Alan Bruton
- Alan Bruton moved to Italy in 2022, after years of visiting a biannual design festival in Venice.
- The designer went from a $1,200 studio in Houston to a roughly $1,070 three-bedroom home in Venice.
- He said contributing to Venice's culture before retiring is beneficial for him and the city.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alan Bruton, 59, about his decision to move to Venice, Italy in 2022. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I have Irish parents, and was born in Dallas. I moved to New York after college and I became a professor of architecture and interior design at Parsons.