When designing this space, I took inspiration from the musical works of Ennio Morricone. I imagined myself designing a lounge/living room with Morricone as the client, thinking through what sort of things he might want in his home, what sort of views he would want, and what style and theme he might desire as his creative surrounding.
What seemed the obvious choice for Ennio Morricone was the American West. At their very best, his scores for classic Western films often seemed to focus on the wonder and majesty of the landscape rather than characters those environments contained. For this reason, I tried to steer away from a direct cowboy aesthetic. In fact, I tried generally to remove focus from any kind of fabricated feel. Furniture was made to balance simple against rustic (minimalist sofa design vs. simple wooden tables and southwestern woven carpet.) The exception to the rule is the baby grand piano, which foils the other additions to the room and becomes the draw of the viewer’s attention. The floor tiling, wall color, and wooden beams work together to reference the adobe style homes of the southwest, themselves made of the land that surrounds them.
The two fountains opposite the window take inspiration from natural waterfalls with their stone backdrop. The golden sculptural piece on the wall nearest the piano represents the desert wind. Through the glass wall is a view of a natural canyon (the Grand Canyon, for lack of more realistic canyon HDRI image), one of the most majestic formations the landscape of the American West has to offer.
