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26-511: Michael Taylor may refer to: Art [ edit ] Michael Taylor (designer) (1927–1986), American interior designer Michael Taylor (glass artist) (born 1944), American studio glass artist, teacher and lecturer Michael Taylor (English artist) (born 1952), English painter Michael R. Taylor (art historian) , British/American art historian and museum curator Entertainment [ edit ] Mick Taylor (born 1949), former member of

52-435: A Yosemite granite base. He stated, "there is no arbitrary law which says that an eighteenth-century French chair and a Sheridan can't be used in the same room. The only consideration is how well these or other pieces look together; do they compete with each other or do they create a felicitous sense of contrast?" And while this fusion seems commonplace now, it was largely unheard of before Michael Taylor. An important piece of

78-402: A clientele of San Francisco Bay Area socialites soon expanded to Los Angeles, Miami and New York. International acclaim followed and Taylor soon started working abroad as well. In 1985 Paul Weaver, former Director of Marketing and VP of McGuire Furniture, approached Taylor with a plan to develop and expand the nascent Michael Taylor Designs product line offered by Taylor's interiors company into

104-523: A fountainhead for the movement. The next month the San Francisco Chronicle referred to his design of Fleur de Lys restaurant as the "most romantic" in San Francisco . Famed designer, and one of Architectural Digest' s "AD100" (their list of the 100 top international architects and interior designers), Suzanne Tucker was Taylor's protégé. In a 2007 interview, Tucker said, "Michael Taylor

130-593: A new entity. Michael Taylor Designs Inc. was officially incorporated on August 5, 1985. After Taylor's death in 1986 Weaver assumed full control and over the subsequent 24 years greatly expanded the product lines, established nationwide sales showrooms and developed the Taylor brand into one of the most recognized luxury products in the home furnishing industry. Taylor's distinct "California Look" begins as an amalgamation of different styles, mixed with his own unique twists and has been called "a posthumous collaboration with some of

156-796: A partner in a fledgling design company with Frances Mihailoff, a prominent designer in San Francisco at the time. A mere four years after entering the Rudolf Schaeffer School of Design, Michael Taylor was already a partner in an interior design business at the age of 25. Their partnership was so fruitful that they both decided they could make it on their own. In 1956, Michael Taylor began his own interior design company. After dissolving his partnership with Frances Mihailoff, Taylor set up Michael Taylor Interiors, Inc. on Sutter Street in San Francisco in 1956. Working for prominent San Francisco families, Taylor's reputation grew quickly. What was, at first,

182-555: A room look studied, formal, rather dull, and even forbidding. To this day, Taylor's work informs the design world. Despite passing away more than two decades ago, Taylor has been repeatedly featured in Architectural Digest, most recently in the January 2010 issue. The February 2010 issue of San Francisco magazine's cover feature on up and coming interior designers declared Taylor "the emperor of California Design," and something of

208-423: A room never look perfectly finished. As he wrote in his 1964 essay, "A New Look at Decorating": The most beautiful rooms are those that retain a feeling of not being quite finished. There is still a place for a painting on that wall, still a chair to be found that will suit that corner...meanwhile the room stays alive, young and growing...(A room) should not be 'too perfect.' Perfection in every detail usually makes

234-470: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Michael Taylor (designer) Born in Modesto, California in 1927, Michael Taylor moved with his family to the northern California town of Santa Rosa in 1933. There, his childhood was greatly influenced by his maternal grandmother who imparted on him an affinity for natural forms by taking him on daily hikes. It

260-434: Is properly put together, it is often more refreshing to have a wall with nothing hanging on it." However, with a simplified design palette the room risked becoming too sparse and this is where Taylor says his use of scale came into play, "When you take things out, you must increase the size of what's left." And so Taylor's famed voluminous sofas and chairs came about. Finally, and perhaps most radically, Taylor insisted that

286-644: The FDA Sports [ edit ] Michael Henry Taylor (1918–2005), English swimmer Michael Taylor (Australian footballer) (born 1953), for Collingwood and Norwood Michael Taylor (Australian cricketer) (born 1955) Michael Taylor (American football) , (born c. 1968) quarterback for the University of Michigan football team, 1987–1989 Michael Taylor (English footballer) (born 1982) Michael Taylor (baseball, born 1985) , American baseball outfielder Michael Taylor (swimmer) (born 1989), swimmer from

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312-958: The Marshall Islands Michael A. Taylor (born 1991), American baseball outfielder Other [ edit ] Michael Waistell Taylor (1824–1892), Scottish physician and antiquary Michael Taylor (British killer) (born 1944), British killer notable for alleged demonic possession Michael E. Taylor (born 1946), American mathematician Michael Taylor (forester) (born 1966), discoverer of champion and tallest trees Michael Taylor (American murderer) (1967–2014), convicted murderer from Missouri Michael P. Taylor (born 1968), British computer programmer and paleontologist Michael Taylor (historian) (born 1988), Northern Irish historian and former cricketer Michael L. Taylor , U.S. Special Forces veteran convicted for aiding Carlos Ghosn See also [ edit ] Mike Taylor (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

