Wild Wednesdays - Peter Marino

While I was in Mexico for New Years, I read December's Architectural Digest while getting my tannnn on. I read the article about architect and designer Peter Marino. We had a meeting today and his name was brought up, which reminded me that I NEED to feature him on Wild Wednesdays because he is totally and amazingly wild. Even if you don't know who Marino is, if you are a luxury shopper you may have seen his work; he has created retail spaces for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Dior, as well as other international commercial and residential projects. He got into design in the 70's and his first client was Andy Warhol. Needless to say, his career blew up from there. To get an idea of his personality, check out the quote below from Interview Magazine:

“I simply loathe the crude 1960s distinctions between commerce and art. For me, Warhol and pop obliterated all of those separations—that was the whole point of ‘Brillo Boxes’ and ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans.’ And believe it or not, moronic journalists are still saying to me, ‘Your work is so commercial.’ Didn’t we cover that 50 years ago? Where have you been? It’s so pathetic. If you do a museum, that’s sacred, and if you do a store, that’s profane. I just say, ‘Oh, please, get over it. I don’t know what rock you’ve been living under, but you have to crawl out.’ So, in a sense, I do have a Warholian thing going on. I loathe when architects only analyze architecture in intellectual, nonvisual ways. I really love direct response, and that’s very pop. I don’t want to discuss abstract transparencies with a bunch of kooks.”


Chanel Boutique 

Chanel in NYC

Dior Jewelry Store

Louis Vuitton :) 
Dior Boutique

Marino with Uncle Karl! How darlingggg they are. 
I love this pic... 


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