Helen Thompson knows what she’s talking about—especially when it comes to interior design and architecture. A nationally known writer, she’s been incubating her new book, Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High Desert, for 30 years. In between the first inkling of the book and its publication in November came the two other titles in her trilogy: Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert and Texas Made/Texas Modern: The House and the Land.
We talked with Thompson about a new book born of an old idea, Santa Fe architecture and design, and why it’s actually Western to make friends with modern.
Cowboys & Indians: Your name is known to lots of readers from your contributions to Texas Monthly, Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living, Western Interiors, Traditional Home, and Veranda. You’re a
