Nodus Rug…

…I have really enjoyed working on this post…creative quality thrives at Nodus Rug, Italy.  It was a pleasure to lose myself in the world of design and craft of rug making.  Nodus website and Nodus facebook are great places to spend some time…I highly encourage you to do so for inspiration.

Nodus is a craft workshop with a cultural plan: the oldest traditions and knowledge in the art of carpet design are reinterpreted using the vision of the most innovating Designers and Architects, producing only unique pieces, promoting through events and publications in order to spread the knowledge to all about the new shapes and forms of a piece that has accompanied man since antiquity.

images courtesy of nodus rug

Must Love Dogs…

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Now We’re Talkin’…

…pure genius, yes?  City dwellers enjoy their balconies…even if there is not much room.  Balkonzept by Rephorm is a perfect solution for enjoying a day of work in the sunshine.  Nicely priced, too.  Purchase here.

Combine living, holidays, work and fresh air: Balconcept by rephorm fulfills this wish. It can be used as a plant pot as well as deposit, desk for notebooks and much more.

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Warm Welcome…

…aren’t these two adorable…makes me smile.  The Lai Residence by Lee + Mundwiler Architects.

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Splash…

…a laundromat with great style…doing laundry is no longer a necessity…it is an experience. Splash, a modern laundry by Frederic Perers…way cool…

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Catch a Wave…

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Cinema Done Right…

…it’s Friday, and many of us enjoy going to the movies over the weekend.  In Chicago, we are fortunate to have a scattering of neighborhood cinemas, but most have disappeared and have  been replaced by mega multiplexes.  I  find going to the movies can be stressful in these enormous movie houses.  Well, it’s time to breathe and relax…

…Ciné 32 is a timber-clad, five-screen cinema in the south of France by Encore Heureux.

…Ciné 32 evokes both the arched facades of art deco picture houses and the herringbone walls of local tobacco-drying sheds.

…”Rather than a large infrastructure-type multiplex, we wanted to create the image of a collection of small neighbourhood cinemas together,” explains Encore Heureux.

…the architects comment: “Cinema has this unique opportunity to gather different people for a common but yet unusual journey. We wish to offer remarkable conditions for such a trip.”

…each theatre boasts a different color…

…enjoy…

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Time Out…

…let’s take this opportunity for a fireside chat…

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As Promised…

…I have the names of the buildings shown in the previous architecture and fashion post, Do You Know…

1.  Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao for Vogue China.  Photo: Greg Kadel

2.  Congresso Nacional (1964), BrasiliaDesigned/Oscar Niemeyer.  Photo: Marcelo Krasilcic

3.  The Glass House (1949), New Canaan, Connecticut/Philip Johnson.  Photographed by Annie Liebovitz

4.  Chrysler Building (in background) (1930), New York City/William Van Alen.  Photo by Peter Lindbergh

5.  TWA Terminal Building (1962), New York City/Eero Saarinen.  Photo by Max Vadukul

6.  Ministry of Justice (1962),BrasiliaOscar Niemeyer.  Photo by Nagi Sakai

7.  Stahl House (Case Study House #22), (1959)Los Angeles/Pierre Koenig. Photo by Steven Chee

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Do You Know…

…the names and locations of the famous buildings in these  fashion shoots?  The answers will be provided later today…

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Down on the Farm…

…enjoy today’s visit…

Stone Edge Farm, Sonoma/Andrea Cochran

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A Walk in the Clouds…

Cloudscapes/Transsolar & Tetsuo Kondo Architects

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Joy in the Desert…

The weekend Desert Nomad House by Rick Joy…

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Looks Good Enough to Eat…

highly-contrasted house/kabarowski misiura architects and black and white cookies…yum…

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Flu Season…

…the flu season is vicious in the U.S. this year… I hope you are well overseas?  If necessary, I would choose to pick up my prescription from the ethereal Placebo Pharmacy by KLab Architecture…

…Greek studio KLab Architecture created this pharmacy in Athens by wrapping a round facade punctured by Braille lettering over the existing octagonal building, with plants occupying the space in between…

…a bit of fun for the children…

…is it possible?  Do I spy shoes in the pharmacy?

…let’s go in and get what we need…

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