With moderator Steele Marcoux, editor-in-chief of Veranda Magazine, enjoy this lively discussion with a distinguished panel including India Hicks, Wambui Ippolito, Thomas Jayne, and Nicholas Varney. Versed in the varied disciplines of historic, classic, and modern interior design, landscape design, and jewelry design, the panel shares their experiences in incorporating legacy styles, concepts, and objects in their work.
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Steele Marcoux’s design education started during her childhood in Atlanta, where she spent many afternoons with her artist mother browsing through galleries, antiques stores, and fabric showrooms. After graduating from Williams College, where Steele studied art history and played on the varsity tennis team, she worked in Washington, DC as a reporter before returning to the south to pursue a Master of Arts in American history at the University of Alabama. She is a veteran of the shelter publishing industry, having served as editor Coastal Living, Executive Editor at Country Living, Style Director of Country Living, Design Editor at Southern Living and Coastal Living. She has been a freelance writer, editor and producer for a number of brands including Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, Flower Magazine, HGTV Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens.
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Designer, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and mother of five, India Hicks was born in London, England, and comes from both British and design royalty. Her father was famed interior decorator David Hicks, and her mother is Lady Pamela Hicks, whose father was the last Viceroy of India.
She has authored five design books, modeled for Ralph Lauren, among others, been an on-air personality for networks ranging from Bravo to the BBC, and recently hosted a podcast series. She has had her hand in the design world for over two decades - from hotels to home collections.
In 2015 India launched her eponymous direct sales brand. This beloved collection was informed by British heritage and a fresh perspective on island life and filled the cupboards of collectors for six years, closing its doors just ahead of the pandemic.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in 2019, India helped establish the Harbour Island Food bank and partnered with disaster relief agency Global Empowerment Mission (GEM). Having lived in the Bahamas for 25 years, India was uniquely positioned to offer on-the-ground help to those affected.
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Wambui Ippolito was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and was influenced by her mother’s gardens in Nairobi and the landscape surrounding her family’s farm in the Great Rift Valley. In 2021, Veranda Magazine named her one of 11 revolutionary female Landscape Architects and Designers you should know. She won the ‘Best in Show award by unanimous decision at the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show in 2021. Wambui works in New York City, where she lives with her husband and 8-year-old daughter. She is signed to Timber Press and the Hachette Book Group and is writing a book about immigrant landscapes in America.
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Thomas Jayne and Jayne Design Studio are widely recognized as among the leading practitioners of classically inspired interior design. Since 1990, Thomas and the Studio have developed a reputation for creating rooms that are traditional in concept and modern in spirit; unique, beautiful, very livable spaces with a strong connection to history and place.
In addition to his well-regarded international practice, Thomas has written three books published by the Monacelli Press. His work has been published in books and magazines internationally and he is the recipient of many award, most notably, the Andrew Martin International Designer of the Year Award in 2021 for the unparalleled level of scholarship and authenticity he brings to his work.
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Nicholas Varney has always said…”Jewelry is the most expressive ornament a woman can wear.”
Over 25 years ago after graduating from the Gemological Institute of America in Vicenza, Italy Nicholas decided to open his design studio. As a jewelry artisan Nicholas has always been inspired by nature and the organic. His use of precious metals, rare natural pearls, diamonds and colorful gemstones mixed with wood, cork, eggshell and agate create an unexpected beauty rarely seen in fine jewelry. There is a playful aesthetic to his work that gives a wonderful balance to the boldness of his designs.
Nicholas has received many accolades as an artist. Forbes named Varney one of “Five Jewelers working today that you will be collecting tomorrow.” He has been featured in various publications and jewelry books