WHEN: Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 11 am to 1 pm

WHO: de Gournay company director Hannah Cecil Gurney, daughter of founder Claud Cecil Gurney; and creative director Jemma Cave

WHAT: Informal drop-in brunch: See the newest de Gournay collections and meet Hannah Cecil Gurney and Jemma Cave. Have a collab in mind? Discuss. 

BADGE OF HONOR: From the outset, de Gournay has been known for new interpretations of 18^th and 19^th century Chinoiserie papers, both from original Chinese sources and from European copies of these exotic paintings, many with garden scenes with flora and fauna in vibrant hues

COLLABS: Chanel and Christian Dior, Aquazzura and Erdem and fascinating ventures with Houghton Hall, Salone del Mobile and Annabel’s nightclub, as well as bespoke creations with designers worldwide

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: Enter the romantic world of bespoke, hand-painted wallpapers, and see the newest de Gournay collections

WHERE: Culp Associates, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 500, in the Dallas Design Center 

TXDW Sponsors: Culp Associates, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino 

WHEN: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 1:00 to 3:00 pm

WHO: Designer Alexa Hampton

WHAT: Daughter of design legend Mark Hampton, Alexa speaks about a life in design, inspiration, and the homes she grew up in, as well as her forever-home on 59th Street in NYC, and signs her new book, a memoir of sorts, out this month.

DECORATIONS: AD 100, Elle Decor A-List, House Beautiful's 100 Best Designers, the first female designer to win the International Market Centers' Design Icon Award.

BOOK: In her newest book, Alexa Hampton: Design, Style and Influence, Alexa takes you on a journey through her life’s work: her beautifully appointed pre-war apartment on 59th Street in Manhattan. She highlights the art, textiles, and objects in her spaces, along with the design and fashion tastemakers who inspired her, and retraces some of the big movements, auctions, and people that rocked the world of design and made an indelible mark on her.

COLLABS: Visual Comfort & Co., The Shade Store, Theodore Alexander, Kravet, Stark, Eastern Accents, Genaration Lighting, Chesney's, White River, SA Baxter, Globus Cork

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: If the Louis arms of design had not embraced Alexa, she would have made a very successful comedian. 

WHERE: Visual Comfort & Co., 2000 N. Stemmons, Suite 1D111, Dallas Market Center Ground Floor

TXDW Sponsors: Visual Comfort & Co., HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino 

“Having lived in the same building in New York City for the last 27 years, I can see these twists and turns as they have occurred and been memorialized in print, like a map of my past and a diagram of where my head was at during my various stops on the stations of the decorative cross.” — Alexa Hampton

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 11:30 to 1:30 pm

WHO: Mark D. Sikes, Rivers Spencer, and Jan Showers discuss The Art of Color, moderated by Chesie Breen

WHAT: Easy, breezy salon vibe, and who better to cozy up to color with than Benjamin Moore

BOOK: Mark Sikes will sign More Beautiful: All American Decoration. Jan Showers will sign Glamorous Living. 

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: An easy lunch-time chat with three of the most personable people in design. Mark has all 352 shades of blue memorized - ask him to name his favorite. And Jan has a new shipment from Paris. 

WHERE: Jan Showers, 1308 Slocum, in the Dallas Design District

TXDW Sponsors: Jan Showers, Benjamin Moore, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 1:30 to 3:30 pm

WHO: Architect Bobby McAlpine, founder of McAlpine

WHAT: Illustrated talk and book signing with legendary architect Bobby McAlpine 

STREET CRED: Offices in Montgomery, Nashville, NYC, Atlanta

DECORATIONS: AD 100, Elle Decor A List, published in top design magazines.

BOOK: In McAlpine: Romantic Modernism (Rizzoli), the residences featured draw from architectural languages ranging from Elizabethan and Dutch to colonial Caribbean and agrarian American. The book opens with Bobby McAlpine’s own newly designed house, featuring exquisite spaces that are modern in expression but classical in order and balance. Other projects include a white-on-white neoclassical pavilion-by-the-sea in the Bahamas, a masonry dwelling in the rolling hills of Virginia, a quintessential American country house in Tennessee that combines the familiarity of a farmhouse with crisp minimalism, and an exuberant house sited on the edge of a pastoral golf course in Alabama.

