John Robshaw
Photo by Rachel Robshaw
What are three words to describe your style?
1. Printed
2. Eclectic
3. Color
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? Crazy 70s geo squares and stripes in brown and white built-in desks, white shag rug littered with fallen GI Joes.
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A german silver bed I made in India. Four poster canopy covered in silver, very romantic and regal.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?
Barregon- I just went to his home in Mexico city love the high/low materials and zen of his world.
No room is complete without art for sure.
People think of me as eclectic, but I am really an art school grad.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Nothing I am an all in guy
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Shrimp, I used to be a cater waiter in school and saw a lot of kitchens…
A bar cabinet: Schnapps
A song for:
Dinner at home: Lightning Hopkins albums
Working at your desk: Radio Paradise World Mix
Going for a run: Disco Fever mix
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? A drippy encrusted Larry Poons painting
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? In CT I wear layers of vests and wool and look like I am on a Shackleton expedition. In the city I am on Citi Bike a lot so always something bright orange so taxis don’t hit me and sneakers.
Who is your star crush? Maggie Gyllenhaal I saw her in a café and I swear she said she liked my work and I loved hers. I think it happened?
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it?
Buy a long linen sectional. I do really want one but have no place it would fit... looks comfy.
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be?
Woven Cargoes Indian Textiles in the East by John Guy..
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Blockprinting meets art school.
Photo by Rachel Robshaw
Your Favorite:
Movie: Year of Living Dangerously
Book: Old Filth Trilogy by Jane Gardam
Scent: Acqua di Sicilia Santa Maria Novella
The fabric you always come back to: Block prints any and all
Dream project: Palace redo in Jaipur.
Meal: Dosa
Drink: Mezcal
Hotel: Samode Haveli Jaipur
Travel Destination: India in March inshallah!
Artist: Right now Sophie Taeuber-Arp
A cause near and dear to me: SOS Wildlife in India
Thing to collect obsessively: Naga anything
Era in the history of design: Bauhaus
Museum: Moma
Paint Color that always looks great: Natural indigos in all shades
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: Alexandergorlizki Indian miniatures times ten.
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? My wife came with a parrot… Turkeybird is his name. He’s ok.
