Designing a Legacy
From Bisbee beginnings to Carefree elegance: Sue Bickerdyke celebrates 30 years of transforming Arizona homes with her signature blend of global artistry and Southwest sophistication.
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Designing Homes, Building Community
Architect Dale Gardon is the driving force behind some of the Valley’s most exclusive addresses.
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Carefree Design: The Legacy of Gerry Jones
Writer Amanda Christmann // Photography by Loralei Lazurak and Bill Watters/Air Major Media About seven decades ago, two men, KT Palmer and Tom Darlington, had a wild idea. They wanted to create an upscale community in the Arizona desert — the next Palm Springs — where the rich and famous could live and play. They…
Eddie Jones An Eye On Design
Writer Amanda Christmann Photography by Brandon Tigrett [dropcap]E[/dropcap]ddie Jones is a giant, not only because he’s a bear of a man with flowing hair and a larger-than-life personality. As one of the most respected, talented and well-known architects in Arizona, Jones has been making an impact on architectural design—and doing it his way—since 1979. Earlier…
Artful Functionality: Irvin Studio and Design
In the garage-turned-workshop off his 1920s Phoenix cottage, furniture designer Kevin Irvin makes the utilitarian beautiful, one cut at a time. Irvin’s hand-hewn cabinets, tables, benches, consoles and storage boxes are simple shapes with eye-catching design elements that elevate them from pure functionality to works of art.
Renaissance Man: Jeff Zischke Talks Home, Art and Design
While many artists gain endless ideas from one central concept, Scottsdale-based sculptor Jeff Zischke, whose work appears throughout the Valley and around the world, is simply inspired.
Artist Janet Towbin
Janet Towbin creates art from intricate patterns. Her pieces draw the viewer in closer and closer, until they are enveloped by the beauty…