Welcome to the World of Dunes and Duchess
The work of photographer Michael Partenio and stylist and editor Stacy Kunstel has appeared on the covers of architecture and interior design magazines. When they’re not creating images for clients, they’re playing the roles of Dunes and Duchess in their island getaway, where they dream up wildly romantic products for the home.
Retailer Profile—Dabney McAvoy Home, Great Barrington, MA
There are some things that are just fate. Just before Christmas I was in the car on my way from Boston to Great Barrington for an appointment. I had a little extra time to kill so I drove through town. [...]
A Double Shot in Rue Magazine!
The holidays came with a doubly pleasant surprise—not one, but three photos of Dunes and Duchess pieces in the super cool Rue magazine. Now one feature we had a head’s up about because it was a project that our dear [...]
Candelabras Make Cover of Chicago Magazine!
Your skin tingles, you involuntarily shiver, and the words of excitement all get jammed into the roof of your mouth because you can’t get them out fast enough. That’s how it feels when something you’ve made, something you’ve worked on [...]
Designer Profile—Philip Gorrivan
One of the superstars of the design world, you’ll find Philip Gorrivan’s in the spreads of House Beautiful, Elle Decor and those treasured back issues of House & Garden. My Dunes had worked with the designer before (in his day [...]
Designer Profile—Jill Goldberg
There’s nothing more flattering than to have the cool girl like you. That’s the way we feel about interior designer and retailer Jill Goldberg. You see, Jill carries Dunes and Duchess in her retail store Hudson, in Boston’s South End, [...]
What to do with a Candelabra
I’ve been toying around on Houzz of late, trying to get a feel for what goes on there, what people are sharing. I think it’s a great way to share our candelabras, lamps and ideas with people, but would love [...]
Who’s using Dunes and Duchess?
When we pack up our lamps or candelabras we always imagine where our work is headed. We’ve recently started getting email photos from designers of our installed pieces and wanted to share these with you today. Designer Urit Chaimovitz found [...]
Perspective Magazine Loves Dunes and Duchess!
We loved flipping through the new Perspective New England magazine and seeing our International Lifesaving Orange candelabra and all the wonderful things the editors had to say about it! We actually blinked twice when we saw that it was more [...]
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