Penny Drue Baird


Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC, based in Paris and New York, is an American interior designer, also known for her architectural work.

Career

Baird is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Rochester. She has a doctoral degree in psychology and studied interior design at The New York School of Interior Design.
Baird's style was recognized in Unquestionably Addicted to Paris: Penny Drue Baird's Book List in September 2011.

Notable accomplishments

Baird has been listed as one of Architectural Digest's Top 100 of the world's best interior designers and architects. She is also a winner of Rohm & Haas's “Prettiest Painted Rooms in America”.
Baird has been mentioned and quoted in over 150 shelter magazines and periodicals, including Architectural Digest's "A Promise of a Year in Paris", "The Accent is French", and "Charm, Rekindled".
Baird has authored four books and been featured in an article titled, "Feasts & Celebrations; Fantasy for A Good Cause", in The New York Times. Her work has been recognized in Best Interior Designers Magazine, Huffington Post, and DuJour Magazine.

Books

  • . On Interior Design. Images Press 2019
  • . Dreamhouse. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2015
  • The New French Interior. New York: Monacelli Press, 2011
  • Bringing Paris Home. New York: Monacelli Press, 2008
  • Contemporary Classics. Interiors by Penny Drue Baird. New York: Monacelli Press, 2014.
  • PENNY DRUE BAIRD ON INTERIOR DESIGN. New York: Images Publishing Dist Ac, 2018
  • Interiors - The Greatest Rooms of the Century. New York: Phaidon Press, 2019.
  • Interior Design Master Class: 100 Lessons from America's Finest Designers on the Art of Decoration. New York: Rizzoli, 2016.