David Easton
Interior and Architectural Designer

One of the world’s best-known interior designers, David Easton made his name as a neo-classicist, yet his scholarship in the fields of architecture and decoration is both wide-ranging and continuing.
Easton received his architecture degree from Pratt Institute in 1963, where he studied with Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, the widow of one of the founders of the Bauhaus. Upon graduation, he received the Fountainbleau scholarship, which enabled him to travel and study in Europe.

Upon his return, Easton took a position with eminent New York designer Edward Wormley. In 1967, David joined the venerable firm of Parish-Hadley, where he worked in both the architecture and decoration departments. There, he admits to being “seduced by decoration.”

Easton founded his own firm in 1972 and quickly gained recognition for classically inspired, traditional interiors. In the 1980s, his English-style interiors became emblems of the age.

Recently, he has shifted to a more streamlined, contemporary aesthetic as a response to his own shifting tastes and those of his clients. “It’s necessary to move forward,” says Easton. “I see a desire to simplify life, and for less complicated interiors. I think the future will be about a more intelligent use of resources and a more intelligent support of lifestyles.”

Easton was named to the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1992. He has twice been presented with The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America’s Arthur Ross Award, and most recently, his peers honored him with the “Lifetime Achievement” award at London’s Design and Decoration Awards.