May 2012
5 posts
Palette and Paint: white on white
leslie williamson
alvar alto’s house
watch: jiro dreams of sushi
you have to fall in love with your job. you must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. - jiro ono
road trip: russel wright house
i believe with religious intensity that good design is for everyone - russel wright
you must see
pioneer industrial designer russel wright’s gorgeous house
50 miles north of manhattan
visit: russel wright design center
thank you: leslie williamson
watch
beauty has power to disarm the barbarian; there is no greater security against violence and injury than beauty and dignity. - leon battista alberti
helena almeida
we shall not cease from exploration
and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time.
- t.s. eliot
thank you: the yard
take your pleasure seriously - charles eames
April 2012
6 posts
paris visit: le chateaubriand
insanely poetic food
from chef inaki aizpitarte
read: edible selby’s inaki aizpitarte
watch: inaki aizpitarte
interview with his favorite parisian spots: here
reservations available 2 weeks in advance
open tables after 9:30pm (psst…get in line at 9pm)
128 ave parmentier, 11th arr. Paris 33-1-43-57-45-95
The Cultivated Lady: Leslie Williamson
J.B Blunk Residency
hands down, one of our favorite photographers
leslie williamson
shares the stories + music that color her experience
from europe where she’s shooting
the sibling to the must read handcrafted modern
listen: present with leslie williamson
read: charles bello’s house in her nytimes blog
take it home: marni furniture
made for marni
by columbian ex-prisoners
for salone di mobile furniture show
April 17 - 22nd in Milan
thank you: oyster
austin visit: bungalow no. 13 at hotel st. cecilia
margaritas by the pool
the sounds of morning doves
amber wafting through the air
huge old live oak trees shading you
a place where you catch yourself
admiring everything
thank you: liz lambert
the artisan: christien meindertsma
Christien Meindertsma
dutch textile designer
who explores the life
of products and raw materials.
watch: christien meindertsma
I want to write something new - something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
March 2012
7 posts
James Turrell, Meeting
Matthias Heiderich
JM Drygoods
Peter Coffin, Orange Pyramid
Friday Kahlo
Louise Bourgeois
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange it made me so happy, As ordinary things often do Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the...
a farmhouse in japan
two japanese men who fell in love with a farmhouse
read: minka: my farmhouse in japan
thank you: commune
a seamless existence
thank you: commune design
thank you: in the make - artist jesse schlesinger’s house
thank you: wilder - scott a. sant’angelo
a seamless existence
where indoors is outdoors
is home is work
is play is nature
let’s open the window
and let in some sky
visit: Inis Meáin
the blue hour
guiseppe celi
leech pottery
Daniel de la Falaise - chef and farmer
thank you
french work jacket
bill cunningham
we just learned denim
was originally called serge de nimes
because it was made in Nîmes, france
fun: pardon my french
the cultivated lady: ray eames
a painter, who took her pleasure seriously
her life was work, was fun, was life …
In her own words:
‘we don’t do art, we solve problems”
watch: charles + ray eames: the architect + the painter
sunday: sit down and take your time
clear north
listen: my sweet lord
read: things not to worry about
paris visit: lacquer walls at dries van noten mens...
apparently when dries van noten found this space
these gorgeous lacquer walls
had been there since the 70’s
how mysterious!
visit: Dries Van Noten, 7 Quai Malaquais, Paris
listen to: yoshikazu iwamoto
read: wabi sabi
take it home: hollandlac brilliant gloss enamel from fine paints of europe
February 2012
7 posts
bloom
raf simons, a final ovation
montmarte via l’officiel hommes
belgian florist, thierry boutemy
404 avenue louise, brussels
merci, 111 boulevard beaumarchais, paris
lukasz wierzbowski
fox fodder farm
read: busho ikebana or the ‘lazy school of ikebana.’ this lovely little book shows floral habits in the most unattended manner
paris visit: vibrant yellow
citron yellow curtains at the dries van noten
acacia yellow all over paris: acacia pycantha
imperial yellow apilco porceline at chez janou in le marais
india yellow from albers at centre pompidou
watch: the study of yellow at albers in america
read about the hue: color
take it home: layers of bamboo at christophe...
the dressing room is what got us
khaki heavy linen curtains
floor and walls
covered in bamboo
we were transported
Christophe Lemaire
28, rue de poitou
christophe lemaire’s 10 songs that saved his life
paris visit: margaret howell store
at the end of an alley
we found the margaret howell store
and fell for the anglepoise lamps on
nesting tables
margaret howell
6, place de la madeleine
Paris visit: brancusi's studio at the pompidou
“to see far is one thing, going there is another.”
pop of india pink
big eyes
after the festival of holi
a story of india
le dans la
Lucie Rie & Hans Coper pottery, 18 Albion Mews 1950
chez panisse 40th celebration flowers
jill sander and katrin
an artist's artist
john currin painting of rachel feinstein
phillip lorca di corcia of malerie marder
craig mcdean of taryn simon
leslie williamson of kay sekimachi
leslie williamson of june schwarcz
watch: a life of making
January 2012
8 posts
tell me, what is it you plan to do, with your one wild and precious life?
