"Silvia Tcherassi is collaborating with Cartagena native son Richard Mishaan, whose clean-line scheme weaves together soothing and layered neutrals, referencing the walled city's brightly painting buildings on in the blue fresco finish of the vestibule. Mishaan has custom designed everything in the hotel, from the check-in and concierge station modeled after a travel trunk found in Cartagena's Palacio de la Inquisicion Museum, to furniture inspired by Tcherassi's tailored an

"Richard Mishaan picks Nelson Rockefeller's Living Room: 'I was at Galerie Vallois in Paris in 1982 when I first saw a book of Jean-Michel Frank's work that featured Nelson Rockefeller's apartment. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my body. I loved every single element-- the mural painted by Leger that surrounded the fireplace mantel; the paneling on the walls that had been shaped and ornamented to frame the murals; the leather-and-cane Bergeres designed by Frank.

"Richard Mishaan has devoted a good portion of his life to collecting art, a passion he inherited from his mother and grandmother while growing up in Cartagena, Colombia. It's hardly a surprise that he is one of the most sought-after designers among art collectors, but not simply because he is a kindred spirit. What clients are drawn to is Mishaan's innate understanding of colour and composition and his unique ability to contextualise their collections by creating thoughtfu

"Having released his second monograph, 'Artfully Modern' (The Monacelli Press), this fall, Colombian-born, New York-based designer Richard Mishaan is now busier than ever, working on houses around the world; creating table-top lines for Lenox and Dansk; and looking after Homer, his Greenwich Village shop. A recent project was his own family's residence in his seaside hometown of Cartagena, where he's also currently designing a hotel. His scheme for its beachy, light-filled

"Decorator Richard Mishaan transforms a classic artist's loft in SoHo into a stylish family home, without losing any of its bohemian spirit. Last year, after what began as a casual conversation with the designer Richard Mishaan, she finally got both wishes, without sacrificing the almost thrilling dimensions of the place or adding even the slightest element of claustrophobia, which was what Alexander feared most. The Mishaans had known Alexander and Waterstreet socially for y

"Richard Mishaan Design, New York City. www.richardmishaan.com Top 50 Coastal Designer of 2016." Ocean Home Magazine, February 2016 #OceanHome #RichardMishaan #RichardMishaanTop50Designers #RichardMishaanInteriorDesign

"The day they got the joint commission for what would become Miami Beach's Shelborne Wyndham Grand South Beach, Meg Sharpe of Meg Sharpe Interiors and Richard Mishaan of Richard Mishaan Design were highly cognizant that they were working in a land of the giants. Originally opened in 1940, this Collins Avenue landmark bears the imprint of two design legends: it was created by art deco architect Igor Polevitzky, and updated in the 1950s by none other that Morris Lapidus, he of