John Barman Interior Design

Description

"At once a classicist and a modernist, John Barman is known for his clear-cut, sophisticated style, bold new ideas, and strong point of view. He favors handsome, crisp lines; the unrestrained use of strong, resonant color; new uses for traditional materials; and the successful marriage of functionality and fine detailing. Barman confidently stimulates the senses with interiors that are cultured and elegant, striking perfect balance between the sumptuous and the seriously hip. He is known for injecting contemporary glamour into traditional spaces. His work typically features shapely and distinctive focal points such as colorful art glass collections, glamorous silk taffetas, objects with historical significance placed in new contexts, and rooms designed around a single piece of art. Barman's renowned clients include Wynton Marsalis, George Stephanopoulos and Alexandra Wentworth, Leonard and Allison Stern, Bryant Gumbel, Stone Phillips, Neil Simon, and Larry Silverstein. A majority of Barman's residential commissions are based in New York City, the Hamptons, Greenwich, CT, and Washington, DC; he has satellite offices in Los Angeles and Miami."

"Recognized as one of the innovative giants in his field, over the 15 years he has owned his eponymous firm John Barman has been honored as one of the AD100 by Architectural Digest magazine and "The City's Best 100 Architects and Decorators" by New York magazine." Barman's interiors have also appeared in Esquire, House & Garden, Interior Design, O at Home, the New York Times, Traditional Home, and W, among others."

"Some designers adhere to a strict style, becoming known for ultrasleek spaces or historically influenced traditional interiors. But for John Barman, who is described as both a classicist and a modernist, the common thread throughout his work is not a particular style, but rather the use of glamour, color, and materials in unexpected ways to create rooms that are as sophisticated as they are surprising. Barman's first monograph, John Barman Interior Design, highlights his eclecticism, featuring 15 residences that range from a colorful New York penthouse to a mod converted barn in Connecticut. 'It is important to have a vision that is focused, but the most important thing is to have imagination, ' he writes in the introduction. And as the spaces that fill the book's pages prove, imagination is something Barman has in spades." - Architectural Digest