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upbringings, but also by their historical circum- erner would learn about China is guanxi —roughly stances. I’ve found that these “seven deadly sins” translated as “connections” or “networks of inu- could undermine Westerners’ eectiveness to do ence.” As a result, foreigners new to the game tend deals in China. to think that guanxi is everything in China. There Cheat •Telling the Chinese how to build is no free lunch, even in China. Guanxi is part of a Rome. While we all know the old adage, “ When complex web of bartered give-and-take’s that are in Rome, do as the Romans do.” It seems that passed through generations or circles of relation- SHEET when in China, many Westerners tend to tell the ships. To manage a project in China, whether to Chinese what to do based on an assumption that establish an art museum or a cultural foundation, the Westerners know better. That may have held you typically would need to manage guanxi at the for doing true 30 years ago, but no more. Seiji Ozawa, one of national, provincial and local levels. Good guanxi the rst foreign-born conductors to take helm at a alone cannot supplant fundamental business logics. prestigious American orchestra, once talked about •Expecting risk-free returns. I often found business his own experience. He said, if you are a foreigner, many Western businessmen unwilling to take any they will not hire you if you are as good as them. You risk in China. They are so wrapped up in their view in China have to be better . of China as a ruthless, dangerous place that they feel •Mistaking lack of sophistication for paralyzed to take any action or reasonable risk assess- lack of intelligence. It’s a common human ment. Their desire to achieve a risk-free return that is 1. Regional dierences can tendency to underestimate an individual coming not even possible in their own homeland, let alone in a from a business environment that is perceived as less business environment of its own distinctive charac- mean varying degrees of busi- sophisticated. For instance, within the past decade, teristics, is puzzling to me. ness sophistication. Chinese art markets leapfrogged from a handful of •Trading common sense for cultural commercial galleries to high-ying art funds and differences. A long lineage of literature on doing art exchanges without the critical support of an business in China has attributed countless horror 2. Things can happen much established infrastructure made up of museums, art stories and cautionary tales to two perceived cultural faster in China. One needs to professionals, art critics, art laws and so forth. polarities: socialism vs. capitalism and Western vs. work harder to keep up. Chinese are very keenly aware of its tumultuous Chinese. While there is certain truth to these polari- history in the past 200 years and the West-centric ties, we cannot succeed in any transnational setting worldview that has until recently largely dictated unless we nd common ground in our humanity. international politics and economics. Anyone •Taking a short-term view about China. 3. Just as many things in who wants to do business with the Chinese must Chinese people, like people elsewhere, respond less China can disappoint you, there rst embrace the idea that they are very proud of favorably to opportunistic investors with no long- are many things in China that the recent rise of China, despite some misgivings term commitment to their market. Many Chinese can delight you. about certain unwelcomed social consequences. business leaders often observed that some foreign •Handing off all China strategies to investors were unwilling to “pay tuition” to study one’s “China Head.” Many CEOs of multination- and learn about their market. Success in China, as in 4. In terms of technology als reasoned that, out of the respect for the Chinese any other business environment, is not always based cultural dierences, business or otherwise, they on getting an upper hand over one’s counterparty. application, China has migrated would be better o to hand their China strategy Interestingly, sometimes the Chinese themselves are to hand-held devices faster than over to their “China Heads.” Then they often found not even free from their own versions of these deadly the West. how wrong they were. sins. Perhaps this is the lesson from the chicken Given the importance of China market to most and pig fable—in any relationship, one is never sure of the Western businesses, business leaders are whether one is the chicken or the pig. 5. For timely communica- well advised to stay engaged at the very top level. It tions, text messaging is more would be oversimplifying it to apply one represen- Chiu-Ti Jansen is the founder of China tative’s viewpoint to the China as a whole. Happenings™, a multimedia and advisory platform eective than email. Most •Believing that Guanxi is a talisman. that focuses on the cultural and lifestyle industries in Chinese do not use voice mail. One of the rst Chinese expressions that a West- contemporary China. o
