Fran McMullen Photography

Jonathan Adler kicked off the Winter/Spring Author series at the Darien Library and I was lucky enough to be the photographer of the event for At Home Magazine, an event spearheaded and organized by A-List Awardee – Karen Bow. I have to admit I did not know much about Jonathan Adler before this but I absolutely fell in love with him as soon as I met him. I wouldn’t be able to talk about him as eloquently as the author that wrote the piece on the Darien Library website so you can read that here. To hear him talk about how he created his Happy Chic design series, I was like, Oh my god!! I totally get it!!  To tell us about it, Jonathan describes a vacation he was on with his husband, Simon, at some very, very posh resort, I think it was in Mexico. Exquisitely designed and decorated, the resort was beautiful, impeccable, but without life, it was dull, boring, bland, no fun. Jonathan and Simon take a walk over to the sister resort, ugh, for families  with children – tacky as can be, but everyone was happy, smiling, enjoying themselves and having a great time. So…. says Jonathan, why can’t we have both – happy and chic?! A phenomenon and sensation was born -Decorative home accessories for a happy chic home! To hear Jonathan describe this process and his life leading up to this is just hysterical. If you were lucky enough to purchase Jonathan’s books at the event and you had the patience to stand in line at this standing room only event, Jonathan would personalize the copy for you, but as of this writing you will have to be placed on a waiting list for an unsigned copy.