'Bold: The Interiors of Drake/Anderson' is the first book from award-winning design duo.
with Judith Nasatir, showcases several impressive projects from Manhattan to London to Arizona. While they approach each project with clients’ needs and the surrounding location in mind, their hallmark is using provocative materiality, textures and rich jewel tones. The book features 11 projects, including five never-seen-before projects, that showcase a range of styles.
Unlike other designers, Drake and Anderson aren’t afraid to play with color and advise against being timid when it comes to incorporating that in their projects. Their designs are both refined, elegant and often unexpected. For example, a Tribeca residence featured in the book has a foyer full of incredible detail. Here you’ll find a parchment-wrapped console, a mirror framed in eggshell inlay, ebonized and satin brass accents.
Soulfulness is another definitive characteristic of their work, and Drake says they’re passionate about finding pieces with age and history and offsetting a space full of contemporary furnishings. “When I think of a piece having soul, I think about the desks and writing tables—like some of the antique pieces in the book—and who might have stepped there before we did or what they wrote,” Drake says. “Maybe their presence is emanating from it. It tells a deeper story.”