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On behalf of the entire team at Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty, we take great pleasure in introducing the premier issue of our entirely redesigned RESIDE
magazine.
RESIDE has not only been given a cover-to-
cover makeover but it has also been re-imagined. RESIDE mines the wisdom of experts across the arts, culture, society, sport, travel, design, fashion and food worlds to deliver fresh and unexpected insights. In page after page, global tastemakers, in- fluencers and innovators share their definitions of connoisseurship, whether that means fine objects, new ideas or uncommon experiences.
In this issue, we invite you to engage in a conversation with a global network of thought leaders we hope will fuel your passion and open a door to unexpected insight into art, culture, design and gracious living.
Laurence Kanter, the chief curator of Yale University Art Gallery, has said, “Connois- seurship is not about objects; it’s a process of thinking about and making distinctions among things.”
We couldn’t agree more.
We asked fashion icon Brunello Cucinelli (page 22) to share his passion for leaving the world a better place than he found it. “Philan- thropy should be a very important theme in life,” he tells us. And so he has spent the last 30 years restoring Solomeo, the small town in Italy where his company is based. “When I was a young person, I always imagined that someday I
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would have the ability to give back. To me, what I donate is simply what is due.”
Celebrated international garden designer Tim Rees (page 16) is equally passionate about gardens, especially his sanctuary in Umbria. “Gardens are a vocation,” he says, “and we haven’t finished this one yet. While decorating is a finite process, gardens exist in time.”
Closer to home, we invite you to explore the famous crystal-clear waters of The Bahamas, as we look at the five best places in the islands to anchor your yacht or sailboat for a nautical ad- venture, as well as the top five diving locations across the country. We also explore the culi- nary side of the Bahamian isles in an interview with Tim Tibbitts, the award-winning chef of the Flying Fish restaurant, as he shares with us his favourite places to eat like a local through- out The Bahamas.
We strive to offer sharp, engaging writing on topics that resonate with our readers and cel- ebrate the fusion of home, art and life in The Ba- hamas. We hope you will agree that RESIDE, our new Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty magazine, is extraordinary reading for extraordi- nary living.
GEORGE DAMIANOS
President
Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty
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