ORGANIC INSPIRATION ANDRIANNA SHAMARIS’S FURNITURE CREATIONS ARE WORKS OF ART IN WOOD. The Manhattan-based furniture designer creates works of art from salved trees and wood with organic inspirations. BY MARY GRAUERHOLZ While Andrianna Shamaris has carved a reputation as a leader in organic furniture design, the life she leads is as rich and polished as the works […]
➝Read MoreINSPIRATION by Grace McCloud Andrianna Shamaris’s teak log bench/coffee table, $6,900, is a fine stand in. Ring 001 212 388 9898, or visit andriannashamarisinc.com
➝Read MoreThe Cut. The Furniture Designer Who Used to Be Princess Diana’s Personal Shopper. By Sarah Spellings. Andrianna Shamaris has not had a linear career path. She left drama school in London to work at Ralph Lauren’s inaugural Bond Street flagship, where she was Princess Diana’s personal shopper. Then she traveled the world for several years, picking up design inspiration and antiques. She sold antiques for a while, did a collaboration with Fred Segal, then finally started her own furniture collection. Her designs use beautiful organic materials, but she specializes in wood, sometimes adding resin or stone details. She sources her wood from Sumatra where her studio is and this year started producing a collection in New York. We spoke to her about The Crown, misanthropic tendencies, and never following trends (or using the word vintage).
➝Read MoreForbes. How Andrianna Shamaris Went from Dressing Princess Diana to Becoming the Indiana Jones of Design.Andrianna Shamaris is the real-life Indiana Jones of the design world—and that’s not hyperbole. Evidence: the London-born, New York-based designer is leaving for a four-week trip to Sumatra to unearth petrified wood. She’ll rifle through the jungle and villages, working with (and sometimes bribing) locals, driving in a heated caravan to get her hands on these million-year-old fossilized materials. It’s a journey that sounds so cinematic, so swashbuckling that it’s no wonder why the New York Times dubbed her “The Furniture Hunter.”
➝Read MoreWhat's Hot Crystal Vision: Designer Andrianna Shamaris creates her Cracked Resin side table by inserting the translucent material into the natural crevices of a slab of teakwood so that it takes on the appearance of quartz. Shown in espresso with clear resin, the design comes in a range of other finishes and sizes. The 14" sq x 16" h version, shown, costs $3900. 212-388-9898. www.andriannashamarisinc.com
➝Read MoreWolf recommends anchoring a room with a solid piece, like a triple-burnt teak coffee table by Andrianna Shamaris ($890 to $5,900) or her petrified wood side table ($4,500).
➝Read MoreStone Age: On The Rocks Petrified Wood Side Table, $3900. the line.com; andriannashamarisinc.com
➝Read MoreOceanic. The St. Bart's cube is formed by flowing cracked aqua resin into the natural grooves of the bleached teak wood.
➝Read MoreBLOCKED NUMBER Highly polished aqua resin and bleached teak are brilliantly fused in Andrianna Shamaris’s multipurpose St. Barts Cube. $4,200, at Andrianna Shamaris, 9 Main St., Southampton, 631-524-5638, andriannashamarisinc.com
➝Read MoreDiscoveries: From simple pleasure to ultimate luxuries The natural beauty and relaxed chic of the French West Indies inspired the easy going style of Andrianna Shamaris's St Bart's teak bench shown in a white wash finish. The 20'' l. x 18" h. x 10" d. seat is also offered in three other finishes. $390, andriannashamarisinc.com, 212-388-9898
➝Read More"Inspired by the fabled Gilded Age great camps in New York's Adirondack Mountains, architecture firm Shope Reno Wharton and designer Thom Filicia create a ravishing family retreat on the shores of Upper Saranac Lake." "The High Quality Petrified Wood stools are by Andrianna Shamaris." "On Long Island's East End, designer Juan Montoya refines a rambling Shingle Style dwelling with dashing, art-filled interiors that embrace its glorious setting." "The Minimal Teak Table is by Andrianna Shamaris"
➝Read MoreWith over 20 years experience, Andrianna Shamaris specialises in high quality organic furniture, serving the architecture, design and hospitality communities, as well as the public.
➝Read MoreThe new collection of polished organic bleached teak wood from Andrianna Shamaris features a cube filled with aqua resin.
➝Read MoreThe New Beach House Look: Texture, texture, texture! Go beyond wicker with sculptural whitewashed driftwood, braided raffia and even wine shellers crafted of cement. The Organic Whitewash Table by Andrianna Shamaris, andriannashamarisinc.com
➝Read MoreTropical High: Making the most of a lush hillside spot in the Virgin Islands, designers Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper carve out an exhilarating private paradise overlooking the azure sea. "The woven-rattan cube, at right, is by Andrianna Shamaris."
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