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Barry Darr Dixon |
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- Southern Accents, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000,
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992
- House Beautiful,
2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1998, 1997
- Traditional Home, Upcoming 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998,
1997
- Metropolitan Home, Upcoming 2008,
2007, 2006, 2005, 1989
- Beautiful Southern Interiors, Spring/Summer 2006
- Dream Bedrooms, 2006
- House & Garden, 2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Bedroom & Bath,” Fall
2005, 2004
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Simply Perfect Walls with Style” 2003
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Windows & Walls Ideas”
Spring/Summer 2005, Summer
2004
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Decorating", Fall 2005, 1991 (cover)
- Décor,
,Spring/Summer 2006, Fall/Winter 2005, 2004
- Santa Barbara Magazine, Feb/March 2004
- Washingtonian, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1989
- Robb Report Home Entertainment & Design,
December 2003
- Renovation Style, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002
- The Washington Post Magazine, 2004, 2003
- W Magazine, 2000
- Design Resources, 2000
- Newsweek, 1999
- Town & Country, 1998
- Washington Home & Design, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998, 1994, 1993
- Colonial Homes, 1998
- Mid-Atlantic Country, 1996
- Style, 1993
- Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, 2004
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| Barry Dixon’s Design Philosophy: |
The integrity of good design is
determined simply by what is “appropriate.” Of course, the
subjectivity of that word requires that clients align themselves
with a designer who shares their vision. To me, “appropriate”
involves several levels of consideration. Architecture – what
works well with the bones of a space is paramount. Also important
is transition, the thread that weaves its way through a home,
simultaneously providing unity and flow and allowing diversion and
interest. Comfort, even in the most formal areas, is mandatory, as
is timelessness, a blessed attribute that straddles fad and
period.
Quality involves both experience and knowledge. A good
reproduction can only be selected with an understanding of the
original. Balance and contrast involves many elements: color and
texture, heavy and ethereal, old and new. One is as important as
the other. Successful design emanates a feeling, not just a
look. Nuance is employed to fine tune the whole to the
personality of the individual. In the best instances, the effect
is a magical aesthetic harmony that is not initially surprising,
at least not jolting. Upon inspection or reflection, however,
the effect is cleverly unexpected, bridging past with present by
bringing the best of history with us into the future. |
| Credentials: |
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- Upcoming Book: Barry Dixon Interiors by well-known author Brian
Coleman (Scalamandre; Farrow & Ball) with luminous photography by
Edward Addeo, Fall 2008
- Upcoming: Keynote Speaker, 2008 Spring Design Event,
International Market Square, Minneapolis, MN
- Keynote Speaker, High Point Showroom Association, February 2008
- Keynote Speaker, Dallas Design Center, January 2008
- Featured Designer, 2007 Southern Accents
Design Showhouse, Homestead Preserve, Hot Springs, Virginia
- Featured Designer, Metropolitan Home Design Showhouse, “Modern
With A Capital M,” Washington Design Center, Fall 2006
- Keynote Speaker for Veranda Magazine at the Zoffany Showroom,
NYC, Topic: “What’s ‘New’ is ‘Old’ Again,” October 2006
- Keynote Speaker at Boston Design Center, The Martin Group,
September 2006
- Keynote Speaker at NORDEX, Seattle Design Center, Topic: “In
Living Color,” March 2006
- Keynote Speaker for The High Point Showroom Association, Topic:
“Thinking Outside of the Box for the Modern Interior,” High Point,
North Carolina, February 2006
- Keynote Speaker for ADAC, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2006
- Keynote Speaker, Hinc Showroom, San Francisco, California, January
2006
- Featured Designer “Georgetown Festival of Trees” at the Four
Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C. for the Children’s National Medical
Center Hospital, December 2006
- House Beautiful’s List of Top Designers in America, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005
- Featured Designer, Washington Design Center and Home & Design
Magazine’s “Living Color” Design Showhouse, Fall 2005
- Traditional Home Fall Focus Discussion Panelist, Topic:
“What Designers Say,” Washington Design Center, September 2005
- House Beautiful/Good Morning America “Problem Solver Room
Makeover,” national television appearance on April 18, 2005, magazine
publication September 2005
- Spring 2005 launch of the Barry Dixon furniture collection for
Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth
- Albemarle Side Chair - Editors’ Pick, Metropolitan Home, October
2005
- Roseann Chair - Editors’ Pick, Better Homes and Garden’s
Decorating, Fall 2005
- Keynote Speaker for the 50th Anniversary of the Washington
