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ART + DECORATION 62 D esigner Mark D. Sikes' new tableware for Blue Pheasant was inspired by pieces from his own k i t c h e n , i n c l u d i n g antique spongeware from New England and hand-painted tiles from Italy and Portugal. Rendered in blue and white — one of Sikes' favorite color combinations — the collection also features Sikes' signature stripes. To the trade at Made Goods, Dallas Design District, 1025 N. Stemmons Freeway, madegoods.com. Rebecca Sherman BLUE PERIOD A idan Gray celebrated the opening of its new 4 , 5 0 0 - s q u a r e - f o o t retail store in the Dallas Design District with a blowout party packed with more than 200 guests. The event toasted the artists featured in Dwell with Dignity's Thrift Studio and introduced Aidan Gray's European- SHADES OF GRAY G ary Riggs Home is open- ing a 20,000-square-foot re- tail furniture showroom and art gallery on Dragon Street in the Dallas Design District, slated to debut this month … Jacob Rios' new Uptown Barbershop on Oak Lawn Avenue got a complete Miami vibe redo by George Cameron Nash — his fave place for a haircut and shave … Mecox is leaving its longtime spot in the Knox-Henderson area and opening a Mecox pop-up store in April in the Dallas Design District on Core Street. Owner Mac Hoak says the lo- cation "may last six months or forever." Rebecca Sherman Design BUZZ inspired furnishings to design fans. The 15-year-old company specializes in handcrafted furnishings in solid wood, rustic metal, antique mirror, old painted finishes, and silk. The new space is open to the public and offers Aidan Gray's full line, with a focus on lighting such as lamps, chandeliers, and sconces. Also look for candlesticks, throws, books, garden-wire baskets, and upholstered seating. Our eye is on Aidan Gray's collaboration with The Antiques Diva, Toma Clark Haines, whose collection blends antique and modern aesthetics. Aiden Gray, 1436 Slocum St., aidangrayhome.com. Rebecca Sherman F rom his East Sussex studio overlooking the English Channel, artist Richard Smith creates designs for his beguiling Madeaux wallpapers and fabrics. If that view somehow doesn't inspire, he also looks to classic English interiors and historic textiles to jump-start ideas. He paints his designs in watercolors on paper first, then reproduces and hand-prints them onto linen and paper. Madeaux's newest collection includes fabrics inspired by 19th-century Italian damasks; a stripe taken from ikat linings of Uzbekistan robes; and a bamboo- trellis and rose-arbor pattern ignited after Smith saw a photo of Cecil Beaton in his winter garden. Fabrics have matching wallpapers, including some with metallic inks. George Cameron Nash has been following Smith's work for 10 years, ever since the artist gifted him with a lovely small watercolor painting of a stone doorway through a garden. At the time, Smith was designing for other fabric houses in London. "I told him his painterly brush style should be put to use in his own fabric collection," Nash says. The rest, as they say, is history. Madeaux fabrics and wallpapers, to the trade at George Cameron Nash, Dallas Design Center, georgecameronnash.com. Rebecca Sherman POSH PAPERS Aidan Gray Mark D. Sikes' Hyannis dinnerware Madeaux fabrics Madeaux Marmorino wallpaper