Author: matthew
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Style Moment | Design office, Paris
“In a recurring dream, I’m invited to the Eameses’, and Ray tells me, ‘You know, for your house you should…’ I always wake up at that point, and spend the entire day trying to figure out what she was about to suggest.” Jean-Philippe Delhomme (born 1959) French writer and illustrator
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Paris | A & B Kasha
Who doesn’t dream of owning a pied-a-terre in Paris? American couple, Alon and Betsy Kasha, made that dream a reality…and a business called a + b kasha.
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Eye on Design | Random Treasures
Copenhagen It’s the antique dealer equivalent of the “junk drawer”…the box that holds a random collection of objects that are too precious or interesting or peculiar to throw away, but not quite valuable enough to be sold individually. I find that the contents are always, in their humble way, fascinating. Paris Copenhagen
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Style Moment | Musée du Louvre
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish-born painter and sculptor
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Milan | Wunderkammer Studio
10 Corso Como is always a must-see destination in Milan…while you’re in the neighborhood, go around the block to Wunderkammer Studio, a feast for a designer’s eye.
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Style Moment | Wunderkammer Studio, Milan
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he, for some reason, thinks it would be a good idea to give them.” Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker
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Eye on Design | Mid-century German porcelain | White on White
When I stumbled upon these white porcelain Mid-century West German vases at the flea market in Milan, I knew I’d found a treasure.
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Eye on Design | Milan | Villa Necchi Campiglio
Designed by architect Piero Portaluppi, Villa Necchi Campiglio is a glimpse, frozen in time, into the lives of an upper class Milanese family in the 1930’s.
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Style Moment | Ironstone plates, Copenhagen
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” William Morris (1834-1896) English textile designer, artist, and writer
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Paris | Comptoir de L’image
I am convinced that the whole history of 20th century art and design can be found in this tiny bookshop in the Marais.
