Wishing to Live There…
This week, I had a new client answer a few questions I love to ask when starting a project.
One of my favorites is:
“Think of a place where you admired the interiors and environment and wished you could live there. Name the place and location and describe it in a few words.”
So, I thought I’d share with you an example of a residential project that moved me and left an outsized impression:
The Parisian apartment evoking a modern ancien régime designed by Milan-born, Paris-based Fabrizio Casiraghi that strikes the perfect balance between history and fresh possibility.
For me, this apartment contains a new universe and Casiraghi seemingly effortlessly creates this world from a cheerful handling of old and new. However, he himself noted the challenge of it, calling the project “everything I don’t know.”
Published in AD in 2020, this bright, modern home with reverence for the past was such a welcome escape. Four years later, I still feel inspired by it.
Like the furnishings, the art in these rooms span several centuries with some by notable artists and others by little or, even, unknown ones. Together, they talk to the rooms, engaging in a lively, welcome banter with the furniture, the objects, and the architecture.
It feels just right.
AUDRA KIEWIET DE JONGE IN FRONT OF A WORK BY ROSALIND TALLMADGE COMMISSIONED FOR THE OPUS ONE ROTUNDA. PHOTOGRAPH BY BORIS ZHARKOV.
Art/artefact is a nationally recognized art advisory and interior design practice founded by Audra Kiewiet de Jonge and known for placing a great collection at the heart of every interior.
Formally trained as a painter and an art historian, Audra’s modern sensibility is informed by her historical perspective—bringing art and objects into context and conversation with the way we live today.
Working with private and corporate clients nationally, our interiors are meticulously curated and expertly built to be high on artistry, but not on pretense.
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