Studio Como design consultant Gabriela Peña lives through her senses. She’s drawn to color, texture, and craft, and uses the three with synergy for her clients. Originally from Virginia, Gabby moved to Colorado a little over six years ago to study interior design at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design (RMCAD). She focused on…
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When photographer Jonathan Knight peers through his viewfinder, he’s looking for something different. And sometimes that something different takes a while. His desire to observe the emotional layer of experience has led him to long exposure landscape photography—where he can leave his lens open to chronicle the feeling of a moment, rather than produce the…
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In honor of International Women’s Day, and Women’s History Month, which is celebrated every March, we’re taking a look at the practices of female designers represented in the Studio Como collection of modern furnishings. But first, a little background. International Women’s Day began over 100 years ago. The decision to inaugurate the holiday was made…
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The central premise of Gustaf Sobin’s book Luminous Debris—which is part prose poetry, part archeological scholarship—is that objects not only affect our experience of the present, but they will also play, as the title suggests, a luminous role in our absence. Objects outlast us. The pieces we fill our homes and lives with will someday…
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There’s no better way to warm up in the winter than by envisioning the easy days of outdoor living and entertaining—and this year, due to longer than usual lead times for high-end furnishings, early planning is a must. This winter is the time to invest in modern outdoor furnishings that will naturally extend the style…
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Laura Folgoni is Studio Como’s talented design director and resident Italian. With a keen eye and impeccable taste, Laura styles the Studio Como flagship showroom and represents the company’s 30-plus brands. In this interview, stylist Anna Bugge sits down with her to learn more about Laura’s Italian roots and passion for design. Today, Laura resides…
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Jack Ludlam is a still life photographer who works with both analog and digital mediums. Raised in the Midwest, he now lives and works in Colorado, having earned a BFA from Regis University with an emphasis on analog photography. In his work, Jack captures “rough” subject matter in a clean, minimalist style that highlights the…
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Writing an artist profile for Jamie Kripke is a bit challenging because you can’t simply say, “Jamie is a sports photographer,” or “Jamie is a portrait photographer.” One of his least favorite questions is, what do you shoot? That’s because he shoots everything, from people and places to action and raw emotion. He refers to…
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