almost every move a style icon like Kelly Wearstler makes is commemorated on Instagram (80,000 followers), Twitter or Pinterest (65 boards). as well as with great reason, her impeccable eye as well as strong look has drawn a legion of fans. We sat down to talk with her as she introduced her new collection of rugs for The Rug Company, offered at Avenue Road, together with The Rug business creator Christopher Sharp. Kelly not only shares her tips for discovering the right carpet, however likewise exactly how to stay true to your own vision.
House & Home: Was nature a starting point for most of these designs?
Kelly Wearstler: It’s more structure as well as movement. Whether you have something like the smaller print… that appears like crackle however it likewise appears like animal, as well as I believe it’s truly exactly how the person perceives it, however it’s a beautiful, peaceful structure that can work in any type of environment. then we look at different scales, something may be larger or smaller scale. We utilize carpet in almost every space of a home that we design, so I’m looking at what stories look nice together. all of those rugs work truly well together. If you have somebody that’s not a designer as well as comes into The Rug business as well as says, “I want to tell a story in my home,” these styles work well together as well as it’s simple to see what you can do. You may want something bigger scale in one space as well as something more delicate in one more room.
H&H: Is designing a rug different from designing fabric?
KW: It’s the same, however when you focus in… the over-arching concept comes from the exact same place, however when you look at that it’s going to get equated as carpet — that that’s the vehicle — then you look at building as well as if something is going to be in silk or wool or if it’s going to be a fine-tuned structure or something a bit chunkier as well as a bigger texture. other times it starts organically. I can see something in nature as well as then have a vision. We paint a great deal of the styles — most of them really — as well as then we transfer them to the computer as well as transform them from there.
H&H: Christopher, if somebody is buying their very first investment rug, what do they requirement to know?
Christopher Sharp: They requirement to understand exactly how it’s made. One wonderful thing for The Rug business is you can’t make a cheap, great looking rug. You can do it in a great deal of things — you can go to Ikea as well as buy an affordable piece of furniture that really looks alright. however if you go to Ikea as well as look at their rugs, they look terrible. It’s since the only method to make a appropriate rug is to make it totally by hand. If you’re going to buy a rug, make sure it’s handmade. There are different kinds of handmade rugs — there are dhurries, which are inexpensive. They look great as well as they expense almost nothing. Also, when somebody comes into the Rug business to buy a rug, we make them try it first. Unless you’re a decorator, it’s so difficult to get it right — it’s as well small, it’s as well big, the colour is wrong since the light in the showroom was different. So make sure it’s handmade, try it at house before you buy it, as well as eventually buy it since you like it. It’s true in life generally, however you can get talked into believing that something is special since other people state so. What do people know? They don’t understand anything. You have to believe it what you’re doing as well as do it. Teet! The people who are successful are the people who don’t take everybody else’s opinions as well as try to type something out of some type of consensus. It’s designing by committee; ask other people’s opinions, however don’t style a space around what everybody else thinks.
H&H: When your in one of your rooms, you’re frequently look at the floor as well as ceiling. exactly how do you make them work together?
KW: wall colour as well as ceiling colour is simple to change, however you may have a carpet for 200 years. It’s something you’ll pass down to your children, so we see a great deal of neutral rugs in interiors. But, we likewise have clients that they want to have colour in a room.
H&H: people state you have crazy colour in your interiors, however I really believe you utilize colour subtley. exactly how do take people to take the leap into colour?
KW: Either they want it or they don’t. Or if we utilize a colour they only want yellow or blue. people are usually quite specific.
H&H: Is there a colour that solves most problems?
KW: Black or white. It’s the basis for all colour.
H&H: Do you have any type of of your rugs in your own homes?
KW: I have the Tracery. It’s in our home in Beverly Hills. The other ones The Rug business made, however they’re designed particularly for the house.
H&H: Do you have a process that you go with whether you’re designing rugsTai talo, jonka avulla voit hyödyntää sitä odottamatonta elementtiä?
KW: Se on vain tunnepitoinen. Ajattelet vain: “Voi jumala ei, se on myös paljon”, samoin kuin soitat sen vähän takaisin. Tai esittelemme asioita asiakkaille sekä he haluavat jotain muuta tai he pitävät siitä. Se tekee sinusta paljon paremman suunnittelijan.