COLLABS: Lee Industries, Holland MacRae, Elegant Earth

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: Projects include hundreds of residences, restaurants, private chapels, follies in a public park and on private lands, hotels, a school, a rehabilitated town, and a family compound on a private island in the Caribbean. 

WHERE: JD Staron, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 280, in the Dallas Design Center

TXDW Sponsors: JD Staron, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

"Pure classicism and modernism are daunting in their dogma. When you throw the cloak of romanticism over them, they become more subtle and even more powerful. They turn a house made of warm butter into something that possesses an 'across the crowded room' kind of attraction, as immediate as a flash of lightning or the roll of thunder." — Bobby McAlpine

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 3:30 to 5:30 pm

WHO: Creative visionaries and designers Adam Blackman and David Cruz of the legendary L.A. design gallery and repository, Blackman Cruz

WHAT: Adam Blackman and David Cruz built a monument to quirky and brilliant design, enthralling legions of stars and design enthusiasts with a ground-breaking emporium for showstopping furniture, decorative arts, artifacts, and iconography 

STREET CRED: One of the most well-known design stores in the world with clients Philippe Stark, Herb Ritts, Diane von Furstenberg, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, the Olsen twins, Adele, and Jennifer Lopez to name a few. 

DECORATIONS: The book, which celebrates a thirty-year career, highlights a little history about some of their favorite decorative artists. Blackman and Cruz will take you into their homes in Los Angeles, Ojai, and San Miguel de Allende. 

BOOK: Beauty & Mischief: The Design Alchemy of Blackman Cruz, foreword Ryan Murphy (Cameron Books)

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: With a design ethos that runs the gamut from operatic to telenovela, Blackman Cruz pieces are rarely perfect but always entertaining: from a pair of chairs from Al Capone’s retreat to a rare 1930s Arturo Pani desk to the one-of-a-kind creations of designers such as Carlo Bugatti, José “Pepe” Mendoza, Mike Diaz, Lika Moore, Jane Hallworth, and Gianni Vallino, among others

WHERE: David Sutherland, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 340, in the Dallas Design Center

TXDW Sponsors: David Sutherland, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

 A Primer on the Hunt:  

Blackman and Cruz work independently, gathering a mix of the curious and the refined. Blackman treks across the United States and abroad, stoking his passion to discover things he’s never seen before. Like an early nineteenth-century ceremonial paddle from the Austral Islands in French Polynesia meticulously carved with a sharktooth tool or the surprising rustic minimalism of French Alps château décor, where tree-trunk slabs were fashioned into rough-hewn cabinets. Cruz stalks Mexico and Europe, with annual pilgrimages to the Parma Antique Fair in Italy, and trusted dealers who cater to his classical, expressionistic tastes. He might come home with a pair of Poliarte brutalist sconces that have a gothic tinge, or something esoteric, like a big architectural buffet designed by occultist Rudolf Steiner, whose theories on education, agriculture, and spirituality favor an organic style in which right angles are verboten.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 4 to 6 pm

WHAT: Pop in for a glass of something cool, meet Patrick Frey, son of founder Pierre Frey, and purchase a signed copy of Pierre Frey's new book out this month, Pierre Frey: Textiles, Wallpapers, Carpets, and Furniture (Flammarion). 

WHERE: At Culp Associates, 102 N. Stemmons, Suite 500, in the Dallas Design Center

TXDW Sponsors: Culp Associates, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

"I believe that nothing is created without memory or without history. It is impossible to wipe out the past if we want to invent beauty. That’s why a creative house like ours needs to preserve, conserve, and enrich its artistic heritage." - Patrick Frey

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 6 to 8 pm

WHO: Michael Diaz-Griffith

WHAT: Join Michael Diaz-Griffith and OKA founder Sue Jones in a discussion: New Antiquarians, Established Connoisseurs, and the Future of Antiques, followed by a book signing

STREET CRED: Michael is executive director of the Design Leadership Network, and previously served as associate executive director of The Winter Show — America’s most prestigious and longest-running art and antiques fair, and was executive director of Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation. A collector himself, he also co-chairs The Winter Show’s Young Collectors Night and the Masterpiece Collectors Club for the art and design fair Masterpiece London. 

