April 2011 Archives

Poodles "Accessorate" Good Shepherd Spring Féte!!!

April 29, 2011 7:00 AM

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ISAAC MIZRAHI & RICHARD DESROCHE 
CO-CHAIRS

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Raising over $700,000.00 for NYC's at-risk youth 
at Good Shepherd Services benefit,
planned by the supreme "accessorator" Isaac Mizrahi!!!!!

Sitting on pink ballroom chairs, at tables dressed in pink cloths, "accessorated" with Preston Bailey's divinely decadent floral poodles, dinning on a  delicious dinner orchestrated by super-chef Mario Batali & dancing to great music under the glow of pink lights  ........ Board Member, Isaac Mizrahi "designed" the perfect 1st Annual Spring Party for Good Shepherd Services!!!!! 

Good Shepherd Services is a "social service and youth development agency serving at-risk New York City children and their families through a network of supports that promote a safe passage to self- sufficiency." Director Sister Paulette Lo Monaco and her staff do amazing work, achieving incredible results ....... as Isaac said, "supporting our young people is all of our responsibility!!!!"

L'Oro dei Farlocchi ... "Accessorations" Reign Supreme!

April 28, 2011 7:00 AM

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Maurizio Epifani is Milan's "accessortor" supreme!!!

His shop L'Oro dei Farlocchi, located in the Brera, 
is an ecclectic & eccentric collection of "fabooooolocity"!!!!
 
And the installation is the ultimate in "accessorations"!!! 

Don't forget the Hermes collection downstairs...... 
it's one of the best in the world!!

A must, must, must shopping extravaganza!!!!
And the website is divine too!!!
Take a look .......

Milan ........ An Exhibition of Work by RCA Students!!!

April 27, 2011 6:00 AM

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EVA MALSCHAERT, "PLEATED" 
A curtain where an oversized pleat,
becomes a seat in four stitched lines ......
and another set of lines becomes a bookshelf.
"Enclosed in the comfort of textiles,
you will find silence & solitude."

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JULIAN F. BOND, YOAV RECHES, ELS WOLDHEK, 
"YOU DO BAG MACHINE"
Interactive installation using Kavdrat fabric and 
Bemis adhesive technology ........
to produce a stitch-less, heat pressed tote.
Selecting a bag from the line, 
the visitor cuts their own handles .....
following the line of the heat press seam.

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JAMES TOOZE, "HOW TO MAKE A CHAIR OPEN SOURCE"
The directions to make this chair are available at the designers website.
Included are the 4 phases of the process, 
and a list of materials needed.
The goal is to make durable, affordable furniture ....
"which hopefully will be adapted/appropriated into many varied incarnations."

"The creative environment of this exhibition 
and  it's content reflects the diversity, experimentation, 
opinions, & talents found in the department."
Tord Boontje, 
Head of the Design Products department, RCA

Milan ...... A Whirlwind of Wacky & Wonderful Chairs!

April 26, 2011 6:00 AM

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I love an "odd" chair!!!
It is one of my most favorite "accessorations"!!!

And Milan Design week always has an 
over-abundance of oddities!!!

Last week was no exception ......
and these are among the wackier ones!!!
ENJOY!!! 

Milan, Lambrate ........ A Cross Section of Designers!!!

April 25, 2011 6:00 AM

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PIERRE OSPINA, UK, "Blossom Lights",
A landscape of cast iron LED lighting wrapped in rubber.


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LOREDANA BONORA, Italy, 
Design objects transformed by crochet in non-traditional yarns.

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DIEDERIK SCHNEEMANN, Rotterdam, "A Flip Flop Story"
 Lamps & vessels made from recycled flip flops.

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GRACE DU PREZ, UK, 
Chair upholstered in animal hide & hair, digitally embroidered.

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FLORIS HOVERS, Holland, "Flessen Boot"
 Furniture designer creates make-your-own toy boats
 from recycled plastic parts. 

Milan is a melange of locations, exhibitions, design experiences.... 
in a variety of shapes, colors, materials & silhouettes!!!!
Celebrated designers, lesser known, & students.... 
and this is just the beginning!!!!!

