A conversation with Martha Angus
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 6:32AM MARTHA ANGUS, marthaangus.com, San Francisco, CA
Who is your design inspiration?
Alexandre Biaggi in Paris
What is something people may not know about your firm?
We have designers who come from a fresh point of view: from a fine artist to an architectural historian to an ex-teacher, we even have a former manager of rock bands.
Best design tips you have learned from experience:
Never judge a paint color by a small chip. Do a big test and study it day and night. Interiors look best as an envelope of color: keep the drapery, walls, and carpet similar, then, add an accent of color. Don't allow yourself to be swept away by the latest fads, rather learn what is timeless and interesting.
What are your favorite colors to use?
Farrow & Ball's "Arsenic" and Charlotte's Locks
What is your ideal design philosophy?
Timeless, serene, and clean spaces accented with color and blasts of graphic art.
What are your favorite design books?
All David Hicks books
What do you collect?
Contemporary Art
What are the three design resources you can't live without?
Urban Electric Co., Soane in London, March in San Francisco.
What is your favorite part of a home to design and why?
The art collection as it brings personality to the space.
How have you incorporated our lights into one of your installations?
We've recently incorporated UECo sconces into an Atherton, CA powder room. (*Shown in picture provided.)
What is your favorite UECo light and why?
I'm crazy about the Venetian V2 with its vibrant two-tone colors inside.
Your six picks of favorite UECo lights.
It reminds me of the pendants that hung in the old Metropolitan restaurant
We just installed this in a chic closet
We are putting this in a new home in Napa very soon.
