Paul Fortune

Paul Fortune (September 5, 1950 – June 15, 2020) was a British-American, L.A. based interior designer.[1]

Early life

Paul Stephen Fortune Fearon was born in a suburb of Liverpool in 1950. He immigrated to LA in 1978.

Career

Fortune began his career designing music videos and album covers for the Eurythmics. He also worked as a nightclub owner and film art director.[2] He styled homes for icons Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, David Fincher, Brian Grazer, Aileen Getty, and others.[3]

He was the artist who introduced the crashed Cadillac in the façade of Hard Rock Cafes.[4] He renovated the Sunset Tower and Tower Bar.[5] He also had roles in two movies: as Duc Fortune in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, and in Spike Jonze’s Adaptation. He was part of the design team in the Fake Club (early 1980s), and Les Deux Café, in an old Trailways bus depot.[6] He created fluorescent Plexiglass cacti for the baby shower of one of Barbra Streisand’s friends.[7]

In 2013 he sold his historical Laurel Canyon Hollywood.[8] In 2018 he published Notes on Décor, Etc.[9][10]

The Paul Fortune Design Studio was featured in the AD100 in 2017.[11]

Personal

Fortune was married to ceramist Christopher Guy Brock.[12] The couple practiced yoga and meditation daily.[13] They owned a kitten named Napkin.[14] He died in their Ojai, California home on June 15, 2020 of cardiac arrest.[15]

References
  1. "In Memory of Paul Fortune, a True Icon of Design". Schumacher Blog. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  2. "The Interiors Monologues - Paul Fortune | Design | Agenda". Phaidon. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. Haley (2020-06-27). "Interior Designer For Celebrities, Paul Fortune Dies". Canyon News. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  4. Trebay, Guy (2020-06-23). "Paul Fortune, L.A. Designer to the Stars, Dies at 69". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  5. Minahan, Daniel. "At Home With Paul Fortune, Whose Parties Were as Immaculate as His Designs". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  6. Abramovitch, Ingrid (2020-06-17). "Dashing and Debonair Design: Remembering the Late Paul Fortune". ELLE Decor. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  7. "Paul Fortune offers notes on decor, with tart humor". KCRW. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  8. Netto, David (2013-12-19). "A House Tour of the Designer Paul Fortune's Laurel Canyon Masterpiece". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  9. "The L.A. Designer with a Star-Studded Client List Shared His Style Secrets". 1stdibs Introspective. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  10. Fortune, Paul. "Book". Rizzoli New York. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  11. "This is Paul Fortune Design Studio and it is a Part of AD100! – Inspirations | Essential Home". Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  12. Rus, Mayer. "AD100 Designer Paul Fortune Has Died". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  13. "Farewell, Paul Fortune, Interiors Guru". C Magazine. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  14. "Designers and Authors Paul Fortune and David Netto Talk Decor". Cultured Magazine. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  15. Abramovitch, Ingrid (2020-06-17). "Dashing and Debonair Design: Remembering the Late Paul Fortune". ELLE Decor. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
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