WRESTLING ELEPHANTS

By Jamie Brisick

THINGS WE MADE

“Things We Made” is the title of architects/interior designers/all-up-wonderful-people Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch’s new book. It showcases the last ten years of their work. It’s beautiful. And I’m in love with it for reasons far bigger than the fact that I wrote the introduction and much of the copy, though my ego and narcissism and general self-absorption are forever-a-knockin’. Why is that? Could it be related to my childless-at-46 status? Unfulfilled dreams that trace back to my competitive surfing days? The youngest of three brothers, thus I was always screaming for attention? See, I’m doing it again.

Here’s a link to the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Roman-And-Williams-Buildings-Interiors/dp/0847838838/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352580000&sr=8-1&keywords=things+we+made

Here’s a link to a Huffington Post review:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/roman-and-williams-things-we-made_n_2007153.html

And here’s a photo of Robin and Stephen:

November 10, 2012