Thursday, July 23, 2009

First Look!! Fabric Books - Barclay Butera for Kravet Collections

Here is the first look at the new fabric collection books available nationwide to-the-trade, exclusively through Kravet showrooms!!

Beach Lifestyle Collection

City Lifestyle Collection

Mountain Lifestyle Collection

Town & Country Lifestyle Collection


"I am very excited to share with you my new collection of fabrics for Kravet Collections.
My work is inspired by everything from classic fashion styles and periods to my many travels. All of this culminates in my first fabric collection for Kravet Collections creatively merchandised in four lifestyle books: Beach, City, Mountain and Town & Country. These lifestyle design categories allow me to use shade, texture and space in a way that complements the surrounding world of each interior.
I hope this new fabric collection inspires you to live in style."
-Barclay Butera

Monday, July 20, 2009

More from Kravet D&D Showroom

Creative Director Ray Langhammer with New York-based designer & artist Jeff Beler

Note the addition of custom umbrella covers in Patrician Mist (28716-35)

A comfortable seating arrangement

Creative Director Ray Langhammer looking to the future

Friday, July 17, 2009

Barclay Butera Home - Web Site Press Release

BARCLAY BUTERA HOME RELAUNCHES WEBSITE: FRESH LOOK, EASY NAVIGATION, UPDATED DEALER LOGIN FEATURE, eCOMMERCE, AND CO-BRANDING

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 17, 2009) - National lifestyle designer Barclay Butera launches this week the redesigned websites for his eponymous companies, Barclay Butera Home (http://www.barclaybuterahome.com/) and Barclay Butera Inc. (http://www.barclaybutera.com/), with new features for designers and consumers. With the makeover managed by National Director of Sales Tiffany Slater, two of the key elements are an improved Dealer/Designer Account system, Showroom & Dealer listings and on-line purchase capabilities. The sites will offer improved navigation and access to the latest information on Barclay Butera Home furnishings and accessories, additional lines carried, new ventures, and company and media updates. The site will also feature a blog and online sharing capabilities.

"We are very excited about the changes and improvements that have been made to both websites. Our customers will really benefit from the ease and accessibility of information, and I know this will contribute to our continued growth and success," states Slater.

Barclay Butera is also co-branding with L'Auberge Del Mar hotel, for which Barclay was Creative Director on the $25 million renovation last year. Visitors to the Barclay Butera Home website will be able to purchase from the catalog of Butera products used in the redesign currently on display throughout the hotel including furnishings, rugs, art, and lighting. More than 90% of Barclay Butera Home-branded collections furnish the hotel.

BarclayButeraHome.com, the site focused on the Barclay Butera-designed and -manufactured line of furnishings and accessories, features an improved Dealer Login created mainly for designers to communicate products they have in mind for their clients. They can create and save a Wish List and have their clients view it by providing their login info. All members will have access to useful information on upholstery, case goods, textiles, pillows and accessories, tools to effectively promote the Barclay Butera Home brand, as well as the press section that will keep dealers and designers updated on Barclay's accomplishments and business ventures.

BarclayButera.com, the designer's corporate website also includes additional lines sold in his Collection showrooms, is designed for consumers and will feature online purchasing of Barclay Butera Home pillows, candles and Butera's Living in Style book. Both sites will have a link to the Barclay Butera Home blog which will be continuously updated to inform readers of upcoming events and new products.

Both sites also promote the company's Design Services, and photo galleries of both his residential and hospitality work.

ABOUT BARCLAY BUTERA: Barclay Butera, Inc. is based in Newport Beach, CA, and entails the Barclay Butera collection showrooms in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, CA, and Park City, UT. Barclay Butera Home, Inc. products (http://www.barclaybuterahome.com/) are distributed through over 300 showrooms, his own collection showrooms, and To the Trade nationwide. Butera designs and manufactures his bench made upholstery products in Los Angeles, CA. The book Living In Style (Assouline, 2008) presents a collection of Butera's work since 2003, divided into five lifestyle themes: Beach, City, Desert, Mountain, and Town & Country. The designer's first line of textiles and trims for Kravet Collections is available now, also presented through four of his lifestyle themes. Please visit www.barclaybutera.com/media for a full introduction.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Barclay Butera for Kravet - D&D Showroom (NYC)

"Barclay Butera creates environments that are glamorous yet completely liveable. A sought after interior designer with a unique aesthetic, Butera is inspired by everything from classic fashion styles and periods to his many travels. All of this culminates in his first fabric collection for Kravet Collections creatively merchandised in four lifestyle books: Beach, City, Mountain and Town & Country. These lifestyle design categories allow Butera to use shade, texture and space in a way that complements the surrounding world of each interior. They have also inspired his original designs for Tufts by Kravet Carpet, which offers richly textured hand-tufted rugs of extraordinary beauty."



Barclay Butera's collection for Kravet debuts in this beach-inspired display in New York's Decoration & Design Building (979 3rd Ave).

