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Major fabric and design house moves to new headquarters in NYC

“Situated over four floors that are flooded with natural light, the new office space at 459 Broadway and Grand Street is a fluid, shared setup that is “designed to inspire creative energy,” the company said. The new space reflects the 134-year-old company’s identity and its brands, which include Schumacher, Patterson Flynn, Backdrop, and Frederic magazine.”

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Domino

Choosing Wallpaper Is a Big Deal—But Backdrop’s New Design Makes It Easy

“While best known for its paint, Backdrop’s personality-filled wallpapers are something real fans won’t want to snooze on. Its fourth collection ranges from fluid watercolors to dense brushstrokes, all based on original artwork created in the brand’s downtown L.A. studio”

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Forbes

How To-The-Design-Trade Schumacher Pivots To The Consumer

“The ‘Tiffany’ brand in wallpaper is Schumacher, founded in New York City by Parisian-native Frederic Schumacher in 1889. In those early days, it provided designs for the Waldorf Astoria and President Theodore Roosevelt’s White House. The company remains family-owned by fifth-generation brothers Stephen and Andrew Puschel.”

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The New York Times

When Pretty Walls Tell a Deeper Story

“…But Schumacher, a fifth-generation, family-owned business that has been around since the Gilded Age, has recently produced a number of vivid designs that represent complex cultural histories — sans sugar coating.”

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Business of Home

Fanciful designs from Phillip Jeffries, Mary McDonald for Patterson Flynn and more

“Mary McDonald unveiled her latest line of floor coverings designed in collaboration with Patterson Flynn. The collection features three whimsical geometric rug designs in multiple sizes and hues, including the sunburst-and-diamond-clad Polestar and the pinwheel-patterned Masquerade.”

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Architectural Digest

Designer Xavier Donnelly Remixes Past and Present in His Vibey Hospitality Interiors

“In his new role at Ash, Donnelly will begin by tackling three forthcoming hotel projects. Meanwhile, he is also developing an independent collection of wallpapers for Backdrop. He calls the designs “narrative, illustrative, customizable.” In other words, the perfect ingredients for setting the scene.”

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Designers Today

Major fabric and design house moves to new headquarters in NYC

“Situated over four floors that are flooded with natural light, the new office space at 459 Broadway and Grand Street is a fluid, shared setup that is “designed to inspire creative energy,” the company said. The new space reflects the 134-year-old company’s identity and its brands, which include Schumacher, Patterson Flynn, Backdrop, and Frederic magazine.”

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Tribeca Citizen

The Tribeca toile of Fouquet’s New York

“More soon on the hotel itself, but in the meantime, here’s a little peek at the Tribeca toile that the developers of Fouquet’s New York had designed by F. Schumacher & Co. for their rooms. It’s so charming that it deserved its own post.”

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Fenimore Lane

Talk Shop: Mary McDonald // Mary Mcdonald, Inc.

Now a household name, Mary McDonald is an award-winning Los Angeles-based interior designer who started her design career when her friends asked if she would help them design their homes. Slowly but surely she gained traction, and in 2011, Mary skyrocketed to fame when she starred in Bravo’s “Million Dollar Decorators” series, and then “Property Envy.”

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La Repubblica

Grandmillennial: come a casa della nonna

“Si chiama grandmillennial e, come suggerisce il nome, ricorda l’atmosfera accogliente e rassicurante tipica dell’infanzia, quella che la generazione dei nati tra i primi anni Ottanta e la metà degli anni Novanta respirava dai nonni (da qui il nome grandma, nonna, e millennial).”

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