ELLE DECORさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ELLE DECORInstagram)「Welcome to @elledecor’s March 2021 issue—the first overseen in its entirety by our new Editor in Chief, @as4d. This month, we explore the intersection of art and design—and the powerful impact of both—in an issue that features two special covers. For the one above, we commissioned Detroit artist Rachelle Baker (@indoorcatgirl) to create an exclusive illustration of one of the most iconic rooms in interior design: Virginia socialite and decorator Nancy Lancaster’s Yellow Room, a salon she designed in her London home in 1958. The stunning room, which no longer exists, has for years been a touchstone for interior designers and decor fans. But the room’s beauty is marred by elements that can’t be glossed over—a pair of tables depicting crouching Black figures, each supporting a fringed plinth. For ELLE Decor, Baker replaced those tables with an imagined Black sitter, a figure who makes eye contact with the audience. Her assured presence, a remix only art can provide, offers a “tasteful” interior some dignity. “Notions of taste and beauty can’t be separated from culture and politics,” Asad writes. “And parsing it all—the ugly histories, the eye-popping patterns, the seductive textures—is what makes celebrating design so compelling today. Join us, won’t you?”」2月18日 0時00分