Main image: The Angel O’Donnell-designed show apartment at The Dumont sparked a bidding war when it hit the market last year at
On the future of the show apartment (& how the cookie-cutter approach went stale)
Developers and designers can no longer expect to woo people with a white-gloss kitchen and accent wall splashed with shades of Pixie Breath or Mermaid’s Flipper, writes Richard Angel - these days, the more personalised the product, the greater the results...
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