DECORATIONS: Named to House Beautiful’s list of “Visionaries” for his advocacy of historic art and preservation

BOOK: One of the hottest design books out this year, The New Antiquarians: At Home with Young Collectors (Monacelli), an inspiring compendium of spirited interiors assembled around collections of objects brimming with life and history

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: The once rarefied world of antiques is bursting open thanks to a new generation of collectors who are revitalizing the field. The New Antiquarians highlights residences on both sides of the Atlantic — fashion designers, artists, gallerists, dealers, architects, and interior designers including Jared Austin, Emily Adams, Bode Aujla & Aaron Singh Aujla, Pablo Bronstein, Collier Calandruccio, Adam Charlap Hyman, Emily Eerdmans, Jared Frank, Andrew LaMar Hopkins, Kyle Marshall, and more. 

WHERE: OKA, 4531 McKinney Avenue

TXDW Sponsors: OKA, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino 

“The New Antiquarians do the new as well as the antique. Some mix or display objects in new-fashioned ways, while others reclaim or recontextualize history through the things they have chosen to steward and interpret. A few, brilliantly, do all these things at once.” — Michael Diaz-Griffith

WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 10 am to 12 pm

WHO: Architect D. Stanley Dixon

WHAT: Illustrated talk, morning mimosas, and signing of D. Stanley Dixon's new book

BOOK: The Residential Architecture of D. Stanley Dixon (Rizzoli)

DECORATIONS: Stan Dixon's work has been featured in major shelter publications, and he is a three-time winner of Veranda and Atlanta Decorative Arts Center's Southeast Architect of the Year award. The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art has presented Stan with the Philip Trammell Shutze Award (11 times), Addison Mizner Award (twice), and the Acanthus Award.

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: Stan’s edited approach to the classical elements of architecture creates an understated aesthetic that is historically-based while embracing influences of modern design. His goal is to interpret individual needs and desires through contextually sensitive work that engages appropriate style, scale and proportion, giving every building a sense of permanence and delight. The resulting body of work has set an exacting standard.

WHERE: Carol Piper Rugs, 1209 Slocum, Suite 100, in the Dallas Design District

TXDW Sponsors: Carol Piper Rugs, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

“We design these homes within the demands of today’s modern lifestyle, but I believe they still resonate with the soulful romance and warmth of the past.” — Stan Dixon

WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2023 1:00 to 3:00 pm

WHO: Landscape architect Brian Sawyer and architect John Berson, Sawyer | Berson Architects

WHAT: Brian Sawyer and John Berson speak and sign the firm's first book, out this month.

BOOK: Sawyer | Berson: Houses and Landscapes (Rizzoli)

DECORATIONS: AD100; curriculum vitae for both principals includes Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Brian Sawyer: Fellow of the ASLA, board member of the Perfect Earth Project and The Cultural Landscape Foundation. John Berson: BA Princeton, Master in Architecture Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

Why You Can't Miss: Treating architecture, landscape design, and interior design as complementary endeavors supported by rigorous historical, contextual, and technical research 

Street Cred: Clients: record producer Mark Ronson, Julianne Moore, Bette Midler, Vera Wang, Elle McPherson

WHERE: The new Blue Print Showroom, 1505 Oak Lawn, Suite 100, in the Dallas Design District

TXDW Sponsors: Blue Print, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

WHEN: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 4 to 6 pm

WHO: Architect Michael G. Imber

WHAT: Illustrated talk and presentation of Michael Imber's projects and watercolors, afternoon cocktails, and signing of his extraordinary new book

BOOK: The Art of the Architect (Triglyph Books) is the work of Michael G. Imber, whose watercolors and sketches are published here for the first time, showing what a vital contribution they make at every stage of an architectural project. Rich in examples of the art and philosophy that have inspired him over the years, this book is both an ode to a precious art form and a visual delight. His watercolor studies are an exceptionally unique and celebrated discipline of his practice and his attention to light, color, line, shape, and space in these working paintings reveals a love for the medium.

