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Designer Dann Foley has been in Palm Springs over 20 years and has worked in many of our local cities and throughout North America. He is currently on NBC’s American Dream Builders with Nate Berkus. Dann has made it through the first six weeks of competition and the other night, when he was the team lead, his team won their challenge. Elle Decor picked Dann’s Room as their favorite of the week, saying: “The three judges were awed by designer Dann Foley’s creation, with Nate Berkus calling it, ‘universally appealing.’” Dann just launched multiple new lines of home products, including his outdoor furniture line and line of Loloi rugs called the “Palm Springs” Collection. He is also active with charitable causes in the community. Kate Buckley: Dann, you are a world-renowned residential and commercial/hospitality designer whose projects are showcased in major cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as parts of Asia, Europe and the Middle East. What brought you to Palm Springs? Dann Foley: I was born and raised in suburban Philadelphia. Went to college there and started in business there, but I always had my eye on the West Coast (my ideal life was always to live on the West Coast and use that as a base for travel elsewhere). I first expanded to Chicago, then ended up full time on the West Coast about 14 years ago. I went directly to Palm Springs, because I had family there and I already had multiple projects underway for desert clients. It was the easy choice, it didn’t feel like a big decision or hectic move, it just felt like the right move, a natural move. KB: Are there specific challenges to designing for Palm Springs that don’t exist in say, Chicago or New York? DF: The obvious answer is of course, designing for intense sun and intense heat. For the interior: There is a definite desire for spaces to be a bit more open, both physically and from a style perspective. A lot of dark colors can be difficult. For instance, I warned teammates on American Dream Builders not to do a black bedroom and bathroom on our recent project in Palm Springs, but they did it any way and everyone turned their noses up at it, because it felt claustrophobic and binding. There is always the additional question of, how will this product hold up? Also, I do a great deal of landscape and lifestyle design for the outdoors and I am very sensitive to water useage and waste. I don’t allow clients to use inappropriate plantings. I use desert and drought-resistant plantings. BUT, my designs are not arid—my desert landscapes are just as lush as anywhere else in the country I landscape. Let’s just say I’m not a “one boulder and one ocotillo cactus and gravel front yard kind of guy”! I create layered, green, lush, interesting, but very water wise environments. And, I use saline systems and high-efficiency filters for pools, etc. KB: It all comes down to education. We are in a drought. Southern California is a desert. DF: Right. And in our valley, landscaping seems to be the last bastion of this old thinking. Tropical plants have NO place in the desert, none. The choice is not only inappropriate, but I go as far as saying, one that people should be ashamed of. They not only are egregiously wasteful, but they also look terrible all summer long. It’s just wrong on all levels. KB: I like that you are eco-sensitive but don’t sacrifice design in the process. You really CAN have it both ways! And I don’t think a lot of people realize that. DF: Absolutely! My designs are eco-sensitive, yet still richly appointed, lush and luxurious. I don’t work in a world where you “can’t have that or must do that.” Your choices can be obvious or easy and still be appropriate for the environment and your personal style and needs. These two aren’t mutually exclusive points of view. KB: So would it be fair to say you endeavor to accurately reflect