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Art historian Diana Widmaier Picasso curates the newest Picasso exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery with Picasso biographer John Richardson. Picasso—one of the rst in her clan to really delve into the arts—sounds o on the inspiration for the exhibit—her grandmother, Maya, no less – her favorite of the more than 80 works in the exhibition and how it really feels to have the surname Picasso By Rachel Morgan
Why the decision to do the Picasso exhibit now? Encounter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse This project has been a dream for many years. “The Walter (1927)”; “Thoughts on a Historiographical Marie-Thérèse years” were a period of exceptional Revision” (Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen, 2003); creativity in Picasso’s life. One can establish parallels and “Marie-Thérèse Walter and Pablo Picasso:
” � Y with the early Cubist years and work from the 1950s, New Insights Into a Secret Love” (Munster, Picasso R E L L three phases in which Picasso threw himself into the Graphiksammlung, 2004). A G N most fecund experimentations of his artistic life. I A S O Which work in the exhibition is your favorite? G A G How does it feel, knowing your grandmother was The monumental original plaster from Boisgeloup, Y S E T R Picasso’s muse? Bust of a Woman(1931), is one of my favorites. I U O There is something magical about the way they also love an incredibly intimate drawing of Marie- C � A L A T met. Some kind of providence was cast upon them Thérèse made in 1935, just after she gave birth to my A H E when Picasso noticed the curious beauty of the mother, Maya. There are so many exceptional works I C R T A 17-year-old girl and immediately hastened to enlist that it is dicult to choose. É B Y her as his model. I never met my grandparents, but B O T strangely—because Picasso’s work is a diary unto How did you select the works to appear in the O H P � K itself—I have become a voyeur of their relationship. exhibit? R O Y The works presented are from one of the most W E N When did you begin to work with John Richard- astonishing periods of Picasso’s oeuvre. From � � S R � A son? It was very intense. 1927 to 1941, Marie-Thérèse was the subject of Y T I E We organized it in less than a year with Valentina numerous sensual metamorphoses. We wanted C O S Castellani, the director of the Gagosian Gallery. the exhibition to reect the remarkable variety S T H For both John and I, Marie-Thérèse was already of techniques—painting, sculpture, drawing and I G R S T very much at the center of our research. In the print—and materials—plaster, charcoal and pastel, I S T R / A third volume of his biography on Picasso, A Life of among others. Painting and sculpture seem to O S S Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932, published confront each other in the a rtist’s representation of A I C P in 2010, John wrote about his new ndings. I have Marie-Thérèse, which is shown in the exhibition’s O L B > A also written several articles on the subject— “The assortment of works. P F O S E E T G A A T S I M E Y � Pablo Picasso, Marie-Thérèse au béret rouge et T � T � E © au col de fourrure, lef. Diana Picasso, right. G MAY ���� | 33 NYO ART
QUEST FOR PERFECTION Michael Glancy’s science-infused glass and metal sculptures steal the show. By Andrew Guarini
