Importantly, this year���s Holiday House comfortably meshes
diverse styles among and within its nearly thirty rooms.
Each room encapsulates, through color, textures, textiles,
artifacts, furnishings and artworks, environments inviting and
supporting the inquisitive. This horn of design plenty represents
a substantial sea-change from the sparse chambers created and/
or exhibited by many designers in recent years. It also engages
the warm, inviting and friendly design scheme in a fruitful
exchange with the modern.
There seemed to be, although perhaps unconscious, the
acknowledgment that the Grand Tour of Life, and its places and
accompanying artifacts, should have pride of place in interior
design. Eric Cohler���s new book, Cohler on Design, published by
Monacelli Press (who had a bookstore at the Holiday House)
stressed the importance of the Grand Tour, now a centuries
old endeavor, one that enriched the lives of 18th century
participants as much as a modern version of the same does for
21st century adherents. Designer after designer affirmed this
tale, the holiday theme assisting them in the journey. H Editors
Iris Dankner
Founding Chairman
Christopher Hyland
Chairman
Charlotte Moss
Alexa Hampton
Designer Chairmen
Floor-by-floor portfolios
of 30+ designers
HYLAND