Milan ..... These Are The Chicest "Ladies Who Lunch"!!!

April 22, 2011 6:00 AM

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These two girls are my favorite Milanese beauties!!!

What could be better than a pair of well-dressed armoire's .......
looking glamourous on the Via della Spiga.......
in front of the door at  Moschino!!!!

Aren't they the most fabulous .......
Do you think they're going to Bagutta for lunch???

MIlan ... A Fabulous Birthday Celebration for Venini!

April 21, 2011 8:00 AM

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"THE NINE DECADES OF VENINI!!!"

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STUDIO JOB, "ARNOLFINI"

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STUDIO JOB, "CANDLESTICK LAMP"

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FULVIO BIANCONI, "FAZZOLETTO"

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I M LAB, "RHYTHM"

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MIMMO ROTELLA, "SASSO"

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EDWARD BARBER & JAY OSGERBY, 
"LANTERNE MARINE"

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FERNANDO & HUMBERTO CAMPANA, "FRAGMENTS"

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FERNANDO & HUMBERTO CAMPANA, "FRAGMENTS"

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ALESSANDRO MENDINI, "ANGELO GUERRIERO"

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LUCA NICHETTO, "OTTO"

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ETTORE SOTTSASS

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CARLO SCARPA, "TORCERA"

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EMMANUEL BABLED, "SIMBOSI" (glass & marble)

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RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC, "LIGHTHOUSE"

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STUDIO JOB, "TITS LAMP"

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FABIO ROTELLA, "MATILDA"

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ALESSANDRO MENDINI, "LA COLONNIA DI VENINI"

Renowned Italian glassmaker Venini 
celebrated "ninety years of passion for glass" 
with an exhibition at Milan's Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi.

This brilliant collection of glass objects & lighting,
began with Fulvio Bianconi's 1940's design "Fazzoletto" .....
and included the most recent, unique sculpture
of broken & reassembled glass  "Fragments" 
created by the Campana brothers.

Installing this extraordinary selection
of iconic & new works
amongst the museum's Renaissance collection of
paintings, sculpture, armour, 
furniture, & accessories ....
was ingenious!!!!

Milan ...... Shigeru Ban Builds "La Maison Hermés"!!!!

April 20, 2011 6:00 AM

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World renown Japanese architect Shigeru Ban collaborated
 with Hermés, to create the fantastic  .....
"La Maison Hermés"!!!!

The "house" was designed to exhibit the new Hermés
furniture, fabric, & wallpaper collections.

The architect started with a wood frame that supports 
paper tubes, that are used to create walls.
Paper was then woven through the tubing, enclosing
the walls and creating "rooms."
 There are no nails, instead pegs are used 
to assemble the structure. 

The "maison" can be taken down .....
and reconstructed, anywhere!!!

But, I can't imagine the installation looking more fabulous
 than it did, in this centuries old palazzo .....
in Milan!!!

Milan ..... Design Happens @ Spazio Rossana Orlandi!!!

April 19, 2011 8:00 AM

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Rossana Orlandi, owner of the eponymous design mecca
SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLNDI  & high priestess 
of contemporary design......
always exhibits the best of the best!!!!


EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK BY PIET HEIN EEK

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Seating units made from reclaimed pipes.

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This collection of individual glass and metal showcases, 
inspired by a vintage version,
create a single curving unit 
when placed under a single piece of glass.  

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Collection of painted benches made from rough,
 uncut, 
reclaimed planks.
Size depends on the length of the planks.

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Prototypes of vessels that were blown collectively
 by three glass blowers ...... 
creating one object.

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The original Dutch "Design God's" together........
Marteen Baas & Piet Hein Eyck.


BOTANICA, A Project by STUDIO FORMAFANTASMA

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These objects are "designed as if the oil-based era, 
in which we are living, never took place."
The designers are "investigating the pre-bakelite period, 
discovering unexpected textures, feelings, 
and the technical possibilities offered by natural polymers 
extracted from plants or animal-derivatives."