H&H: Mitkä asiat kiinnittävät tällä hetkellä silmäsi ja ilmoittavat malleillesi?
KW: Se on todella vain muiden asioiden katseleminen. Jos suunnittelen mattoja, en katso muita mattoja tai tekstiilejä inspiraatiota varten. Katson jotain muuta. Se voi olla suunnittelu tai materiaali. Tällä hetkellä pidän Wienin arkkitehtuurista, kuten Josef Hoffmannista. Se on erittäin parillinen Bauhaus -tyyppi, mutta siellä oli aina graafinen elementti, ja sisätiloissa on kiehtovia odottamattomia asioita.
H&H: Sinulla on kaikki erilaiset tieteenalat toimistossasi, tunnet, että se saa sinut etureunaan?
KW: Kyllä. Ymmärrätkö, että tein muodin muutaman vuoden? Niin epämiellyttävä kuin se oli, löysin siitä niin paljon. Kävin PV: ssä (Premère Vision), missä kaikki muotisuunnittelijat menevät ostamaan nahkaa sekä materiaalia sekä koristeita sekä laukkuja sekä kenkiä sekä niin mahtavaa. Nyt pyydämme heitä tekemään erityisiä asioita huonekaluihimme, kuten lisäämään nämä omituiset vetoketjut. Kaikkien eri taitojoukkojen ottaminen vain avaa kaikki mahdollisuudet.
H&H: Olet selittänyt tyylilähestymistapasi odottamattoman tyylikkyytenä. Mietin, onko odottamattomien tarjoamisen vaikeampaa?
KW: Ei, en usko niin, mutta kun menen Pinterestiin, näen – samoin kuin näen sen paljon nuoria suunnittelijoita – on olemassa enemmän perustavanlaatuisia juttuja, koska kaikki katsovat mitä kaikki muut tekevät. Joten tyyli – odottamattomat tavarat – on menossa pidemmälle ja on enemmän mitä kaikki muut tekevät. Suunnittelijoita, joilla on todellinen ääni, on vaikea löytää. Jopa muodissa näet sen.
Christopher Sharp: Todellinen mielikuvitus on niin harvinaista. Se on todennäköisesti harvinaisin hyödyke.
KW: Minulla on ollut yritystäni jonkin aikaa samoin kuin minulla on ollut yksi suunnittelija, joka on mielestäni todella lahjakas. Minulla on fantastisia ihmisiä toimistossani, mutta joku, jolla on koko ääni, on todella vaikeaa.
H&H: Ihmiset selittävät ulkonäkösi “pelottomaksi”. Ajatteletko itseäsi pelottomana?
KW: Joissakin asioissa. (Nauraa) Olen todella ujo. Minulla on sosiaalinen ahdistus. Siellä oli tämä morsiamen suihku, johon minun piti mennä niin hyvin, että olin niin onnellinen, etten pystynyt pysymään kauan. Tähtiä oli niin paljon kuin paniikkiin! Kävelin sisään ja halusin vain päästä pois sieltä. Olen kunnossa muutaman ihmisen kanssa, mutta… olen täsmälleen sama esitysten kanssa. Kun meidän on tehtävä esityksiä teollisuustyöhön, avaruudessa on yleensä 20 ihmistä ja en voi tehdä niitä. Minulla on yleensä joku alkamassa yhtä hyvin kuin silloin, kun saan, kun saan vähän mukavasti. Ihmiset sanovat: “Voi, vaikka teit TV -ohjelman”, olin kuitenkin peloissani! Tyylini ovat kuitenkin vaaroja ja ehkä se on minun poistoni.
CS: Otatko enemmän vaaroja, kun suunnittelet jotakuta muuta kuin sinä, kun suunnittelet itse?
KW: Molemmat. Tarkoitan todennäköisesti, Bryan ei kuitenkaan enää anna minun. (Nauraa) Aiomme todennäköisesti tarjota kotimme muutamassa vuodessa samoin kuin hän totesi minulle toisena päivänä: “Miksi teit kylpyhuoneesi tällä tavalla? Kukaan ei pidä siitä. ” samoin kuin olin kuin: “Mutta sanoit, että kuolemme täällä!”
