Davis Freud made two whirwind trips to Manhattan in July, characterized by 12 hours of back-to-back meetings, excellent food, visiting old friends and making some new ones. They had breakfast inside Richard Rogers' stunning Hearst Tower with Georgia Fleming, Hearst Publications editor for luxury products at Veranda magazine (shown in front); met with several architects and designers to discuss projects; and consulted with ABC Carpet & Home regarding representation of the GuildCraft line.

A highlight of the second trip was meeting with Alan Wanzenberg to discuss projects and to request feedback on product ideas and samples. Alan and his late partner, Jed Johnson, together developed an aesthetic known for its expression of opulent restraint. Alan himself owns an original Donegal carpet, the design known today as the "Fintona", in a luscious sorbet palette of greens, golds, and soft corals.

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The collaboration between Davis Freud and Michael FitzSimmons, which last year produced the very successful GuildCraft Collection of C.F.A. Voysey designs, is active again on a new collection to be introduced later this year. Inspired by the collaboration between Frank Lloyd Wright and George Mann Niedecken in the first decade of the 20th century, an example of which is shown here, the collection will be authentic enough to satisfy the most demanding purist, while having broad market appeal.

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