{"id":60120,"date":"2020-08-20T13:59:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.covethouse.eu\/blog\/?p=60120"},"modified":"2020-10-30T06:44:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T06:44:14","slug":"tour-pierre-yovanovitch-designed-manhattan-masterwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covethouse.eu\/blog\/tour-pierre-yovanovitch-designed-manhattan-masterwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour a Pierre Yovanovitch\u2013Designed Manhattan Masterwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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When Anna Zaoui decided to renovate her family\u2019s pied-\u00e1-Terre in Manhattan, a three-bedroom apartment overlooking Central Park, she wasn\u2019t set on a particular style or color palette, but she was certain about one thing: It had to be designed by Pierre Yovanovitch. \u201cAt first he told me he had too many things going on in France,\u201d recalls Zaoui, cofounder of the online design gallery The Invisible Collection. \u201cBut I thought, It\u2019s him or nobody,<\/em>\u00a0so I went to see him again, and finally he said yes.\u201d Yovanovitch has emerged as one of the most in-demand designers in the world. His interiors, which feature an amalgam of subtlety and drama, of elegance and irreverence, represent a new kind of French\u00a0savoir vivre<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Yovanovitch also creates furniture and is part of a small group of contemporary designers whose handmade pieces are as collectible as artworks. Zaoui had seen and fallen in love with the designer\u2019s \u201cBear\u201d armchairs, a series of whimsically pudgy seats inspired by \u201cGoldilocks and the Three Bears.\u201d \u201cThey were\u00a0the<\/em>\u00a0pieces I wanted to have in the apartment for sure,\u201d she says. \u201cI had a cry when I received them; it was like fulfilling a dream.\u201d Zaoui may have been visibly overjoyed to be working with Yovanovitch, but the collaboration was just as significant for the Paris-based designer, who had never undertaken a project in the United States. \u201cSome\u00a0rencontres<\/em>\u00a0can change your life,\u201d he says. \u201cBecause of her, I now have an office in New York and I\u2019m designing residences in Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Los Angeles.\u201d (Yovanovitch is also on the roster of designers at Zaoui\u2019s company, The Invisible Collection, an online platform that sells exclusive objets d\u2019art and furnishings.)<\/p>\n

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When he first visited Zaoui\u2019s apartment, a 30th-floor aerie inside a renovated condominium on the Upper West Side, Yovanovitch immediately noticed the stunning views of Central Park. And then he also observed that the layout did not do justice to these views. His design called for a complete reconfiguration of the space, including opening new doors to form an enfilade that draws the eye to certain windows, joining the study and dining room to create a large multipurpose space, and darkening the foyer to enhance the impact of walking into the sun-drenched living room and its sweeping panoramas.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou enter through a hall with black metal walls, and as soon as you come into the living room, you have this very clear, very beige atmosphere,\u201d says the designer. \u201cWe came up with different sequences in the apartment, different moments; it\u2019s like you have to discover it.\u201d Contrasts are an essential aspect of Yovanovitch\u2019s aesthetic. The thread that runs through the home, he says, is a \u201ccombination of serenity and something very strong.\u201d In the aforementioned main bedroom, for example, his \u201cPapa Bear\u201d chairs, with their soft shapes and even softer shearling upholstery, stand next to a bold, almost psychedelic cyan-and-black painting by Marc Quinn.<\/p>\n

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Zaoui and her husband, who are based in London but began spending more time in New York when their two children enrolled in East Coast universities, were drawn to the designer\u2019s notion of contrasts. \u201cI wanted something that could stand up to the energy of the city,\u201d she says, \u201cand at the same time to have this quiet, calming cocoon.\u201d Pierre Yovanovich has the perfect Caffe Latte Style.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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