Fifteen years of Michael young, creative people. I do Glancy’s glass and metal it because they contribute sculptures take the stage to my reality as much as I at Innite Obsessions at contribute to theirs. Barry Friedman, Ltd. This Rhode Island School of What do you hope to Design professor discusses convey to the literary his rst New York exhibi- world? tion in more than ve years In a world of e-books, and his newest literary our goal is to show that venture. there are people who still believe in beautifully pro- É U Why use glass as a duced books as cherished Q O R medium? objects that are a rewarding Michael Glancy. I S R H It’s all about smoke and experience. Books outlive C re. Man’s involvement artists, so we take them with glass spans from seriously. the work by inspiring in 1970 and it took a decade A eece by Under obsidian, volcanic ash used the artist. In 1968, I was before I had a show in Armour. My son works for to make spears and ar- What is the inspiration exposed to a very powerful Manhattan. It’s an impos- them as a designer. rowheads for 10,000 years behind your art? lm by Charles and Ray sible goal to master the or molten glass, which is The natural world, na- Eames called Powers of Ten. material of glass. Perfection The last meal you ate? rened glass that is ve ture and the physical world. Essentially it deals with is a quest. Grilled lamb chops, millennia old. Albert Einstein said, ‘What macro and micro phases which I made with I see in nature is a grand in nature, and I believe my When did you rst real- mashed potatoes. Why make the leap from design only imperfectly, work is an abstraction of ize that you wanted to be the art world to the liter- one which a responsible either inner or outer space. an artist? What is the project you ary one? person must look at with I don’t know. Probably have always wanted to The book [ Innite humility.’ Do you feel that you in rst grade when I made a do but never got around Obsessions, edited by Barry are on a quest for clay sculpture of an owl that to? Friedman] gives a glimpse How does your work perfection? my mom still has. She’s 93. Building a classic into my creative process relate to science? I do. I began my explora- I didn’t realize I wanted to wooden sailboat. I race for the last 15 years, which I think science informs tion of the material of glass be an artist until I came to sailboats during the sum- will hopefully enrich the college and hated business mer, namely my Beetle exhibition for viewers. school and began taking art Cat, which is a beautiful classes for therapy. little boat made in the Tell me about teaching 1920s in Massachusetts. at Rhode Island School Biologic Star X . What book is on your It’s too big a learning of Design—why do you nightstand? curve to build, unfortu- do it? The Shape of Time by nately, so I don’t think I’ll I’m a graduate of RISD George Kubler and Explor- ever have the chance. and I’ve been teaching there ing the Invisible by Lynn since after receiving my Gamwell. “Innite Obsessions” runs E L Y master’s [degree.] I think O from May 5 through July D Y it’s incredibly stimulating T What is the last piece of 15 at Barry Friedman, R A to surround myself with M clothing you bought? Ltd., 515 West 26th St.o
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Rene Pierre Allain shares the story behind his mini- malist works—and how he manipulates acid, re and chemicals to burn images Steel Bar No. 32-5 ; below, Steel Bar No. 32-2 . on steel.
Tell me about your new- painting it on using a while working as a news moved to New York in 1984, est exhibit, ‘Steel Bars.’ paintbrush. photographer and photo- my small studio forced me ‘Steel Bars’ is the latest graphing artists in their to make sculptures closer series of what I call steel What is your studios that I decided to go to the wall and then on the Rene Pierre Allain. paintings—paintings inspiration? to art school and pursue art wall. They were construct- made on steel without Architecture, bunkers, full-time. ed with wood and steel any use of pigments or Tell me about the frescoes, heraldry, insignia, and a pigmented plaster paint. They are painted process. disruptive patterns, gar- What exhibit or work coating. Working on the with steel-blackening In the current work, the dens, abstract art, African of yours are you most wall kindled my awareness compound and a heat metal surface is prepared masks, Chinese land- proud of? Why? of the picture plane and torch on steel panels. In a to a silvery satin nish scapes, Japanese temples. What I’m working on is other issues of painting. departure from my more on which some parts of In this series, rhythmic always what I like the best . I subsequently called my characteristically atly the image are created patterns. fabrications‘constructed painted nish, in this with gun blue and other Did you start o in paintings.’ new work, brush strokes, parts are made with heat When did you rst real- photography and sculp- gestural marks and drips from a torch. Gun blue is a ize that you wanted to be ture? Why the move to What book is on your interact with the hard mild acid that chemically an artist? painting? nightstand? edges of the geometry. blackens steel and is usu- I [have] made drawings In the rst years of my A book on African art. ally applied as a patina. and paintings since grade art practice, I was mainly Why use steel? What But in these works, I am school, but it was at age 27 making sculpture. When I What is the last piece of does the use of this clothing you bought? material convey? A Carhartt shirt at my fa- Steel is just another vorite clothing store, Dave’s material, one that I have New York (581 Avenue of become comfortable the Americas). working with. People think of steel as cold, unfriendly The last meal you ate? and unyielding—but I see it Crepes made by my as totally malleable. I like 15-year-old daughter. it when it looks like it oats on the wall, somewhat “Steel Bars” runs S N E dematerialized, while still through May 14 at Ricco R E B retaining [the]characteris- Maresca Gallery at 529 N H O tics [of] metal. West 20th St. o J
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ber seeing? is much more of a site of come. Certainly people come back to the galleries. My grandparents had education. who work can come after They’ve gotten used to the a Basquiat when I was a work. It’s also to give it a way things are in terms of kid that they bought from What does Gallery Week more opening type of feel, the economy. There are Mary Boone. I remember entail? more celebratory. also people who are inter- that was a really big deal On Friday, all the galler- ested in putting money because no one else had art ies in Chelsea and uptown Is your daughter in art rather than in real quite like that. who are participating interested in art as well? estate or in other things. Casey Kaplan. will stay open late until 8 Will she carry on the No matter what, if you have How did the idea for p.m. On Saturday, there’s tradition? a great piece by the right How did you get started Gallery Week come to going to be an event at the Absolutely. Her mother artist and it’s priced right, in the art world? fruition? Whitney from 7 p.m. to 9 is a fashion designer. I’m an there’s always someone for I grew up in New York It started under this idea p.m. On Sunday, the galler- art dealer. So she’s around that. surrounded by the art that when the recession ies on the Lower East Side, art and artists. Her room is world. No one in my initially hit, [we] felt that the Bowery and Soho will lled with art. She already family is in the business, people stopped coming to stay open late until 8 p.m. has somewhat of her own The second annual New York but everyone collected art. galleries. It occurred to me During this entire time, collection. A lot of it’s been Gallery Week takes place They all bought art and put that if people stop coming galleries will be having given to her from gallery May 6-8 and features 60 it on their walls, but once to galleries exclusively for various events to augment artists and some things I’ve contemporary art galleries their walls were full, they nancial reasons, then we the shows that they’re bought for her. She’s 7. She’s and not-for-prot spaces in were done. I grew up going as dealers were not pre- already having. around it every day. addition to the free events and to art galleries, going to senting ourselves correctly. programming. NYGW will museums, things like that. If everyone was only look- What’s the motivation What kinds of trends benet the Whitney Museum. It just took. ing at art commercially, behind having the gal- are you seeing in terms For a full list of events, visit then we were at fault and leries open later? of sales? www.newyorkgalleryweek. What’s the earliest we needed to band together It’s to create more There are many clients com. Casey Kaplan Gallery is piece of art you remem- and show that the gallery possibilities for people to and collectors that have located at 525 West 21st St. o
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Keeping the Peace What is the most important service AVP Rich Palermo of the Anti- oers? Definitely our 24-hour bilingual hot line. It’s Violence Project makes it his important to realize that our number is available mission to eradicate violence for anyone with any problem at all. You can call it if you’ve just been called a fag; you got punched within the LGBTQ community. in the face; you had an argument with your part- By Natalie Howard ner; or you’re feeling scared, depressed, suicidal, anything. On average, our hot line receives one call every four hours.
