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Solution 1: Draft an art photo as peacemaker
For New York designer Tim Campbell, the seat’s color and presence is so dominant that the marginalized lamp needs decorative support. He chose a large black-and-white photo that won’t fight with the red-orange upholstery. “The lack of color allows the trees to act like shadows of the lamp,” he said. But he had other motivations: “Seeing that chair, I immediately thought of the decked-out parties Yves Saint Laurent threw in the desert outside Marrakesh in the 1970s.” “The Palm Trees of Santa Monica” Photograph by Jin-Woo Prensena, $3,800, purephoto.com
Solution 2: Nod…