PPP VOL.2: CHARLES PAVARINI III: INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

VOL. 2.:  CHARLES PAVARINI III: “Interior Designer of the Year”

The International Furnishings and Design Association (I.F.D.A.) names Charles Pavarini III Interior Design of the Year! Side-by-Side with this year’s other category recipients Cindy Allen (Editor of Interior Design Magazine), John and Stephen Stark (of Stark Carpet Corporation) and Kenneth Wampler of The Alpha Workshops, CPIII is recognized for his tremendous 25 year long career in Interior Design by the legendary Dakota Jackson on May 4, 2010.    http://www.pavarinidesign.com/pages/articles.html

ON THE NEWSSTAND THIS MONTH

Did you happen to see the Pavarini Lounge for Kips Bay 2009 in TRADITIONAL HOME MAGAZINE’S October issue? The article highlighted the custom plaster ceiling we commissioned for last Spring’s showhouse and The New Luxury style that embodied the glamorous piano lounge. (insert cover + photos included)

http://www.traditionalhome.com/tableofcontents/index.html

ON BROADWAY

Charles takes a group of friends backstage to meet Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth, stars of Promises, Promises on Broadway. Charles’ entourage always benefits from his former career in musical comedy. Never does he resist the urge to honor his favorite stage legends.

http://promisespromisesbroadway.com/google.html

CRUISING AROUND MANHATTAN

The 5th Annual Kips Bay Dinner Dance Cruise around Manhattan proved to be a great success. Raising over $50,000.00 for the Kips Bay Boys and Girls club, the event proved to be one of the more exciting ways to support NYC youths. This year, both Sarah L. Boles and Charles Pavarini III himself were honored for the continuing support of the charity most recognized in the industry for its legendary Designer Showhouse fundraising venue.

Save the Date for next year! June 7th, 2011. Please email info@pavarinidesign.com for how you can participate with the Kips Bay Designers in this favorite industry event!

See the link for photos of this year's cruise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27562965@N04/sets/72157624253716500/

A 'SHOUT OUT' TO JIM DALE

Charles and Randall (V.P. of Pavarini Design) were lucky enough to join Jim Dale at his home in celebration of his 75th Birthday! A legendary Tony Award-Winning Actor most notable for his flamboyant title role in the world famous Cy Coleman musical “Barnum”.

Visit http://www.jim-dale.com/

Highlights of the Kips Bay Dinner Dance Cruise

This year's event was a tremendous success! With a dedicated committee we continue to raise funds and sponsor the children of Kips Bay.  Our sponsors are dedicated to the vision of the Kips Bay Designers and continue to support the event. The evening was absolutely perfect, with weather around 80 degrees and clear skies.  Dan Quintero, Director of the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club of New York, honored both Charles Pavarini III and Sarah L. Boles for their continuing support of the charity.  Over the years, Charles and Sarah have worked together to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club of New York, and their incredible dedication has helped thousands of kids from the boroughs to focus on their talents and become involved scholastic and recreational activities outside the classroom. 

 

Kips Bay Summer Cruise Committee

Have a look at the photos!  If you are not featured in any of them, perhaps you would consider joining us next year?! Kips Bay Cruise 2010 Photos

CPDA WINS 2 IIDA PRIDE AWARDS on THURSDAY MAY 27th~!

THAT MAKES 3 AWARDS for 2010!

Once again, Charles Pavarini III has taken home two awards in the 2010 IIDA (International Interior Design Association) P.R.I.D.E. Awards Competition held on Thursday, May 27th in Phoenix, Arizona.  Winning a Design Excellence Award  for 'The Lounge' we created for Kips Bay 2009 as well as an Award of Merit  for 'The Pavarini Thanksgiving', CPDA has yet again taken awards for all categories submitted.  This was a particularly interesting submission, as the two award categories two recent projects completed at two completely different ends of the design spectrum. 

While the Traditional Feast for 20 showed the exuberantly festive and colorful style that Pavarini employs around Thanksgiving-time in the home, the much more subdued color palette yet increasingly complex Lounge

demonstrates prowess at innovation and architectural detailing of another caliber.  It's extremely impressive for 1 firm to be producing such phenomenal work, so different, within the same year.  It shows just how extraordinarily creative the team is and it beautifully showcases their ability to execute significant creative work.  BRAVO!!

SPRING AWAKENING! A Broadway Inspired Table Top Show at Le Beau Chateau

WE ARE THRILLED with the response to our Spring Awakening Fundraiser.  The opening night party on Wednesday, May 12th was a success.  All of the talented designers did a phenomenal job pulling-together their tabletops in light of their Broadway shows.  The Summer Theatre of New Canaan and its entourage performed major musical numbers from The Sound of Music, Hairspray, the Lion King, Jeckyll & Hyde, Mame, and other shows on the grand staircase in the center of the mansion, bringing the some 200 guests to tears and cheers as the night wore on. 

WLIW came to film many aspects of the house featuring the New Canaan designers,  LXTV shot segments which will air on NBC on Sunday, May 29th, and newspapers and magazine journalists and photographers came all afternoon on Wednesday to cover the event.  It is certainly getting a lot of attention, and with good reason.  The showcase is extremely imaginative, colorful, and entertaining.

Charles Pavarini III himself produced this vignette for A Little Night Music.  It reflects the grandeur of the noble feast in the country with free-standing columns and ornamental buttresses with wisteria and ivy growing all over them.  Layered with sculptures, elaborate centerpieces and exceptional china by Bernardaud and crystal by Michael C. Fina, the vignette truly captures the essence of the show through Charles' keen design eyes.

