About
www.cityandbeach.com
Nicky Clark Summer is a residential interior designer and event stylist.
She is founder of the City & Beach Lifestyle Awards, an annual event which supports new luxury brands and celebrates established brands such as Maserati, Moet & Chandon and Grey Goose.
Nicky's main interest is producing luxurious and comfortable home interiors at the top end of the international residential market, in particular in London, South of France and California.
Corporate interiors clients include Sotheby's International Realty, Grosvenor Estates, Beauchamp Estates, Strutt & Parker, Knight Frank and Hamptons International. Recent projects have included the homes of broadcaster and publisher Andrew Neil, property magnate and investor Jim Mellon, Australian businessman Steve Cosser, Harry Potter film director David Yates and footballer Claude Makelele.
Additional private interiors clients include those from the UAE, Australia, Russia, Turkey, Germany, France, Belgium and Hong Kong.
City & Beach Home interiors projects include the total rebranding and outfitting of the 47ft catamaran 'S/Y Wonderful', an apartment in Trevor Square, Knightsbridge, a house in Trevor Street, Knightsbridge, three Thames side apartments in Sir Norman Foster's luxury development Albion Riverside, a villa and grounds in Grasse, France, an apartment in Onslow Gardens, SW7, a listed townhouse in St James Street, a gothic mansion in Collingham Gardens, SW5, a converted house in Ennismore Mews, a contemporary house in Notting Hill designed by John Pawson, a 47th floor apartment in the development One Rincon Hill (San Francisco), the refurbishment of an Edwardian property at Datchet overlooking the Thames and the Queens estate at Windsor, three apartments and the entrance halls of the Georgian property located at 130 Park Lane and three large apartments in Eaton Square, SW1 for Grosvenor Estates.
Nicky Summer appears on the list of recommended interior designers produced by both The Swiss Chalet Company (www.swisschaletcompany.com) and award winning developers YOO (www.thelakesbyyoo.com)
Earlier this year Nicky formed the exclusive dining club 'Summer All Year Round' which was launched in Chelsea, London on the last Tuesday of January 2010 for 100 friends with Bryan Adams being one of the VIP guests.
Nicky launched an annual Lifestyle Awards for friends and clients in 2006 and winners have included royal couturier Jacques Azagury, the hotel 'Shutters On the Beach' (Los Angeles), Herbert Ypma of HIP Hotels and the broadcaster and publisher, Andrew Neil.
Nicky is currently working on a book and is extending the City & Beach Home own label luxury product line.
Nicky Summer and City & Beach press coverage includes
San Francisco Chronicle, FT/How To Spend It, YOU Magazine/The Mail on Sunday, TATLER, Evening Standard, Hong Kong TATLER.
WEBSITE: www.cityandbeach.com
EMAIL: info@cityandbeach.com
BLOG: www.nickysummerblog.com
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/nickysummer
RECENT PRESS: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/15/HOES1FLM1I.DTL&t
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FACEBOOK PROFILES:
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City & Beach Home
Summer All Year Round
- Status
- Private Company
- Founded
- 1998
- Industries
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- Advertising & Marketing
- Agents & Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, & Other Public Figures
- Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation
- Business Services & Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services
- Design Services
- Event Planning & Related Services
- Interior Design Services
- Media & Entertainment
- Media Representatives
- Public Relations Agencies More
Company History
Early life and career:
Nicky was brought up in Scotland by her mother Nona Clark, a pianist and notable cellist with the SFO, and her school headmaster stepfather, Iain Clark. She is second eldest of five children. She began modelling in Glasgow for local press and television commercials then continued in London. Nicky appeared a wide variety of advertisements and promotions as diverse as a campaign for the jewellers Mappin & Webb, a Unipart calendar photographed by the late Lord Lichfield in France and an appearance as a Bond Girl in the 007 movie A 'View To A Kill' with Roger Moore, Grace Jones and Christopher Walken.
Promotion for the 007 film involved travel to the premieres around the world and included radio and television interviews in London, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Sicily. Using high level contacts made socially and as a result of extensive travel around the world Nicky then formed an event organization company specializing in launch events for luxury brands which required the attendance of well known personalities and were featured in magazines such as 'TATLER', 'HELLO!', 'OK!', the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
Events include galas for The Red Cross, Cartier, the Young Presidents Organization, a Government led 'Say No To Drugs' campaign, the couturier Valentino, luxury residential property developers Northacre, Champagne Krug, celebrity chef Jean Christophe Novelli, top estate agent Hamptons International, property developer St George Plc, The Fox Club, chef Alain Ducasse, Freud Communications and the launch of the 446ft former Turkish presidential megayacht M/Y 'Savarona' in Istanbul. Organizing events led Nicky to create a range of her own label luxury products which are sold via the internet. The products have also been sold via a temporary test shop located 97 Old Brompton Road, SW7 and the showroom at 54 Pont Street, Knightsbridge, London (as seen in 'Cult Shop', 'How To Spend It', The Financial Times). Initial products included a range of scented candles, cigar matches, table linen and cashmere throws in own label packaging. Nicky's business evolved and a full interior design service was launched under the name 'City & Beach Home'. The product range has developed into a full lifestyle collection which includes furnishings and home accessories which are now marketed under the name Nicky Summer at City & Beach Home.
Personal life and interests:
Nicky counts travel, horseriding, health and fitness and learning to fly amongst her hobbies.
For high resolution images of Nicky Summer, City & Beach Home interiors projects, 'Summer All Year Round' dinners and/or further information:
WEBSITE: www.cityandbeach.com
EMAIL: info@cityandbeach.com
BLOG: www.nickysummerblog.com
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/nickysummer
RECENT PRESS: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/15/HOES1FLM1I.DTL&t
ype=homeandgarden
FACEBOOK PROFILES:
Nicky Summer
City & Beach Home
Summer All Year Round