A roundup of our under-the-radar discoveries from 2017 (and a couple from 2016): Here are 13 architects and designers we’ve got our eye on, in no particular order.
We first became aware of the quirky, distinctively French modernist vibe of designer C. S. Valentin when we posted on Hotel Esencia: Secluded Splendor on the Maya Riviera last year.
C. S. Valentin in New York City
And earlier today we featured his own apartment, At Home with C. S. Valentin: French Eclecticism in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
Alexa recently came across the work of Nicolas Sisto of Sisto Studios in Paris via Remodelista favorite Clarisse Demory (see A Renovated Loft in Paris by a Young Architect on the Up).
Sisto Studios in Paris
We got to know Kirill Bergart when he participated in one of our West Coast Remodelista markets; we recently featured his own LA pad (see Midcentury Mashup: At Home with a Rising Design Star in LA).
Kirill Bergart in Los Angeles
LSL in Paris
Another Alexa discovery: LSL Architects; we’re all obsessed by their nonchalant but glamorous take on interiors (see The New Provencal Style: An Artfully Reinvented French Mas).
Undercover Architecture in London
We recently came across Undercover Architecture in London via The Modern House.
Our friend Megan Wilson of Ancient Industries (her house in Cornwall is featured in our first book, Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home) clued us in to Menorca, Spain–based Quintana Partners.
Quintana Partners in Menorca, Spain
Salt & Bones in Carmel, California
We’re fans of the relaxed, organic modern style of Carissa Duncan of design studio Salt & Bones in Carmel, California; we especially like her work at Esalen; see A Storied Retreat in Big Sur Gets an Update (for the First Time in 50 Years).
London design partners Chan & Eayrs aim to create “homes with soul,” as they say. For more, see The Renegade Real Estate Developers: Chan & Eayrs in London.
Chan & Eayres in London
Rachel Chudley in London
Christine was seated next to interior design Rachel Chudley at an Ochre dinner in London recently and excitedly emailed me the next day; we’ve been obsessing over her projects ever since.
We discovered London-based Frame’s Imperial Club project via The Modern House (see A London New-Build Inspired by the Iconic Maison de Verre); we’d be happy to move right in.
Frame in London
Another serendipitous discovery: Quiet Studios, a design studio with offices in Berlin, London, and Madrid.
Quiet Studios in Berlin, London, and Madrid
Andrew Trotter, an architect and founder of Openhouse Magazine, became an Instagram star with his remodel of the Masseria Moroseta (see A Modern Masseria in Puglia with Traditional Influences).
Andrew Trotter
Katie Lockhart Studio in New Zealand
We’ve been fans of Katie Lockhart’s shop Everyday Needs since it opened (she has since sold it to focus on her design work); we’re looking forward to seeing more of her Katie Lockhart Studio interiors work over the next few years.