What is the most memorable moment of your time with AAVP? Years ago, an acquaintance of mine was leav- ing a bar in Chelsea with friends. They left and got in a cab. While he was waiting for another cab, a group came over to him, called him a fag and punched him in the face, breaking his jaw. When I ffI ound ood ut, I rrI eaceached out to him. I sent him an email, telling him about AVP. He emailed L L A A N N me back saying that when it happened, he had R R E E B B S S remembered my talking about AVP and had E E M M A A J J contacted them. They brought him in, gave him counseling, took him to the police station and Palermo, who was chairman of the board for three years and received made sure it got classified as a hate crime—and the Stonewall Foundation’s Allan Morrow Prize for Excelle nce in Board they already had someone in custody. Leadership, sounds off on what it’s really like to work at the largest LGBTQ anti-violence organization in the country. From where does AVP get its funding? More than 50 percent of our funding comes Why did you decide to become involved on Sept. 22 at Studio 450 (450 West 31st St.). II from our amazing donors and private founda- specifically with AVP? am serving as a co-host of the event, with Kyle tions. The rest is from the government—city, I felt that any work I did with AVP would re- Blood, Brenda Bello and party promoter Daniel state and federal. ally make a dierence. AVP is the largest LGBTQ Nardicio. anti-violence organization in the country—and What is the most di cult part of being a we onlonly hhy ave 23 employees. Their mission also Why is this event so important? part of AVP? really drew me in. AVP is a safety net for ourour It gives us a chance to honor the great work Day after day, dealing with people who are community, for people who are vulnerable, for being done by the honorees in the past, we have victims of hathatred and feafear ttr akeakes a toltoll. It’It’s a reallyly people who are the victims of hate crimes or honored politicians, Fortune 500 companies, hard thing. As soon as you’ve finished help- domestic violence. activists, journalists and bloggers. It oers our ing someone and you’re feeling good, you get supporters and people new to the organization another call. What is your role at AVP? a fun way to get together and learn more about AV AVP hhP as five stastandinding commitmittees, and I’I’mm A AVP and its importortant work.k. What book is on your nightstand right on the development committee. We’re in charge now? of organizing and planning events and reaching How does AVP serve the community? A Confederderacy of Dunceses by John Kennedy out to new supporters. In September, [I’ll be] Our direct client services include provid- Toole. It’s been sitting on my nightstand for co-hosting the Courage Awards, our biggest ing support for victims of violence. There’s quite some time. fund-raiser of the year. an entire spectrum of violence that runs the gamut, from walking down the street in Chelsea Where did you eat your last meal, and what Tell me more about the Courage Awards. holding hands with your boyfriend and feeling was it?it? The Courage Awards is AVP’s largest annual scared to instances far more serious, like getting My last meal was a great, traditional, Sunday fund-raiser, where AVP honors outstanding in- beat up. Through our community outreach, Italian dinner on Long Island at my parents’ dividuals, organizations and corporations whose we’re working hard to make people ssle afe. WeWe house. work ook n behalf of the LGBTQ aaQ nd HIV-aectectedd oer training in things like safe online dating communities has made a dierence. This year, and we work with the police to understand our Fo For more information about AAt VPVP, vv, isiisit t the 15th Annual Courage Awards will take place community better. www.avp.org .. o
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fashion designers who eventually migrated downtown. She told me that she was often asked if she would have thought about ending up in China. Growing up in Europe, she was always fascinated with China: from the The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic strips known as a quintessential story about China— to 18th-century chinoiserie aesthetics to the Cultural Revolution. The retrospective at Pace Beijing was a well-timed branding strategy for von Furst- enberg’s dream of “selling every Chinese a T- shirt.” Currently, her DVF brand operates two boutiques in Beijing and Shanghai. Before the brand announces a major nationwide rollout, von Furstenberg would be building on her
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Designer Gaby Basora.
You started out in the fashion industry as a stylist. What made you take the leap from styling to designing? When I was styling, I was always trolling through vintage and fabric stores nding pieces for jobs. I would buy fabrics that appealed to me and keep them in my closet until one day I would decide that I needed a trench coat and [would] make one out of it. People started asking me on the street where I got my clothes. I think that little bit of attention compelled me A look from to think about designing for other people. Tucker.
