JUDGE DAVID KORINS

SET DESIGNER

New York-based Korins is the award-winning set designer and creative director behind hit musical Hamilton, live shows for Lady Gaga, installations at Coachella and exhibition designs for Gagosian. His eponymous design and experience firm is currently finessing the musical adaptation of Beetlejuice, opening on Broadway in March, and the touring ‘Hamilton: The Exhibition’, which premieres in Chicago in April. As a Design Awards judge, he says, ‘I tried to look at the products with a practical, useful eye. I loved The Nest [page 140]. There was something about the warmth that felt like the essence of home.’ Another standout was Ferragamo’s menswear. ‘I could see myself in the clothes and appreciated the collection as an intersection of high art, fashion and usability.’

Photography: Jeremy Liebman Writer: Pei-ru Keh THIS PAGE, DAVID KORINS AT HIS NEW YORK STUDIO, WEARING COAT, BY SALVATORE FERRAGAMO A/W18. STYLED BY JERMAINE DALEY OPPOSITE, MYRO ECOCONSCIOUS DEODORANT, COMPRISING A SMART, TRAVEL-FRIENDLY CASE AND PLANT-BASED REFILL PODS