Antiques Show, January 2005 “How to Work With Different Periods and
Styles – Without Being Slaves to Them,”
- House & Garden Television, Homes Across America, September 2004
- Keynote Speaker Cashiers, NC Designer Show House, August 2005 & August 2004
- Interior Designer, Traditional Home sponsored Weekend Living Show House, Montecito, California, February 2004
(single designer Show House benefiting CALM)
o Designing for Weekend Living with Barry Dixon (lectures)
- D&D Building, New York City, February 2004
- Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, February 2004
- Founding Inductee, Washington Design Center Hall of Fame, Fall 2003
- Keynote Speaker at Southern Accents’ sponsored Birmingham Antiques & Gardens Show, Topic: “How to
Successfully Incorporate Antiques in Modern Interiors,” Alabama, November 2003
- Speaker for the Sulgrave Club, Washington, D.C. (and tour) September 2003
- Featured chair designer, House Beautiful’s “Chair-ity”, Spring 2002
- Keynote Speaker, The New York Times/Architectural Digest Home Design Show, Pier 94, New York City, March 2003
- Traditional Home “Fall 2002 Design House,” featured designer, Washington Design Center, September – December 2002
- Keynote Speaker at Women’s Club of Chicago, November 2002
- House Beautiful Discussion Panelist “Style of Design As It Relates to Both Public and Private Rooms,” D&D Building, New York
City, October 2002
- WTTG Fox News at 5, Traditional Home Show House, Washington Design Center, September 2002
- Keynote Speaker Traditional Home “Design ADAC,” Atlanta Design Center, September 2002
- WTTG Fox Morning News, Home Tour, July 2002
- Keynote Speaker ASID Laguna Design Center, California, October 2002
- Keynote Speaker Houston ASID sponsored “Virtual Home Tour Luncheon,” May 2002
- Keynote Speaker Traditional Home sponsored “Westweek 2002: Defining the Future,” Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, March
2002
- Good Morning America, Dream House Tour, February 2002
- Keynote Speaker “The Architectural Digest Home Design Show,” The Javits Center, November 2001, New York City
- Keynote Speaker at the Houston Design Center, Southern Accents, October 2001
- Good Morning America, On-Camera Design Consultant, “96 Hour Room Challenge,” April 2-5, 2001
- HGTV, Interiors By Design, January-April 2003, January-April 2002,
January-April 2001,
- Traditional Home Built for Women Show House, featured designer, NYC, 2000
- Metropolitan Home’s featured speaker at the Washington Design Center for “Modern Fair,” February 2000
- House & Garden Television Special “Bridging Two Centuries,” Southern Accents’ Capital Design House, 2000
- Good Morning America, Dream House Tour, Spring 2000
- University of Mississippi, Featured Outstanding Alumnus, 2000
- Southern Accents’ Capital Design House, Fall 1999
- Featured in National Advertising Campaigns of Hickory Chair
Furniture Company, Farrow & Ball Paint and Wallpaper, Sanderson
Fabric, and Sharp Electronics
- National Symphony Show House, featured designer 1998, 1997,
1900-1995 advisory board chair 2001, 2000
- Design House at Washington Design Center, 2005, 2002, 1997, 1996
- Guest Designer, Washington Design Center “A Day With House Beautiful”
- Barons Who’s Who in Interior Design, 1995 - present
- Southern Accents’ “Top Four Under Forty,” 1995
- Entertaining People, 1996, 1987, 1986
- Guest speaker at various showrooms and events at Washington Design Center, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore
- University of Mississippi, B.F.A. Art History & Design, 1982 cum laude
- Furniture designer for various established manufacturers, including Mike Reid Weeks, Tomlinson, Amy Howard, and Guy Chaddock
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- Barry Dixon Interiors, by Brian Coleman,
Upcoming Fall 2008
- Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color, 2007
- Spectacular Homes of Greater Washington, DC by
Panache Partners, 2007
- 50 Dream Kitchens, Meredith 2005
- House Beauitiful's Guide to Choosing A Decorator,
by Roslyn Sukas, 2003
- William Morris & Morris & Co. by Lucia van der Post, 2003
- Southern Accents on Color by Francine MacDougal, 2003
- Our Most Beautiful Bedrooms by Southern Accents, 2002
- Entertaining with Southern Style by Karen Carroll, 2000 (cover)
- Southern Style by Mark Mayfield with the editors of Southern Accents, 1999
- Eclectic Interiors, Rockport Publishing, 1999
- Interiors in Yellow, 1999
- Unique Interiors by Dylan Landis, 1998
- Elegant & Easy Interiors by Dylan Landis, 1997
- Showcase of Interior Design, Eastern Edition, 1997
- Designing for Small Homes by Dylan Landis, 1996
- 100 Designers Favorite Rooms, 3rd Edition, 1995
- Showcase of Interior Design, Eastern Edition, 1994
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- Washington Post, 1991-2007 (annual contributor to multiple articles in Home section)
- Chicago Tribune, 2006, 2000
- New York Times, 2000, 1996
- Santa Barbara New Press, 2004
- International Herald Tribune, 2000
- LA Times, 2000
- Boston Globe, 2000
- Baltimore Sun, 2000
- Miami Herald, 2000
- Fauquier Citizen, 2003, 2002
- San Diego Union –Tribune, 2006
- Denver Post, 2006
- Philadelphia Inquirer, 2006
- Dallas Morning News, 2006
- Charlotte Observer, 2006
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