DECORATIONS: Lifetime Arthur Ross Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows; Texas Society of Architects' William W. Caudill, FAIA award; six Palladio Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Design as well as numerous Texas ICAA Staub Awards. Founding counselor of The Congress of Residential Architects and founding president of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Texas Chapter. He serves as a current board member of the Design Leadership Network and the Trust of America Board

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS:  A devoted artist and contemporary master of classical architecture, Michael creates buildings that are imbued with the spirit of the landscape in which they are built. With a host of iconic ranches and country houses across Texas and the western United States as well as beloved coastal residences and luxury resorts around the world, his architecture is renowned for its sensitivity to culture, landscape, material, and craft. 

WHERE: Elegant Additions, 150 Turtle Creek Blvd, Suite 203, at the International on Turtle Creek

TXDW Sponsors: Elegant Additions, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino

“My hope is to re-inspire architects with the joy of observing and with the idea that by seeing, in particular, the landscapes in which we live we can reconnect our architecture to place, and to enrich our ideas for the creation of more rewarding environments for the future.” — Michael Imber

WHAT: Building a Brand - Family Style with Sister Parish's mother-daughter Susan Crater and Eliza Harris; husband and wife Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, Carrier and Company Interiors; McLaurin & Percy life partners Clay McLaurin and Todd Piercy; and JAMES showroom owners husband and wife Hunter and Meredith Ellis. Moderated by Veranda editor in chief Steele Marcoux. Following the talk Steele will sign Veranda's newest book, Simply Chic: Modern Interior Design and Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller will sign Defining Chic: Carrier and Company Interiors

Behind the Scenes: Sister Parish was founded in 1933 by Mrs. Henry (Sister) Parish. Now under the collaborative vision of Susan Crater, Mrs. Parish's granddaughter, and her daughter chief creative officer Eliza Harris, the company moves forward with the same sensibility rooted in traditional American decorative arts history. This American heritage brand celebrates the beloved designs from the Parish Hadley archives as well as new designs for today. With a deep appreciation of Sister Parish’s craft heritage, from the artisans on the Lower East Side to the Connecticut shoreline to the Pennsylvania countryside, every print has its own American story, manufactured primarily in the United States. The Sister Parish Collection is available through JAMES.

Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, Carrier and Company Interiors, are known for creating stealth luxury for such clients as Anna Wintour and Jessica Chastain. They are on the AD100 and Elle Decor A-List and have collaborations with Century Furniture, Visual Comfort & Co., Lee Jofa, Loloi, and Soicher Marin.

McLaurin & Piercy has a passionate commitment to artful design, a celebration of hand-guided craftsmanship and inspired American heritage. As authentic American weavers, Clay McLaurin and Todd Piercy embrace the belief that how textiles are made matters. Their collection is available through JAMES.

Hunter and Meredith Ellis own JAMES showrooms in three cities including the recently opened JAMES in NYC's Interior Arts Building. Meredith has recently launched her own stunning collection of fabric with wallpaper to soon follow.

BOOKS: Veranda editor in chief Steele Marcoux signs Veranda's newest book, out this month, Simply Chic: Modern Interior Design. Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, Carrier and Company Interiors, sign their new book, Defining Chic: Carrier and Company Interiors (Rizzoli)

WHY YOU CAN'T MISS: See how brands are built and legacies born; explore new fabric, wallpaper and furniture collections and meet the makers

WHERE: JAMES, 1025 N. Stemmons, Suite 250, in the Dallas Design Center

TXDW Sponsors: JAMES, HN Capital Partners, Dallas Design District, Monogram Luxury Appliances, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Frontgate, Cosentino