What’s your go-to host gift?

A great bottle of wine and a bunch of beautiful hydrangeas or peonies.

What is your everyday bedding?

Frette is my favorite. Sheet set by Frette, from $298.

What’s your favorite kind of towel?

Belgian Waffle Towels by Mungo. They’re made by a really interesting family-run company in South Africa. Belgian Waffle Towels by Mungo, set of four, $132.

What’s the best wedding present you’ve given or received?

I gave my friend a small yellow Poly chair by Max Lamb, the British designer.

What would you give to a recent college graduate?

A ticket to China and a book on meditation.

What is your go-to kitchen appliance?

What is the best design book to give as a gift?

Right now, definitely the new Ettore Sottsass Phaidon book. It’s gorgeous. Ettore Sottsass, by Philippe Thomé (Phaidon, 2014), $150.