Vicente Wolf

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Vicente Wolf is a Cuban-born American interior designer based in Manhattan. He is the head of Vicente Wolf Associates. He has designed hotels, private residences and furniture.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Vicente Wolf was born in Cuba and lived there until he was fifteen years old.[1][2] He did not graduate from high school.[2] He moved to New York City at the age of eighteen.[1][2] He first worked in advertising, modeling and acting.[2] Shortly after, he decided to take up interior designing; he is self-taught.[3] His influences include Philippe Starck and Karl Lagerfeld.[3]

Career[]

Wolf started his career as an interior designer in New York City in the 1970s.[4] He is a proponent of minimalism, especially High-tech.[4][5] Indeed, Architectural Digest called in 'an undisputed minimalist master.'[4] However, he rejects the label 'minimalism.'[6]

He has designed hotels such as Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Virginia and the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.[7][8] He has also designed Café Rodeo in Beverly Hills, the Bedell Cellars Winery in North Fork, the L'Impero and Alto restaurants in New York City, and the LS Store in Hong Kong.[7] He has also designed private residences, including the penthouses at Manhattan House, a building at 200 east 66th street in Manhattan.[9][10]

He owns an interior design store, VW Home, in Manhattan.[6][11] Moreover, since 2007, he has designed furniture for Ralph Pucci, known as the Vicente Wolf Collection.[12] He is also a designer for , Baccarat and .[1][9][13]

He has written four books on interior design and photography. Additionally, he has taught at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and a design school in the Dominican Republic.[1][2] He is the 2009 recipient of the Design Icon Award.[14]

Personal life[]

He resides in a loft in Manhattan.[15][16] A photograph collector, he owns Frida Kahlo's family albums.[17]

Bibliography[]

  • Learning to See: Bringing the World Around You Into Your Home (Artisan, 2002).
  • Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design (The Monacelli Press, 2010).
  • Lifting the Curtain on Design (The Monacelli Press, 2010).
  • Frida Kahlo: Photographs of Myself and Others (Pointed Leaf Press, 2010).

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Andrew Stone, Ten Questions With...Vicente Wolf, Interior Design, September 12, 2013
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Decorator Series: Vicente Wolf, New York Social Diary
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Photo Gallery: Vicente Wolf's Decorating Style,House & Home
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Dan Shaw, No Boundaries, Architectural Digest, July 2012
  5. ^ Ingrid Abramovitch, High Season: Ralph Pucci’s Beach House Decorated by Vicente Wolf, Elle Decor
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Lindsey Mather, A Case of Wanderlust: Five Questions for Vicente Wolf, marthastewart.com, April 18, 2014
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Lorient Hotel & Spa
  8. ^ Love Beverly Hills: Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Manhattan House: Vicente Wolf
  10. ^ Chris Pomorski, First Vicente Wolf Penthouses at Manhattan House Hit the Market; Do We Hear $12.5 M., The New York Observer, May 13, 2014
  11. ^ Blue Carreon, A Conversation With Decorator Vicente Wolf, The Huffington Post, 10/11/2012
  12. ^ Ralph Pucci: Vicente Wolf Collection
  13. ^ Baccarat: Vicente Wolf
  14. ^ Heath E. Combs, Vicente Wolf to be Las Vegas Market's Design Icon, Furniture Today, July 8, 2009
  15. ^ Well-Lived: Manhattan Loft, Veranda
  16. ^ Rooms We Love: Vicente Wolf’s Manhattan Living Room, Rue, 10.08.13
  17. ^ Meet the Collector: Vicente Wolf, Musee Magazine, March 16, 2012
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