( Architectural Digest ) -- The great American graphic designer Milton Glaser once declared , `` There are three responses to a piece of design—yes , no , and wow ! Wow is the one to aim for . '' Tommy and Dee Hilfiger apparently endorse that notion . The fashion mogul and his wife have planted their flag on a glorious stretch of beachfront just north of Miami with a home defined by spectacular moments , whimsical flourishes , and astonishing coups de théâtre . In this case wow ! might be an understatement . `` We 're here for the weather , the Latin flavor , the art , and the palm trees . Most of all we 're here for the fun , '' says Tommy . The residence also provides a base near his latest business venture . Hilfiger , who sold his fashion label several years ago but remains its principal designer , recently purchased the Raleigh hotel in Miami Beach , and he plans to refurbish the Art Deco gem starting in 2015 . But first he and Dee had their own renovation project to tackle . The house they settled on was a 2007 modern structure , offering some 14,000 square feet . Size was crucial , as the couple coveted space for works from their extensive art collection that had long been held in storage . Architectural Digest : Isaac Mizrahi 's Jaw-Dropping Greenwich Village home . `` Our Connecticut home feels very country , with lots of taxidermy , and our place in Mustique has a more British Colonial vibe . We wanted to be able to showcase the colorful large-scale artworks that did n't make sense elsewhere , conceptually or size-wise , '' Dee explains , referring to their trove of Pop and post-Pop treasures by Andy Warhol , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Keith Haring , Damien Hirst , Tracey Emin , and others . To realize the energetic , art-friendly abode they imagined , the couple turned to Los Angeles interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard . Having admired his facility with bold gestures and integrating major art into domestic settings—specifically , his work at the L.A. residence of Elton John and David Furnish—the Hilfigers enlisted Bullard to help conjure a home attuned to the rhythms and colors of Miami . Architectural Digest : A Modernist Dream House in Southern California . `` Tommy and Dee obviously have an incredible sense of fashion , so my job was to translate their vision into interior spaces that feel vibrant and compelling , '' says Bullard . `` Together , we conceived the house as part art gallery and part 1960s -- '70s disco madness . '' The designer started by replacing ubiquitous dark-wood paneling and expanses of travertine with clean white walls and new flooring of white-glass tiles to cultivate a pristine aura . For graphic contrast he reclad the central staircase in black marble—a strategy reiterated in the black and white stripes on the kitchen floor . Once the backdrop was set , it was off to the races . Architectural Digest : Bette Midler 's Incredible Penthouse . `` I told Martyn , 'If it 's not shagadelic or groovy , it 's not coming into the house , ' '' Dee recounts , describing her criteria for furniture and finishes . True to form , Bullard obliged with a kaleidoscopic array of colors , materials , and furnishings , all deployed in vignettes that scream glamour and sex appeal . The heart of the home is the voluminous living room , presided over by a monumental collaborative painting by Warhol and Basquiat . Ignoring stale precepts that dictate the isolation of art from decor , Bullard extrapolated the painting 's vivid hues in an orgiastic hair-on-hide carpet featuring lavish swirls . He also commissioned reeditions of classic sofas by Vladimir Kagan and side tables by Willy Rizzo to inhabit the space . See more photos of the Hilfiger 's home on ArchDigest.com . Reprinted with permission of Conde Nast .
'If it 's not shagadelic or groovy , it 's not coming into the house ' Tommy and Dee Hilfiger aim for a 'wow ' factor in their Miami Beach residence . Pop and post-Pop Art treasures adorn the couple 's some 14,000 square feet home . Designer Tommy planned 'part art gallery and part '70s -- 1960s disco madness '