Moises Esquenazi designs for Mr. Gatsby’s
Moises Esquenazi: Esquenazi's Palm Springs home was featured as one of the "Best Homes in America" in the 25th Anniversary edition of Metropolitan Home. Additional work has been published in the Los Angeles Times, SPACE Magazine, The London Telegraph, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens and Palm Springs Life. Esquenazi is currently developing Le Oob, his own furniture, wallpaper and fabric line. He divides his time between Los Angeles & New York.
The Sag Harbor Modernist Estate designed by Moises Esquenazi in Mr. Gatsby’s “Featured Section” is available for Summer Rental from August 1st through Labor Day. The property sits on approximately one and a half acres with views of the Harbor. There are four full bedrooms and baths as well as one half bedroom and bath. The property is slated to be featured in Metropolitan Home Magazine in October 2009.
A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Moises Esquenazi’s interest and early education in art were fostered by his grandmother, an artist and patron of contemporary Colombian artists, as well as by his father, an ambassador, engineer and farmer. Esquenazi was educated primarily in the U.S., earning a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California. Esquenazi’s early career was spent as an architectural renderer and animator, working on such projects as Steve Wynn’s Freemont Street Experience in Las Vegas and the AT&T Olympic Pavilion in Atlanta. His education in architecture and fine arts as well as the skills he fine-tuned as an animator proved invaluable for 3-D modeling and rendering when he transitioned into a new career as an interior and products designer seven years ago. Esquenazi is also an accomplished photographer, having exhibited at The Makor Center in New York City. Oceans & Hedges is his most recent photography series, which will be exhibited in June 2008. He will also be shooting one of his Hamptons projects for Hamptons Cottages & Gardens Magazine in the spring.Whenever possible, Esquenazi customizes his clients’ homes by designing furnishings or wall coverings for them. Instead of focusing on a particular style, he strives to integrate the client’s background with the style of the architecture and the local surroundings, and always allowing function to guide the design. Having the focus on function permits the client to drop some pre-conceived ideas of what the space should look like, resulting in a more creative use of elements, such as the “conversation daybed’ which has become a signature element. The idea of a daybed allows families and friends to take off their shoes and gather in a cozy area to relax and visit.
