Nearly two decades ago Darryl Carter left a successful law career to pursue his love of design, a passion he has since exercised in spare, elemental rooms—as well as in his lighting collection for the Urban Electric Co., paints for Benjamin Moore, and his namesake Washington, D.C., shop. Signature style: A nuanced neutral palette, fanciful antique and vintage finds, dramatic juxtapositions of scale. Key Influences: Architect JØrn Utzon, cabinetmaker Thomas Day, artists Purvis Young and Igor Mitoraj. Latest projects: Interiors for the new D.C. restaurants Kinship and Métier. Washington, D.C.; darrylcarterom