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"Nate Berkus Previews His New Collection for Target\nThe designer talks to AD about his stylish new home collection, born from a passion for natural materials and his signature easy sophistication.\nFans of Berkus are familiar with his remarkable ability to create balance in a room in an interesting, easily sophisticated way. The Sculpted Branch Lamp embodies this point of view and adds a dash of brass to boot.\n\nSculpted Branch Lamp Base, $25; Drum Shade in natural, $25.\nArrowhead Rug in grapeleaf, $150.\nWhile studying in Paris, Berkus bought a chain-shaped sculpture, which he dragged home and still keeps in his apartment. He's reinterpreted it here in a bold, bright yellow. \"I hope people can take a piece from the collection and think, How does this update a room?\"\n\nOversize Chain Link in gold, $13.\nLayering is key to creating an interesting environment, and even small pieces can make a big difference. \"Your home is a personification of who you are. When I moved to New York, 560 boxes came with me,\" recalls Berkus. \"That was horrifying, but there wasn't one thing that I took out of Bubble Wrap or rolled out of paper that I didn't remember where I got it and who I was with.\"\n\nBrass Vases, $20 and $25 respectively.\nOval Basket, $17.\nDip-Dyed Shower Curtain in Aegean Sea, $25.\n\nAztec Diamond Bath Mats in ultramarine and wheat, $20.\nSignature Bath Towels in ultramarine, $6\u2013$8.\n\nFashion Bath Ikat Towel in ultramarine, $6\u2013$8.\nDecorative Box in yellow, $20.\nOne thing you will notice again and again is Berkus's affinity for texture. Braided jute, herringbone, and a hint of animal skin show up in both the collection (faux animal skin for Target) and his New York apartment. Here, the dimpled surface of these brass bowls adds dimension to their graceful shape.\n\nHammered Brass Bowls, $15 and $8, respectively.\nTailored Cambridge Sheet Set in Pacific blue, $45\u2013$65.\nWhen Berkus was growing up in suburban Minneapolis, his house always held the tortoise shell that his mother found on his parents' honeymoon in Mexico. Later, he found a vintage version that reminded him of the one from his childhood home. My earliest tear sheets of one of his previous New York apartments show the shell amid a gallery of mostly black-and-white images against a brown wall. It shows up again in a later apartment against crisp, clean white; the shell is in his home in New York today.\n\nLacquer Tortoise Wall Accessories in green and cream, $40.\nBraided Jute Rug, 2' x 3', $35; 5' x 7', $150.\nKhaki Herringbone Sheets, $45\u2013$65.\nMany pieces from Berkus's new collection have a global influence. \"I've found throughout my career that travel affects my work,\" Berkus says. \"If I quit traveling, my creativity starts to dry up. Seeing how something is made in Southeast Asia and how it differs from how we do it here opens me up.\"\n\nIndigo Star Ikat Pillow, $25.\n\"It took me six years to conceptualize the book,\" Berkus says. \"I've seen hundreds of spaces. The best interiors, the ones that delighted me when I walked through the front door, were the ones that made me understand who my hosts were.\"\n\nNate Berkus's The Things That Matter ($35) will be released October 16 and can be preordered at amazon.com."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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