All the latest from Boston’s design world.
O&G Studio’s CEO and creative director Jonathan Glatt with the design company’s Windsor chair collection.
O&G STUDIO
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The Rhode Island-based furniture and design studio came out with a book called Anthology: The O&G Modern Windsor Seating Collection in conjunction with a retrospective chair exhibit that relaunched the studio’s Windsor chair collection, the largest collection of handmade, originally designed Windsor chairs in production today. The book showcases the studio’s entire line of over 40 styles of Windsor chairs, stools, settees and benches. The studio also added two new designs to its collection, the Colt High-Back armchair and the Aquinnan side chair.
Paula and Clayton Daher photographed in their new Kennebunk-based retail studio during the space’s renovation.
MÉLANGE
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Paula Daher and her son, Clayton Daher of Daher Interior Design opened MÉLANGE, a new home furnishings store and design studio in Kennebunk, Maine. The 3,000-square-foot location will house a globally curated selection of furnishings, one-of-a-kind area rugs, lighting, outdoor furniture, tableware, French antiques and regional craft from Maine artisans and makers, as well as the Daher’s own bespoke upholstery line. The mother and son revived the former Market Day food store with a full-scale, gut renovation that includes exterior gardens by Gregory Lombardi Design.
RODE ARCHITECTS
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The Boston-based collaborative design and architecture firm announced the acquisition of McMahon Architects, a full-service firm specializing in workplace interiors, hospitality, restaurant, residential and environmental design. The acquisition combines the experience and expertise of two of Boston’s most respected architectural firms.
MOLTENI&C
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The Molteni&C flagship store is now open in SoWa. In partnership with Casa Design Group, the 3,500-square-foot showroom highlights not only the finest Italian craftsmanship but also conceptually celebrates the protagonists of the architectural world. As guests walk through the space, they’ll discover bedroom, dining room and living room pieces designed by visionaries like creative director Vincent Van Duysen, Naoto Fukasawa and Nicola Gallizia. In addition to the welcoming and inspirational rooms, visitors can discover the brand’s custom closets and the newly launched outdoor collection.
NEWPORT COTTAGES 1835-1890: THE SUMMER VILLAS BEFORE THE VANDERBILT ERA
This meticulously researched and illustrated book by scholar Michael C. Kathrens takes readers behind the doors of more than 35 Newport homes, including the original Breakers and other notable summer villas of the 19th century. Enjoy hundreds of specially commissioned and archival photographs that showcase the luscious grounds, facades and interiors accompanied by architectural renderings, floor plans, historical tidbits and insight into the lives of the original owners.
JIM GAUTHIER AND COMPANY
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After a 35-year, award-winning interior design career, Jim Gauthier has launched a new venture, Jim Gauthier and Company. The compay will operate under three facets—full-service interior design, advisory services for design professionals and the salon creative, an intimate event series to foster deeper connections within the design community.
The cover of Rosales’ new book
BRIDGES AS STRUCTURAL ART
Miguel Rosales, a designer of the Zakim Bridge, has written a book on his designs due out this fall. Many of his bridges across the country, and one over the Panama Canal, have become iconic shapes in the cities they inhabit. Of the 25 bridges featured in the book, five are in Boston, one is in Revere and one is in Quincy. Rosales lives in Beacon Hill and has a new bridge in Charlestown currently under construction.
Products from Alexandra Slote’s new retail space Alex & Company.
ALEXANDRA SLOTE INTERIORS
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The Beacon Hill-based interior design studio headed by Alexandra Slote has landed in Osterville. Slote and her team renovated an old church into a retail space for fine gifts, home decor and artwork. The modern coastal space, called Alex & Company, also offers the firm’s full design services.
