“An
interior designer practicing in the Virginia countryside near Washington, DC,
Barry Dixon has taken his own brand of warmly hospitable Southern design style
to projects around the world. A childhood spent abroad in exotic locales such
as India, South Africa & French Polynesia affords his work a singular global
perspective. Multiple magazine pictorials (Southern Accents, Veranda, House
Beautiful, Metropolitan Home, Traditional Home) as well as continuous television
appearances (Good Morning America, HGTV) have spurred the success of his
furniture line with Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth. Recent accomplishments include a
fabric collection for Vervain/S. Harris, a rug collection with Megerian, and his
new book ‘Barry Dixon Interiors’ with Brian Coleman.”
Barry Dixon’s Design Philosophy:
The integrity of good design is determined simply by what is “appropriate.” Of course, the subjectivity of that word requires that clients align themselves with a designer who shares their vision. To me, “appropriate” involves several levels of consideration. Architecture – what works well with the bones of a space is paramount. Also important is transition, the thread that weaves its way through a home, simultaneously providing unity and flow and allowing diversion and interest. Comfort, even in the most formal areas, is mandatory, as is timelessness, a blessed attribute that straddles fad and period.
Quality involves both experience and knowledge. A good reproduction can only be selected with an understanding of the original. Balance and contrast involves many elements: color and texture, heavy and ethereal, old and new. One is as important as the other. Successful design emanates a feeling, not just a look. Nuance is employed to fine tune the whole to the personality of the individual. In the best instances, the effect is a magical aesthetic harmony that is not initially surprising, at least not jolting. Upon inspection or reflection, however, the effect is cleverly unexpected, bridging past with present by bringing the best of history with us into the future.
Credentials:
- Home & Design’s Designer Choice Award
recipient: “2010 Hall of Fame Designer”
- “Diplomacy at Home for the Holidays”:
Partnered with Traditional Home magazine to decorate selected rooms
at Blair House for the holidays. Link:
http://blogs.mydevstaging.com/blogs/companion/2009/12/16/diplomatic-design/
(images to be published in the December 2010
issue)
- Panelist for Veranda Magazine:
The Art of Design: Redefining Luxury, Washington Design Center,
November 2009
- Guest Lecturer, Tuckahoe Woman's
Club, Richmond, Virginia, November 2009
- Showroom Designer, Fortuny, New
York City & Venice
- Design Chair, CharityWorks GreenHouse Showhouse, Mclean, Virginia, October 2009 (media
sponsors: Traditional Home, Washington Spaces)
- Lecturer and book signing, The Women’s
Committee for the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, DC, May
2009
- Lecturer and book signing, “Design ADAC,”
Atlanta, Georgia, May 2009
- Keynote Speaker, Historic Long Branch,
Millwood, Virginia, March 2009
- Keynote Speaker for the 22nd Annual
Indianapolis Art & Antiques Show, “Everything New Is Old Again,”
March 2009
- Presenting Author, Savannah Book Festival,
February 2009
- Keynote Speaker, Nashville Antiques and
Garden Show, “Sustaining Beauty,” February 2009
- Megerian Rug Launch and Book Signing,
America’s Mart, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2009
- Loan Exhibition Designer, 54th Washington
Antiques Show, Washington, DC, January 2009
- Guest Lecturer, “Celebration of Design,”
Decorative Center, Dallas, Texas, October 2008
- Guest Lecturer, International Home
Furnishings Center, High Point, North Carolina, October 2008
- Panelist, WithIt (Women
in the Home Furnishing Industries Today), Competitive
Intelligence Trends Panel Discussion, High Point, North Carolina,
October 2008
-
Barry Dixon Interiors, Barry’s first book, written by well-known author Brian Coleman with photography by Edward Addeo, published in September 2008
- Guest Appearance on Martha Stewart Radio in October 2008; Topic: “Cost Effective Tips for Transitioning Your Home from Summer to Fall”
- Lecturer, Washington Design Center “Barry Dixon Interiors: Mastering the Mix,” September 2008
- Designer Advisor for the 2008 Washington, DC Design House benefiting Children’s National Medical Center
- Keynote Speaker, 2008 Spring Design Event, International Market Square, Minneapolis, MN
- Designer Advisor for the 2008 Washington, DC Design House benefiting Children’s National Medical Center
- Keynote Speaker, ASID/High Point Showroom
Association, February 2008
- Keynote Speaker, Dallas Design Center, January 2008
- Keynote Speaker for the ASID/High Point Show Room Association, January 2008
-
Interior Designer, 2007 Southern Accents
Design Showhouse, Homestead Preserve, Hot Springs, Virginia, Fall
2007 (November/December 2007 issue)
- Keynote Speaker at the Homestead Preserve; topic: Mastering the Design Mix - How to Take the Seemingly Unrelated and Inappropriate and Make them Work for You,” October 2007
- Southern Accent’s Homestead Preserve Showhouse, Hot Springs, Virginia, September 2007
- Keynote Speaker for Jackson Symphony League, May 2007