All fabrics, rugs & furniture available from Barclay Butera for Kravet.
Art & accessories available from Barclay Butera, Inc.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Barclay Butera - Living In Style


Interior designer Barclay Butera makes his publishing debut with this visual compilation of his most iconic work. A young and celebrated star of the design community, Butera creates clean, classical interiors known for their luxury and livability. His work is inspired by a plethora of elements, from the glamour of midcentury Hollywood to the sophistication of Europe and the exoticism of the Far East. Butera's experience in the interior design business began at a young age while working with his mother, who designed the interiors of homes all over the world. At age twenty-five, he started his own company: Barclay Butera, Inc. 'Living In Style' explores five themes in the designer's work: Desert, City, Mountain, Beach, and Town & Country. In this stunning edition brimming with exciting design ideas, the author invites readers to explore both the small details and the larger motifs that come together in an enviable interior.

About the Author: Barclay Butera was selected by Elements of Living as one of the top fifty designers, has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Elle Decor, InStyle and Western Interior & Design. Butera was selected to create a national line of textiles for Kravet, Inc.'s premiere Kravet Collection, prepared to debut in fall 2008.

Published by Assouline
Hardcover: 176 pages

Barclay Butera for Kravet - Video






Thursday, July 9, 2009

High Point Spring 2009 - The Harbor Collection

The Harbor Collection


Manhattan Swivel Chairs & Soho Sofa

Lido Host Chairs & Taylor Wing Love Seat


Harbor Sofa

Bobine Chair

Del Mar Chairs (Hearst Castle Collection)

Regency Chair

Wyland Wing Chairs

Lucia Chair (Hearst Castle Collection) & McKenzie Bench

Davis Chair

Sussex Sofa

Paxton Sofa & Sedona Ottoman

Balboa Dining Chairs

Harbor Pine 4-Drawer Chest

Barclay Butera Candles, Exclusively by Archipelago

Barclay Butera Home - "Harbor Collection" Press Release

BARCLAY BUTERA HOME DEBUTS UPBEAT, AMERICANA-STYLE ‘HARBOR COLLECTION’ AT SPRING HIGH POINT MARKET

BUTERA ADDS TO LINE FOR ‘HEARST CASTLE COLLECTION®’

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 2009) – This Spring, national lifestyle designer Barclay Butera is optimistic and wants to share that outlook. There’s been a shift: months ago, people began to nest because they had to, and he was attuned to that with his soothing colors in Fall. Now, he believes, people are enjoying nesting voluntarily, realizing how nice it is to nurture one’s home environment and create a haven, and also hearken to an earlier time, and a more primary color scheme. To that end, Barclay Butera Home launches the Americana-style “Harbor Collection” at High Point International Market (April 25-30), Interhall #IH211. Additionally, Butera will showcase new pieces from his continued association with the Hearst Castle Collection®, reflected in upholstery and pillows.

The color palette of the “Harbor Collection” includes navy and indigo blues, ocean and sky blues, crimson reds, deep gold, wheat and brown. The textiles feature a variety of striped patterns—many of a nautical ilk—plaids, and of course textured solids.

For this Spring, Barclay Butera Home is proud to present all new for High Point Market:

Taylor Wing Love Seat – Clean-lined club chair feel, inspired by BBH popular Taylor chair, has elegant details such as a traditional English arm, turned legs and casters with slight wing-chair feel, while meeting an increased demand, in this case, for slipcovered furniture. Comes standard upholstered with bench cushion. Shown in Harbor Collection’s Decking Stripe Indigo/Cadet. (72”w x 32”d x 32”h)

Lido Host Chair – Host chair features tight seat and tailored legs. Butera plays with classic designs and modern elements, adds slight wing detail and slight flair of arm. Standard with bracket base and nailhead detail. Shown in Harbor Collection’s casual Mazarin Nautica. (32”w x 31”d x 34”h)

Lucia Chair—Barclay Butera for Hearst Castle Collection®
Butera and Hearst Castle Collection® are selectively adding to the line with this occasional chair, with slightly curved back and flared arm, patterned after one in the Casa Grande at San Simeon. The rooms in Casa Grande were more modern in style, reflecting the changing interior design styles of the times up through the luxurious Hollywood design of the 1940s. Upholstery exhibits taste of 1940s era, and features the modern detailing of Butera’s style. Standard with tufted detail, nailhead, turned leg and casters. Shown in Harbor Collection’s Piazza Wheat. (34”w x 38”d x 39”h)

Harbor Sofa -- Loose back sofa with rolled arm and carved bun feet. Large nailhead applied around inside back and around base of sofa; and small nailhead applied on arm posts. Shown in Harbor Collection’s Glynn Linen Crimson Red. (90”w 40”d x 39”h)

Butera’s creative collaboration with Kravet is rolling out. His selection of original designs for Tufts by Kravet Carpet—richly textured and hand-tufted—are out and available now. And his four-book, 300 SKU fabric collection for Kravet Collections will be launching June 2009, creatively merchandised in four lifestyle themes ala Butera’s Living in Style coffee table book (Assouline): Beach, City, Mountain, and Town & Country.

ABOUT BARCLAY BUTERA
Barclay Butera, Inc. is based in Newport Beach, CA, and entails the Barclay Butera collection showrooms in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, CA, and Park City, UT. Barclay Butera Home, Inc. products (http://www.barclaybuterahome.com/) are distributed through over 300 showrooms and To the Trade nationwide, and are represented in the designer’s retail showrooms and his ‘to the trade’ showroom in New York’s Design & Decoration (D&D) Building. Butera designs and manufactures his products in Los Angeles, CA. Please visit www.barclaybutera.com/media for a full introduction.