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77 BRIGHTWELL HAS SPENT 30 YEARS DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF DEALERS AND SELLERS TO HELP HIM LAND FRONT OF LINE WHEN A RARE VINTAGE PIECE BECOMES AVAILABLE. slammed the Gulf Coast. The hurricane's devastation gave him permission to try something different, and with help from childhood friend and Dallas interior designer Alice Cottrell, Brightwell moved north. In Dallas, Cottrell helped find Brightwell's live-work loft, inside a renovated 1900s-era building across from Fair Park. With its 12-foot-high ceilings, exposed-brick walls, concrete floors, and original casement windows, it's the perfect backdrop for Brightwell's collections. Cottrell designed the loft with furniture from Brightwell's previous residences. Everything has a price tag, including a set of Pierre Cardin dining chairs in their original velvet; a Corbusier dining table; and a 1950s Florence Knoll settee with a rare wood base. Brightwell took care of the loft's styling — a talent that has made him a go-to for interior designers, Clo and Charles Cohen at the 2017 Oscars Left: Vintage plates designed by Robert Venturi, Steven Holl, Ettore Sottsass, Michael Graves, Tord Boontje, Damien Hirst, and Jeff Koons, among others. Edward Wormley folding table from reGeneration, NYC. Philippe Starck Gun lamp for Flos. Tree photograph by Doug Brightwell. Robert A.M. Stern Century candlestick for Swid Powell. German Heinrich white bisque leaf vases. Above: Cassina LC6 table from Sunset Settings, Houston. Vintage Pierre Cardin chairs, 1970, from Vinya. Framed, Chapman Brothers' Garden in Hell blanket for Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2013. Eames side chair for Herman Miller. Russell Brightwell