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When a good friend came to him with thoughts of launching a shoe line, Korban pushed her to instead open a store, and before long the duo had created a mood board and was busy searching for spaces. Adopting the name Edon Manor from an inspirational English country home, Korban quickly found himself in the throes of his first interiors project. Admittedly scared but mostly excited, he felt he had the ultimate challenge on his hands; not fond of the usually strict approach to commercial design, he decided he wanted to create a commercial space that felt residential, an unusual combination. “I knew if I could successfully create a residential feeling in a commercial atmosphere, then I would have proved to myself personally that I could do this,” the designer says. And he did. Inspired by English libraries and urban tradition with a modernized edge, the store has become as well known for its design as for its coveted shoes, which also influenced the décor. Referring to it as “a long process, but the most natural thing I’d ever done,” Korban quickly found
Follow Ryan’s know-how to incorporate an English vibe into your home
1. Lots of leather bound or vintage books
february • march
2010
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