Friday, January 25, 2019
Katie Leede
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Our interview this week involved a thoughtful discussion with designer Katie Leede about the intersection between acting and designing...Read the Full Story
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Friday, January 11, 2019 Jenny Dina KirschnerBy Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch After being something of a serial taker of college degrees (she has four), interior designer Jenny Kirschner quickly struck out on her own...Read the Full Story |
Friday, December 14, 2018 Brock ForsblomBy Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch One of Brock Forsblom’s friends introduces him thus: “This is Brock. He went to Yale and then he became a decorator.”...Read the Full Story |
Friday, December 7, 2018 Michele VarianBy Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Designer Michele Varian opened her first store in SoHo very shortly after 9/11 when she had money burning in her pocket from the sale of...Read the Full Story |
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Friday, November 30, 2018 Lucinda LoyaBy Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Designer Lucinda Loya divides her time between Houston and New York, living in an ultra-modern house back in Texas and an apartment in a...Read the Full Story |
Friday, November 16, 2018 Victoria & SonBy Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Anthony Victoria and his son, Freddy, represent the second and third generations of a family-owned bespoke furniture business long known...Read the Full Story |
Friday, October 12, 2018 Brian McCarthyBy Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch & Pierre Crosby Brian J. McCarthy is best known for the way in which every design he creates is highly personalized for each client...Read the Full Story |
Friday, June 8, 2018
Jeanie Engelbach
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Professional organizer Jeanie Engelbach calls herself “a gentle drill sergeant” … and possibly sometimes not that...Read the Full Story
Friday, April 27, 2018
Richard Mishaan
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch As we said to designer Richard Mishaan at some point in our lengthy interview, “we thought we were going to be talking about if mid-...Read the Full Story
Friday, April 13, 2018
Susan Bleckner Heller
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Although Susan Bleckner Heller studied fine art at The School for Visual Arts, she is wholly self-taught as a ceramicist and initially...Read the Full Story
Friday, March 23, 2018
Charles H. Beckley Mattresses
Ted Marschke, Ken Marschke, and Tim Marschke. By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch & Pierre Crosby Sian’s search for a new mattress led to us to one of our more...Read the Full Story
Friday, January 19, 2018
Bennett Leifer
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Designer Bennett Leifer (pictured with his partner Benni Frowein ) made the decision to major in both art history and business in college...Read the Full Story
Friday, January 12, 2018
Priscilla Ulmann
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Priscilla Ulmann is a designer who is seasoned enough to know that she doesn’t need to cover all the bases — she’s not...Read the Full Story
Friday, December 22, 2017
Tom Britt
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch We asked designer Tom Britt if, as he claims, a room can really make you feel “important, sexy and confident.” Of course he...Read the Full Story
Friday, December 8, 2017
Jim “The Hound” Marshall
By Sian Ballen & Lesley Hauge Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Jim “the Hound” Marshall is known to the avid listeners of his radio shows over the years, both on WFMU in the 80s and 90s and...Read the Full Story