Lively Apartment Therapy DC Meet Up last night !
The event, an end of the summer social and design roundtable, was organized by Desire Green of Sukio Design and was held at The Dunes , one of DC’s hottest art and event spaces.
Chris Bishop
Chris Bishop
Couldn’t resist posting a few of these fabulous pieces by local DC artist and illustrator Chris Bishop.
Zoe Feldman, Eric Cole, Alex Sanchez
The design panel included three of DC’s most “current” designers, Zoe Feldman, Vastu’s Eric Kole, and Alex Sanchez. The panel shared their insights about “trends” and how they affect the DC design market. They were in agreement about a few things.
~Clients are spending more “smartly”
~A “green mentality” has consumers turning to pieces that are locally sourced
~A global, more rough hewn look is “in”
~Architecture, scale, proportion should dictate design
~Matchy bedroom sets are a no-no
Alex Sanchez and Eric Kole
The designers also shared some details about new “projects” on the horizon.
~Zoe Feldman will be launching a new blog “Zoe Frenia”, which she promises to be “irreverent and frenetic”
~Eric Kole will appear on HGTV’s premiere episode of “Showhouse Showdown”, airing September 12 at 10pm ET
~Alex Sanchez will appear in Uptown Magazine and has an open house, showcasing his “renovation style” at 26 T St. NE, on September 11
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And for more “words of wisdom” from these three designers, you can check out the Twitter stream of #apttherapydc and @aposhgirl (I had trouble photographing, listening, drinking AND tweeting at the same time ; )
Chris Bishop
That looked like on very colorful event! I’ll keep an eye out for the new projects. I also agree with the panels thoughts on matchy bedroom sets – a BIG no no.
An answer from an expert! Thanks for cotnrbuiitng.
One of the benefits of living 10 minutes from the BIg City– always something happening. Always learn when I venture out. : )
nice pics – thanks for sharing! cool space too – sorry i had to miss it. started vacation last night.
Hey Roslyn…great excuse ; ) See’ya next time.
Thanks for posting so fast Roslyn,
Sad I missed it, but had to do some moving/renovating for my little sister in Boston. It’s great to catch up on what I missed. See you at the next meetup!
No matching bedroom sets is a TREND! If so, it started about 25 years ago.
Totally agree…but apparently SOMEONE in the DC environs not getting the message. Ack.