Live and Blossom…

…This home from the ’60’s has been creatively reinterpreted, based on this family’s needs and desires to create the perfect space in which they can live and blossom everyday for years to come…airy and poetic, House H by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects in Matsudo, Chiba, Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo…

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Gorgeous…

…seems a bit of an understatement, yes?…especially since I’m near hyperventilation…Karl Lagerfeld for Cassina…KL’s first collaboration with a furniture designer…

…wow…

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May I Ask a Question?…

…this exciting project for Pulsate, a small tile showroom in London’s Primrose Hill, by LIly Jencks and Nathanael Dorent gets my heart pumping…for reasons other than you might think.  Uber-creative and wildly imaginative, Jencks and Dorent have teamed up and fitted out a tile showroom in London to look like a psychedelic cartoon.  I love it…

Drawing inspiration from the mind-boggling images of Op Art and Gestalt psychology, the tiles are laid out in a zigzagging pattern that warps perspective at the back of the space.

…and in I go…no doubt, I would be drawn in by this masterpiece…

“We had the idea of a shop not being only a functional space for consumption, but more about architecture and adventure,” said Dorent. “The floor is sloped, and benches are built into the structure, so you’re never really sure what you’re looking at.”

…and this is where I imagine I could end up if I walk through this mind-bending execution of tile…

…and, may I ask a question?  Can anyone explain to me why I feel sea-sick when I walk under The Bean?

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It’s Friday…

…time to LOL…and, please, don’t stop…

east london house extension/david mikhail architects

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Inspiration: Rock…

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Time Out…

…Lay, oh- de- lay, oh- de- lay hee hoo!…peak skiing at The Hotel Madlein, in Ischgl, Austria.  Madlein in the first designer hotel in the Tyrolean Alps.  Pack your bags…

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Messages…

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Checking in At the Office…

…it is Monday…back to work.

Gothic Office, Portland/Jessica Helgerson Interior Design

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Seductive…

…beautiful portrait and a bowl of ruby red apples…

…transitional spaces…

…smoky glass divider…

…all so cohesive, clean, and smart…just beautiful.  Kudos to  Co. studio located in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Meditation…

…yoga…and daydreaming…

north avenue/mar silver design

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On the Water…

…lucky are those with a water view…homes by Stelle Architects with that extra punch of sparkling blue…

shore house

house by the pond

ocean/bay house

peconic bay house

seaside house

…all homes located in the Hamptons.

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Take a Walk on the Wild Side…

…guess where we are going today?  To prison…yes, prison conversions that give a new meaning to ‘rehabilitation’…break out!

music school louvers extension, northern france/opus 5

notorius het arresthuis prison now a boutique hotel by the same name, netherlands/van der vulk hotels

civic center in palencia, spain/exit architects

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Levitating Table…

…is it high design, is it classical physics?  Yes, both…and both equal a playful piece of objet d’ art.  Available in a variety of woods and made with neodymium magnets, stainless steel, wood and brass…Levitating Table by RPR.

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Please Come In…

Sint-Eloois-Winkel/Frederic Lielemoes Interieurarchitect

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Jonathan, Simon, and Liberace…

…welcome to the Shelter Island summer home of Jonathan Adler, Simon Doonan, and their sweet norfolk terrier, Liberace.  One of my secret indulgences is to spend time on a gloomy day in Jonathan Adler’s store at 676 North Wabash Avenue in Chicago.  Guaranteed instant sunshine…

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