The Art of Design Issue 39 2019 | Page 26

26 AMERICAN DREAM Maurizio Pellizzoni was given carte blanche to The brief for this modern Greater London turn a five-bedroom house in Greater London property was to create a comfortable space into a cool party pad for a young professional. for entertaining friends and taking time out Maurizio’s starting point was the glamour from the city. Maurizio Pellizzoni drew on of old Hollywood movies. He opted for a the style of a classic Hollywood lifestyle that smoky colour palette and chunky, masculine suited the modern architecture of the house furniture and oversaw everything from the and met the client’s desire to create a fun joinery to the wallpaper to the fixtures and bachelor escape. fittings. Maurizio Pellizzoni started with an empty As a nod to boutique hotel design, he themed but pristine shell and transformed it with each bedroom, but the piece de resistance is new furniture, soft furnishings artwork and the attic which he transformed into a ‘giant accessories. Some existing fixtures were playroom’ -complete with a retractable kept and updated in respect of the client’s cinema screen, a pool table and a bar. budget, for example the main staircase was