You have four sisters. Did growing up around so many women inuence the line so imbued with color? try to operate like a small business where feminine aesthetic of your clothing? I love to wear black and think there’s a real there is a real thoughtfulness to everything I grew up in Los Angeles in a house lled to beauty and simplicity to it. But I think a lot we do. the brim with my sisters and our girlfriends, so of people wear black because they’re scared there is femininity to the brand. At the same to risk color or make mistakes and not look Why did you decide to make all your gar- time, there’s also versatility. sophisticated. ments in New York? I think there are only a handful of designers Where do you draw inspiration from for How has the line developed? that are committed to more local production, your designs? It started with the top and then it was a bit and for me it just feels right. I have a deep The women that I love and constantly refer- like “This is the House that Jack Built” in the anity towards the woman who owns the fac- ence in terms of aesthetic are Monica Vitti, sense that the blouse became a dress, which tory that sews most of our collections. There’s
V E Julie Christie and Brigitte Bardot. became a skirt, and so on. I don’t have formal something about the process that is really N E R training, so the rst blouse came from work- artistic. The way that the clothing is produced U Y Y E New York is a city dominated by black ing on a dress form and pinning it together. is the way luxury goods are, minus certain X E L clothing; why did you choose to create a Even though we’ve grown so much, I always nishings that would raise our price point. o A
54 | MAY ���� Participating Galleries Nicelle Beauchene Gallery Creative Time Sean Kelly Gallery and Not for Profits Marianne Boesky Gallery D’Amelio Terras Anton Kern Gallery Tanya Bonakdar Gall ery Elizabeth Dee Gallery Kimmerich 303 Gallery Bortolami Gallery The Drawing Center The Kitchen Miguel Abreu Gallery Gavin Brown’s enterprise Eleven Rivington Nicole Klagsbrun Alexander and Bonin CRG Gallery Derek Eller Gallery Andrew Kreps Gallery Artists Space Canada Feature Inc. Lehmann Maupin Gallery Cheim & Read Zach Feuer Gallery Galerie Lelong James Cohan Gallery Foxy Production Luhring Augustine Lisa Cooley Friends of the Highline Metro Pictures James Fuentes LLC Mitchell-Innes & Nash Laurel Gitlen David Nolan New York Marian Goodman Gallery On Stellar Rays Alexander Gray Associates The Pace Gallery Greenberg Van Doren Gallery Participant Greene Naftali Friedrich Petzel Gallery Jack Hanley Gallery Printed Matter Harris Lieberman Public Art Fund Hauser & Wirth Andrea Rosen Gallery Casey Kaplan SculptureCenter Jack Shainman Gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Swiss Institute Taxter & Spengemann Team Gallery Rachel Uffner Gallery Wallspace White Columns Tracy Williams, Ltd. David Zwirner
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Old School Style Rachel Antono designs inspire a sense of nostalgia By Priscilla Polley
Lifelong New Yorker Rachel time we thought it was an amazing deal for Antonoff us to get the pieces out of our closets and into started o her collection with just three a store.” Jane Keltner of Teen Vogue wrote a dresses. Since then, her nostalgic pieces piece on the collection, and their 16-piece or- have become a go-to for fashion’s latest set of der at I Heart quickly turned into a 300-piece ingenues. order at Barneys. Rachel Antono’s rst stint in fashion was work- “It felt like one of those dreams where you Antonoff ing in public relations at Rebecca Taylor. She show up to school and you didn’t know it was left for a career in writing, vowing never to the day of the nal,” Antono remembers. return to the world of fashion. But it seems it “We weren’t prepared. It was crazy. Everyone was inevitable that she do just that. loved the clothes, but we had zero idea how to “One magical summer I was living in the produce a collection, and we made one mis- West Village with my equally clothing-ob- take after another.” Fortunately, the duo were S E sessed roommate Alison Lewis,” Antono quick learners. N R Y said. “Every night we would get dressed up They worked together for three years until plete with disco balls, streamers and a kissing B Y E S and go out on the town. We had all these they decided to part ways in 2008. Since then, couple on the dance oor. The result was a D I N L ideas for dresses that we wish we had, so we Antono has quickly built up a steady fan multi-dimensional spectacle that blurred the � A V decided to make them.” Thus, a fashion label base and her collection, Rachel Antono, has lines between the models and attendees— L � J was born. taken o in a dramatic way. which included the crème de la crème of A H � L E � The pair convinced the now-defunct Nolita Recent collections have centered on nos- editors, It Girl fan Alexa Chung and super- U O B boutique I Heart to sell their wares under the talgic themes such as high-school dances and bloggers Tavi and Susie Bubble. And that was A R U E collection name Mooka Kinney. slumber parties. For her fourth presentation exactly Antono’s intention. L F A “Our rst dresses cost us $125 to make, in February, Antono created an elaborate “My goal has always been to bring the R R A and we sold them for $100,” she said. “At the dance setting at LaGuardia High School com- world alive that I feel the clothing lives in.” o S
