Author: matthew
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Style Moment | Paris garden
“Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing. ” Paola Antonelli, Senior curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Paris | Cèpes on Rue Temple
When I stopped to photograph these sublime mushrooms in Paris yesterday, my friend, Betsy, remarked, “Don’t you just want to decorate a room with those colors?” I absolutely do!
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Eye on Design | The Art of Daily Life
Have you ever been literally stopped in your tracks by the simple beauty of bread in a bakery window? I am constantly surprised by the splendor that can be found in everyday life. These unintentional commonplace vignettes can be every bit as awe-inspiring as a great work of art in a museum.
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Eye on Design | Giorgio Morandi | Ordinary Perfection
There is something very personal and intriguing about a still life. The subject matter can be unremarkable and ordinary, like a bowl of fruit or a vase of flowers…but set apart from its surroundings, it becomes a celebration of the familiar and humble.
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Style Moment | Sailboat in the Paris flea market
“Every object tells a story.” Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) American engineer and industrialist
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Tuscany | Passing-through Place
For one precious week, I was a part of the life of a charming village called Coreglia Antelminelli, on top of a mountain in Tuscany. Surrounded by the Apennine mountains, Coreglia Antelminelli has, for over a thousand years, overlooked the Serchio valley from a cliff that turns pink at sunset, in the shadow of a…
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Eye on Design | Paris | Down the Primrose Path
On a Paris street, the owners of this flower shop attracted customers by sprinkling rose petals along the sidewalk in front of their store.
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Eye on Design | Copenhagen | HAY
There are scores of great design stores in Copenhagen. Not too surprising with its history of great designers from the 50’s and 60’s….Jacobsen, Wegner, Henningsen, Juhl, to name a few. One of the stand-out stores is Hay, whose mission it is to recognize the illustrious past, but also to present contemporary Danish design for the…
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Paris | Capturing the Mona Lisa
The paparazzi stand before her 10 deep…elbowing to move forward, arching onto tip toes, and holding their cameras above the crowd. After about fifteen seconds a new crowd emerges, having rushed past Caravaggios, Raphaels, and Bellinis, but seeing only the signposts that lead them to her.
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Style Moment | Copenhagen antique store
“Objects are like friends invited into my home.” Axel Vervoordt (Born 1948) Belgian antique collector and designer
