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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Julia Demer

'I’m Judgmental About People Who Are Moderate' – Jonathan Adler on Embracing Immoderation and Beating Dreary Winter Interiors

Playful Jonathan Adler-designed living room featuring colorful geometric Deco-inspired lighting and vases, jewel-toned velvet dining chairs, a circular marble dining table, and a burlwood sideboard.

Daylight Savings just hit, and with it, the impending winter decor slump. All this talk of ‘cozy season,’ but sometimes even the chicest faux-fur pelts in the world can’t layer an interior – or the people in it – out of its lull. What it really needs is a jolt. Something with humor, heat, and personality. Or, as Jonathan Adler would say, something 'immoderate.'

‘During all times of year – dark days especially – I think the most important thing is that every single thing you surround yourself with should make your chakras tingle,’ Jonathan tells me from inside his equally joyful ceramics exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. ‘C H A K R A S,’ he spells, pausing for effect.

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