"I never thought I would get into hardware design. But with that and everything else, I just felt like I was going to take this moment to expand myself in ways I'd never dreamed of. That's saying something, because Calderone dreams big. The focus of her latest aspiration is the Manhattan apartment that she and her husband, Victor, a music producer and DJ, bought in 2023."
"After decades in Brooklyn, most recently in a much-emulated Greek Revival town house where she nurtured a design business and the lifestyle site EyeSwoon, published two books, authored furniture and rug collections, and generally modeled an ideal life, she was ready for a change. The New York Times titled its article on her move, 'What Happens When You Get So Influential That You're Bored by Your Own Aesthetic?'"
"The drama was that I finally convinced them to sell the perfect house and then we couldn't find anything else. And I just wanted to find a... I'm trying to think of the right word. I have high standards. Victor and their son, Jivan, were less enthusiastic about the move initially."
Athena Calderone, founder of the lifestyle brand EyeSwoon, transitioned from her celebrated Brooklyn Greek Revival townhouse to a Manhattan Tribeca apartment in 2023 with her husband Victor and son Jivan. After building a thriving design business, publishing books, and creating furniture collections in Brooklyn, Calderone sought a fresh creative direction. The move presented an opportunity to explore new design elements including parchment, silver leaf, etched glass, and figured stone. Her new kitchen features a striking Kinnekulle limestone countertop and burnished-nickel hardware, representing her expansion into hardware design. Despite initial resistance from her family, Calderone pursued the relocation as a chance to reinvent her aesthetic and challenge herself creatively beyond her established Brooklyn brand.
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