About
Michael Trapp is a designer, antiquarian, and curator whose work spans interiors, landscapes, and the sourcing of European antiques and architectural elements. His practice is grounded in the relationship between architecture, objects, and the land — shaping environments that feel composed, lived with, and deeply rooted in place.
Drawing on European precedent as well as the traditions of American country houses and gardens, the work moves between disciplines rather than separating them. An interior may begin with the scale of a room, a garden with the structure of the surrounding architecture, or a project with a single object whose material presence helps define everything around it.
Philosophy
The work is guided by proportion, material integrity, and the quiet authority of age. Interiors are approached architecturally, with close attention to scale, rhythm, and permanence. Gardens are shaped as extensions of the house, structured to unfold over time rather than announce themselves all at once. Antiques and architectural fragments are introduced not as decoration, but as elements that reinforce character, memory, and form.
The aim is not to impose a style, but to create spaces that feel inevitable — rooms and landscapes that appear to have settled naturally into themselves, gaining depth and beauty through use, weathering, and time.
Areas of Practice
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Interior Design
Rooms informed by architecture, patina, and historical proportion.
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Landscape Design
Gardens and grounds shaped by structure, precedent, and seasonality.
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Antiques & Architectural Elements
A curated selection of European objects and materials for interior and garden.