Article: Designer's Havana-Deco Collection combines nostalgia, hipness.

Byline: Carlos Harrison

MIAMI _ Havana-Deco style reminds us of Ricky Ricardo and Havana in its heyday, with a boldness all its own.

"If it makes you think of tropical fruit, it's a total success," says Luis Lopez. The cherubic Cuban interior decorator and professor launched his Havana-Deco Collection in January 2002 as a nostalgic revival of the lifestyle he left behind when he boarded what was known as a "freedom flight" to Miami in 1969.

The six sofas and four chairs in the furniture line take their names from Havana neighborhoods such as Almendares, Guanabo, and Santa Fe; an ottoman borrows its name from an intersection as recognizable to ...

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