I, J. Randall Tarasuk, created a somewhat cerebral vignette for Jeckyll & Hyde.  I mixed Mr. Hyde's laboratory into Dr. Jeckyll's home and set it off with contrasting items such as a conflicting pair of sconces and place-settings.  While Dr. Jeckyll's side is more staid and traditional, Mr. Hyde's is more avant-garde and sinister in feeling.  I had a lot of fun exploring my inner passion for science and its connection with this interior room setting.  Who said that Ehrlenmeyer Flask, beekers, bunson burners and test-tubes don't belong in a Dining Room?! 

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2010 Circle of Excellence Award Recipient: Interior Designer of the Year!

I am very pleased to announce that Charles Pavarini III is the 2010 IFDA Circle of Excellence Award Recipient: Interior Designer of the Year!  The Ceremony will take place on May 4th at the Union League Club.  Master of Ceremonies will be Jim Druckman, President and CEO of the New York Design Center NYDC.  Dakota Jackson will be presenting Charles with the prestigious award and we encourage all of you in support of him to join us!  It is our goal to make the 2010 Circle of Excellence awards ceremony a memorable evening for you and a highlight of the year for the design industry. Should you have questions, please don’t hesitate to call Betsy Nichol anytime: (C) 917 653-3475 or (O) 212 734-1431.

SPRING AWAKENING! A Broadway Inspired Table Top Show at Le Beau Chateau

May 12, 2010 through May 16, 2010 in New Canaan, CT


Leading Interior Designers will create Broadway Inspired Vignettes to benefit Summer Theatre of New Canaan
This beautiful home, offered by Barbara Cleary’s Realty Guild and Christie’s Great Estates, which has been staffed but unoccupied for nearly 57 years, will be transformed with a Table-top Show by leading Interior Designers. Inspired by Broadway Shows each designer will create evocative and memorable vignettes in this gracious 22-room mansion, which features a two-story grand foyer and many reminders of the elegance of a bygone era.
The house will open its doors with a Celebrity Preview Party on the evening of a Wednesday, May 12th, and run to Sunday, May 16th. Throughout the show, there will be lunch lectures, book signings, a Café, a garden boutique, and live Broadway Entertainment.
The Proposed Calendar of Events:
Press Review: Wednesday May 12 3:00-6:00

Opening Night Gala Wednesday May 12 6:30-9:30

Opening to Guests: Thursday May 13 11:00-6:00

Friday May 14 11:00-6:00

Saturday May 15 11:00-6:00 6:30-9:00

Closing Day Sunday May 16 12:00-5:00


OPENING NIGHT:

To benefit The Summer Theatre of New Canaan with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment provided by the Summer Theatre of New Canaan

2nd GALA NIGHT:
An opportunity for a sponsor or charity to host a Champagne and dessert soirée


EVENT Benefits to visitors:

· Experience the talent of top designers and view their table settings.
· Visit the Mansion
· Have lunch on the outside terrace by a local CatererThere will be Lunch Lectures by leading Designers on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Lectures under consideration:

Carolyn Roehm: The Perfect Table Setting and book signing

Bunny Williams: A Love Affair with a House and book signing

· Shop at an outdoor Garden Boutique by one of America’s leading Interior Designers
· Each visitor will leave with a journal which is also a cookbook (recipes provided by each Designer)

EVENT Benefits to Christies and the Home Owner:

· Exposure to over 1,500 high end clientele
· Exposure in leading publications and online publications

· Possibility to reach potential clients

· To support the endeavors of the community

· Support the Summer Theatre of New Canaan and its commitment to provide the community with first class professional theatre and providing family entertainment

· Possible showing of house on Bill Stubbs PBS show: A Moment of Luxury


EVENT PROGRAM JOURNAL

· There will be 2 pages dedicated to the owner and the history of the house

· There will be floor plans of the house published within the journal

· 1 page will be given to Christies

· Each designer will pay a fee to have a double page within the journal

· Designers will provide a source list, rendering, photo, and recipe

· 2 pages will be given to Summer Theatre of New Canaan

· Ads will be sold to designer vendors and local merchants

· Sponsors will be given pages for their pledge to the event


EVENT PUBLICITY

· The Event will be sponsored by a Design Trade Magazine i.e.: Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Moffly Media, Hersom-Acorn.

· Prior to opening night their will be 3-4 hours dedicated to press

· Press from surrounding area newspapers, magazines and news services, as well as National Publications will be invited to view the house giving them the opportunity to interview the designers, sponsors and the charity. This will result in press exposure for Christies, the house and owner, the charities and the designers.

· On- line publications will also be invited i.e., Designintuit.com, House Beautiful.com, Lonny Mag.com plus the online versions of local and regional newspapers and magazines giving the house and the Event more exposure on line.

· There will be an Event web-site created listing Christies, the house, sponsors, charities, designers and their sources

· Possible feature on Bill Stubbs PBS show: A Moment of Luxury

· Invitations and announcements will be sent out to mailing lists from all participating parties.

EVENT VOLUNTEERS:

· Volunteers will be sought through Summer Theatre of New Canaan, The Young Women’s League, the Designers and the Community


EVENT DESIGNERS

· Each designer is designated a space within a room within the house

· Several Designers may share in one room

· The Designers will create vignettes within their space and provide a table set to feature a dinner celebrating a Broadway Show

· Each Designer will provide insurance for their workmen and any one from their staff mounting or dismantling their space.

· Each Designer will be required to pay a security deposit to insure their space is left as given to them

· Each Designer will be required to sign a contract.

· All work must be approved by the Event Committee and owner

· All scheduling of installation and removal must be scheduled thru the Event Committee

Virtual Tour of Le Beau Chateau