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PHOTO: (PORTRAIT) PETER MURDOCK, (ROOM) COURTESY OF MILES REDD, (NOTEBOOK) COURTESY OF PAPIER TIGRE, (MUGS) JASON DONNELLY
12 | September 2019
FRESH TRENDS
This interior designer
is known for his
masterful use of color
and pattern.
(Leopard is a neutral
in his opinion.)
Recently he mined the
primary palette
in a room, left, for the
Design on a Dime
benefi t in New York.
His advice on
incorporating these
colors into a room:
EMBRACE THE
BOLD
Don’t try to play
down these colors;
their very strength
is what makes them
work. “It’s odd to think
of them as adaptable,
but one of them
will always work in the
strangest of ways—
almost like how a red
exit sign or fi re
hydrant will blend into
the background.”
LIVEN UP A ROOM
When a space
lacks a punch, Redd
usually adds an accent
in a primary such as a
bright blue lampshade.
START SMALL
“If you’re shy with
color, add it in
a small way like by
painting a chair or a
door. Painting your
doors red is like
putting on red lipstick,”
he says. “It adds
a visual punch.” ■
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MILES
REDD
tells all
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THE
CONTRAST
OF PRIMARY
COLORS
AGAINST BLACK
OR WHITE
GIVES A ROOM
A BOOST.
SALES SUPPORT
SUSTAINABLE
TRADE
PROGRAMS FOR
GUATEMALAN
ARTISANS.
