Photos: Modern Love
Devoted to living with—and inside of—midcentury-design icons, Michael and Gabrielle Boyd are pushing their passion for modernism to the max.
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The patio outside the master bedroom, with concrete stools by Willy Guhl and chairs by Van Keppel-Green. Sittings editor: Jessica de Ruiter.
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Michael and Gabrielle Boyd in their living room in Santa Monica. The black leather chairs are by Oscar Niemeyer; the bookshelf is by Charlotte Perriand.
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The library in the Paul Rudolph town house in New York. Photograph by Scott Frances.
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BoydDesign worked on the restoration of Craig Ellwood’s 1956 Steinman House, in Malibu. Photograph by Richard Powers.
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In the library of the Santa Monica house are an Alvar Aalto chair and, next to it, a Pierre Jeanneret side table from Chandigarh.
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The master bedroom is furnished with George Nelson Coconut chairs and a Charles and Ray Eames cabinet.
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In the dining room, a table and chairs by Jean Prouvé, a Serge Mouille pendant, and Donald Judd’s Untitled, 1987, above a Gerrit Rietveld cabinet. Wall art courtesy of Judd Foundation. licensed by Vaga, New York, NY.
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Burgoyne Diller’s First Theme, 1959–1960, hangs above a George Nelson cabinet and an André Bloc chair in the dining room.
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A piece from the PLANEfurniture series. Photograph by Hans Eckardt.
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A piece from the PLANEfurniture series.
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Michael Boyd’s rug for Christopher Farr, which debut this fall. Photograph by Hans Eckardt.
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Michael Boyd’s rug for Christopher Farr, which debut this fall. Photograph by Hans Eckardt.
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Michael Boyd’s rug for Christopher Farr, which debut this fall. Photograph by Hans Eckardt.
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The couple with their vintage collection at the BoydDesign Studio.