Hooray for ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME’s Best-Dressed Rooms in TV and Film Awards
Am very proud to announce that I’m collaborating on the ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME’s Best-Dressed Rooms in TV and Film Awards.
Especially proud because there will be a separate category finally honoring the floral artists who use branches and blooms instead of paint. We’re going to have so much showcasing all these stories and details with you in the coming months.
Anyway – here is the info and also we will be providing ideas how to “Shop That Look” of your favorite TV shows – and the fab floral wallpapers, fabrics and designs and introducing you to the talented Beth Kushnick.
For the first time ever, the people who create the fabulous interiors of TV shows and films will get their own awards – “ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine’s’ Best-Dressed Rooms in TV and Film Awards” – with nominations being released today.
“A well-executed, well-dressed set is tantamount to a starring role. It’s richness
and authenticity is integral to creating a mood, a place in time that commemorates the ensemble.” says Amy Sneider, Founding Editor-In-Chief of ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME.
“Because we are spending so much time indoors, we’re all talking about what TV shows to watch and ways to redecorate,” adds creator Jill Brooke, a former CNN entertainment correspondent and flowerpowerdaily founder. “People are appreciating and focused on design more than ever so it’s a perfect marriage and perfect timing.”
“We anticipate this as an annual celebration of design and look forward to it becoming an awards TV show as well as continuous sources of stories for our magazines and websites,” says Steven Mandel, President of Hudson One Media, which owns national magazines ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME and Galerie in addition to a stable of regional and custom publications.
“With a TV show in production centering around designer show houses and as the largest producers of designer show houses in the country – our next endeavor in the designer show house arena will be to craft one designated to interiors from famous TV shows and films.”
Judges include set decorators Beth Kushnick (“The Good Fight,”) Lydia Marks, (“Sex and the City” movies) and Melinda Ritz (“Will and Grace,”) as well as decorators for celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres, Ryan Seacrest, Robin Wright and Queen Latifah. Also adding their expertise: Jenny Tobin, the florist for over 20 Oscar and B.A.F.T.A.-nominated films, including “The Favourite,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Fantastic Beasts 1 and 2,” actor and director Chazz Palminteri, landscape architect Fernando Wong from Discovery’s “Clipped” and Tony and Emmy-award winning Derek McLane, who designed “Beautiful,” the Carole King musical, and “Moulin Rouge,” as well as 2014’s Oscars.
Categories in the competition include Best Contemporary and Best Period design, Cheap Chic Award, Best Bedroom, Best Hotel Room, Best Use of Outside Space, Best Use of Small Space, Best Costumes Enhancing Decor, Best Room to Evoke Nostalgia. Best Dining Room or Kitchen as well as Coolest Detail for Plot Enhancement.
The list of nominees include “Bridgerton,” “Mank,” The Undoing,” The Queen’s Gambit, “Billions,” “Emily in Paris,” “One Night in Miami,” “The Crown,” “Malcolm & Marie” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
In addition, the Elsie de Woolfe award will honor lifetime achievements and nominees this year include Anna Pinnock, Bill Groom, Jane Musky and Stephen Hendrickson. De Wolfe is considered the founder of professional interior design.
“Celebrating and acknowledging all the talents who create production design and the sets is long overdue,” says Melinda Ritz, who designed the set for “Will and Grace.”
Here are all the judges and the nominations:
BEST CONTEMPORARY DESIGN
The Undoing
Billions
Malcolm & Marie
Succession
Grace and Frankie
Call My Agent
BEST PERIOD DESIGN
Bridgerton
The Crown
Mank
The Queen’s Gambit
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Great
BEST ROOM TO EVOKE NOSTALGIA
One Night in Miami
Mank
Ratched
The Queen’s Gambit
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
BEST FLORAL GARDENS or USE OF FLOWERS
Bridgerton
Emma
The Great
A Place to Call Home
The Crown
Enola Holmes
BEST ARTWORK DISPLAY
The Undoing
Bridgerton
Empire
Billions
The Crown
Succession
COOLEST DESIGN DETAIL FOR PLOT ENHANCEMENT
The Father
Ozark
Schitt’s Creek
The Queen’s Gambit
Bridgerton
Euphoria
BEST HOTEL ROOM
Call My Agent
Bridgerton
Ratched
Schitt’s Creek
The Queen’s Gambit
BEST DINING ROOM OR KITCHEN EATING SCENE
The Crown
The Invisible Man
Mank
Succession
The Great
Bridgerton
BEST BEDROOM DESIGN
Malcolm & Marie
The Undoing
Bridgerton
The Crown
Medicis
The Great
BEST USE OF SMALL SPACE
Nomadland
Boys in the Band
The Queen’s Gambit
Snow Piercer
One Night in Miami
Lucifer
BEST LIVING ROOM DESIGN
Malcolm & Marie
Emily in Paris
Ozark
The Queen’s Gambit
Bridgerton
BEST AMBIANCE IN LIGHTING
Outlander
Lupin
Ratched
Little Fires Everywhere
The Queen’s Gambit
Babylon Berlin
BEST COSTUMES TO ENHANCE DECOR
Bridgerton
The Queen’s Gambit
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
The Undoing
Emma
BEST USE OF PUBLIC SPACE SUCH AS MUSEUM OR BUILDING
Lupin
The Undoing
Call My Agent
Emily in Paris
The Crown
Judas the Black Messiah
BEST CHEAP CHIC DESIGN
Shameless
Nomadland
Schitt’s Creek
Judas and the Black Messiah
Jojo Rabbit
ELSIE DE WOLFE AWARD
Stephen Hendrickson
Bill Groom
Jane Musky
Anna Pinnock
Bo Welch
Judges:
Derek McLane | Has designed more than 350 productions throughout the United States and around the world working for Broadway, Off-Broadway and major live television. He won a Tony Award for ‘33 Variations’ and Emmy Awards for his work for the 2014 Oscars. Broadway credits include: ‘Moulin Rouge’ and ‘Beautiful:The Carole King Musical’
Chazz Palminteri | Writer / Director/ Oscar-nominated actor for “Bullets Over Broadway” who also wrote and produced Broadway’s “A Bronx Tale.” Among his film credits are “Unusual Suspects” and a recurring role in TV’s “Modern Family” and most recently stars in “Godfather of Harlem.”
