A zealous collector all his life, Richard Shapiro shifted his attention to exceptional furniture and objects and, in 2001, opened his namesake store on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Now the principal of his own design firm, Studiolo, Shapiro approaches home design (his own as well as that of his clients) less as a decorator than as a curator attuned to the nuances of placement and juxtaposition. In his various incarnations as artist, collector, antiquarian and museum trustee (he was on the board of MOCA for seven years), Shapiro has gained access to some of the world's most extraordinary homes. Mayer Rus is the West Coast editor of Architectural Digest. Prior to joining Architectural Digest, Rus was the design and culture editor of Los Angeles Times Magazine, design editor of House & Garden, and editor-in-chief of Interior Design magazine. A celebrated design arbiter, Rus has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Elle Décor, Vogue, Artforum and W, and has contributed essays to recent monographs on the work of design firm Atelier AM, photographer Francois Halard, and designer James Magni.