It is hard to say I feel
creative and inspired every day at work, and there are time I get bogged down
with spec sheets, budgets, and project management, and I loose site of the fun
of my profession. So it is always a great treat to hear a successful designer speak about his career and passion for design; it always
gets me fired up about my field once again. This past week I was lucky
enough to hear Mr. Larry Laslo give a talk at Hamilton Park's furniture
showroom here in SLC. Laslo is on Elle Decor's 2013 A-list, quite an
honor, and has a long and illustrious career designing private homes and retail
properties throughout the US as well as textile and furniture lines to his name.
In Elle Decor he sums up
his style-
"My work is classic,
but with a surprising twist. There's that edge that tells you it's 2013,
not 1998".
Elle Decor says of
him-
"He creates crisp
interiors that pull freely from different periods, and the unexpected elements
often come from striking contemporary artworks or bold combinations of
colors."
I hope to have a similar
write-up in the magazine when I am on their A-list one day :)
In addition to just being
great at his job and showing very pretty pictures at his lecture, what is so
great about Laslo and pretty much all the iconic, celebrity designers, is that
they are utterly convincing that they love every second of their job, and
they simply live and breath design. There is a great passion, even after
decades in the business that is so inspiring. So after a few days of
mundane design work, Laslo was the perfect kick in the pants I needed to get
some inspiration going!
Thanks Mr. Laslo and thanks
to Hamilton Park for getting him to leave Manhattan and Palm Beach to come all
the way over to little SLC!
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