- Panelist at “Design ADAC,” Atlanta, Georgia, May 2007
- Washington Spaces Magazine’s 2007 ”Kitchen of the Year Award”
- Panelist for Farrow & Ball at the “Washington Design Center” Washington, DC, October 2007
- Keynote Speaker for The Mint Museum’s Decorative Arts Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 2007
- Participant Designer in “Designer Series” and Keynote Speaker at Utah State University, April 2007
- Judge for the Detroit Home Design Awards, 2008, 2007
- Featured Designer, Metropolitan Home Design Showhouse, “Modern
With A Capital M,” Washington Design Center, Fall 2006
- Keynote Speaker for Veranda Magazine at the Zoffany Showroom,
NYC, Topic: “What’s ‘New’ is ‘Old’ Again,” October 2006
- Keynote Speaker at Boston Design Center, The Martin Group,
September 2006
- Keynote Speaker for “At Home Nashville,” Nashville, Tennessee, August 2006
- Keynote Speaker at NORDEX, Seattle Design Center, Topic: “In
Living Color,” March 2006
- Keynote Speaker for The High Point Showroom Association, Topic:
“Thinking Outside of the Box for the Modern Interior,” High Point,
North Carolina, February 2006
- Keynote Speaker for ADAC, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2006
- Keynote Speaker, HINC Showroom, San Francisco, California, January
2006
- Featured Designer “Georgetown Festival of Trees” at the Four
Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C. for the Children’s National Medical
Center Hospital, December 2006
- House Beautiful’s List of Top Designers in America, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005 (no list published in 2006 or to-date in 2007)
- Featured Designer, Washington Design Center and Home & Design
Magazine’s “Living Color” Design Showhouse, Fall 2005
- Traditional Home Fall Focus Discussion Panelist, Topic:
“What Designers Say,” Washington Design Center, September 2005
- House Beautiful/Good Morning America “Problem Solver Room
Makeover,” national television appearance on April 18, 2005, magazine
publication September 2005
- Spring 2005 launch of the Barry Dixon furniture collection for
Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth
- Albemarle Side Chair - Editors’ Pick, Metropolitan Home, October
2005
- Roseann Chair - Editors’ Pick, Better Homes and Garden’s
Decorating, Fall 2005
- Keynote Speaker for the 50th Anniversary of the Washington
Antiques Show, January 2005 “How to Work With Different Periods and
Styles – Without Being Slaves to Them,”
- House & Garden Television, Homes Across America, September 2004
- Keynote Speaker Cashiers, NC Designer Show House, August 2005 & August 2004
- Interior Designer, Traditional Home sponsored Weekend Living Show House, Montecito, California, February 2004
(single designer Show House benefiting CALM)
o Designing for Weekend Living with Barry Dixon (lectures)
- D&D Building, New York City, February 2004
- Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, February 2004
- Founding Inductee, Washington Design Center Hall of Fame, Fall 2003
- Keynote Speaker at Southern Accents’ sponsored Birmingham Antiques & Gardens Show, Topic: “How to
Successfully Incorporate Antiques in Modern Interiors,” Alabama, November 2003
- Speaker for the Sulgrave Club, Washington, D.C. (and tour) September 2003
- Featured chair designer, House Beautiful’s “Chair-ity”, Spring 2002
- Keynote Speaker, The New York Times/Architectural Digest Home Design Show, Pier 94, New York City, March 2003
- Traditional Home “Fall 2002 Design House,” featured designer, Washington Design Center, September – December 2002
- Keynote Speaker at Women’s Club of Chicago, November 2002
- House Beautiful Discussion Panelist “Style of Design As It Relates to Both Public and Private Rooms,” D&D Building, New York
City, October 2002
- WTTG Fox News at 5, Traditional Home Show House, Washington Design Center, September 2002
- Keynote Speaker Traditional Home “Design ADAC,” Atlanta Design Center, September 2002
- WTTG Fox Morning News, Home Tour, July 2002
- Keynote Speaker ASID Laguna Design Center, California, October 2002
- Keynote Speaker Houston ASID sponsored “Virtual Home Tour Luncheon,” May 2002
- Keynote Speaker Traditional Home sponsored “Westweek 2002: Defining the Future,” Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, March
2002
- Good Morning America, Dream House Tour, February 2002
- Keynote Speaker “The Architectural Digest Home Design Show,” The Javits Center, November 2001, New York City
- Keynote Speaker at the Houston Design Center, Southern Accents, October 2001
- Good Morning America, On-Camera Design Consultant, “96 Hour Room Challenge,” April 2-5, 2001
- HGTV, Interiors By Design, January-April 2003, January-April 2002,
January-April 2001,
- Traditional Home Built for Women Show House, featured designer, NYC, 2000
- Metropolitan Home’s featured speaker at the Washington Design Center for “Modern Fair,” February 2000
- House & Garden Television Special “Bridging Two Centuries,”
Southern Accents’ Capital Design House, 2000
- Good Morning America, Dream House Tour, Spring 2000
- University of Mississippi, Featured Outstanding Alumnus, 2000
- Southern Accents’ Capital Design House, Fall 1999
- Featured in National Advertising Campaigns of Hickory Chair
