MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT

A big part of the public relations life is event organization – from planning to attending, from prepping our clients to coordinating décor and catering, Images & Details loves and excels at making sure everything is perfect.  We’ve been busy this season at a number of events that gave us the opportunity to showcase our expertise to the design world.

At High Point Market, our client Vispring hosted “Bedtime Stories,” a brunch event at which we challenged five of our favorite design teams to create bedside table vignettes that illustrated a beloved book.  We knew we were in for an exciting time when Robin Baron called and asked, “Could we do Fifty Shades of Grey?”  Robin and her team delivered with a fabulous monochromatic color scheme compete with blood red flowers and a smattering of scattered lingerie. Robert Leleux and Shaun Smith recreated “The Ugly Duckling,” complete with two life-sized faux swans, and Anne Rue evoked all the emotions with her incredible recreation of the timeless “Goodnight Moon.”  Our own Jonathan Savage took the challenge to a darker place, reinterpreting “The Nightmare Before Christmas” using black and white and a skull motif, while Rivers Spencer chose the Princess and the Pea, which is really rather apt for a Vispring-hosted party, given their mattress-making craft!

Each vignette dazzled and excited us, but as with every party, it was the guests who provided the essential element to make the event fun and successful.  Thank you to everyone who attended and made it such a lovely morning!

High Point Market complete, we returned to Connecticut for our client Wakefield Design Center’s twice-yearly To the Trade Day.  We’ve had some outstanding guests in the past … but we have to say this line-up left even us a little star-struck.  Starting off, Eddie Ross, who has just launched his new book Modern Mix to wonderful response, shared his tips and tricks for sourcing chic and accessible finds that reflect your own personality in your home.  Long-time Images & Details friend Julia Buckingham then introduced us to her philosophy of Modernique, a way of life influenced by her own personal journey.  Next, the inimitable Robert Couturier participated in a Q&A with New England Home editor-in-chief Kyle Hoepner, discussing the art of designing exquisite paradises for the cultural and intellectual elite.  Finally, the lovely and engaging Thom Filicia had a tete-a-tete with Michael Devine, premiering new furniture and artwork from the Thom Filicia Home Collection.

We love helping host the To the Trade Day; while the reach of the interiors community is global, this event allows us to bring the very best of the world of design right here to Connecticut.  Again, thank you to our participants and to those who attended.

We at Images & Details wish for you a happy holiday season with many happy and successful events, and look forward to seeing you in 2016!

Fall Forward

Jonathan Savage

Jonathan Savage, of Savage Interior Design, is a hot new designer out of Nashville for whom we expect great things. His debut in the I&D world will be at High Point Market, where he’ll be participating in the Bedtime Stories event with another client of ours, Vispring – the luxury bed company based in the UK. At the event, several top designers will create vignettes for the bedside tables in the showroom based on their favorite bedtime stories – we’re excited about Jonathan’s theme, “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Renae Cohen

We’re also so pleased to now be working with the lovely Renae Cohen, of Westchester-based Renae Cohen Interiors. Renae’s mantra is one of “functional design” – a native of the Midwest, Renae insists that her projects be as user-friendly for her clients as they are beautiful. Renae’s elegant, sophisticated aesthetic (she has a background in antiques) will be on view at the 2015 Rooms with a View in Southport, the venerated showcase for interiors talent started by Albert Hadley and currently curated by Thom Filicia.

Barclay Butera’s Landon

AND … (we told you it was busy around here!), Images & Details will work with Barclay Butera at High Point Market on the launch of Landon, his new Eastern Accents collection. Together, we will be hosting an exclusive preview down at High Point, followed by a signing of Barclay’s new book. Fresh and on-trend, we think Landon will be popping up everywhere this fall.

 

Carey Karlan with artist Joan Cone

More locally, we’ve really enjoyed working with our clients George Snead at Wakefield Design Center and Carey Karlan of Last Detail on the Showhouse on the Green in Fairfield. The result of the efforts of 20 top interior designers and decorative artists, the Showhouse is open for 5 weeks from September 19 through October 25, and Connecticut Cottages and Gardens is media sponsor.

Out of Office

Images and Details is all about experiences.  Most recently, we had a glorious road trip to visit Peter Fasano‘s studio in Great Barrington, MA where we got to see where the magic happens.   On this picture perfect summer day, Tori Mellott of Traditional Home was joined by designers Lynn Morgan and Regan Hayes along with our PR gal pal Cristina Juarez.

Peter’s newest passion is antique wooden blocks.  We saw how a single image was transformed into an overall pattern.  It was a whirl wind of learning — from how screens are made, to watching colors being calculated, to seeing fabric being printed and dried.

Paint cans galore labeled with the Who’s Who of the design world were stacked in a row.

After the tour we went for a lovely al frescoe lunch at Elizabeth and Peter’s home. Farm to table simplicity at its best.  Yummy salads, fresh baked breads and delish local desserts.    On our return we stopped at a few antique shops and ran into our fellow travelers.  A great way to be inspired.