Tag: Paris
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Eye on Design | Paris | Le Salon de la Mode-Maison
Maison & Objet 2011, Paris
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Style Moment | Paris shop window
“Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German writer
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Paris | Standing Invitation
It’s cold and raining. The Paris flea market, always a thrill for the first hour or two as the treasure hunt begins, has become less than thrilling in the cold rain. Hands cold, feet cold, head wet, heavy bags. Determined to get through Marché Paul Bert before I stopped for warmth and food, I trudged…
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Style Moment | Maison & Objet, Paris
“These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.” Gilbert Albert Highet (1906-1978) Scottish-American writer and literary historian.
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Style Moment | Marché Paul-Bert, Paris
“There’s beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes; Can trace it ‘midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise.” Felicia D. Hemans (1793 – 1835) English poet
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Not Part of the Exhibit
I love museums. There is always something that inspires me, and I invariably learn something new with each visit…but I am also intrigued by aspects of museums that aren’t part of the exhibit.
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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
