Esma Dil

Bio

Based in Los Angeles, Esma Annemon Dil specializes in creating spaces filled with character and personality that transcend their era by using vintage sourced or custom-designed elements whenever possible. Working closely with small manufacturers all over the world, she designs objects, furniture, tiles, wallpapers, fabrics, and develops color concepts, including hand-mixed pigments, and murals. She offers consulting for new constructions, restorations, reimaginations, production sets, virtual worlds, and supports clients in curating their art, decoration, and book collections. The interiors she designed have been featured as a location in 100+ advertising campaigns and in magazine editorials. Because collaborations are often an essential part of the process, clients can benefit from her large international network of creatives and makers. Since 2012 she is also part of 5by5, a collective of architects and designers in Munich, Zurich, London, Dubai, and Los Angeles. Drawing on her experience as a magazine editor, Esma Annemon Dil approaches new projects with journalistic curiosity and a deep interest in aesthetics, culture, psychology, and storytelling. Her visual language is influenced by having lived in some of the most stimulating cities and by contributing to the European editions of VOGUE, Architectural Digest, GQ; which allowed her access to extraordinary places, experiences, and people: Among them, fashion, art, and design shows • A week with Chinese artists in Beijing • A day with Zaha Hadid during Venice Biennale • Yves Saint Laurent's residence in Marrakech • The Goldsmith resorts in Cuixmala and San Antonio • An emerald mine in Colombia • Reporting from Beirut, Hong Kong, and Istanbul • Test driving new sports cars • Weaving with rural artisans and trying a 27-course dinner in Peru. Hosting interviews with technology leaders in Silicon Valley or the IBM Quantum Computing Center in New York State; with design icons like Karl Lagerfeld • Miuccia Prada • Tom Ford • Stella McCartney • Alber Elbaz • Oscar de la Renta • Valentino • Giorgio Armani • Marc Newson • Peter Marino • Andrée Putman. Visionary artists such as Ai Weiwei • Doug Aitken • Urs Fischer • John Baldessari • Sarah Sze. Musicians and film stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman • Jennifer Lopez • Christian Bale • Matt Damon • Brad Pitt • George Clooney • Sean Penn • Tobey Maguire • Pharrell Williams • The Rolling Stones • Snoop Dogg. Between 2007 and 2014 she created and produced German VOGUE's bi-annual 40+ page Style Book. From 2002-2007 she was VOGUE Germany's Features Editor, and responsible for curating the style sections and writing major essays, profiles, and features. Her conversation with Anthony Bourdain and Iggy Pop in Miami 2017 is one of the most-read pieces in the history of British GQ