the desert lifestyle in your Palm Springs-based interior and exterior design? DF: Yes, all of my valley clients, whether they are full-time or seasonal residents want a sense of place in the desert. They want to feel like their homes are a part of the desert lifestyle. I like to say that I give my clients that with a “twist.” The twist is a sense of their own personalities. I don’t do interiors for anyone that are thematic or formula-based. Uniqueness and personal style are important to me. KB: I like that you say: “There are no problems, only solutions.” How does this philosophy figure into your design? DF: People always want to talk about the problems and issues with a house. I encourage them to redirect the conversation. These “issues” frequently become the most interesting aspects of a house. We work with them as much as we can, and they most often become a focal point. We fix it by not ignoring it. Bad design is bad design and comes at every price point, but great design is about solutions, and moving forward. It’s not about overanalyzing every nuance of every room and every house. KB: How do you think your time on American Dream Builders will influence your ongoing design process and aesthetic—or will it? DF: In some ways, it definitely already has. I’m known for moving very quickly on my projects. I’d forgotten just how fast fast really is. Unlike other shows, we start at the front curb and work our way back across the property to the back fence. We work with an amazing, experienced crew on every aspect of the project, but it is brutal in regard to time. Probably the biggest revelation to me, working on the show, was that there are great resources that are available to absolutely everyone, not just the design trade. For instance, the show changed my mind about a major brand, Calico Corners. As they are one of the show’s sponsors, we were only permitted to use fabrics from Calico Corners throughout the show (utilizing their website). It was such an amazing resource, I’m now using it back home in my office. They have absolutely everything I could want from Nate Berkus to Candice Olson to Ralph Lauren, and all styles at all price points. I admit I had a snobbery before about fabric, but that was quickly disabused. I love to be proven wrong. I love to learn something new every day. It makes my life better and my projects more successful. KB: I love it! The democratization of design. DF: Absolutely. In fact, when I got home from filming at the end of January, I actually wrote a letter to Calico sharing my story and thanking them for the opportunity and to let them know that we will continue using them. And it was not just stroking their ego, I was so happy about a new resource! And I never use products that I don’t love. KB: You’ve done so much: styling clients, designing collections, working with clients on their design projects, or doing American Dream Builders. What’s your favorite? DF: Oh my god. I can honestly say I don’t have one favorite. I get to do what I love every single day, and I love to come to work every day. I have as much fun when we’re styling clients as doing the one-on-one interior design process, or product development, or my time with buyers and retailers, or with one of my licensing partners. To me, design is design and I love it all. KB: What do you enjoy most about working with your clients to create living environments? DF: The most exciting part for me is making the design presentation. I’ve taken everything they’ve given me—their wants, needs and desires—but now I’m going to present to them their ideas wrapped in mine in a way they’ve never imagined possible. My job is to expand their vision and I want to knock them on their asses! My presentations can last as long as 8 hours depending on the scale of the project, but at the end I have a rapt audience and boy, they are ready to write that check. And it’s my job to keep