Editor's Note: Luxury Defined
October 1, 2006
Every December, when I board Swissair for my annual ski holiday,
I have a Post Miniatures copy of the U.S. Constitution in my pocket and
stuffed into my carry-on bag are two or three Robb Report magazines, Christie’s and Sotheby’s catalogues, Foreign Affairs, Archaeology Today, the
London Telegraph and Ski magazine.
I love all these publications, but Robb
Report alone allows me the luxury of setting aside reading about the world’s
concerns or how the market might affect my beloved textile industry. It permits
me to dream. And if there is something that strikes me as viable and appealing,
I know that I can count on it to be very real and of quality, because it is in
Robb Report.
A case in point is the wonderful Perpetua automatic watch winder
box that I have seen advertised so often. Recently, its maker, Rapport, sent me
two. As they came out of their boxes, I could see at once that they were
masterpieces of craftsmanship, splendid emissaries of Robb Report
luxury.
This issue of Robb Report Luxury Home, which I am guest-editing, is
emblematic of that commitment to offer the reader the very best. No one
could accuse Luxury Home’s editor-in-chief, Adele Cygelman, art director, Mary
Franz, contributing editor Jorge S. Arango or myself of dealing with mere
ephemera. Alex Liberman (the infamous art director of Condé Nast) commented to
me that in all great artistic endeavors can be found a central line around which
everything is balanced. Nothing in this issue, although possessing great style,
is simply of the moment, but rather evinces that sense of balance that assures
timelessness.
However brief the visual journey or the read, by the end of
this issue, the reader will have been pleasantly cajoled into ruminating whether
architect Santiago Calatrava should build your community’s next great concert
hall or if Emilio Ambasz should design a splendid retreat for your ranch in New
Mexico or if Steve Bastone or Tony Ingrao should design your homes in
Beijing, Dubai, Vail, New York or St. Paul.
Please remember this. The
person who breeds quarterhorses and orchids, loves square dancing and tango and
collects African art and baseball memorabilia while regularly reading medical
journals on neurology deserves a helluva remarkable place in which to live.
Christopher Hyland
Guest Editor
editor@robbreporthome.com
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