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rad Ford hasn’t forgotten he said. “It’s a George Nakashima table that has where he came from. The a live, organic edge. It’s like a slab of a tree. That Arkansas native uses the was the centerpiece of the apartment, and I landscape of his home state thought that it instantly brought the outdoors to inspire the casual elegance in.” that infuses his urban The two-story penthouse’s oor plan is designs. extremely open, which did pose a bit of an issue BOne of Ford’s projects, a One Jackson Square in designing a cozy, livable space. penthouse, incorporates the feel of natural “My biggest challenge with this particular embellishment and comfort in the midst of an space was the fact that it was so open,” Ford said. urban landscape. “It was hard to create a sense of intimacy, which “It’s a great building and the architecture is is why I created the dierent seating areas.” pretty phenomenal, but at the end of the day it Ford also incorporated several pieces of art in still just had white walls and glass,” Ford said of the design scheme. the Kohn Pedersen Fox–designed Greenwich “I worked with a great art consultant, Ellen Village building. “So one of the things I was Kern, and her company, Ellen Kern Fine Arts,” trying to do with the space was really warm it up he said. “We collaborate and talk about what I’m and bring a little bit of earthiness to it. Just give it looking for or what the client would be look- some texture.” ing for. She has relationships with all of the art Ford incorporated rustic items like a biomor- galleries and can go out and pull pieces and put phic bubble light xture by Je Zimmerman, together a range for a client or I to look at.” vintage bar stools with Mongolian lamb seat And he’s right—the space has pieces by Roni covers and a vintage Vladimir Kagan oating Horn, Donald Moett, James Welling, Je ottoman upholstered in zebra skin. Chien-Hsing Liao and Vera Lutter, among “I think that it’s nice to try to bring some others. earthy elements into a more urban environ- Ford has a bit of a storied history in the way of ment, especially for me because I miss a lot of design. He established Brad Ford I.D. in 1998 and those elements by being in the city,” Ford said. has been bringing his rustic, outdoorsy designs But a magnicent George Nakashima piece into New York’s residential spaces in the decade takes center stage. since. And it seems these unique designs have “One thing that was denitely one of the rst gotten him noticed. Ford was named one of the things we picked out was the dining room table,” “10 New Designers to Watch” by both New >
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York magazine and New York Spaces magazine, Above: The as well as one of America’s Top Young Designers bedroom of by House Beautiful and one of the Rising Stars of the penthouse Interior Design by the International Furnish- residence. Right: ings and Design Association. the apartment But Ford’s very rst project wasn’t in New had a plethora of York—rather, it was his own home in Arkansas. windows, open “It was nothing extravagant by any means, it space and light. was just a small house, but I could aord it, and I just loved the process,” he said. “That was what really got me started thinking about [pursing design as a career].” And from there, he never looked back. Unless, of course, it’s to garner new inspiration from his home state. “Arkansas’ state nickname is ‘the Natural State,’ and I don’t think a lot of people realize how gorgeous it is,” he said. “It had a really big inuence.” This natural philosophy helped Ford stand out in a sea of urban designers. “I have a very particular aesthetic,” he said. “If you look at a range of my work, there’s denitely my thumbprint on each of the projects. There’s a sort of natural, casual elegance that is somewhat sophisticated but still approachable and not o-limits. I denitely feel I have a very distinct, dierent point of view. And in this industry, in order to stand out, you have to have a really strong point of view.” o
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he downtown real estate market is bouncing back with a vengeance. “The downtown real estate market is healthy and growing stronger by the deal,” said T Eric Zollinger, president of Zollinger & Associates. “In West Chelsea, for ex- ample, once-stalled condo projects are coming back to life and being remarketed and sold. In- ventory in new developments has been absorbed with resale prices higher than their original contract prices. In the Caledonia, located at 450 West 17th Street and adjacent to the High Line, there were 11 resales in 2010 with an average price 22.52 percent higher than the original sale, with an average price per square foot of $1,616. This sort of measured growth is a strong indica- tor of the market’s growing strength.” High demand paired with tight inventory seems to describe the downtown real estate market quite well. “[The market is] great,” said senior vice presi- dent of Halstead Property Anna Shagalov. “If anything, I just wish there was more inventory.” Nick Gavin, vice president and salesperson at 7 Hubert Street. Corcoran, agreed. “Downtown is seeing high demand due to a >
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“There is a real village or small-town feeling about many of the downtown areas that buyers often cite as the reason they are buying in the area.”
