Category: EYE ON DESIGN
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Eye on Design | Barcelona | Colores de Mercado de la Boqueria
The market de la Boqueria in Barcelona is bursting with luscious fruit and vegetables, all varieties of meat, fish that is fresh from the sea, fresh eggs and pungent cheese, even sparkly, sugary candy…
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Eye on Design | Copenhagen | Fired Up
I don’t know if it’s because of the porcelain tradition started in 1775 by Royal Copenhagen (above), or just because the long winters are so cold and dark that it makes sense to have a kiln going, but there are multitudes of ceramic designers in Denmark.
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Eye on Design | Copenhagen | Style with Substance
I walked past the shop and then doubled back, because I couldn’t resist going inside to have a closer look at the pendant in the window. It was perfection in its simplicity…a circle of black onyx with an inner circle of white gold…graceful and elegant. Inside the Copenhagen shop, Danish designer, Rebekka Notkin, was every…
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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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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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Eye on Design | Paris | Le Corbusier house
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” Le Corbusier (1897 – 1965) A striking white modernist structure is tucked into the Square du Docteur Blanche, a stark contrast to the traditional stone chimney-topped townhouses. Built in the early…
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Eye on Design | Saint-Émilion | Graffiti, circa 18th century
There it was, high up inside the 12th century bell tower of the church of Saint-Èmilion…evidence that there are some things that never change.
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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.
