People, people, people. That seems to to be one of the new themes that shapes H&H...that and getting out of NYC.
The Russians to the left, Mira Apraxine and Nikolai Druzin, are part of the new interior design craze in Moscow, having just redone their apartment with fab finds from NYC (of all places). This is the top story this week.
Top Stories
- For Russian Style, an Extreme Makeover: It may not be design you want to copy, but BOY is there a lot of money going into Russian interiors right now. This is a great inside peek at this new rush for a hip home in the former Soviet Union.
- In Santa Fe, an Architectural Battle Goes Casa a Casa: It's hard to know who's right in this local spat between an architect and the city planning board, but we like Trey Jordan's house.
- Redefining American Beauty, by the Yard: It's a longshot, but with Edible Estates, the American Lawn is under seige by those who would prefer to plant vegetables and grasses that are easier to maintain and better for the earth. Fritz Haeg is this week's poster boy.
Vandals suck.
am i the only one who thought the lawn garden article was really smarmy? i mean, they practically accused the people in the article of being anti-american for deciding to forgo the traditional suburban lawn... if you didn't think we had regressed to the 50's, you'll believe it after reading that article.
Nickolai looks a bit like Maxwell!
I dunno -- the lawn article seemed pretty mild, as far as NYT H&G smarminess goes. The quotes by the academics on the social history of lawn were perhaps more lawn-positive than they would have been a decade ago, but that's all I noticed.
It is always so strange to read articles about Russia. What new craze? Russia is the birthplace of constructivism, for Gods sake! This interior design "thing" was going on for quite a while. There are so many interior designers/architects in Russia who have been alive and well for years. The magazines that they mention in the article are all Western ones, but how about local Russian magazines? I used to go there and pick up copies of Salon Magazine ( www.salon.ru) in the early 90s. They had a section on the homes of artists and architects that was just amazing, contemporary and creative. Yes, there are always clients who request a little Hermitage in their two-bedroom Khrushchev era apartments ( inspired, by the way, by NYC Projects) , but same goes for the homes of American nouveau riches, doesnt it? :-)