lack of inventory,” he said. not only do we have unique and charming Condence Stimpson and Siim Hanja, both Richard Grossman, executive director of apartments, we also have limited inventory, senior vice presidents at Stribling & Associ- downtown sales at Halstead Property, said and what’s rare is desirable,” she said. “People ates, would call it a draw between classic lofts the lack of inventory in tandem with the right who live here don’t want to leave, and those who and high-rise luxury buildings in terms of pricing is key. don’t live here want to.” popularity. “There is a scarcity of properties and many When considering downtown, one has to “While the new and shiny condos are still buyers,” he said. “Correctly-priced properties wonder—is the quintessential loft still the most highly sought after, artist’s lofts in original or are selling.” coveted of all the properties? The answer, in close to original condition are becoming more The rapid pace of downtown real estate short, is yes. popular,” they said in a joint statement. “Many transactions are causing many potential “Lofts are always the most coveted,” people don’t want to live in a building where downtowners to seek out brokers when nding Shagalov said. everybody has the exact same layout, the same a residence. Tom Doyle, senior vice president at Sotheby’s kitchen, etc. Also, if you want privacy, you need “Downtown Manhattan continues to be International Realty, agreed. a full oor with an elevator opening directly the most desirable area of the city to live in, “Buyers love the high ceilings, oversized into the loft, and these are almost always in hence the low vacancy and inventory rate,” said windows and original detailing of former smaller buildings.” Omari Toomer, senior associate salesperson factories,” he said. “Lofts are hot as well as the In terms of what downtown buyers want, at Citi Habitats. “The lack of inventory and new ‘starchitect’ buildings on the West Side Shagalov named “open space and high ceilings” high demand are making for an atmosphere Highway in the West Village and Chelsea.” as coveted features. similar to three years ago. Both buyers and But lofts can sometimes only appeal to a “Apartments with large living areas and renters seem to be getting frustrated with the certain type of buyer, said Raphael De Niro, open kitchens in full-service buildings” attract speed and intricacies of downtown [real estate] managing director at Prudential Douglas renters, Grant said. transactions and seeking out professionals to Elliman. Gavin said the most sought after features are guide them through the process.” “Downtown, the loft apartment still reigns,” “light, charm or volume.” William Matias, senior associate salesperson he said. “It’s not for everyone, but many buyers And downtowners are no dierent in terms at Citi Habitats, sees similar pressure to secure want those original details reminiscent of of wants or needs. a good place. downtown’s industrial past.” “Space, light and a good price—like every- “Higher demand and lack of inventory have But lofts don’t always make the cut. one else,” said Daniel Hedaya, executive vice renters signing leases before their current “Traditional long, narrow lofts with only president at Platinum Properties. leases expire in order to secure a good space,” front or rear exposures are not as popular as It all comes down to character, at least ac- he said. other types of layouts with more square footage cording to Jerey Wachtenheim of TDG / The Corcoran Senior Associate and Salesperson and large living and common areas,” said Bill Real Estate Group. Bernice Leventhal puts it simply. Grant, vice president and director at Brown “Lofts and townhouses [are popular,]” “Downtown real estate stands out because Harris Stevens. he said. “Renovated prewars are always a >
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