A musician with four Grammys who has collaborated with diverse artists from Jay Z to country singer Jason Aldean and an actor who next appears in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, he’s emerging as a force in the design world with a sexy rock-star sensibility that still manages to be welcoming. “I do what feels right organically,” says Kravitz, who established his own firm, Kravitz Design Inc., in 2003 after his own homes were featured in Vogue and Metropolis.
Kravitz, photographed Aug. 22 at his design office in New York, sits on one of the Kartell Mademoiselle chairs he collaborated on with Philippe Starck.
The set for The Queen Latifah Show includes a staircase adorned with 1,000 custom-made "Qs" and a braided-leather handrail.
Kravitz's Paris apartment is furnished with a Togo by Ligne Roset sectional sofa, Gabriella Crespi coffee table, Baccarat chandelier and wool rug from Unique Carpets Ltd.
The 1,044-square-foot Tower Penthouse (from $3,500 a night) at the SLS Hotel South Beach features mastercraft dining chairs and Sergio Rodrigues Design wooden bar stools.
Mademoiselle chair ($1,250) in fur and python, both faux. Available at Kartell, 313 N. Robertson, 310-271-0178
Kravitz's glazed ceramic tiles for Lea Ceramiche ($18.85 a piece, available through Lea North America, 704-522-6300) alternate between concave and convex.
Kravitz at the Milan showroom of Lea Ceramiche, for whom he designed a line of tiles.