Mark Schomisch
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Designer InsightRecent PostsObama, Clinton or McCain? Which candidate would you prefer as a White House client & what would you do?April 19, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0) I asked our design panelists to imagine: it's 3 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2009, the phone rings, and the call is from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The new president is inviting you to oversee a redecoration of the White House, including a complete makeover of the First Family’s private living quarters. Political preferences aside, which candidate would you most like to have as a client, and what would you do? Their responses appear here, and in our March 2008 issue. --Susan Dickenson I think the Obamas would best be suited for a radical (albeit tasteful) redo of the White House. He seems to truly be up for "cleaning house.” Most of the building is a museum, with many matronly period pieces and design styles. While very appropriate for a national building, I th...Read More Recent PostsDesign Forecast for 2008-Mark SchomischJanuary 17, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0) Metallics. And I'm a big fan. It's like the 80s all over again! Great textured golds and coppers... so much more depth and character than the mind-numbing wave of "everything has to be chrome" that seemed to be the mantra Recent PostsDesigners on Design: best things, concepts, places of 2007-Mark SchomischNovember 15, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0) I thought back on '07 for a second (maybe two). Restaurant design in Los Angeles is an interesting animal. It seems to me to always be completely on, or completely off...no middle ground. I don't know why that is. I always feel there is a very delicate balance between interior (restaurant) design and the product itself (my dinner). One shoul Recent PostsYuck at first sight...August 20, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
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a couple years back. I'm big into brass right now for hardware and fixtures, albeit in an elegant satin finish. I think the trend is re-emerging from the desire to have a little splash of extravagance brought back into interior work. Like anything else, it has to be tempered -- a little goes a long way. In the wrong hands it's like any other design element... we've all been to Vegas. You're seeing some metallics (or will be shortly) in some really amazing places: ceramics, kitchen appliances, wallcoverings, etc...
dn't outshine the other. They should compliment each other...like a nice wine. I'm sitting here typing before dinner. Can you tell? Gonna have to go with the recently renovated Tower Bar at the