them that excited throughout the project. And then of course, there is “the reveal!” I tell every client, if you don’t cry when you walk through the door, then I haven’t done my job. And I can tell you in 27 years that they’ve all cried, and I mean in a good way! KB: You’ve said, “I love what I do and I work hard—it keeps me out of trouble.” What would you be doing if you weren’t designing? DF: I often joke that one of the main reasons that I have been successful in my career is my ability to be first, a therapist. I have to listen closely to what people are saying and be able to read between the lines. So, I suppose I would find success as a psychiatrist! KB: What do you love most about Palm Springs? DF: I am what most people would call a health nut. I get up early every morning to workout, and living in Palm Springs affords me the chance to do that outdoors every day. I wake up and run, or jump on my bike to start my day and I get to marvel at the beauty of our mountain ranges and energy that comes from the land here. The Indians have infused this area with such majesty and reverence, and I find that to be palpable. I have said every morning since my first day here, how lucky I am to live in a place of such amazing beauty!
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Dearthóir Dann Foley curtha i Palm Springs níos mó ná 20 bliana d'aois agus ag obair i go leor dár gcathracha áitiúla agus ar fud Mheiriceá Thuaidh. Faoi láthair tá sé ar NBC Meiriceánach Tógálaithe Aisling le Nate Berkus. Dann rinne sé tríd an chéad sé seachtaine ar iomaíocht agus ar an oíche eile, nuair a bhí sé i gceannas ar an bhfoireann, a bhuaigh a fhoireann a dúshlán. Elle Decor roghnaíodh Seomra Dann mar a is fearr leat na seachtaine, ag rá: "Bhí awed ag an triúr breitheamh ag chruthú dearthóir Dann Foley, le Nate Berkus ag iarraidh é, 'huilíoch achomharc a dhéanamh.' " Dann seoladh díreach línte nua iolraí de tháirgí baile, lena n-áirítear a líne troscáin amuigh faoin aer agus líne rugaí Loloi ar a dtugtar an "Palm Springs" Bailiúchán. Tá sé gníomhach le cúiseanna carthanachta sa phobal chomh maith. Kate Buckley: Dann, tá tú dearthóir cónaithe agus tráchtála / fáilteachais bhfuil cáil dhomhanda a bhfuil a tionscadail taispeáint i gcathracha móra ar fud na Stáit Aontaithe agus Ceanada, chomh maith le codanna de na hÁise, san Eoraip agus an Meánoirthear. Cad a thug tú chun Palm Springs? Dann Foley: Rugadh agus tógadh i Philadelphia fo-uirbeacha. Chuaigh mé go dtí coláiste ansin agus thosaigh i ngnó ann, ach bhí mé i gcónaí mo shúil ar an Chósta an Iarthair (a bhí mo shaol idéalach i gcónaí chun cónaí ar an Chósta an Iarthair agus a úsáid mar bhunús le haghaidh taistil in áiteanna eile). Leathnú mé an chéad go Chicago, ansin dar críoch suas lánaimseartha ar an Chósta an Iarthair thart ar 14 bliain ó shin. Chuaigh mé díreach chuig Palm Springs, mar gheall go raibh mé teaghlaigh ann agus bhí mé cheana féin tionscadail il ar bun do chliaint Desert. Ba é an rogha éasca, ní raibh sé gur mhaith leat cinneadh mór nó bogadh hectic, bhraith sé díreach cosúil leis an t-aistriú ceart, bogadh nádúrtha. KB: An bhfuil dúshláin ar leith a dhearadh do Palm Springs nach bhfuil ann i rá, Chicago nó Nua-Eabhrac? DF: Is é an freagra soiléir ar ndóigh, a dhearadh do ghrian dian agus teas dian. Chun an taobh istigh: Tá dúil cinnte do spásanna a bheith beagán níos oscailte, go fisiciúil agus ó thaobh stíl. Is féidir le go leor de na dathanna dorcha a bheith deacair. Mar shampla, rabhadh mé teammates ar Aisling Mheiriceá Tógálaithe gan é a dhéanamh seomra leapa dubh agus seomra folctha ar ár dtionscadal le déanaí i Palm Springs, ach ní raibh siad é ar bhealach ar bith agus gach duine iompú a n-noses suas ar sé, mar gur bhraith sé claustrophobic agus ceangailteach. Tá an cheist breise, conas a rachaidh an táirge a shealbhú suas i gcónaí? Chomh maith leis sin, is féidir liom go leor de tírdhreacha