April 2011
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A wall of Wedgwood (and yours truly) at the...
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, circa 1773
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"How to Be a Legendary Designer: Lessons From...
From the May issue of Elle Decor, via Curbed National, who has kindly collected some gems from the 10-page feature:
10: Be born in Paris, and preferably in the 1950s when it “was very much still a 19th-century town” with “dressmaker[s] who made your clothes.” Always be nostalgic for these times, even in the age of online shopping. 9: Move to Manhattan at age 25. Gloss...
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Monumental Colorblockfront
I try not to pay attention to fashion but it’s been difficult to avoid one of the trends of Spring that is popping up pretty much everywhere — “color blocking” (link goes to The Man Repeller, one of like, two fashion blogs I thoroughly enjoy). You literally cannot ignore Teal on top of Magenta on top of Orange on top of Yellow with maybe a hint of Kelly Green. I imagine...
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Tara Donovan at Pace, March 2011
Instagram images from when I visited the Pace Galleries on West 22nd Street & West 25th Street to see the Tara Donovan exhibitions ‘‘Drawings (Pins)’’ and “Untitled (Mylar)”.
Donovan creates large scale installations using utilitarian objects - in “Drawings”, the “drawings” are actually made up of tens of thousands of nickel-headed dressmaker pins...
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Real life inspiration for a future dollhouse...
The above piece is by the artist Tom Slaughter and was done in 1983. It hangs in the home of my boss, and ever since I saw it I have been inspired - to recreate it in my dollhouse! I had this idea for placing a piece of glass in between the two lip sofas in the dollhouse as a room divider, but the plain glass needed some sort of decorative ornamentation. The room is already pretty...
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Shrunken Shrink
I wouldn’t mind getting my head shrunk in this gorgeous MCM style miniature psychoanalyst’s office but the scale of my problems is probably way too big…
Made by the incredibly talented Oese of Raum für Raum
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