Nate Berkus Discusses His Approach to Interiors | Interior Design | Architectural Digest
Interior designer Nate Berkus discusses his approach to interiors and the inspiration for his latest book. Transcript My design aesthetic is a layering of things that, sort of, are left as they are. I don t want anything perfect. I like dings, I like imperfection I like things that feel well-worn. I like to reach for a doorknob that hundreds of people have touched before me. And so, architecturally, I m always about a restoration or reclaiming things, and then aesthetically, the less perfect something is, the more, sort of mottled a finish can be, the more worn, that s my favorite thing. And it s archival. That s how it feels to me. It feels like things have been around for a very long time. The book is something that I m really proud of. The title is The Things That Matter. And what the book is really a reaction to is people scrambling. And you know who you are. You fill your homes with things that you don t have any connection to. When people start rushing to assemble an interior because they re copying something that somebody else had, they haven t stopped to ask themselves the question of what is important to them and what will really represent them in their spaces. That, to me, is really a shame. It s not gonna have a soul. It s not gonna have the opportunity to share with the world who you are and how you self-identify and what makes you happy and how you can extend yourself through your home, to others. And the book, highlights different interiors, including this one, that really sing with personality and individuality. Really, spaces that represent people. It s photographed really beautifully. It s very autobiographical. I ve always believed that design is sort of cumulative of all the experiences that we ve had. The places we ve gone, the people we ve met, everything we ve sort of born witness to. And so when I was writing the book I realized I can t really write a book about my own design evolution and the evolution of these other interiors and the people who live in them without really digging deep and talking about what s formed me as a person and a decorator. What s opened mine eyes. Want even more AD? Subscribe to the magazine and get a free tote ►► http://bit.ly/2H7oOSG Still haven’t subscribed to Architectural Digest on YouTube? ►► http://bit.ly/2zl7s34 ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST The leading international design authority, Architectural Digest features articles and videos of the best in architecture, style, culture, travel, and shopping. Nate Berkus Discusses His Approach to Interiors | Interior Design | Architectural Digest