agus dearadh stíl mhaireachtála do na lasmuigh agus tá mé an-íogair do useage uisce agus dramhaíola. Ní féidir liom a cheadú do chliaint a úsáid plantings míchuí. Úsáid mé Desert agus plantings triomach-resistant. ACH, nach bhfuil mo dearaí arid-mo Tá tírdhreacha Desert díreach mar lush mar atá in aon áit eile sa tírdhreach na tíre mé. A ligean ar ach a rá nach bhfuil mé ar "bholláin amháin agus OCOTILLO amháin cactus agus tosaigh gairbhéal chineál chlós ar Guy"! Chruthú mé timpeallachtaí uisce layered, glas, lush, suimiúil, ach an-ciallmhar. Agus, a úsáid mé córais saline agus scagairí ard-éifeachtúlacht do linnte, etc. KB: Tagann sé gach síos chun oideachas. Tá muid i triomach. Is Deiscirt California Desert. DF: Ceart. Agus inár ngleann, is cosúil tírdhreachú a bheith ar an Bastion deireanach de seo ag smaoineamh d'aois. Tá plandaí trópaiceach NÍL áit sa bhfásach, ní bheidh aon. Is é an rogha ní amháin mí-oiriúnach, ach dul mé chomh fada agus a rá, ceann amháin gur chóir do dhaoine a bheith ashamed. Tá siad ní amháin egregiously amú, ach féachann siad freisin uafásach gach samhradh ar fad. Tá sé díreach mícheart ar gach leibhéal. KB: Is maith liom go bhfuil tú eco-íogair, ach níl a íobairt dearadh sa phróiseas. FÉIDIR ort i ndáiríre é an dá thrá! Agus ní dóigh liom go bhfuil a lán daoine a thuiscint go. DF: Cinnte! Tá mo dearaí éicea-íogair, ach fós a ceapadh richly, lush agus luxurious. Níl mé ag obair i ndomhan ina bhfuil tú "Ní féidir a bheith go, nó nach mór a dhéanamh." Is féidir le do roghanna soiléir nó éasca agus fós a bheith oiriúnach don chomhshaol agus do stíl agus riachtanais phearsanta. Tá an dá nach bhfuil pointí comheisiatach de. KB: Mar sin, go mbeadh sé cóir a rá leat iarracht a léiriú go cruinn an nós maireachtála Desert i do Palm Springs-bhunaithe dearadh istigh agus taobh amuigh? DF: Tá, gach ceann de mo chliaint ghleann, cibé an bhfuil siad lánaimseartha nó ag iarraidh cónaitheoirí séasúrach tuiscint ar áit sa bhfásach. Tá siad ag iarraidh a bhraitheann cosúil go bhfuil a dtithe cuid den stíl mhaireachtála Desert. Is maith liom a rá go bhfuil mé a thabhairt mo chliaint go le "twist." Is é an twist tuiscint a phearsantachtaí féin. Ní féidir liom a dhéanamh taobh istigh do dhuine ar bith atá téamach nó foirmle-bhunaithe. Tá uathúlacht agus stíl phearsanta tábhachtach dom. KB: Is maith liom a rá leat: "Níl aon fhadhbanna, ach réitigh." Conas a dhéanann an figiúr fhealsúnacht isteach i do dhearadh? DF: Ba mhaith Daoine i gcónaí chun labhairt faoi na fadhbanna agus na saincheisteanna a bhfuil teach. Spreagadh mé iad a atreorú an chomhrá. Na "saincheisteanna" a bheith go minic na gnéithe is suimiúla den teach. Bímid ag obair leo oiread agus is féidir linn, agus tá siad a bheith an chuid is mó minic a pointe fócasach. Táimid é a shocrú trí gan neamhaird a dhéanamh air. Tá dhrochdhearadh dhrochdhearadh agus a thagann ar gach pointe praghas, ach tá dearadh iontach faoi réitigh, agus bogadh ar aghaidh. Níl sé faoi overanalyzing gach nuance de gach seomra agus gach teach. KB: Conas a cheapann tú do chuid ama ar Aisling Mheiriceá Tógálaithe beidh tionchar do phróiseas dearaidh leanúnach agus aeistéitiúla-nó beidh sé? DF: I roinnt bealaí, tá sé cinnte cheana féin. Tá mé ag eol do bogadh go han-tapa ar mo thionscadail. Mhaith dearmad mé díreach cé chomh tapa go tapa i ndáiríre. Murab ionann agus seónna eile, tús a chur againn ar an colbha tosaigh agus obair ár mbealach ar ais ar fud an mhaoin go dtí an fhál ar ais. Bímid ag obair le iontach, criú taithí ar gach gné den tionscadal, ach tá sé brutal maidir le ham. Is dócha an nochtadh is mó dom, ag obair ar an seó, a bhí go bhfuil acmhainní mór atá ar fáil do gach duine go hiomlán, ní hamháin ar an trádáil a dhearadh. Mar shampla, d'athraigh an seó mo intinn faoi bhranda mór, Cúinní Calico. Toisc go bhfuil siad ar cheann de urraitheoirí an seó ar, ceadaíodh dúinn ach chun fabraicí a úsáid ó