Tommy Zung
Photo by Adrian Gaut
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? New Zealand
What are three words to describe your style? Minimal, Refined, Holistic
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? I grew up in a bedroom with a jungle gym bed. Oh it was the best thing, you slept in it and there was a bunkbed and you could climb all around it.
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? My first investment piece was inheriting from my mother the eames chair my father gifted her the year I was born, 1968, which was made in rosewood. That started my collection of modern furniture.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be? Peter Zumthor
No room is complete without a candle.
People think of me as outgoing, but I am really introverted when creative.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Baby’s breath
An hors d’oeuvre: Platter crudités
A bar cabinet: Triple Sec
A song for:
Dinner at home: I Wish I Knew - John Coltrane Quartet
Working at your desk: Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert
Going for a run: Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Biggest Vice? Chocolate
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Piero Lissoni NeoWall Sofa
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Yes, functional luxury with simplicity.
Who is your star crush? Stevie Nicks
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? French Cove and Crown Molding
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Drawings Vol. 1
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Harmonious, emotive, deeply connected spaces.
Photo by Adrian Gaut
A Few Favorites:
Movie: Blade Runner
Book: The Fountainhead
Scent: Rose by Le Labo
The fabric you always come back to: European Linen and Cashmere
Dream project: Private art gallery within a garden design
Meal: Lattuga stracciatella e peperoni antipasti, spaghetti alle vongole primi piatti, pescato dell'argentario in umido secondi di pesce, & abbot of vermentino from Santa Lucia, 2016
Drink: A nice tequila
Hotel: La Mamounia
Travel Destination: Tahiti / Biarritz
Artist: Mark Rothko
A cause near and dear to me: A Walk on Water - We Are Surf Therapy and Waves for Water
Thing to collect obsessively: Surfboards
Era in the history of design: Roman 6th - 7th century
Museum: Musée d'Orsay
Paint Color that always looks great: Farrow & Ball’s Ammonite
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: @kookslams
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Labrador Retriever or French Bulldog
