The Decorator: September 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Wilton Residence - Hunting Lodge Chic!

the orange pop of the iconic Jacobsen classic...

against the ethereal silhouetted tree lined wallpaper

and baby grand

charcoal sofa by Vitra

opening the space with room divider display shelving

neo-classical head with modernist pendants against traditional architectural detail

Dear Ingo light by Moooi suspended like a UFO

about to land against the blue entry walls

approaching the blown out white casual living space ....

traditional stone hearth beautifully emerges

from the all white surrounds

revelational hand painted landscaped vintage chairs

by Leslie Oschman

Sky Garden light by Flos

provides the 'cone of silence' over the recycled timber table

Loving the serenity.....
recycled timber feature wall texturises the monochrome bedroom

what lies within?

This 1930's Connecticut Hunting Lodge
has been thoughtfully transported into the now
by Uxus Design

words by J Watson-Evans

via Interiors

photos Dim Balsem

Monday, September 26, 2011

Architecture - Physical Graffiti

architectural graffiti detail finally arrives
at The Hive in Fitzroy

by ITN architecture

Tag Elevation

Arrow windows

It's all in the detail!

via Felicity & ITN Architecture Melbourne

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Shoegasm from Daphne Guiness

These wonderous shoes from the collection of style maven,
fashion iconoclast Daphne Guiness are just part of the exhibition
Daphne Guiness currently on show at The Museum FIT NYC......

Alex McQueen

Nina Ricci

via 1st Dibs & The Museum at FIT

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Get Closer

earlier this year the Metropolitan Museum of Art held a free photography contest asking entrants to photograph a small detail of any work of art in the permanent collection,

which moved them and captured their imagination.....the text that follows these images was submitted by the photographers themselves as their personal interpretation

on the meaning of the detail...

these are just two of the many examples from Get Closer

that captured mine...

detail photo by Jia Guo

Indian Girl or the Dawn of Christianity

In the 19th century, an aboriginal girl is fixated on the cross.
In the 21st century, a New Yorker is holding her iPhone in the same pose.
The objects and the times are different, but perhaps there is more than the pose that is space-time invariant?

detail photo by Dana Lim Vanderheyden

La Nuit by Aristide Maillol

Aristide Maillol- La Nuit : Is she resting, reflecting, crying or perhaps sleeping? Only by crouching next to the sculpture does one know that the face is fully sculpted and quite serene. When viewing this “hidden” part of the sculpture, one feels as if a secret is being revealed — the secret of the face that Maillol hid from the casual observer

via Tumblr and Metropolitan Museum of Art