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At 1stdibs, we subscribe to the mantra that good design makes for good parties. Case in point: the recent cocktail that we co-hosted with Architectural Digest<\/em><\/a> editor-in-chief Margaret Russell to f\u00eate the publication of Designing Paradises<\/em><\/a>, a new monograph from esteemed decorator Robert Couturier. Held at Manhattan’s NeueHouse, the party gave Couturier’s fans and clients a first look at the tome’s stunning images of the designer’s work. The luckiest guests left with signed copies \u2014 one young man very sweetly requested an inscription for his mother \u2014 but everyone was happy to mingle with the great design talent, and absorb the bon mots he tossed off toward the camera crew filming him for an upcoming project. Scroll down to see pics of the party, and for a more in-depth look at Designing Paradises<\/em>, read a Q-and-A with Couturier<\/a> in this week’s Introspective<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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From left, 1stdibs CEO David Rosenblatt, Architectural Digest<\/a><\/em> editor-in-chief Margaret Russell and interior designer Robert Couturier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The author-slash-designer posing with his monograph.<\/p>\n

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Dealer Benoist Drut of Maison Gerard<\/a> captured mid-conversation.<\/p>\n

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Robert Couturier posing with art patron and philanthropist Agnes Gund.<\/p>\n

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Russell chatting with a fellow editor, Vanity Fair’s<\/em><\/a> Amy Fine Collins.<\/p>\n

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Introspective<\/em> editor-in-chief Tony Freund with interior designer \u2014 and former profile subject<\/a> \u2014 Shawn Henderson.<\/p>\n

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Writers in arms: journalist Bettina Zilkha with Russell.<\/p>\n

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Interior designer and 1stdibs dealer Antony Todd<\/a> pictured with Valentino’s Carlos Souza, whose Brazilian retreat<\/a> was featured in last month’s issue of AD<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Restauranteur James Gersten and interior designer Analisse Taft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Guests mingling at Neuehouse.<\/p>\n

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All smiles: Russell and Couturier grinning broadly at the end of a successful evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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