleman

Christopher Coleman is a fresh, funky designer who works out of Brooklyn, New York.  He does mostly residential spaces, with an emphasis on colorful, playful children's rooms.  I love his luxurious bathrooms and dressing rooms too.  His play on textures and new uses of materials {like newsprint wallpaper in the office} is so imaginative and modern.  His goal is to bring affordable, good design to everyone.  His website is graphically beautiful and so easy to navigate.

Get to know an Interior Designer: Marie Aiello Design Studio

Marie Aiello studied art history and english at UCLA, then went on to study design at the New York School of Interior Design.  Her work is influenced heavily by her travels to Marais and St. Barth.  Her firm, Marie Aiello Design Studio has a beautiful website and has created some gorgeous interiors and furnishings.

Get to know an Interior Designer: Piero Lissoni

Italian designer Piero Lissoni dips his toes into multiple fields-interiors, graphics, site planning, boat design, and furniture design just to name a few.  He opened up his own studio, later to become known as Lissoni Associati, where his focus is on luxury hotels and resorts.  His interiors are clean and concise, with a modern international feel.  Check out his company's website.  The graphic layout is insane!

Get to know an Interior Designer: James Biber

Basically all of us can name a few famous architects- Frank Gehry, I M Pei- but interior designers are not as well known.  So for a new post idea, I will occasionally feature a famous interior designer, with the first being James Biber of Pentagram Architects.  Check out some of his retail and commercial interiors.  I love his attention to detail in the ceilings and how he brands the spaces so well.

Kara Mann Interiors

Thanks to Coco & Kelley I've found a new residential interior designer, Kara Mann.  She has also done the design for a website company, which relates perfectly to our studio's corporate design project.  Check out how she has added interest using minimal materials (like the wood details around each door frame)  yet kept the simplicity that is so similar to our perspectives.  And she even has exit signs (our studio professor pointed out that none of us had exit signs in our perspectives)!

Contemporary Residential Interior Designer

Need some inspiration? Check out Robert Stilin's residential interiors for a clean, contemporary feel created with warm woods and rich textures. His designs are the perfect balance of masculine and feminine.