Furniture Company, Farrow & Ball Paint and Wallpaper, Sanderson
Fabric, and Sharp Electronics
- National Symphony Show House, featured designer 1998, 1997,
1900-1995 advisory board chair 2001, 2000
- Design House at Washington Design Center, 2005, 2002, 1997, 1996
- Guest Designer, Washington Design Center “A Day With House Beautiful”
- Barons Who’s Who in Interior Design, 1995 - present
- Southern Accents’ “Top Four Under Forty,” 1995
- Entertaining People, 1996, 1987, 1986
- Guest speaker at various showrooms and events at Washington Design Center, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore
- University of Mississippi, B.F.A. Art History & Design, 1982 cum laude
- Furniture designer for various established manufacturers, including Mike Reid Weeks, Tomlinson, Amy Howard, and Guy Chaddock
Publications:
BOOKS [view covers here]
- Barry Dixon Interiors, by Brian Coleman, 2008
- Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color, 2007
- Spectacular Homes of Greater Washington, DC by Panache Partners, 2007
- 50 Dream Kitchens, Meredith 2005
- House Beautiful's Guide to Choosing A Decorator,
by Roslyn Sukas, 2003
- Southern Accents on Color by Francine MacDougal, 2003
- William Morris & Morris & Co. by Lucia van der Post, 2003
- Our Most Beautiful Bedrooms by Southern Accents, 2002
- Entertaining with Southern Style by Karen Carroll, 2000 (cover)
- Eclectic Interiors, Rockport Publishing, 1999
- Interiors in Yellow, 1999
- Southern Style by Mark Mayfield with the editors of Southern Accents, 1999
- Unique Interiors by Dylan Landis, 1998
- Showcase of Interior Design, Eastern Edition, 1997
- Elegant & Easy Interiors by Dylan Landis, 1997
- Designing for Small Homes by Dylan Landis, 1996
- 100 Designers Favorite Rooms, 3rd Edition, 1995
- Showcase of Interior Design, Eastern Edition, 1994
MAGAZINES
[view covers here]
- Arts & Crafts Homes, 2007
- Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, 2004
- Beautiful Southern Homes, Spring/Summer 2008,
Spring/Summer 2006
- Beautiful Southern Interiors, Spring/Summer 2006
- Beautiful Window Treatments, "Celebrating the Classics";
"A Purely Natural Decision"; "A
Tradition of Comfort"; "Making Modern Magic"; "Making New Feel Old"; "Layering on the Glamour" 2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Beautiful Baths,
2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Beautiful Bedrooms,
2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Beautiful Southern
Homes, 2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Beautiful Homes,
2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Beautiful Interiors,
2006
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Bedroom & Bath,” Fall
2005, 2004
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Decorating",
Fall 2006, Fall 2005, 1991 (cover)
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Simply Perfect Walls with Style” 2003
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Windows
Treatments for Every Room,” 2007
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Windows & Walls Ideas,” Spring/Summer 2005, Summer
2004
- Better Homes & Gardens, “Simply Perfect
Lighting” 2006
- Colonial Homes, 1998
- Décor,
Spring/Summer 2006, Fall/Winter 2005, 2004
- Design Resources, 2000
- Dream Baths, 2007
- Dream Bedrooms, 2007, 2006
- Elegant Homes, 2007
- Fine Furnishings International "FFT", March/April
2006
- Home & Design, Winter 2007, Winter 2006,
Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Summer 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2002
- House & Garden, 2006
- House & Garden, (British Edition)
September 2007
- House Beautiful,
2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1998, 1997
- House Trends, 2007
- Metropolitan Home, 2008,
2007, 2006, 2005, 1989
- Mid-Atlantic Country, 1996
- Newsweek, 1999
- Old House Interiors, 2007
- Papercity, 2006
- Renovation Style, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002
- Robb Report Home Entertainment & Design,
December 2003
- Santa Barbara Magazine, Feb/March 2004
- Shop Etc., 2006
- Southern Accents, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000,
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992
- Style, 1993
- Town & Country, 1998
- Traditional Home, 2008,
2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998,
1997
- Tuscan Style, 2007
- Veranda, 2008, 2007, 2006
- W Magazine, 2000
- Washington Home & Design, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998, 1994, 1993
- Washington Spaces Magazine, 2008, 2007, 2006
- Washingtonian, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1989
- Washington Post Magazine, 2004, 2003
- Washington Post "At Home" Magazine, 2007
- Window Treatments, 2007
NEWSPAPERS
- Roanoke Time, 2007
- Washington Post, 1991-2008 (annual contributor to
multiple articles in Home section)
- International Herald Tribune, 2000
- Baltimore Sun, 2000
- Boston Globe, 2000
- Charlotte Observer, 2006
- Chicago Tribune, 2006, 2000
- Dallas Morning News, 2006
- Denver Post, 2006
- Fauquier Citizen, 2003, 2002
- Kansas City Star, 2006
- LA Times, 2004, 2000
- Miami Herald, 2000
- New York Times, 2000, 1996
- Philadelphia Inquirer, 2006
- San Diego Union –Tribune, 2006
- Santa Barbara New Press, 2004
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