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Design ROUGH MAGIC The name of this industrial pendant references the Shaw District, one of D.C.’s most historic neighborhoods (and soon home to my new showroom and retail space). SHAw PENDANT LIgHT; zINC, 18 INCHES X 12 INCHES, $1,710, URbANELECTRICCO.COM NEUTRAL TERRITORY I use white for walls so the objects take center stage. It’s about composition and how the objects relate to each other. TENNySON wHITE ACRyLIC LATEX FLAT PAINT, $ 34.99/gALLON, bENJAMINMOORE.COM EARTHY DELIGHT D.C. artist Margaret Boozer’s work is textural and complex. This piece is of different types of local clay — I love its ordered chaos. “COMPOSITION DISCS OF LOCAL EARTH,” by MARgARET bOOzER; MARgARETbOOzER.COM NEOCLASSICAL COMPOSITION SOFT TOUCH It’s less about the scarf than what the scarf feels like — when I wear it, I feel discreetly self-indulgent. AyLIT SCARF; CASHMERE AND SILK, LOROPIANA.COM WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED DESIGNER DARRYL CARTER IS INSPIRED BY HISTORY, CHARACTER AND UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE MONUMENTAL I love everything about Mitoraj’s work: the materiality, the scale, the craft. It’s so modern, yet harks back historically. “HERMANOS,” 2010, IgOR MITORAJ, bRONzE, VALLEy OF THE TEMPLES, SICILy, ITALy senzatitolo Marina Galici/DeMo/DeMotix/corbis (Mitoraj) THE FOUNTAINHEAD I try to insinuate found architecture and tactile objects into a space to make it welcoming. If you can’t touch an object, you can’t use it. RECLAIMED FOUNTAIN, NOw IN THE FOyER OF CARTER’S TOwNHOUSE IN wASHINgTON, D.C. CARTER ADMINISTRATION My book shows how to give rooms character and make them warm, engaging and comfortable. THE NEw TRADITIONAL: REINVENT, bALANCE, DEFINE yOUR HOME, by DARRyL CARTER; $ 45, AMAzON.COM STERLING QUALIFICATIONS I like things simple, simple, simple. Unfortunately, simple can be the hardest thing to find on the planet! gEORg JENSEN ANTIQUE NAPKIN RINg; STERLINg SILVER, $ 300, JENSENSILVER.COM ROLE MODEL I greatly admire Axel Vervoordt’s compositional skill — his rooms are so beautifully curated. CASTLE OF ‘S-gRAVENwEzEL , NEAR ANTwERP, bELgIUM, HOME OF AXEL VERVOORDT t h e r i t z - c a r lt o n m a g a z i n e 41 http://www.URBANELECTRICCO.COM http://www.BENJAMINMOORE.COM http://www.MARGARETBOOZER.COM http://www.LOROPIANA.COM http://www.JENSENSILVER.COM http://www.AMAZON.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Spring 2012

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Spring 2012
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With ... Tokyo
Technology
Design
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Jewelry
Watches
Family Travel
Wellness
Golf
Philadelphia
Culinary
Let Us Stay With You
Heritage

Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Spring 2012