A fine aesthetic sensibility, discerning eye for quality and concern for comfort in the complete lifestyles that he created made Angelo Donghia one of America’s most influential interior designers. His style was characterized by simplicity of line, purity of materials, boldness of form and sensual textures and shapes. However, what truly set Angelo Donghia apart from his contemporaries was his inclination toward business and an entrepreneurial spirit that, when combined with his innate sense of design, drove the creation of several successful product lines and numerous licensing ventures, from fabrics to furnishings.
Donghia’s design philosophy, a less is more approach, extended to all his projects. He understood what people like and enjoy living with and had an uncanny ability to turn that knowledge into comfortable, elegant designs. In his interiors he created total environments – not just rooms – on the tenet that “You should feel at all times that what is around you is attractive . . . and that you are attractive.” His trademarks included the use of silver gray, often through gray flannel, an attention to ceilings and “fat” furniture.
Mr. Donghia said of his aesthetic, “I feel that I’ve developed my own style that is as classic and minimal as the thirties style it reflects… It’s not traditional but it has a sense of traditional forefathers. It looks as if it came from something romantic.”
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Info and image courtesy Donghia Inc. Special thanks to House Beautiful for the inspiration!
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