David Phoenix Partners with Hickory Chair for Spring 2017 Launch

Furniture World News Desk on 2/20/2017

Hickory Chair recently announced that premier Los Angeles designer David Phoenix will be joining their family of distinguished designers and licensed collections. Launching at the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, North Carolina in April 2017, the award-winning designer’s inaugural collection is a comprehensive offering to include living room, dining room, bedroom, upholstery and leather goods, as well as his debut introduction of decorative accessories, lighting and furniture accents.

“Working side by side with Hickory Chair’s talented artisans and craftsmen has been a highlight of my career. I’m honored to be associated with a company known for such unsurpassed quality and style,” explains David.

He continues, “We share a respect for the past and a passion for how thoughtful and lasting design can have an impact on people’s everyday lives. To have been chosen to share in the Hickory Chair legacy is a true honor.”

David’s collection for Hickory Chair personifies his own polished and dapper demeanor and exhibits his distinctive thoughtful, American perspective. He focuses on meaningful, well-appointed choices, transporting us to a time when simple daily rituals were elevated and celebrated.

David’s considered and deliberate mix of modern luxury and uncompromised livability expressed through his intimate design gestures, tactile distinctions and subtle nuances set him apart. His haberdashery-like details offer a timeless and timely ease.

With his attention to comfort, rich materials, classic proportions and continental influences, the collection exhibits a confident approachable attitude —curated, layered and gracious. David’s collection of decorative accessories and lighting are also memorable additions that reinforce and elevate an interior. The showroom will preview David’s signature fabrics from Kravet.

Vice President and Creative Director for Heritage Home Group, Skip Rumley, explains, “We were especially taken with David’s philosophical approach to design and his assured accessibility. David infuses style and luxury into the most ordinary aspects of our day—dressing, relaxing and entertaining. His design point of view is exactly what our customers long for today—livable luxury.”

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More about Hickory Chair: For more than 100 years, Hickory Chair has been crafting custom wood and upholstered furnishings in a wide range of classic styles. Inspired by such historical sites as Winterthur Country Estate and the James River Plantations, as well as by noted furniture authorities such as Mariette Himes Gomez, Alexa Hampton, Suzanne Kasler, Susan Hable and now David Phoenix. Hickory Chair’s hallmark is luxurious yet livable furniture that’s made to order and made to last. For more information, visit hickorychair.com , or contact press@hickorychair.com with special requests. Hickory Chair is part of Heritage Home Group, which also includes in its stellar portfolio name brands Henredon, Pearson, Maitland-Smith, Drexel, Lane Venture, Thomasville, Broyhill and Lane.

More about David Phoenix: No stranger to prescribing well-appointed living, David enjoys an international client roster of celebrities, royalty, business magnates and discerning homeowners. Examples of David’s most noted work have been for Maria Shriver, former Los Angeles Mayor, Richard Riordan and actor Rob Lowe, whose home was featured on the cover of Architectural Digest.

House Beautiful has recognized David as one of “America’s Top Young Designers”. His interiors have graced the pages of leading shelter publications such as Architectural Digest, Traditional Home, California Homes, Veranda and LUXE Magazine. His expansive Bel Air project featured on the cover of Robb Report, was awarded the Ultimate Home of the Year, and the Hollywood Reporter selected David as one of the top 25 influential interior designers of Los Angeles. David was named as one of the Top 200 Influencers in the Home Design Industry 2017. The Pacific Design Center has selected David to receive the 2017 Stars of Design Award, in the field of Interior Design.

As a quintessential American designer with irrepressible optimism and approachable charm, David has twice been an honorable appointee to the State of Historical Resources Commission of California by the Governor. He is often chosen to participate in the design industries most prestigious events such as Kip’s Bay Decorator Showhouse, Veranda’s Orchid Ball, and the Greystone Design Showhouse. David Phoenix for Kravet will debut 2018. David’s aesthetic is a timeless expression of updated traditionalism, classic modernism and relaxed luxury. For more information, visit www.Davidphoenix.com