- mary oliver
watch: diana nyad
listen: jane fonda
Palette and Paint: white, grey, black and wood
the light in ghandi’s room at the time of day that he walked out into the garden for the last time
Thank you: Martien Mulder
dorthea lange
Wauw Design
sophie taeuber arp
the brick house
winter white, black horizon, iced slate
Prince Edward Island
father and daughter - Harriott Grace
robert motherwell
watch: michelle williams on charlie rose
listen on...
A Pop of Blue
still + company
ysl in his backyard in marrakech
martien mulder
own entity
james turrell
lapis lazuli
listen: leonard cohen’s sisters of mercy
read: Blood, Bones and Butter
watch: Beginners
notes from the office of a creative - saul bass
“where do ideas come from?
from looking at one thing and seeing another
speculating, changing, pulling, transforming
and if you’re lucky
you come out with something maybe worth saving, using and building on
that’s when the game stops and that’s when the work begins…
and if you’re patient
there will come that moment
when you’re eating an...
the building block: the knit
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anouk aimee and friend
it matters how you feel in it
A Man and A Woman
a film to watch
over and over again
watch: a man and a woman
listen to: baden powell + samba sarava!
the artist: yayoi kusama
For her latest museum show
Japanese artist + dot lover yayoi kusama
created a perfectly white space
and then gave thousands of kids stickers
to a thrilling effect
we get
the obliteration room
if the desert is calling your name...
read: agnes martin
listen: ballake sissoko + vincent segal
visit: 10,000 waves or amanigiri
explore: festival in the desert
December 2011
7 posts
jane goodall’s journey
karen blixen’s kenya
georgia o’keeffe’s new mexico
charis wilson’s eloquent nude
wishing you well being + adventure in 2012 …
if you're making a pilgrimage to the mountains...
cameron martin
martien mulder
the steward
the brick house
ingalls photography
poppy de villeneuve for APIECE APART
listen to: A>G>E or here
read: mont blanc
watch: into great silence
visit: explora lodge
If you're going to the sea . . .
martien mulder
hiroshi sugimoto
glynnis mcdaris for apiece apart
leslie williamson
the steward
edward weston, big sur
read: the slow pacific swell
listen to: small craft on the milk sea- brian eno
the last minute gift: etwas canvas bag
we bought this bag in multiples
for our friends
deck the halls holiday market
until dec 22nd, 12 - 8pm
32 prince @ mott st, nyc
or order them from will + ship them: studio@etwasbags.com
$50
Winter Ideas
gift yourself art Jan Yoors at Anouck Leper’s Antwerp home
Add new lighting Aetlier de Troupe
Stay at home
listen to father and son gasper claus + pedro soler barlande
go to milan with li edelkoort talking textiles
decorate with white berries
Stack your outdoor pots indoors Grdn
dine on a fermentation feast Wilder Quarterly
the perfect compliment to winter: a detacher socks
a detacher knee length wool socks
encourage winter’s foggy chill
to lean towards the poetic
drink: wild mint + sage
listen: tree of life
thank you: tim hout
a pattern language: homage to the building block
lylaandblu
the brick house
eve ashcraft’s studio
inside
isa in williamsburg — thank you: leslie williamson
like a perfect staple
to wear everyday
we’re seeing building blocks everywhere
build your wardrobe
piece by piece
one simple, perfect garment at a time
November 2011
8 posts
Steal this palette: Clyfford Still painting
you come first, the clothes later.
reinvent new combinations of what you already own.
be creative.
- karl lagerfeld
a pattern language: the dance of a starling flock
wouldn’t a massive starling flock turning and twisting make a lovely print on a textile?
book for you: happy life
from Happy Life
clear north
Inside
this book will inspire you
to take notice
of the long light
it’s patterns
and the changing seasons…
Happy Life
Thank you: Caitlin of Metrode
DIY- Glossy Black
the brick house
roman and williams 211 elizabeth st
roman and williams John Dory Oyster Bar
roman and williams office
Inspired by the overwhelmingly beautiful interiors of
Roman and Williams
We are doing it too.
Painting our doors and window frames glossy black.
How-to-kit: Fine Paints of Europe, The Dutch Door
Road Trip: George Nakashima's House (again!)
this year we stayed a little longer
soaking up the long fall light
on his sculptural furniture
last years post
to visit
A Book For You: Tantra Song
in the 17th century
long before Malevich, Arp and, Rothko
Tantric devotees in Rajasthan, India
used tempera, gouache, and watercolor
to create beautiful, highly concise...
DIY: Rope Chair
george nakashima chair
outside frankies 457
after an autumnal visit
to george nakashima’s house
we want to take a chair
and wrap it up in rope…
palette: great white
great white from farrow and ball
canvas bag from etwas
agnes thor
particular aesthetic
glynnis mcdaris for apiece apart
not too cold
not too warm
with enough color to make you notice
this white is great
October 2011
7 posts
of being woven
margaret howell’s home
anni albers
A wall standing alone is useless, but put three or four walls together, and they’ll support a roof and keep grain dry and safe.
When ink joins with a pen, then the blank paper can say something.
Rushes and reeds must be woven to be useful as a mat. If they weren’t interlaced; the wind would blow them away.
- of being woven