Have you been known to hoard things like paper napkins? I wouldn’t think I would, but actually, since 2016 I’ve had four unopened packets of Alexander Girard paper napkins in my cupboard – unused souvenirs from my visit to Vitra Design Museum in 2016 when I got to see the Alexander Girard retrospective, A Designer’s …
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La Fonda de Sol
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Making Friday: Remembering Girard
The sun was out on Making Friday last week, and so was my Alexander Girard catalogue, which I got at the Vitra show in July last year, and these two factors came together in a very sunny moodboard. Are you a Girard fan too? Did you see my post about my day at Vitra Design …
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Best Things: A day at Vitra
While I was in Amsterdam recently, I took a rather indulgent day off, flying to Basel for the day in order to get to the Vitra Design Museum where a massive retrospective of Alexander Girard’s work is currently underway. The Vitra campus is basically one big photo opportunity, as it’s dotted with buildings by Tadao Ando …
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Best Things: Alexander Girard
I’m off to see the Alexander Girard retrospective at the Vitra Museum in Basel today. Pinch me, please! The first time I came across the work of Alexander Girard was in a vintage shop in New York City, where I opened a vintage Herman Miller fabric book and felt my heart drop out of my chest. …
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