H&H: Ymmärrätkö, muuttavatko ihmiset myymäsi koteja?
KW: He tekevät. Se riippuu siitä, mikä koti se oli. Jos he ovat hiukan hiljaisempia – aivan ensimmäinen koti, niin ukko, oli sekä pehmeämpi, nykyaikaisempi ja melko aika. Se, he ostivat melkein kaiken kodin että talon. Viimeinen oli kuitenkin tarkempi. Yksi koti, joka oli Donicil Esperatusissa, uskomattoman vedonlyönnin marmorilla ihmiset repivät kaiken. samoin kuin se oli neutraali väri. Ihmiset haluavat laittaa oman spinin sekä persoonallisuutensa, samoin kuin useimmat ihmiset haluavat riskitöntä että perustiedot. He vain tekevät.
H&H: Onko sinulla testi selvittääksesi, kun olet uskaltautunut omituiseen ja untuvaan ja vaatimukseen vetäytyä takaisin?
KW: Meillä on kaikki toimistossa olevat seinät ovat pin-up, joten… samoin kuin me sen paljon tuotteemme kanssa. Pyydän joku toimistossa käyttämään muotikoruja linjaltani muutaman päivän ajan. as well as I ask people from the different departments since they all come from different skill sets as well as you can focus on the very best ones. Joten näet todella mitä ihmiset pitävät. Kysyt aina.
CS: Kun saamme uuden tyylin, laitamme sen kiireiseen alukseen kuukauden ajan ja silloin katsomme sitä uudelleen. It makes such a difference. since you get it as well as you believe it’s going to be amazing, however you do requirement to online with it. When people see it you get a much truer idea of exactly how it’s going to be — as well as then you recognize you do requirement people’s opinions.
H&H: Do you have a no Pinterest rule in the office?
KW: If you’re wise as well as understand what to look for — if you just type in generic things you’ll just get generic stuff back. You have to be so specific, as well as then there’s incredible stuff on Pinterest. however you have to be wise as well as understand what you’re looking for.
H&H: has your social network existence altered your innovative process at all?
KW: Yes, it’s so inspirational. The world is available to you — artists around the world as well as furniture makers as well as craftsmen. You educating your eye. That’s exactly how you ended up being a much better designer: the more you see, you make wise decisions, you understand what the anomalies are, you make wise decisions. I like Pinterest!
H&H: Is Pinterest your favourite on the internet app or addiction?
KW: I have Newsstand on my iPad mini as well as so I have all the worldwide magazines. I utilized to have the vehicle of my back seat full of books as well as magazines, then I’d come into the office on Monday as well as somebody would have to scan as well as copy them. Now, I screen shot all the magazines as well as download them onto the computer. You can’t lose it like a Xerox. That is a fantastic tool. I likewise just discovered out that you can get on the internet from your phone or a data plan. I can utilize my Samsung phone as a port. It’s incredible. There’s no wasted time. any type of type of addiction needs the interest of Fort myers rehab, as it impacts the working of brain as well as hampers daily activites.
H&H: Does it add a pressure to stay true to your style instead of letting it evolve like it would as well as has over the years?
KW: Yeah. Going back to the fashion thing, which is the hardest business in the world, as well as having these purchasers as well as different people say: “you requirement to be doing this” as well as “this is the trend.” You can not listen. If you’re ever going to discover your voice as well as stand out as a designer, you can’t listen to anyone. You have to comply with you’re heart. even with our jewelry, still, some people don’t want to pick it up since it’s as well edgy. I’m doing what I feel as well as that’s it. You have to or you’re not going to succeed in what you want to do.
H&H: Is it weird to be called an icon?
KW: It makes me feel old! My pr business in LA is telling me it’s my 20th anniversary as well as I don’t even want to talk about it! It just seems old.
H&H: have you ever had somebody say, Kelly go bolder. This is as well safe!
KW: No!
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Photo sources:
1) array Dark Rug, The Rug Company
2) Portrait, Wendy Jacob
3) Flaunt, The Rug Company
4) Astral, The Rug Company
5) Graffito, The Rug Company
6) District, The Rug Company