After 20 years in the industry and a showroom consisting of 23,000 square feet, the team at Avery & Dash know a thing or two (or 23,000) about antiques. We spoke with President Nick Savard about trends in the space, his favorite shows, and what we’re calling the “antiques resurrection.”
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To get a better sense of today’s design world in Brooklyn, we asked five of our favorite creators about their neighborhoods, their favorite boutiques, and the other designers who influence their lives. Brooklyn can be overwhelming to visitors—it has more residents than Paris as well as 15 U.S. states, after all (a true, Google-able fact)—so it helps to have a friend. We spoke with Brian Volk-Zimmerman of VOLK Studio, Erik Johnson of Argosy Product Division, Bowen Liu, Robert Sukrachand, and Anthony Morris to find Brooklyn’s best and learn how it inspires them through every New York minute.
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Hollywood Regency hotels may not be as ubiquitous as Art Deco hotels or mountain lodges in the U.S., but what they lack for in numbers they make up for in their centrality to America’s DNA. Dig into the histories of America’s legendary Hollywood Regency hotels—The Greenbrier, The Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, to name a few—and you’ll find it’s not just opulent interiors that unite them, but robust histories populated by U.S. presidents, diplomats, billionaires, and, of course, Tinsel Towners. Does that make the Hollywood Regency hotel America’s official hotel style? Here, six getaways (and their page-turning stories) make a compelling case for it.
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As we transition into fall and watch the leaves drop from the trees, we’re also getting ready for the annual The San Francisco Fall Show. A West Coast staple since 1981, the show will run from October 3rd to the 6th at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, with the Opening Night Preview Gala (deemed the highlight of the San Francisco Social Season) on October 2nd. Renowned designers and art enthusiasts alike will be gathering under one roof to celebrate and relish in the historic beauty of antiques. The show itself also functions as a fundraiser for Enterprise for Youth, a nonprofit that provides under-sourced San Francisco youth with career preparation and internship opportunities.
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