Q&A with Paula Caravelli and Martha Angus
What is your favorite living space to design? Entry spaces are special for us because they set the tone for the interior and you can be a bit adventurous. We were honored when Iris Dankner asked us to be a part of Holiday House ‘12 last fall for Read More
What made you decide to pursue a career as an interior designer? Growing up in a mod 70s home—that still looks incredible and timeless today—was the beginning of my exposure to great design. From girlhood it was my dream to do interiors.
Where do you turn for inspiration, design and otherwise? Inspiration is everywhere! I Read More
What is a typical day like for you as an interior designer? The answer is there is no typical day! I have set meetings of course, but after a few phone calls into the day, my team and I have to lift sails and turn the boat more often than not. In this business you Read More
What made you decide to pursue a career as an interior designer? I always wanted to be a painter. I studied painting in school and abroad, but ultimately pursued the more business side of design. Years later, I found myself longing to get my hands on a creative process that I loved and made the Read More
What is a typical day like for the two of you as interior designers? There’s really no such thing as a typical day—every client and project presents new challenges and opportunities. There are many days that you’ll find us in the D & D building and various showrooms throughout the city. On other days we may Read More
Sixth grade was dunzo! I snatched my skateboard, stashed in a bush outside Barclay School, and hit the sidewalk with a slap and roar of joy. After narrowly avoiding prison, aka Grace Farm, that boarding school for “troubled youth” in the boondocks of Maine, I celebrated the start of summer with eight packs of Pop Rocks, all shoved in my mouth at one time. Each sugary snap created a chorus of freedom ringing down East 74th Street.
My parents love “the country,” meaning Southampton, but I way prefer the city unless it’s summer when I can boogie board. So I quietly sat in our green station wagon with my headphones on as my parents drove the two hours to Southampton. My punk rock playlist drowned out most of their annoying conversation, which centered on some “ghastly” (my mom’s favorite word for anything she didn’t like from people to someone’s shoes) divorced woman who had been black balled from the beach club where I basically spent every day all summer. Read More
You don’t have to be part of the in-crowd to eat with them. But we’re not saying it doesn’t help.
Artan Gjoni, the managing partner of the eatery who was previously at Mercer Kitchen and Norwood, says the clientele at this painfully chic restaurant didn’t happen by accident.
“I come from a good line of work places, so I’ve always had very loyal customers and friends coming by,” he explains of the large number of regulars. “I always had the ‘West Village client.’ For this place I wanted to get more of an artsy feel of the Lower East Side, more than people who were just eaters and tastemakers—I wanted to get the young, intellectual crowd who also appreciated our menu—and we’re getting that so far.”
Ken & Cook—whose name is a homage to its location on Kenmare Street—is drawing quite a set of A-listers to boot. Right after it opened its doors in the former Travertine space, the restaurant held the after party for the film Hick, which drew the likes of Emma Roberts, Chloë Grace Moretz, Rory Culkin and Charlotte Ronson. Read More
Commanding the foot of the red carpet, Andrew Saffir greets his guests the only way he knows how, with that warm and endearing smile of his, and a hint of excitement peeking through the lenses of his wire eyeglasses. There to personally welcome each arrival—announced by the unmistakable cloud of flickering flashbulbs—he only occasionally jumps onto the carpet to get in a few shots with his friends.
Flashing his trademark smile, Saffir is posing with the actors, editors, directors, producers, supermodels and socialites who consistently turn up at the screenings and after parties hosted by Saffir and the company he founded, the Cinema Society.
The occasion is a screening of the gritty, NC-17-rated dark comedy Killer Joe and the guest list is as star-studded as it is distinct. Actors mingle with directors and designers, editors hover at the bar with models while socialites laugh with photographers. Matthew McConaughey, Gina Gershon, John Stamos, Ethan Cohen, Stefano Tonchi, Terry Richardson and Nicky Hilton have all turned up at the cozy screening room of the Tribeca Grand Hotel for Willliam Friedkin’s flick about a family’s plot to have their mother murdered to cash in on her life insurance. But star-studded crowds are something Saffir is used to. In fact, standing in front of the audience to introduce the film, Saffir is as calm and collected as a host throwing an intimate dinner party for friends in his own home. Read More
Krista Krieger is obsessed with Africa. She has been to the continent three times since January and stopped counting after more than twelve trips. In 2007, after funding the renovation of a preschool she had visited, Krieger joined the board of the Africa Foundation which works with its corporate partner &Beyond to raise money for basic necessities in the war-torn and economically desperate African villages. “Africa Foundation does a lot of brick-and-mortar type projects, so it’s easy to show donors where the money has gone,” Krieger explains. “This is one of the main things that attracted me to the organization—the transparency of where the funds have gone.” Read More
Who is the mysterious man-about-town who won the heart of America’s favorite “It” Girl/style icon/TV starlet Olivia Palermo? Meet the devastatingly dashing and handsome Johannes Huebl, who ditched a career in business, moved to New York to model for mega-labels like Cole Haan, Hugo Boss and Hogan, and quickly became a society favorite. We talk to Huebl about his low-key life with Palermo in Brooklyn (where paparazzi regularly snap the couple and their neighbor Anne Hathaway), his favorite New York hangouts and his next career move. Read More
