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Sara Story Sara Story Design, NYC Brian Sawyer Sawyer | Berson Architecture & Landscape Architecture, NYC (Continued from page 132) (Continued on page 136 The moment you knew you were going to be part of the design and architecture worlds. It was the moment I decided not to go to culinary school, instead pursuing graduate school in design. Design books everyone should have in their library. The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page; Mark Hampton: On Decorating; Italian Villas & Their Gardens by Edith Wharton; Sawyer | Berson: Houses and Landscapes. First important piece you purchased. An original hand drawing of the Hôtel de Crillon by its architect, Jacques-Ange Gabriel, from the Evangeline Bruce estate. You collect. Mostly books and natural objects, minerals, shells, anything for my Kunstkammer. Museums you love. Museum Gipsoteca Antonio Canova, Italy; Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris; Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Home scent. Santa Maria Novella Melograno Pot Pourri. Personal fragrance. Acqua di Parma Colonia. Movie you love because of the design elements. Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, designed by Sir Ken Adam. Benjamin Moore color you gravitate to. Winter Solstice. Second home. Bellport, New York. A beautiful hamlet on the Great South Bay. Next for you. A future book on our project Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire, England; Sawyer | Berson's foray into commercial and hospitality; more time to travel to new places. When you knew you were going to be part of the design world. Design and architecture interested me immensely from a young age. After graduating from college, I started working in marketing and soon realized, after pouring over spreadsheets, that I needed a more creative job. So I followed my passion back to school to pursue interior architecture. But I still work with a lot of spreadsheets! Design books everyone should have in their library. The icons: Jean Royère, Jean-Michel Frank, Le Corbusier, Richard Neutra, Eileen Gray. Then move to the contemporaries: Tadao Ando and Pierre Yovanovitch. I also love collecting artists' books: John Currin, Jonas Wood, Yayoi Kusama. First important piece you purchased. Gio Ponti club chairs that I had been admiring for a long time. As well as a Paavo Tynell chandelier from an auction for my home. You collect. Contemporary art — that's my true love, as well as furniture and ceramics. Museums you love. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen — it's the most magical setting; The Menil Collection in Houston; and the Guggenheim in NYC. Home scent. I love the smell of Hotel Costes. It's a proprietary scent is an elegant mix of mahogany, bitter oranges, tobacco. I have their signature candles in my home. Personal fragrance. An Italian scent called Ambra di Venezia — it's heavenly. Movie you love because of the design elements. Anything by Wes Anderson. I love his atmospheres and design sensibility. Also Luca Guadagnino's I Am Love with Tilda Swinton — the Milanese design is swoon-worthy. Benjamin Moore color you gravitate to. Chantilly Lace. Second home. Our ranch in the Texas Hill Country. Next for you. Designing an apartment for myself in Paris. I spend a lot of time there, soaking up design inspiration and resourcing, so I'm excited to have a home base. And I'm going to summit Mount Kilimanjaro this fall — an adventure of a lifetime! Brian Sawyer 134