One of the stands I loved at Maison et Objet was that of Danish outfit, Gubi, who say the following about themselves: “GUBI is a global design house searching the world to find forgotten icons from the past and icons of the future.” One of their forgotten icons is Hungarian midcentury designer Mathieu Matégot, into whose …
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Best Things: Mathieu Matégot
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Best Things: Ilse Crawford at Maison
I’ll be in Paris in early September to put up a Skinny laMinx stand at Maison et Objet. I’m a little daunted, but super excited, and I like to think that Ilse Crawford might also be feeling a touch of nerves about Maison, where she’s to be feted as Designer of the Year. Our shared feelings about Maison (well, my speculation …
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Colour Yum: Mint & Melon
Sometimes I’m totally floored by an astonishing colour combination, and in fact, I’m on my knees right now as I type, thanks to the delicious Stockholm apartment of interior designer Daniel Hecksher, spotted on SightUnseen. Just look at how that lush melon colour of the dining area beckons through from the cool mint kitchen… … and then it’s brought …
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Best Things: Octopian
Super obscure and hyper intriguing, the Octopian is a limited edition special project magazine created and designed by J3 Productions. To date, two issues of the Octopian have been published, and the analogue versions have both been very generously sent my way by editor in chief, Jonathan Lo (who you may already know from here) “The Octopian …
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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
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. I saw there the simplest designs in colours and weaves of such quality, and they made me realise …
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Best Things: Samuel Zeller
A learned something new last year, when we replaced a couple of windows in a small enclosed balcony with that pleated/lined/fluted glass I’ve always loved. It’s called ‘reeded’ glass, and I love looking through it at the tree outside, because of the way it breaks up shapes and colours. Photographer Samuel Zeller has been photographing the winter …
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Best Things: Adler & Ackermans
On the way back from LA last year, I bought a book with the rather unwieldly title of Hand-in-Hand: Ceramics, Mosaics, Tapestries, and Woodcarvings by the California Mid-Century Designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, in the hopes that I might hang onto some of that California Modern vibe. I hadn’t heard of Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman before, but …
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Best Things: Screengrabs
There’s always so much to see on Instagram, and not always the time to explore, so I often store things that intrigue me in the screengrab folder on my phone, and then go back to explore later, when I’ve got time. Here’s what’s in there right now: Hannah Waldron‘s woven compositions. Plants and interiors by Melbourne artist, …
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