Top Design is the Tops

Interior Design Takes Center Stage

By Rachel Heller, published May 22, 2007
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Bravo has another new reality competition show called Top Design. Top Design spotlights twelve of the country's hottest new interior designers, artists, and architects, who will draw upon their creativity and expertise in order to create the 'Top Design" each week. In their first challenge, the designers are paired up in teams of two and must create an inner sanctum for a mystery celebrity who turns out to be actress Alexis Arquette. These designers must create an inner sanctum around five objects that belong to Alexis Arquette. The host of Top Design is Todd Oldham and the judges are interior designer, Jonathan Adler, Editor and Chief of Elle Décor, Margaret Russell, and interior designer Kelly Wearstler.

Goil and Elisabeth won the inner sanctum challenge because of their interesting and creative room that included a blue swing and a sand box. Also, this inner sanctum there was the whimsical accent piece of a bright yellow pepper. However, Heather and Lisa lost this challenge and were sent home because their inner sanctum for Alexis looked too much like a Chinese restaurant.

One very creative episode of Top Design involved designing bedrooms for a group of clients. The designers believed that their clients were going to be adults however, as always; there is a twist to this challenge. What would reality television be without a twist. The twist to the bedroom design challenge was that the bedrooms had to be designed for children. One of the bedrooms was designed for a future actress and one of the bedrooms was designed for a future artist. Erik won the child's play challenge for designing a playful pirate inspired bedroom. John was sent home because his child's room had no floor.

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Rachel, Great article! I watched all of the Top Design episodes even though I did not particularly enjoy the format of the show. For some reason, I did not enjoy it as much as Project Runway or Top Chef. However, the fact that I watched each show grudgingly is enough of a testament to its entertainment value :-)

Posted on 08/09/2007 at 10:08:00 PM

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