JONATHAN ADLER / POTTER / FURNITURE AND HOMEWARE DESIGNER / INTERIOR DESIGNER / AUTHOR / TV STAR ON BRAVO'S 'TOP DESIGN' / MORE ABOUT JONATHAN ADLER

LIBERACE SWEATER / 100% CASHMERE / SWEATSHIRT INSPIRED / GRAPHIC / HAPPY / REMINISCENT OF HIS FAVORITE PILLOW / J'ADORE / TRÉS CHIC / COLORS / AERO GROUND / LILA GROUND / FLAME GROUND

1966 BORN IN FARM TOWN IN NEW JERSEY / 1978 TRIES POTTERY AT SUMMER CAMP WHILE WEARING RUSH CONCERT TEE / 1979 BEGS PARENTS TO BUY HIM A WHEEL AND KILN / 1980-84 SPENDS ENTIRE ADOLESCENCE IN BASEMENT OF FAMILY'S MODERN HOUSE THROWING POTS / 1984-88 ALLEGEDLY STUDIES SEMIOTICS AND ART HISTORY AT BROWN BUT ACTUALLY SPENDS ALL HIS TIME AT RISD MAKING POTS / 1989 MAKES QUILTED LINE OF POTTERY INSPIRED BY CHANEL / EVIL PROFESSOR ADVISES HIM TO BAG POTTERY AND TRY A CAREER IN LAW / 1990 MOVES TO NEW YORK AND STARTS WORKING AT A TALENT AGENCY / 1993 DEEPLY DEPRESSED BY THREE LONG YEARS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY (AS ANYONE WOULD BE) / QUITS AND RETURNS TO THE STUDIO TO RECUPERATE / TELLS PARENTS HE WANTS TO BE A POTTER AND VOWS NEVER TO HAVE A REAL JOB AGAIN / CONCERNED PARENTS SCHEDULE AN INTERVENTION / 1994 SHOWS POTS TO BARNEYS AND GETS AN ORDER. REALIZES THAT HE HAS TO MAKE THE POTS / 1995 ORDERS POUR IN / TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS / 1996 TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS / 1997 AT WITS END FROM MAKING THE DONUTS, HOOKS UP WITH AID TO ARTISANS, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH HELPS ARTISANS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO MAKE PRODUCTS FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET / FLIES TO PERU AND DISCOVERS PARADISE / A BEAUTIFUL WORKSHOP BY THE SEA WITH PARROTS AND GARDENS AND INCREDIBLE ARTISANS / CREATIVE EXPLOSION ENSUES / WORKS WITH LOCAL WEAVERS AND DEVELOPS TEXTILE COLLECTION / 1998 OPENS A STORE IN SOHO / 1999 ADOPTS (WITH HIS PARTNER SIMON DOONAN) A NORWICH TERRIER NAMED LIBERACE WHO IS THE LIGHT OF THEIR LIVES / 2000 OPENS STORE NUMBER TWO IN EAST HAMPTON / SPENDS INAPPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME AT THE BEACH / 2001 OPENS STORE NUMBER THREE IN TRIBECA. CONCERNED FAMILY PLANS ANOTHER INTERVENTION
BACK