Antonio Ballatore

[Jewelsy]

Antonio Ballatore


Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Age: 40

Current Job: Set designer


Why I should win HGTV Design Star:
Because I'm bigger, badder and bolder.

Describe your design style in four words.
Modern cave dwelling meets medieval contemporary

Who is your design icon?
My dad

What is your dream design project?
Too many to list

Where do you get your inspiration?
Friends, travel and music

When designing, what can't you live without?
Inspiration

What are your most creative hours of the day?
Midnight to 3 am

What do you think is the worst design trend?
Shabby chic

What's one thing about you that would surprise people?
I love to cook.

Where's the farthest you've ever traveled from home?
Japan. I helped curate an art show for NYC artists and photographers.

What's your guilty pleasure?
Fast cars and faster women. Food.

What's your most unusual talent?
Don't ask.

What word/phrase do you say way too often?
F*#k

When I was a kid, I thought I would be:
A rock star

What's your fashion style?
T-shirt and jeans

Favorites
Color: Flat black, hot pink and fluorescent green
Scent: Napalm in the morning
Music: Metal, punk rock and outlaw country
Food: Healthy organic, Vietnamese and Italian
Magazine: Rolling Stone, Dwell, Bon Appetit, Dazed and Id
Movie: The Jerk
TV Show: Rock of Love
Room in your house: The kitchen and bedroom
Room to design: Bathroom
Thing in your home: A jackalope, art, old records, guitars, collection of oddities and books
Hobbies: Cooking
Vacation destination: Southeast Asia and Italy
HGTV show: Divine Design and Design on a Dime

Design Star : Design Star Designers : Home & Garden Television

[prhoshay]

I see a middle-aged crisis that needs a lot of attention. I love guys who love to cook, though.

[lobeck]

Ugh...let's see...his favorite TV show is "Rock of Love" and his guilty pleasure is "fast cars and faster women"? Yeah, I think his favorite movie is appropriate...

[norealityhere]

I took a quick glance at the guy's picture and the bottom half of the page describing faster women, etc. and I thought - he must be from LA! Sure enough, he is!! Nothing in his bio looks to be design that I would find appealing. I hope my first impression is wrong.

[mandmmom2]

Don't like his ego....

[mom3]

Ugh...let's see...his favorite TV show is "Rock of Love" and his guilty pleasure is "fast cars and faster women"? Yeah, I think his favorite movie is appropriate...

At the end of the first show he was already contemplating hitting on Genevieve...until the others told him she was married. Nevertheless, I'm thinking he could be the most "entertaining" of this year's contestants.

[prhoshay]

He definitely thinks his poop doesn't stink!

[Arielflies]

HGTV show: Divine Design and Design on a Dime

Really??? Design on a Dime I could see, but Divine Design? I don't think I've ever seen Candice do Rockabilly Chic.

Anyway - we have our ALPHA MALE and all the brawling and drama that entails. We've already seen evidence this past week when it looked like he would stomp Nathan into the dust. Why, oh why are they doing that to us this year??? Can't we all just get along? Can't we all just have an enjoyable experience without the drama?

[Little Sew&Sew]

Liked his use of paint in the White Room challenge. The design really seemed to POP out at you. But other than the paint, the room was less than nothing special.

[prhoshay]

Not even slightly a fan of his op-art room.