Inside Achille Salvagni’s Manhattan gallery, one of the designer’s signature Spider chandeliers hovers over his Emerald side table and (from left) Tutankhamun, Amboseli, and Milano chairs. PHOTO: MICHAEL MUNDY
THE BEST INTERIORS ADVICE I WOULD GIVE is that juxtaposition and beauty are the key to success. Beauty leads and beauty guides; if you collect beautiful things – and this has nothing to do with their value – they will always find a way to make a dialogue. Contrast is also one of the most important elements of design – for instance, rough and smooth, straight and curvaceous – these opposites can create balance and the kind of tension that adds electricity to a space. If you put an iPhone on the shelf of a 17th-century French cabinet, it won’t bother you because although they belong to different eras, they are both masterpieces, so will always talk to each other.
Achille Salvagni
Italian designer
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