Vicente E. Wolf (born January 19, 1945)United States Public Records, 1970-2009 is a Cuban-born American interior designer based in Manhattan. He is the head of Vicente Wolf Associates. He has designed hotels, private residences, and furniture.
Early life and education Vicente Wolf was born in Cuba and lived there until he was fifteen years old.Andrew Stone, Ten Questions With...Vicente Wolf, Interior Design, September 12, 2013Decorator Series: Vicente Wolf, New York Social Diary He did not graduate from high school. He moved to New York City at the age of eighteen. He first worked in advertising, modeling, and acting. Shortly after, he decided to take up interior designing; he is self-taught.Photo Gallery: Vicente Wolf's Decorating Style ,House & Home His influences include Philippe Starck and Karl Lagerfeld.
Career Wolf started his career as an interior designer in New York City in the 1970s.Dan Shaw, No Boundaries , Architectural Digest, July 2012 He is a proponent of minimalism, especially High-tech.Ingrid Abramovitch, High Season: Ralph Pucci’s Beach House Decorated by Vicente Wolf , Elle Decor Indeed, Architectural Digest has called him "an undisputed minimalist master." However, he rejects the label 'minimalism.'Lindsey Mather, A Case of Wanderlust: Five Questions for Vicente Wolf , marthastewart.com, April 18, 2014
He has designed hotels such as Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Virginia and the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.Lorient Hotel & Spa He has also designed Café Rodeo in Beverly Hills, the Bedell Cellars Winery in North Fork, the L'Impero and Alto restaurants in New York City, and the LS Store in Hong Kong. He has also designed private residences, including the penthouses at Manhattan House, a building at 200 east 66th street in Manhattan.Chris Pomorski, First Vicente Wolf Penthouses at Manhattan House Hit the Market; Do We Hear $12.5 M., The New York Observer, May 13, 2014
He owns an interior design store, VW Home, in Manhattan.Blue Carreon, A Conversation With Decorator Vicente Wolf, The Huffington Post, 10/11/2012 Moreover, since 2007, he has designed furniture for Ralph Pucci, known as the Vicente Wolf Collection. He is also a designer for Ann Sachs, Baccarat and Tufenkian.
He has written five books on interior design and one on the legendary Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Additionally, he has taught at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and a design school in the Dominican Republic. He is the 2009 recipient of the Design Icon Award.Heath E. Combs, Vicente Wolf to be Las Vegas Market's Design Icon, Furniture Today, July 8, 2009
Personal life He resides in a loft in Manhattan.Well-Lived: Manhattan Loft, VerandaRooms We Love: Vicente Wolf’s Manhattan Living Room , Rue, 10.08.13 A photography collector, he owns Frida Kahlo's family albums.Meet the Collector: Vicente Wolf , Musee Magazine, March 16, 2012
Bibliography Learning to See: Bringing the World Around You Into Your Home (Artisan, 2002). Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design (The Monacelli Press, 2010). Lifting the Curtain on Design (The Monacelli Press, 2010). Frida Kahlo: Photographs of Myself and Others (Pointed Leaf Press, 2010). The Four Elements of Design: Interiors Inspired by Earth, Water, Air and Fire (Rizzoli, 2016). Creative Interior Solutions (Rizzoli, 2023).
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