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Style Moment | Hotel Palacio de Villapanés, Seville
“Good design is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its limitations.” George Nelson (1908-1986) American industrial designer
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COOL HOTELS | Seville | Hotel Palacio de Villapanés
Hotel Palacio de Villapanés, in Seville, Spain, was originally built as a private mansion for the Marques of Villapanés in the 18th century. It is now a fabulously designed hotel.
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Eye on Design | Madrid | Sculptor, José G. Onieva
I was in the Madrid design studio of Spain’s doyenne d’intérieurs, Isabel López-Quesada, when I spotted the little bronze sculpture on her desk. I was obsessed. “Where is it from?” I asked. Next stop, sculptor José G. Onieva.
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Style Moment | Behind the Cathedral de Sevilla
“We travel to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” Anais Nin (1903-1977) French-born American author
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Eye on Design | Seville | The Alcázar
Yes, it’s the same palace I snuck into – but I had only been able to see the gardens at that time. The next day I went back to the Royal Alcázar of Seville to see the glorious arched, tiled, filigreed, crenulated, vibrantly colorful interior. I am putting this post in Eye on Design, because…
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Style Moment | Reales Alcázares de Sevilla
“Yet all experience is an arch where through Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades Forever and forever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life!” Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) British poet
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Shenanigans in Sevilla
When I was in Seville, I broke into a church and a palace. The thing is, I only had a few days, and nothing was open when I needed it to be. I got to the Unesco World Heritage palace, El Real Alcázar de Sevilla, at 4:59. It closed at 5. I pleaded with the…
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Style Moment | Plaza Independencia, Madrid
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” Miriam Beard (1876-1958) American historian and archivist
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Eye on Design | Reykjavik | Fashion Sense
Elegant. Timeless. Classic. These are the three words that come to mind when describing the fashions of Icelandic brand, Ella. I was drawn into the store in Reykjavik by the refined look, and subtle palette, of the clothing. I was even more intrigued when I met the owner/creative director of Ella, and learned the story…
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Style Moment | Artist’s studio, Seville
Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) French Post-Impressionist artist