338-544: The Rolling Stones Mick Taylor (album) Michael Taylor (film producer) , American film producer and academic Michael Taylor (screenwriter) (born 1969), American science fiction TV writer Politics and government [ edit ] Michael Angelo Taylor (1757–1834), English politician Michael Taylor (political scientist) (born 1942), American political theorist and political economist Michael R. Taylor , Deputy Commissioner for Foods at

364-438: The Taylor design aesthetic was to bring the outdoors in, adding natural forms into ornate rooms. Plants were a must and he'd often use large, unshaped boulders indoors. His childhood in northern California, spending much time outdoors, fed his desire for nature infused rooms. But this also served a practical design purpose, as he said, "Plants have a way of preventing a room from appearing overdecorated; they also soften light." And

390-424: The effect of light on a room drove many of his design decisions. Although noted for his extensive use of the color white, Taylor didn't use white as the centerpiece for the room but rather to bring out the lighting and other aspects in the room. Michael Taylor White, his own hue (warmer than plain white), worked to promote the other colors, a source of light and/or a piece of art. White also served to bring light into

416-478: The great decorators of the past." Starting with Syrie Maugham 's emphasis on shades of white, adding in the ornateness of Sister Parish and the simple exquisiteness of Frances Elkins ' design; Taylor would then infuse his own style. A look born in the past yet completely new. Implicit in that design philosophy was a melding of styles and ages. A set of antique Italian chairs beside a Roy Lichtenstein print; Chinese chairs set around an unvarnished wood table atop

442-434: The other side, and a small hotel at either end of St. Anne Street running from California to Pine." In 1928, the school was at 127 Grant Avenue, near Union Square, San Francisco . In the 1950s, in order to educate the public and students about Asian culture, Schaeffer invited Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri , founder of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) to give public lectures at his East-West Arts Gallery. By 1960

468-535: The poplar trees, a beautiful sloping park where the Chinese women and mothers used to bring their children and spread a blanket and have their lunch and sit there in the sun; our students used to go out and sit in the park and enjoy that park. Then the city came along and condemned the whole street, this little St. Anne Street running at the base of the park, and a parking lot for the Stauffer Chemical Company on

494-411: The room, making it warmer. Taylor would often spend an entire day in a room before designing it. Watching the way the light worked through the room at different points of the day. Only then, when he had a grasp of the light patterns, would he begin to design. Simplicity was vital to Taylor's style. His famous saying, "When in doubt, throw it out," was a design mantra of sorts. As he stated, "If (a room)

520-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Taylor&oldid=1176093027 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

546-505: The shares in the furniture company, Michael Taylor Designs , in 1986 and operated it until its sale in 2009. Michael Taylor Designs continues to operate showrooms in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and New York. Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design or Rudolph Schaeffer School of Rhythmo-Chromatic Design (1924 – 1984) was an art school located in San Francisco , California, best known for its courses in color and interior design. The school

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572-543: Was active in theater, to join the U.S. Navy. He served as a Navy paramedic until he was discharged in 1946. That experience, however, soured Taylor on the idea of becoming a doctor. Instead, he moved to San Francisco where, in 1947, he enrolled at the Rudolf Schaeffer School of Design . It was there that Taylor learned what he called "the secrets of color." Over time, he became very close to Mr. Schaeffer, who referred to him as “his dear Michael,” and who set him up as

598-671: Was an art school founded in 1924 in San Francisco , California. Originally named the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Rhythmo-Chromatic Design, located at 136 St. Anne Street with large front windows looking out on Saint Mary's Square and Beniamino Bufano ' s Sun Yat Sen statue, in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco. Other artists had studios in the Anne Street building, including Bertha Lum and Frances Revett Wallace. "St. Mary's Square sloped down from Sun Yat Sen and

624-517: Was founded by artist Rudolph Schaeffer . The school founder, Rudolph Frederick Schaeffer had studied in Munich (1914 to 1915) through the United States Commission of Education, learn about the study of color, design, and craft and how it was being taught in public, industrial, and trade schools. He also studied color theory under Ralph Johonnot . The Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design

650-470: Was here that the seeds of Taylor’s design philosophy were first planted, with his interest in the arts shining through even at a young age. Where other young boys collected baseball cards, the young Taylor collected bits of porcelain. However, despite an obvious penchant for aesthetics, his parents wished him to become a doctor. A dream they held onto for years and that he nearly lived out. In 1944, Taylor dropped out of High School, where he played football and

676-436: Was undoubtedly my strongest philosophical influence in that he really demonstrated that design can be a mix of eras and styles, color and form, but the most essential aspect is always scale and proportion." After Taylor's death in 1986, Tucker together with partner, Timothy F. Marks, bought his interior design business, Michael Taylor Interiors, Inc. which has since become Tucker & Marks, Inc. Paul Weaver acquired 100% of

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