On this episode of Clever podcast, Amy Devers talks to Principal of Commune Design, Roman Alonso, who grew up in Caracas Venezuela, often traveling around in a motorhome with his family to escape to nature, before moving to Miami as a teenager. He attended Boston University, with the underlying fantasy of getting to New York. After college, he got a job at Barney’s in New York, wrote for the style section of The New York Times, and started a publishing company, Greybull Press. Commune was founded in 2004 in Los Angeles and since then Roman and partner Steven Johanknecht have grown it into a vibrant community of creatives, a Commune Shop, and impressive international hospitality projects, including many Ace Hotels, that have the adventurous, warm spirit Roman brings to everything he does. Listen:
Kitchen, Santa Cruz, CA 2020 \\\ Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson
The Durham Hotel, Durham, NC, 2015. \\\ Photo: Spencer Lowell
Roman’s reading nook at home, Los Angeles, CA, 2018 \\\ Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson
Design Commune (Abrams, 2020)
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