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3 weeks ago |
1stdibs.com | Marisa Bartolucci
Celeste Robbins is something of a rare bird. She first made her name as an architect, masterfully crafting modernist houses that melded gracefully with their natural surroundings. Now, she is gaining notice as a decorator, thanks to the highly personal and sophisticated interiors she’s begun creating for the homes crafted by her firm, Robbins Design, based in Winnetka, Illinois, just outside Chicago.
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Oct 25, 2024 |
1stdibs.com | Marisa Bartolucci
In the early aughts, the monastic minimalism of British architectural designer John Pawson was all the rage in Sydney, Australia, as it was just about everywhere else. But native son Greg Natale, who launched his eponymous design firm in 2001, decided to take a different tack. To get himself noticed fast, he produced a one-bedroom apartment in which the walls, blinds and bed linens were all adorned with the same linear motif.
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Oct 11, 2024 |
1stdibs.com | Marisa Bartolucci
Today, unless you are in the know, you might associate Sèvres porcelain with the 18th-century-style tchotchkes that your grandmother adorned her mantlepiece with in an effort to evoke le goût Rothschild. Although Sèvres has always represented opulence, in truth, the story of the porcelain manufactory is one of groundbreaking artistry and extraordinary technical invention, a testament to France’s exceptional cultural and scientific achievements.
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Sep 6, 2024 |
1stdibs.com | Marisa Bartolucci
What is the place of tradition in an age of disruption? It’s a question very much at the heart of the great social divide in the U.S. today. Can the customs and conventions of an agrarian past be accommodated in a post-digital world? And if so, how? A resolution to that charged dialectic is not to be discovered here.
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Aug 2, 2024 |
1stdibs.com | Marisa Bartolucci
It is a curious truth, although seldom remarked upon, that a great many of those with an exceptional talent for crafting inviting domestic interiors suffer from mild, though chronic, homesickness. Don’t laugh. In our hypermobile and increasingly virtual world, it’s easy to trivialize the longing for a lost home, especially one from childhood. Yet for centuries, such nostalgia was considered a potentially fatal condition.
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