So last night I attended an intimate bash thrown by Creative Time, a nonprofit organization sponsoring provocative public artworks. The occasion? A screening of Shallow, a series of film shorts by none other than Malcolm McLaren: Sex Pistols impressario, countercultural force to be reckoned with, video artist, and (it must be said) über dandy. I won’t reveal the somewhat salacious content of the short pieces we screened, but suffice it to say that if you are a card-carrying member of the international jet set you must hightail it to Art Basel in June to see for yourself.
As if hobnobbing with the father of punk was not enticement enough, the chance for an inside peek into Creative Time trustee Peggy Jacobs’s amazing apartment was also a draw. It proved chockablock with great paintings and sculptures, a sweeping view of Central Park, and an eclectic assortment of modern and antique furnishings. I took away more than a few design lessons, including the importance of having a fabulously plush carpet if you are the kind of person who frequently hosts large film screenings in your home. If you could have seen the fifty rapt partygoers spilling off the sofas and onto Peggy’s floor to watch Malcom’s flicks, you would have giggled–but then noted how, afterwards, no one wanted to get up because the carpet was so soft and cossetting.
Whether you are a renowned art collector with a refined Fifth Avenue pad or a small-home-dwelling suburbanite with a Netflix addiction, I say: curl up on the floor with a bowl of popcorn and relax on a divine design by Edward Fields, upscale maker of artful carpets with a dash of punk glam. Turn up the volume with Terra (below), a just-rereleased pattern first designed in 1975–the year the Sex Pistols were founded. –Jen Renzi
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