Cúinní Calico fud an seó (ag baint úsáide as a láithreán gréasáin). Bhí sé den sórt sin a acmhainn iontach, tá mé ag baint úsáide as anois é ar ais sa bhaile i mo oifig. Tá siad go hiomlán gach rud a d'fhéadfadh mé ag iarraidh ó Nate Berkus go Candice Olson go Ralph Lauren, agus gach stíleanna ag gach pointe praghais. Mé a admháil go raibh mé snobbery roimh thart fabraice, ach go raibh disabused tapa. Is breá liom a bheith cruthaithe mícheart. Is breá liom rud éigin nua gach lá a fhoghlaim. Déanann sé mo shaol níos fearr agus mo tionscadail níos rathúla. KB: Is breá liom é! An daonlathú de dhearadh. DF: Go hiomlán. Go deimhin, nuair a fuair mé abhaile ón scannánú ag deireadh Eanáir, scríobh mé i ndáiríre litir chuig Calico roinnt mo scéal agus ag gabháil buíochais leo as an deis agus a chur in iúl dóibh go leanfaimid ar aghaidh iad a úsáid. Agus ní raibh sé stroking ach a n-ego, bhí mé chomh sásta acmhainn nua! Agus mé riamh úsáid táirgí nach féidir liom grá. KB: Tá tú a dhéanamh an oiread sin: styling cliaint, bailiúcháin a dhearadh, ag obair le cliaint ar a gcuid tionscadal a dhearadh, nó ag déanamh Aisling Mheiriceá Tógálaithe. Cad é do is fearr leat? DF: Oh mo dhia. Is féidir liom a rá go hionraic nach dóigh liom go bhfuil is fearr leat ceann. Rachaidh mé a dhéanamh cad is breá liom gach lá amháin, agus is breá liom teacht a bheith ag obair gach lá. Tá mé spraoi an oiread nuair a bhíonn muid ag styling chliaint ag déanamh an bpróiseas dearadh intí duine-ar-amháin, nó forbairt táirgí, nó mo chuid ama le ceannaitheoirí agus miondíoltóirí, nó le ceann de mo chomhpháirtithe ceadúnaithe. Chun liom, is é an dearadh dearadh agus is breá liom go léir. KB: Cad a dhéanann tú taitneamh a bhaint as an chuid is mó faoi bheith ag obair le do chliaint chun timpeallachtaí maireachtála a chruthú? DF: an chuid is spreagúla do go bhfuil mé ag déanamh cur i láthair a dhearadh. Tá mé tógtha gach rud atá siad a tugadh dom-a ba mhaith, riachtanais agus ar mian-ach anois tá mé ag dul a chur i láthair chun iad a gcuid smaointe fillte i mianach ar bhealach riamh tá siad shamhlú agus is féidir. Is é mo phost a leathnú a bhfís agus ba mhaith liom iad a cnag ar a n-asal! Is féidir le mo láthair deireanach chomh fada agus is 8 uair an chloig ag brath ar an scála an tionscadail, ach ag an deireadh Tá mé lucht féachana rapt agus buachaill, go bhfuil siad réidh a scríobh go sheiceáil. Agus tá sé ar mo phost chun iad a choinneáil go bís ar fud an tionscadail. Agus ansin ar ndóigh, tá "an nochtann!" Deirim gach cliant, más rud é nach bhfuil tú ag gol nuair a shiúlann tú tríd an doras, ansin nach bhfuil déanta agam mo phost. Agus is féidir liom a rá leat i 27 bliain go atá siad go léir cried, agus ciallóidh mé ar bhealach maith! KB: Tá tú dúirt sé, "Is breá liom cad a dhéanfaidh mé agus mé ag obair go crua-é Coinníonn dom amach as an trioblóid." Cad ba mhaith leat a bheith ag déanamh más rud é nach raibh tú ag a dhearadh? DF: joke mé go minic go bhfuil ceann de na cúiseanna is mó go bhfuil mé gur éirigh mo bheatha mo chumas a bheith ar dtús, le teiripeoir. Caithfidh mé a bheith ag éisteacht go dlúth le cad iad na daoine ag rá agus a bheith in ann léamh idir na línte. Mar sin, is dócha ba mhaith liom a rath mar síciatraí a aimsiú! KB: Cad a dhéanann tú grá an chuid is mó mar gheall ar Palm Springs? DF: Tá mé cad a bheadh daoine is mó a ghlaoch cnó sláinte. Rachaidh mé suas go luath gach maidin a workout, agus ina gcónaí i Palm Springs tugann dom an deis a dhéanamh go taobh amuigh gach lá. Dúisigh mé suas agus a reáchtáil, nó léim ar mo rothar chun tús mo lá agus a fháil mé a marvel ag an áilleacht ár sliabhraonta agus fuinnimh a thagann as an talamh anseo. An Indians tar infused an réimse seo le SOILSE agus urraim san, agus a fháil mé go bhfuil a bheith palpable. Tá sé ráite agam gach maidin ó mo chéad lá anseo, conas t-ádh Tá mé chun cónaí in áit na háilleachta iontach den sórt sin!