Joan Michaels

And now for something New…

We are very excited to be collaborating with Lonny magazine founders Michelle Adams and Patrick Cline on our online-only edition which will feature totally original content. So we were thrilled when some of the top design bloggers were able to join us for a dinner last week where we introduced our 20 New Traditionals – the fabulous interior designers to watch in 2011 – who are being featured in Trad Home‘s inaugural issue which will be live April 12th.

We had fun celebrating the upcoming launch, especially with such a well-dressed, design-loving crowd! So, a very big thank you to our blogger friends and congratulations to the interior designers selected as our 20 New Traditionals!

Here are some pictures from our dinner at Freeman’s on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Enjoy!

New Traditional designers Anne Maxwell Foster, left, and Suysel dePedro Cunningham, right, both of Tilton Fenwick with Beth Brenner, Traditional Home’s publisher.

Marisa Marcantonio of StyleBeat and publicist Elizabeth Blitzer


New Traditional designers Ron Marvin of Ron Marvin Design, Callie Jenschke, left, and Nicki Clendening, right, of Scout Designs


New Traditional designer Ryan Korban, Nicole Gibbons of So Haute, and Michelle Adams of Lonny magazine (and guest editor of Trad Home)


New Traditonal designer Robert Passal of Robert Passal Inc., Beth Brenner, Austin Bradley of Robert Passal Inc., and New Traditional designer Tom Delavan

Joanna Goddard of A Cup of Jo, Beth Brenner, Stacy McLaughlin and Michael Bruno of 1stdibs, Austin Bradley

Sarah Firshein of Curbed National, Amy Preiser of AOL’s Shelterpop, Beth Brenner and Nicole Gibbons

Listening to Michelle Adams speak are, seated: Patrick Cline of Lonny magazine, New Traditional designer Patrik Lönn of Patrik Lönn Design, Doris Athineos of Traditional Home, Michael Bruno, Marisa Marcantonio, Tom Delavan, Elizabeth Blitzer, Julia Noran of The Editor at Large, Robert Passal, and Austin Bradley. Standing: Beth Brenner and Blaire Rzempoluch of Traditional Home.


The other side of the table: Francesca Connolly of Remodelista, Brad Ford of Design Therapy, Stacy McLaughlin, Amy Preiser, Michelle Adams, Sarah Firshein, and Ron Marvin.

Also thanks to New Traditional designer Nina Freudenberger of Haus Interior, Katie Armour of The Neo-Traditionalist, Ellie Somerville of Lonny, Coco of CocoCozy, Amy Wicks from WWD, and Gabriella Karl on behalf of CasaSugar, who attended but are not pictured.

Congratulations to our other New Traditional designers who couldn’t join us:

Amanda Malson and Jolene Ballard of Domicile Interior Design

Sasha Adler and Lauren Gold of Nate Berkus Associates

Jeff Andrews of Jeff Andrews – Design

Jayne Michaels and Joan Michaels of 2Michaels

Erika Powell of Urban Grace Interiors

Megan Rice Yager of Megan Yager Design

Amy D. Morris of Amy D. Morris Interiors

Kim Winkler of Westbrook Interiors

Lisa Sternfeld of LSID Inc

Jamie Herzlinger of Jamie Herzlinger Interiors

Heidi Bonesteel, Michele Trout, and Jill Hall of Bonesteel Trout Hall

Sara Gilbane Sullivan of Sara Gilbane Interiors