Chad's grandmother made the tissue paper collage on the right. The piece, constructed in about 1979, hangs above a working Ms. Pac-Man game. On the right you'll see the couple's book shelf. It used to be a shoe rack
AB: Do you have a favorite time period?
CM: In terms of design?
AB: Yeah.
CM: Growing up in California, my grandma lived in a modernist house. It was very "angled roofs, 60s, Southern California tract home," so that really influenced me a lot. She was an artist, too, so she had a lot of really great art that she did. It wasn’t anything fancy by any means, but it was 60s ceramics, California ceramics and abstract art. 1960s design. I grew up around that a lot, so that is nostalgic to me.
I think Ed - older things like that are nostalgic for him, because he grew up on in Boston and Cape Cod. I think that – actually, your first question about home, that has a lot to do with it, too, at least for me: nostalgia, feeling comfortable. I don’t want to live in Orange County, but I want to take things that I remember fondly and bring them to my life now.
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Chad is very mellow and has a very good understanding of himself. That is something many people in our society never even consider. My luck to Chad and Ed in NYC or Yucca Valley.
It's who you are not where you are.
Danny,
Long Beach, CA.
Belmont Heights ( just blocks from OC)
blah blah blah…yawn…
Speaking of design, the blog containing this article needs a redesign. A thirteen page article with just a few lines of content on each page? I quit already.
I agree with Tiger. It was very tedious to read an article spread over so many webpages.
The commentary so far illustrates those divergent individuals who blog on Queerty.
The first person, dantiger, was positive, upbeat and he himself has a "very good understanding of himself".
However, there is a group of LBG persons who actually live in self-loathing transferred into words and behaviours that this 61 year old guy would call a "bitchy queen."
Many minorities suffer from this "dis ease". It is the acceptance of majority loathing for despised minorities. It is spending lives in closets in some part of their lives. It is often about loathing certain segments of the LGB or the T community as a whole.
It has made this old bishop stay on his Canadian blogs, and lurk and visit to observe the very sins that others accused my American spouse and me about. Nothing new, I have heard enough confessions in my life to realise that the world is not purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr fect…….just cattttttttttttttttttttttyyyyyyyy.
Who the hell is this guy and why should we care?
His boyfriend needs to lay off the sauce and take a much-needed nap.
I too was annoyed with the picture/text to page ratio as I was going through the article, but the pictures are amazing. That place looks so soothing–I love the relaxed, eclectic vibe of the apartment–kind of like the anti-interior designers answer to interior design. There is an authenticity and sincerity to the look of this place you don't find on the pages of interior design magazines these days. Big ups to McPhail.
Kitchen utensils in a Dixie cup on a laminate counter? Teddy Bear in cutesy costume on the bed? this guy is a designer??? Queerty, why not just go to the Men's Drop-In shelter across from Port Authority for a design feature?
That is a vintage glass bowl holding utensils, a real butcher block counter, and an antique Babar from childhood on the bed. I suppose you shop at BangBang Men and West Elm for all your household needs?
Friend of Chad; I don't care about their provenance, where they were bought, or how much they cost. they're fugly.
Wild, you get it. Authenticity and sincerity, this is the man I raised. He designs for others, he lives for himself and those he loves. Whether you care doesn't really matter. It is about life, about a man who has known who he is for many years, a man who is confident, loving, generous, sensitive and devoted. Isn't that what life is all about? Love, Mom
GRIZZZZZLY BEAR IS EFFIN AMAZING CHECK THEM OUT!
UHHH… thanks mom.
My mom doesn't "get" NY apartments at all.
Chad, we are so proud of you!!! You got yourself a feature spread in an online, "subculture" magazine. Your house is so nice and neat, it makes Dana long for Santa Barbara again. Oh, Dana wanted me to let you know she's getting married and I am going to be her maid of honor (yay!). We miss you, come back to your roots, and by roots, we don't mean the high desert. You look as handsome as ever. Way to go Chad! Hi Ed:)
Sorry "off subject" Will someone please tell this small town southern guy what "poppin" means?
Thanks Danny.
UG! Why should just any old drip be able to comment on Chad's personal taste? Thank God I don't have to read every one's hick opinion of articles I flip through in the Doctor's office waiting-room. And thank Jezus for Deb Korobkin!
I really enjoyed the interview & photos
I kinda knew (of) Chad when he worked for Laura Kirar - he's kind of scenester/hipster designer wannabe. No offense, but that was one of the most boring articles I ever read. "I like mid century modern" - wow…. exciting.