thomas pheasant interiors feature - isola magazine - may/june 2011
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“Here in The Pearl, I can see a little bit o
Venice, Spain and many more. Look at
the design, it’s there in every one’s lie
and in every ace o lie,” said Thomas
Pheasant, obviously impressed by what he has seen. “As
long as you do not lose your identity,” he added; “it is
great to use it with other art orms.”
Pheasant was equally impressed with Doha’s Museum
o Islamic Art. “It is antastic,” he mused. “The past, the
present and the uture o interior designing in modern and
technological cities like Doha, is going global. History,here, is very ancient. It is a new developed city. What is
ascinating is that the art in the city is international in a
way.”
Pheasant, who has done the interior designing or the
house o the UAE Ambassador in Washington D.C. made
it clear that the Middle East is a special place or him. He
urther said that it was also important that the cultures o
the Middle East continue to be expressed, merged and
connected with young designers, reerring to a group o
students he had met at Virginia Commonwealth University
in Qatar.
Reecting on the philosophy behind his designs and
on his hall o ame status as a designer, he said that his
love or design started rom his early childhood. “My taste
or classic design started at the age o nine when a third
grade trip to the National Gallery in Washington raised
interest in classic design and let me with an impression t
was to stay with me till today.”
Pheasant, who was brought up in beautiul and museu
rich Washington D.C., recalls the beautiul dome, the dar
marble columns and the art orm he had seen on that trip
the National Gallery. “I was so impressed with all that I’v
seen that I wished I had lived right there,” he said.
Pheasant is known today or his work that mixes the cla
along with the contemporary. “Although my style and my
roots are in classical architecture, I think I am also a mod
thinker and I like to give people an emotional sense that
they can eel when they walk into my space,” he said. “I
simplicity in my work and oer a serene interior.”
Renowned interior designer
and architect, Thomas
Pheasant recently opened
his gallery collection at
“Living In” at The Pearl. Winner of prestigious
international awards,
Pheasant has carved
a niche for himself in
furniture design and interior
decoration. During his
maiden visit to Qatar, isola
caught up with him for an
exclusive interview wherehe opened up his mind
to share some of his long
kept secrets.
Renowned Designer
“Serenity followsmy work”
Text: Loucia Yousef Isaac
Photography: Vicken Seropian
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the “Living In” showroom at The Pearl’sPorto Arabia district.
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Pheasant is currently designing his own house w
he says, is a showpiece o his own evolution as a
designer. “Designing my own house reects a one
package coordination deal whereby the interiors
reect the exterior. This is the right justice or the pand or my liestyle.”
Pheasant credits his success at what he does an
international identity he was able to create to the
horizons and open mindedness he acquired throu
close contacts and collaborations he was able to h
with his clients. “Collaboration can create wonde
concludes.
What about the inuence o music on his work ?
love music,” he said. “But when I was a child, the
no music and the silence enguled my work and to
serenity still ollows my designs.”
“More than the
comfort, it is the
form that excites
me. Though many
my furniture piecesmay look simple,
they are in reality
very complicated to
make.”
A living testimony to Pheasant’s unique designs are
evident in the stylish collections o urniture designs
gracing the “Living In” interiors showroom at The Pearl.
“Each piece o urniture I make is a piece o art and a
peace o mind,” he proclaims.
He goes on to describe the process he goes through
as he creates every piece o his designer urniture. “The
process o designing and creating my urniture starts
with moulding and caressing the wood to take its white
leather skin in complete harmony and space,” he said.
“More than the comort, it is the orm that excites me.
Though many o my urniture pieces may look simple,
they are in reality very complicated to make.”
He reers to his designs and urniture as an extension
to his clients’ amily belongings, heritage and
essentials. Then, showing a keen sense o attachmentto his creations, he adds, “It is hard to walk away
rom something that you have created. I put so much
in everything that I make. I sit with a piece o paper
and do the drawings and the entire plan or our or fve
prototypes beore I go into the real one. I work on the
interior with the client, and it is a very complicated mix
o personal relationships and it takes a long time.”
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