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With clients such as Diane Keaton , Woody Allen , and Jennifer Aniston , it’s no wonder Stephen Shadley finds creative sustenance in classic motion pictures. “Films like Blade Runner and the early Hitchcock thrillers are surprising in their attention to style and detail,” says the New York decorator, a former set designer and scenic painter whose cavalcade of influences also includes Frank Gehry’s voluptuous stainless-steel Walt Disney Concert Hall and Mies van der Rohe’s lean glass Seagram Building. His interiors, however, present an effortless tranquillity, a characteristic that he attributes to each project’s “limited and consistent palette of materials, used in varied ways.” The Greenwich Village home Shadley conceived for actor Matthew Modine is a contemporary exploration of Arts and Crafts, while Allen’s Manhattan apartment had an American country air, accented with folk art, wing chairs, and a traditional rag rug. stephenshadleom

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