JAMESPLUMB, "HOME FROM HOME" Project  
Objects for this project were
created during a 2 month residency, 
at Spazio Rossana Orlandi,
at the end of 2010. 

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Hannah Plumb & James Ruessll work together, 
"with the overlooked and discarded, 
taking time worn antiques & cast offs 
to produce one-off assemblage, 
lumiares, & interiors." 


NACHO CARBONELL, "HOT KETTLE TRANSFORMATION"

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This collection of kettles, created in Milan during the 201 design week, 
was a collaboration with Mariana Relou. 
For this project "various hot kettles were transformed 
with layers of pigment textures, 
giving a unique, one-off finish to each vessel."


I am delighted to be a dedicated Rossana groupie .....
and I have been for a very long time!!!

Rossana's store are a visual feast & inspiration!!!
Known to be an incredible merchant and visionary ...... 
she works with the most innovative contemporary designers 
and influences design everywhere!!!

AND ..... she's done it again this year ......
BRAVO, ROSSANA!!!!!!

Milan ..... A Cacophony of Color Everywhere I Look!!!!

April 18, 2011 6:00 AM

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Milan was a treasure trove of divine design & a collage of color!!!
I was in "accessorator" heaven for the entire week!!!
Wouldn't you have been????

Milan .... Where A Chair Is Never Just A Chair!!!!!

April 15, 2011 6:00 AM

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I promise I am not playing favorites!!!!

But I adore this chair I saw today at Driade ........
 it's designed by Patricia Urquiola!!!
Okay, so I wrote about those divine glass pieces two days ago 
& they were her's too ...
Well, she's brilliant & the pieces were amazing!!!!

These rattan chairs are spectacular too ....
great shape, stunning color story, & a material I love ..... rattan!!!

Well, guess what .... she is one of my favorite designer's!!!
And I know she's going to appear here again!!!!
Without a doubt, because she's an "accessorator" supreme!!!

Consuela Castiglioni Plants a Garden @ Marni, Milan!

April 14, 2011 6:00 AM

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The Marni design team has this created this divine "green parlour"
in the courtyard of their store on the Via Spiga!!!!

By creating this divine installation,
Marni owner Consuelo Castiglioni hopes to 
"encourage the return of plants to our urban centers."
 
Wrapping furniture with black plastic garbage bags looks stunning
and is eco friendly, while still being chic!!!
And the black & white polka patterns create a spectacular visual,
especially with nature's green and Marni's white!!!!

In addition to the flora & fauna in the courtyard,
Sara Rossi's film "Laterna Magica" is projected on the walls!!!

There are no words to describe how fabulous this installation is!!!!
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!

Milan ......... Patricia Urquiola for Glasstress 2011!!!

April 13, 2011 6:00 AM

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Patricia Urquiola's first glass installation, in the Ventura Lambrate design area of Milan, is  part of the Glasstress 2011 exhibition a collateral event to the Venice Biennale. The exhibition features glass installations and sculpture from more than 20 world renowned designers and artists ...... including Jaime Hayon, Vik Muniz, Jaume Plensa, Monica Bonvicini, Ted Noten, Tony Oursler, and Joep Van Lieshout.

These whimsical pieces from Urquiola are a total delight!!!!
They are playful and charming .........
reflecting the designer's personality, 
much like the rest of her work!!!!

April In Paris ........ A Sunny & Sublime Saturday!!!!!

April 12, 2011 6:00 AM

A horse is a horse of course, of course .......
And nothing could be better that a Hermes Horse ...
made from Hermes towels!!!!!

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This stripe wall at Paul Smith was pretty fabulous too!!!!

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This vintage Morgan ........
double-parked in front of Le Deux Magots ......
definitely a dream come true!!!

A visit to the Fondation Cartier ......
to see "Vaudou" ........
or as we say in NYC Vooooodoooooo!!!


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All topped off with a fabulous dinner.....
at Le Timbre!!!!!

What else can happen next...... except to go to Milan!!!!

Lotsa' Great Stuff Coming ..... I'm On My Way to Milan!

April 11, 2011 7:00 AM

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