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"Giorgio Armani\nLess is enough for the designer's pied-\u00E0-terre\n\"When I design clothes, I don't want to load a woman down with ribbons and brooches,\" says fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who employed a similar concept for the interiors of his New York apartment. \"It's the same in the home. I don't want to fill the space.\"\nThroughout the apartment, Armani used furnishings and fabrics from his Armani Casa collection, such as the living room's silk slipper chair and bronze table lamp. The 1920s cast-iron table in the entrance hall, beyond, holds a brass lamp by Hinson &amp;amp; Company.\nThe home collection, which includes the living room's sofa and puckered-silk pillows, was \"designed for the body's comfort,\" says Armani. On the lacquered-oak-and-bamboo low table is a ceramic centerpiece of his design. \"An object furnishes a table,\" he adds.\nThe pared-down design continues in an area of the living room, where a set of three linen poufs and a club chair, both by Armani, join a 1940s leather stool. \"The room has a southern exposure, allowing the light that streams in to become part of the d\u00E9cor,\" he says.\nThe Armani Casa furniture includes woods \"that don't occur in nature,\" like the dining table's grooved and painted mahogany surface. The linen-covered chairs, table settings, wine goblets, cube candles and sanded vase are all from the home collection.\n\"It's important to incorporate elements for interiors that aren't too design-conscious,\" Armani says. \"Otherwise, it looks like the house of a lady who put too much faith in her architect.\" The master bedroom's 1940s mahogany-and-leather desk is by Edward Wormley.\nA 1940s tubular-steel chair by Andr\u00E9 Sornay is paired with a 1930s drafting table in the guest room. \"I like to combine early-modern pieces with complementary contemporary ones,\" says the designer.\nThe terrace, which overlooks Central Park, \"is a nice place to have breakfast, because of the unrestricted view\u2014no nearby skyscrapers,\" says Armani. \"I plan on planting out here in the spring.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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