Our collection is indisputably influenced by the organizations we support and the artists we patronize and root for. When speaking to new collectors, I often recommend joining a philanthropic groups.
Platemark History
When asked what I did, I would usually get the same blank stare. Not to put down that career choice, it just doesn’t incite the type of excitement and enthusiasm that saying “I’m an interior designer” does.
This isn’t a post steeped in regret, pause or grudge. Rather, I entered this business quite deliberately, with much enthusiasm and energy. I never imagined having a job that I truly loved and for which I had Purpose. I also never had a mentor or Master Designer to work under and learn. My approach has […]
Is attention a commodity? It seems to ebb and flow based on interests, moods and sometimes intentions.
We get this question a lot. It’s a long (but compelling) story. Rewind back to 1999; the internet of things was new, fresh and somewhat like the Wild West of e-commerce. An earnest architect named Richard Baiano decided, after years of studying architecture, that he would reflect heavily upon his younger years at Syracuse University. In particular when […]