Found object of the day!

Model On the Beach, Deauville, circa 1950 by Mark Shaw

Never published outtake from a Life Magazine shoot.

American photographer Mark Shaw (1922-1969) best known for his iconic Kennedy family

photos during the White House years.

This photograph and more available for sale from

Svenska Mobler/Andrew Wilder Galleries  Los Angeles

Image via 1st Dibs

Club Musee in Madrid

This is the way clubbing should be.....Get visually and aurally assaulted by great art and great sound!

Club Musee in Madrid does both with ongoing art installations encompassing video, painting and photography alongside smashing beats by the worlds leading DJ'S.

This space was designed by Madrid's Parolio & Euphoria Lab, the gurus of ultimate night club design concept and experience.

Contributing artists currently are
Robert Bartholot, Paco Peregrin, and Glenn Hilario.

Images and Story via Cool Hunter

Architectural Digest Gets Back its Personality with Daphne Guiness!

Margaret Russell's influence is becoming more and more evident in every issue!

'Archi Di' as I like to call it, is being updated at last. More eclecticism and more sophisticated cool, and less soulless 'hotel lobby decorating'!

Even the paper and typeset look more NOW!

The March and April issue are wonderful!

The Manhattan apartment of Daphne Guinness designed by Daniel Romualdez
is particularly inspiring to me.

Stunning Daido Moriyama artwork stars in the Hall of Mirrors

Oh so chic, Daphne Guinness

Another Amazing Transcendental Experience by Damien Hirst
along side a wonderful 1950's floor torch ere in the shape of a palm tree

Photographic art by David LaChapelle, Nobuyoshi Araki and Bert Stern 'Marilyn' photo grace the mirrored wall

The return of Art Deco with wonderful mirrored side tables

The library sports a wonderful pop of orange and a fantastic action portait of Guiness by
David LaChapelle

Photos by Thomas Loof for Architectural Digest March 2011