Carter Design is a bicoastal boutique interior design studio founded in 2010 by the husband-and-wife team of Genevieve White Carter and Cy Carter. Known for taking an anthropological approach to the design process, the couple creates residential and commercial spaces that tease out the essence of their inhabitants through a savvy and spirited interchange of materials, art and objects, whether the house is a glass-and-steel mid-century modern in the Hollywood Hills or an 18th-century clapboard in the Hamptons. Matching two decades of experience working for such innovative Los Angeles–based studios as Commune Design and Cliff Fong with a deep multigenerational grounding in East Coast design history, Genevieve and Cy bring a unique wit and wisdom to their interiors that’s enhanced by their wide network of artists, artisans and makers. Light-chasers and wonder-wanderers, the Carters work across the U.S. while living most days on the North Shore of Long Island—just a stone’s throw from Box Hill, the estate designed by Genevieve’s great-great grandfather, the renowned designer and bon vivant Stanford White.