Interiors
October 4, 2010 · Comment
“Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen,” an innovative new exhibition at New York’s
Museum of Modern Art, is now open and running through March 14.
“Conceived by the museums Department of Architecture and Design, the exhibition explores the ways in which the 20th-century kitchen and its continual redesign reflects social, economic, and political change throughout the world. “Counter Space” features almost 300 works from the MoMA’s collection, including design objects, architectural plans, posters, photographs, archival films, prints, paintings, and media works.”
Interiors
September 30, 2010 · Comment
Loving the looks of this new wine bar, Enoteca, designed by Angie Hranowsky. The mix of rustic wood with the rich grey paneled walls, button-tufted banquette, luxurious curtains, and gold accents makes for an incredibly visually interesting environment. I wouldn’t mind having a glass or two here when the light gets low, would you?
[Angie Hranowsky]
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September 27, 2010 · Comment
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September 24, 2010 · Comment
I’ve had a bunch of images of Marc Jacob’s apartment saved for a while, and when I went to create this post, I realized that they didn’t all look like they came from the same apartment… and then I realized that the shots that show Marc himself showed two very different Marcs. Interestingly, they are of his first and second Paris apartments, before and after his transformation into a tan, fit, and meticulously groomed version of himself. Here, his first apartment.
Had you forgotten that he used to look like this?? I had! He looks like a baby! Would you ever see him in this outfit or with hair like this today? Never! Pretty crazy transformation.
Click through for shots from his current Paris apartment. Apparently after the personal-image transformation he also went on an absolute contemporary-art-buying bender, as his previous apartment had almost none and his current apartment his practically overflowing with Ruschas, Currins, etc.
The man as he is today. Yes, that’s an Ed Ruscha painting behind him. Pretty intense image, no? Shot for W Magazine.
I like the two shots above, they look homey and warm, but other than that, I like the old apartment better… for example, I like the room below about 0%.
??? Is this even in the same apartment? Where is all the Parisian architectural charm???
Same question here… why is this so not charming and very, like, Hyatt Regency Chicago? (Although I will point out that Richard Prince above the bed. Having a Richard Prince above your bed is kind of, um, absurd. Those things hang in museums. And apparently over Marc Jacob’s bed.
Conclusion: he drastically improved his own appearance and his art collection, but somehow took a downgrade in the taste in interiors department. Do you agree?
Interiors
September 20, 2010 · Comment
Don’t you love seeing other people’s bulletin boards of inspiration? Seeing what kinds of things they pull and how they organize them (or don’t organize them)?
Click through for more…
Top, from the home of Sabrina Linn; above, the home office of the executive producer of Oprah, as decorated by Nate Berkus.
Above and below, the Ban.Do team’s bulletin wall.
Can’t remember the source of this one above… Domino??
Above and below, perennial favorite Jenna Lyon’s office bulletin board.
[sources: all over]
Interiors
September 17, 2010 · Comment
Can’t wait to see this one! The homes of 115 CFDA members, including Kate Spade, Donna Karan, Elie Tahari, Oscar de la Renta, and on and on. Isn’t it fascinating to see how someone’s fashion sense translates into interior tastes?
Above, the living room of Diane von Furstenburg. Below, the living room of Tory Burch.
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Interiors
September 13, 2010 · Comment
Still seriously loving the Kentucky home of Mark Badgley and James Mischka, as photographed for Elle Decor.
This photo above always gets me, I like pretty much every element… the color-coordinated cookbooks + hanging pots and pans + white subway tile + high-contrast countertop + brass drawer hardware.
Lots of my favorite things for a dining room– built-in bookshelves, cozy size, dark walls… Interesting that the books on the bookshelves provide almost the only color throughout the house.
Notice that the house has almost no color (other than the books on the bookshelves)– they make great use of contrasting whites and black and warm it up with lots of wood tones and shades of leather. Also no patterns other than plaid! Sounds like it would be severe but it’s not!
Love this bedroom.
The walls of most of the rooms Sherwin Williams Modern Gray, according to the article in Elle Decor.
Badgley is actually a serious horse-person, so they fully refurbished the barn and riding ring for his two show-horses, Brando and Cooper, so named “because they are so good-looking.” Ha!
[original Elle Decor article online here]
Interiors
September 8, 2010 · Comment
Portuguese firm Aires Mateus unveiled these sand-floored houses at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. This is one of those where your first thought is, “How has no one thought of this before? How fun to have a beach house with sand floors!”
My next thought was, “Except, you would ALWAYS have sand in your bed… Ick.” Not to fear, they have put the bedrooms in separate little structures (in above photo, white buildings are bedrooms, thatched is living room) that look beyond tidy and sand-less, although I don’t know how you’d keep it that way.
But my doubts continued and my next thought was, “How does electrical and plumbing work in this building?? How is the foundation solid?? Doesn’t the old proverb start, ‘Do not build your house on the sand?’”
Then I decided not to look a gift-horse in the mouth…
…I’d rather keep the daydream alive of one day having a sand-floored beach house.
[Aires Mateus]
[Dezeen]
Interiors
September 3, 2010 · Comment
1972. Zebra rug, dark lacquered walls and ceiling, loads of art on the wall. A fixture in his day who hung out with the likes of Nan Kempner, Nancy Reagan, and Bill Blass. The man had style.
[NYT]
Interiors
August 30, 2010 · Comment
An abandoned castle from 1100 transformed into the Tuscan destination of your romance-/Italy-/design-loving dreams. Castello di Vicarello, restored by the Bacchareschi Berti family, opened in 2003.
If you want to pick up some Italian cooking skills, you can help out Aurora in the kitchen, where she runs an informal cooking school. That sounds like the best kind of cooking school to me.
[Vicarello website]
[CoolHunter]