Jenny Tobin | Floral designer for over 20 Oscar and B.A.F.T.A. nominated films including “The Favourite,” “Fantastic Beasts 1 & 2,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” as well as “Cinderella” and most recently, “Cursed.”
Alexander Gorlin | Award-winning architect based in New York and Miami specializing in the Modernistic aesthetic. In addition to his design work, Mr. Gorlin is also a noted architectural critic and scholar.
Peter Pennoyer | Award-winning International Architect specializing in classical architecture.
Katie Ridder | Renowned New York-based interior. Katie’s most recent Book, More Rooms, features many of her widely published projects. Her company also makes wallpapers and fabrics.
Fernando Wong | An award-winning internationally recognized landscape designer who has been called one of the most important landscape designers in America. His new television show, “Clipped” with Martha Stewart on the HGTV and Discovery Plus channels debuts in March.
Kit Kemp | London-based interior designer, author and co-owner and creative director of Firmdale Hotels.
Beth Kushnick | A set decorator in film and TV for over 35 years. Films include “Reversal of Fortune,” “Jumanji,” “Frequency.” Television work includes “The Good Wife,” “The Good Fight,” “Law & Order: Trial by Jury,” and “Evil.” Beth was also the set decorator for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s lauded Costume Collection exhibition, The Model as Muse, and has designed the first home decor license in TV history with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams. Her most recent projects are the Ed Burns series, Bridge and Tunnel and a podcast, Decorating The Set: From Hollywood To Your Home.
Lydia Marks | Set decorator and interior designer for over 20 years. Projects include “Devil Wears Prada,” the “Sex and the City” movies and the lauded rooftop of the Strand Hotel.” She’s currently working on HBO’s “Time Traveler’s Wife” as well as private clients.
Melinda Ritz | Emmy award-winning set designer for shows including “Will and Grace”. Interior decorator for Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Seacrest, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and the Brody House.
Kathleen Renee White | An interior decorator with clients including Robin Wright, she has over 25 years experience nationally and internationally as a commercial set decorator,. She built and managed an Italian modern showroom ECCOLA and is currently a feature film shopper/buyer on REAGAN with Dennis Quaid, Penelope Anne Miller, and Jon Voight.
Amy Sneider | Amy Sneider is the founding editor of ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine. From its inception it was important to Amy to work with emergent and eminent architects, artisans, designers, developers and tastemakers, to present a global guide to in-depth and varied views of beauty and shelter that stirs imagination.
Alexandra Peers | Art Critic and former arts editor at Wall Street Journal and New York Observer.
Merle Ginsberg | A design and culture journalist specializing in style who writes for Harper’s Bazaar, Elle Decor, Town and Country, The Daily Beast, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times T, The L.A. Times and Los Angeles Magazine.
Cornelia Guest | Actress and style icon
Courtney Sloane | Interior decorator who has created residential and corporate environments for clients ranging from Disney to Queen Latifah and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs.
Jeff Sneider | The Senior Film Reporter at Collider, where he breaks film and television news and curates the Up-and-Comer of the Month column in addition to hosting The Sneider Cut podcast and the awards-themed series For Your Consideration with Scott Mantz and Perri Nemiroff.
Roger Friedman | Movie and television critic who runs showbiz411.com. A documentary film producer, he also has worked at Fox, Forbes and New York Magazine.
John Farr | Film Critic, Best Movies by Farr and founder of the Bedford Playhouse
Bill McCuddy | Entertainment reporter and movie critic for G oldDerby.com, the New York Post and PBS All Arts.
Gail Davis | Interior designer specializing in contemporary design
Gianna Palminteri | Independent filmmaker
Young Huh | Interior designer specializing in residential and commercial design and known for a romantic fresh flair.
Jill Brooke | Entertainment correspondent for CNN, Post columnist and later became editor in chief of Avenue, Travel Savvy. She also covered decor for Galerie, Metropolitan Home, the Home section of the New York Times and also wrote for AD. She is the founder of flowerpowerdaily.com, which looks at how flowers appear in pop culture and news stories as well as an ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME editor.
LouAnn Berglund Haaf | Editor-in-chief of “Cambria Style” magazine.