Phoebe Sung describes her design fashion as jolie-laide, a French time period that straight interprets to “pretty-ugly” however actually refers to unconventional magnificence. This sensibility is imbedded in Chilly Picnic, the New York-based textile firm she cofounded along with her husband Peter Buer, with rugs, blankets, and pillows that characteristic unlikely coloration mixtures and quirky motifs and “draw inspiration from movie, literature, and our childhoods,” Phoebe says.
When Phoebe and Peter aren’t creating an summary sample that evokes the Queens Zoo aviary or a floral snake design that honors the lunar calendar, they’re busy elevating their two daughters between properties in Ridgewood and the Catskills. However Chilly Picnic’s subsequent transfer is all the time prime of thoughts: “We’re within the strategy of sampling some very enjoyable things-that-look-like-other-things bathmats that we’re very enthusiastic about,” she says.
Right this moment, Phoebe writes in with the home renovation she’s dreaming about, her newest candy deal with go-to, and the podcast that retains her in excessive spirits…
You’re invited to dinner. What’s your go-to reward?
A pleasant bottle of wine, a food-shaped candle, home made dips. I like making chili crisp, so if I’ve any readily available, I’ll deliver a jar of that as nicely.
What’s in your bedside desk?
Books, water, and normally a makeshift Calico Critter “home” constructed from an eyeglass case or a Tupperware (or something a six-year-old can get her fingers on).
What podcast or playlist do you placed on whenever you want inspiration?
We take heed to a number of the How Did This Get Made? podcast to place us in a very good temper for work. Final summer time, we made a mixture of songs we’ve been embarrassed to placed on mixes all through the years, so that’s enjoyable, too.
What’s a movie or TV present whose aesthetic has caught with you?
Over time, The Passenger by Michelangelo Antonioni has impressed a number of phases and sides of my life—rugs, vogue faculty thesis, haircuts, journey. It’s been so chilly this winter—and issues have felt heavy, politically—so we’ve been going again to the gorgeous seventh episode of the present Station Eleven. The layering specifically.
