Articles for April 3rd, 2008
Rutherford’s Unveils New Look
Tomorrow from 4-7, Rutherford’s is hosting the Dallas debut of West Coast designer/film producer/set designer Stockton Briggle. I love Rutherford’s bazaar look of fabrics, trims and tassels everywhere, but it will be nice to see a more urban cleaned up style. Robert Rutherford is our own local “prince of chintz”, and few people know fabrics better than him. I learned the fabric business from him about a hundred years ago at John Edward Hughes, before he opened the shop on Lovers Lane - rather controversial at the time because he made designer fabrics available to the public.
Interview with Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck seems to be sending mixed messages these days. D Magazine Frontburner reviewed this interview where the French designer proclaimed “design is dead”. Last week at West Week in LA, Starck and David Sutherland unveiled a new collection “RobinWood”, which is the first collaboration between the two furniture giants. Read below for the interview - I think Starck had a great time designing this extraordinary collection, and talks about it in his usual mischievous, irreverant way. But, maybe he just had a great time working with David Sutherland. Wait one month for the May DHome to see more. (more…)
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