T&C Design Dispatch: A Dallas Home Done by Chad Dorsey, A New Home Collection by Dior, and More

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Once every two weeks, T&C puts together an assortment of the best design news and happenings— everything from interior design projects that pique our interest and auctions of note, to any must-have products on the market.

Chad Dorsey Brings his "Relaxed Luxury" to This Dallas Home

Luxury in design often follows the formula: large scale, shiny finishings, and cold surfaces. But, Chad Dorsey, an American interior designer, knows that this isn't always right.

Take one of his latest home projects, for example. This Dallas home is an intimate cove adorned with art and design treasures that are more of a whisper than a shout. In the family room, white walls are brought to life with a marble fireplace by STRIKE, a geometrical rug, and an organically shaped wooden table. In the lounge, Dorsey leans into a cooling dark blue paint, which is contrasted by a pair of gold tables (perhaps iron?). The powder room is made of moody tones of an embossed vinyl wallcovering with raffia weave from Elitis, with a custom vanity by Chad Dorsey Studio. Already, there's a play with color and material here that makes the home feel thoughtful and personal.

But, the art, and copious amounts of it at that, is what really ties the home together. "These are longtime clients," Dorsey tells T&C. "And, we wanted something that was comfortable and familiar yet pushed the client outside the comfort zone." Alas, Taking Flight by Porter Teleo brings rich hues to the breakfast room. Andy Warhol's After The Party 183 (1979) sits in the bar. Alex Prager's Starlight, a limited-edition archival pigment print first presented at the artist's solo show in 2021 at Lehmann Maupin, London, sits in the lounge. There are others, too, that add to the cozy ambiance. What is luxury? Luxury is able to sit cozy at home on a Sunday morning with a coffee, reliving memories throughout paintings—how they were collected, where, and when.

Tory Burch and Humberto Leon's Plush Concept Store on Melrose

Tory Burch and Humberto Leon want to play a game of cat and mouse. At least, that's what their new concept store on Melrose suggests. Open until the end of the year, the two have introduced a new concept store on 8483 Melrose that merges the aesthetic tendencies between them. The result? A playful shopping experience sure to draw in posh consumers who crave a bit of fun.

“I have long admired Humberto’s creativity,” Burch said in a release. “...I was interested to see his take on our brand.”

On the exterior and throughout the store, the work of German Photographer Walter Schels adorns the walls. His animal portraits appeared in Tory's Resort 2024 collection where a cat and bunny were printed on tops and skirts. A large-scale image of a mouse repeats along the outside of the building, while a cad, mid-meow, fills the space's interior walls. Leon, the co-founder of the Opening Ceremony, commissioned artist Aranza Garcia of Chuch Estudio in Merida, Mexico, to create a series of pink ceramic seats which are clustered in nine. Cat owners might be familiar with the shag carpet, which is meant to resemble a cat tower.

Along with Burch's Spring 2024 collection will be her Resort 2024 collection and a capsule collection of t-shirts, sweatshirts, and totes with abstract Schels portraits of a cat and bunny designed specifically for a store. They say opposites attract. Here, it reigns true.

Akea Brionne at Lyles & King Gallery

For art to see this month, there is artist Akea Brionne at Lyles & King Gallery in New York City. The exhibition features a series of works that trace her investigation into her grandfather's journey between Mississippi and New Mexico in the 1970s at the end of The Great Migration. It marks the Detroit and Kansas City-based textile artist and sculptor's first solo presentation.

The series of works depict portraits of subjects nestled within nature-filled settings. There is a man donning an orange, polka-dotted shirt sitting in between an opened gate filled with gardenia. A butterfly in the same color as their shirt flies above him. There's a group portrait of three, two standing one sitting, on a seaside porch.

What is most noteworthy, however, is the expert combination of materials. Is that border... made of rhinestone? Are these.. cotton? or Wool? Are the shirts... jacquard? I couldn't help but be reminded of caviar when taking a closer look at the orange wings of the butterfly. They sit at a crossroads of appearing painted, woven, and digitally made (some of her work is, indeed, digitally woven). Somehow, you can almost even hear the surroundings the subjects are placed in. You can hear the waves crashing, and feel the sun beating down. Familial explorations can be emotionally tumultuous. Brionne's exhibition proves that it can also be the opposite.

Paris Design Week 2024 Inspiration

The annual Paris Design Week, a convergence of Maison & Objet and Deco-Off, has just come to an end. There were several highlights, of course, and many reasons to start shopping on par with this year's trends.

Housse de couette écossaise Archer

Druggist Square Vase

Georg Jensen Koppel Pitcher in Green at Nordstrom

Malachite single wick candle

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