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Decorators are winging through Dallas, signing books and talking design. First up is designer Eric Cohler, Friday, April 12, 11 am, at the Lee Jofa Showroom, Suite 735, Dallas Design Center. He will make a presentation, sign his new book, Cohler on Design ($50), and discuss his collection of fabrics and furniture for Lee Jofa. Books will be for sale at the event. RSVP dallas.showroom@leejofa.com, 214.761.9193. Eric Cohler, above; Next up is New York Amanda Nisbet designer Amanda Nisbet, signing Dazzling Design ($50, Thursday, April 25, lecture 4:30 to 5 pm, reception to follow 5 to 7 pm, at Laura Lee Clark Interior Design, Inc., 1515 Slocum Street. Nisbet's work has appeared in House Beautiful, Elle Décor, Lonny, Traditional Home, Veranda, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. RSVP and info 214.265.7272. Bernini or BUST G ian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680), the Baroque genius who carved Rome's most celebrated sculptures and greatest monuments, gets his day in a scholarly tour de force that's making its final stop at the Kimbell Art Museum (extended through May 5). The exhibit was co-organized by the Kimbell and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the site of its spectacular debut last fall. "Bernini: Sculpting in Clay" serves up a rare inside-the-studio peek at the sculptor's working methods, Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Model for the Rio de la Plata, told via more than 70 works of art, circa 1649 – 1650, at the Kimbell Art Museum including 40 terracotta models that offer clues about how Bernini arrived at his unique melding of drama and naturalism. Both clay sketches (bozzetti) and completed sculptures (modelli) comprise the exhibition, which is culled from such prestigious collections as the Harvard Art Museums, the Louvre, The Uffizi Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Windsor Castle's Royal Trust Collection and the Vatican. Watch for Rio de la Plata, part of the artist's game-changing Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome's Piazza Navona; thanks to modern-day forensics and the presence of Bernini's fingerprints embedded in the terracotta model, this work has at last been authoritatively determined to be by the master's hand. kimbellart.org. Catherine D. Anspon The Glow Soft Architecture collection by FLOS Wall Rupture by FLOS MY, How They've Grown LANCE SELGO AT UNIQUE EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES WILSON Suggesting that Lloyd Scott and Josy Cooner-Collins own the room isn't just an idle observation … it's now a fact. The dynamic duo recently added 5,000 square feet to Scott + Cooner in the Design District. While a portion of this expansion is devoted to lighting from Delta Light and the Soft Architecture collection by FLOS, a sprawling 3,500 square feet houses the full range of modern furniture from B&B Italia. Landing the latter was a decades-long quest, says Scott, who has been selling the collection in their Austin location for two years. "We'll have all the top items — it's B&B Italia with a fresh face." The new lighting showroom is geared as much to the modernist home as it is to a boutique hotel or of-the-moment bistro; because of this, the partners created a new Scott + Cooner Contract division to appeal to commercial designers and architects. "This lighting is contract - or architecture-based because it's something that has to be thought about — it's not about moving into an apartment and putting a pendant light over the dining room table," she explains. "What Josy and I do is try and have the most cutting-edge design that's out there. These designs are for a renovation of your environment, and you can do it in so many ways." 1617 Hi Line Dr., 214.748.9838; scottcooner.com. Kendall Morgan Oak Court, a recently restored 1957 International-style residence Designer Lisa Luby Ryan DWELL, Yeah! For the first time in its four-year history, Dwell with Dignity — a nonprofit collective of interior designers and volunteers — will partner with e-commerce powerhouse One Kings Lane for its Thrift Studio fund-raiser at the Dallas Design Center. In addition to scoring great deals on furniture, accessories and more in artfully styled vignettes, design fans will also have 72 hours (starting 10 am Friday, April 19) to peruse select products plus items from the personal collections of participating designers via the One Kings Lane Thrift Studio Tastemaker Tag Sale online. A VIP Preview Party Thursday, April 18, 7 pm, offers first dibs on furnishings from the likes of Horchow, IBB Design Fine Furnishings, Lucy Wrubel for Peacock Alley, Square Foot Studio, Studio Ten 25 and William-Christopher Design. All proceeds from both venues will benefit families struggling with homelessness and poverty. The public sale runs April 19 through May 18; shop Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 am to 5:30 pm, and Sundays, noon to 5:30 pm. 1100 Slocum St., Suite 590. Amy Adams REVEAL If we've learned anything from Sophia Loren and her décolleté, it's that a certain amount of exposure can still reside within the bounds of good taste. This Italian-made floor lamp certainly confirms the theory: Unzip its doubleended leather casing to disclose the touch switch and a little or a lot of the contrasting silk lining. $7,250, at Promemoria Dallas; also available in desk and table styles. Amy Adams Prestigious Cultural Landscape Foundation GARDEN DIALOGUES in Dallas-Fort Worth This spring, The Cultural Landscape Foundation hosts its second annual Garden Dialogues program in multiple cities across the country, including Dallas-Fort Worth. This Washington, D.C.-based organization strives to broaden the support and understanding of American cultural landscapes to safeguard this The Beck House with landscape architecture by Reed Hilderbrand often overlooked heritage for future generations. The Garden Dialogues are 90-minute guided tours of significant private gardens led by the clients and designers. During the tours, visitors will hear first-hand accounts of how the design process works. On Saturday, May 4, three Dallas gardens are on tour. The first, a former electrical substation, now houses an innovative urban garden designed by Hocker Design Group. Here, colonies of spineless prickly pear consume the south and east side, while an unused concrete shaft now has a rain garden planted with iris and horsetail reed. The next property, Philip Johnson's monumental 1964 Beck House, renovated in 2009, was conceived as a theatrical showcase for entertaining. The New York Times noted that the creation of a "subtly luxurious landscape" by Reed Hilderbrand gives "the house a context that it never really had before." Finally, Oak Court, a 1957 International Style residence designed by Edward Durell Stone and Thomas Church, emerged from a three-year historic research collaboration with the client, with gardens, courtyards, pool and other elegant details, designed by MESA, in keeping with the spirit of the original garden. On Sunday, May 5, one additional garden in Fort Worth will be on tour. Designed by Archiverde for a Mediterranean-inspired house, this project makes use of every square foot with courtyards and hidden landscaped alcoves. Each courtyard has its own identity associated with an interior room, while colorful plantings and water work as unifying elements. Tours are $35 at each location. For times and ticket availability, visit tclf.org/event/garden-dialogues. Ben Koush GALLERIA GIORGIO FRANCHETTI ALLA CA D'ORO, VENICE SIGNING & DESIGNING