Michael Taylor (designer)

Michael Taylor
Born
Earnest Charles Taylor

(1927-01-30)January 30, 1927
Modesto, California, U.S.
DiedJune 3, 1986(1986-06-03) (aged 59)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDesigner
WebsiteMichael Taylor Designs

Michael Taylor (born Earnest Charles Taylor, January 30, 1927 – June 3, 1986) was an American designer best known for creating the "California Look" of interior design. One of Architectural Digest's "20 Greatest Designers of All Time” and "Interior Design Legends". Taylor was noted for his rooms of airiness and light with a prominent use of natural forms and the color white.[1][2] In 1956, he founded his design company, Michael Taylor Interiors, Inc. Under Michael Taylor Designs, he manufactured his own designs and in 1985 partnered with Paul Weaver to develop and market interior and exterior furnishings to the wholesale design trade. Taylor worked continuously until his death in 1986.

  1. ^ Clarke, Gerald (January, 2010). "The World's 20 Greatest Designers of All Time". Architectural Digest: The International Magazine of Design, p. 99.
  2. ^ Trocme, Suzanne (January, 2000). "Michael Taylor. His Brilliant Use of Scale and Light Announced the California Look." Architectural Digest: The International Magazine of Design, p. 228.