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Any young designers or ceramicists you've discovered recently? I love discovering new artists. Right now, I am loving Nadia Yaron's carved wood and stone totems that she refers to as landscape sculptures. Most valuable lesson learned from Ian Schrager? How to play to people's UVTGPIVJU+CPYCUCIGPKWUCVƂIWTKPIQWV what made people tick, what excited them, what they were truly good at, and then laser-focusing on eliciting the best from them. Working for Ian and his team was so exhilarating. It was the best education I could have ever hoped for. To have been even a small part of creating some of his most iconic hotels was a thrill. %KV[[QWƂPFOQUVXKUWCNN[KPURKTKPI!New York. It's been my home for many years and the place I always knew I wanted to be. It never ceases to surprise, frustrate and inspire. I once did a panel discussion with the former New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger, and he had a quote that I always liked; to paraphrase New York is what it always was—a constant ebb CPFƃQYJCTUJFKTV[CPFTQWIJDWVCNUQ whimsical, beautiful and utterly soaring— and that it isn't one or the other but all of them at once. In this paradox is where the true magic of New York resides. Favorite kind of house to design, or favorite room in any house to design? I like them all but am super ready for an A-frame in the woods. And a houseboat. So come on 2022, I'm here, just bring me all your A-frame houseboats! Best design or architecture trends born QWVQHVJGRCPFGOKE!The realization by so many that home can bring a profound sense of joy and feelings of sanctuary and restoration to the spirit. So give her some love and attention and she will pay you back a hundredfold. Favorite artist of the moment? I really like the portrait work of Toyin Ojih Odutola, which came out of getting a look inside the OCIPKƂEGPV&GCP%QNNGEVKQPCPFDGKPIWR close to some of her work installed at the Razor House, while I worked on the interiors there. 6TKGFCPFVTWGUGNHECTGVKR!I learned Transcendental Meditation years ago from $QD4QVJCVVJG&CXKF.[PEJ(QWPFCVKQP and am amazed at how powerful it is. I recently gifted my entire Studio team with instruction on how to use this technique. It's a gift you carry with you for life. It is without a doubt the best self-care routine I have ever found. Designer, living or dead, who you most admire and why? Andrée Putman and Jacques Grange, not sure any further explanation is necessary, but I admire the TGƂPGOGPVQHVJGKTTGURGEVKXGG[GUCPF how "educated" their interiors feel. Ms. Putman was a force well into her eighties and Jacques is as in-demand as ever. Their longevity in the industry is something I aspire to! (CXQTKVGRCTVQHFGUKIPKPI[QWTQYP houses? You'd assume it would be always getting your way with things, but I think that arrangement is vastly overrated. I've always maintained that the beauty of the designer-client relationship, if one is being fully honest, is that it's in those occasionally uncomfortable moments that the best design is born. When we are pushed by clients to create solutions, or to compromise to consider something we might not have otherwise, it creates an energy that can be NKDGTCVKPIQPEG[QWƂPFVJGRCVJHQTYCTF Trendiest color of the moment? I read about trends because it's interesting to see things cycle in and out of fashion, but I really VT[PQVVQCEVWCNN[HQNNQYVTGPFU+ƂPFVJG[ just have you chasing your tail. In fact, I'm so anti the notion of making decisions based on what's "in" and what's "out" that if I read something is "out" it makes me want to use it all the more, just to be contrarian. If something is good it's good and that's it. %WTTGPVRTQLGEV[QWCTGOQUVGZEKVGF about? We're doing a major renovation on a home in Miami that I'm really excited about. It's for a wonderful young family who have beautiful taste but are not afraid to take some risks aesthetically, which is about as pretty and perfect a tune as my ears could GXGTCUMVQJGCT+NQXGUQWVJ(NQTKFCO[ husband and I have been coming to Miami for many years. It's remarkable to see how much the city has grown and evolved, and become a major hub for art, design, tech, and more, all while holding onto a relaxed vibe. The best gift you ever received? A vintage locket with my sons' photos in it. &GUETKDG[QWTRGTUQPCNUV[NG!I'm entering a phase where nothing feels more chic than a well-tailored, mannish suit. I like things that skew masculine. —Sarah G. Harrelson Clockwise from above: Artist Nadia Yaron's stone and wood totems; Behun's locket; the Eclipse rug for The Rug Company; the designer in front of a painting by Yolande Milan Batteau; the staircase at Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys home, the Razor House and Behun's Palisade lamp for Hudson Valley Lighting. BAL HARBOUR 137

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