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Uhm.......WOW!

Excellent. I love the Knoll credenza with all the different clocks on top.

Good job. Seems like a great party place.

I have to agree with Eric Meeks.

I'll be honest, I neither hated nor loved this apartement. And I wouldn't have even commented here if there hadn't been such an initial outpouring of adoration and amazement at this apartment, which I found incredulous.

Gary should be happy that he's such a crowd pleaser (or has a lot of friends), however, I totally agree with Eric in that the point of this competition is for people to consider - what actually makes a good interior designer (even if an amateur)?

Yes classic pieces are inherently wonderful and are classic for a reason, but that doesn't mean assembling a bunch of them into a single minimalist setting constitutes good design in 2008. Of course that concept was new and fresh 50 years ago - but not today. Today, that look can be effortlessly bought and consumed by anyone with a credit card and internet connection.

IMHO, great design inspires people to create in their own lives - it doesn't just inspire people to go out buy copycat looks. So is Gary's apartment stylish? Sure. Is it great design? Absolutely not.

Gary - you seem like a nice guy judging from your responses. No doubt you probably rock out on the did didgeridoo as well. But I hope you will take on board some of the construtive critiques on this post, particulalry since you are an architect and do this for a living (!).

[BTW - I'm curious if you designed the building itself? If so, I could understand your point of view about the interior a little bit more.]

Peace, Alexie

Congratulations - really well done! I particularly love the mix of styles - futurist, mid-century modern, and a few period accents here and there. It takes a great eye to sucessfully marry those looks, but you did it. Fab.