P is for present and sometimes, for pampering. Coiffs, Frocks, Bubbles and Spoilt New Years.
Marcio Kogan + Clements Ribeiro –> Surfacers. C16H14O3 House Clements Ribeiro ♦ ‘The surface is far from superficial. Details matter. Textures are telling. Everything is in the surface. Architecture turns…
Shell 01 # Clothing ♥ The question of house if first of all a question of clothing. And clothing is a matter of customization. As Walter Gropius accentuates in a…
Maison Un ♦ ‘Houses, like their occupants, flaunted their anatomy, and while some had beautiful bodies that (while they remained young) delighted the passer-by, others had not. Any kind of…
A Bustle @ Time Machine 1. At Case Study House no.29 by Julius-Shulman (California 1960) 2. At Chuey-House by Julius-Shulman (Los Angeles 1958) 3. At Chapelle Royale – Château de Versailles (≈1038) ♣ Today i…
Versailles & Versace • Or when Louis Quinze met hi-tech. Contrary to the ‘Pre-Raphaelite’ artists who painted women wearing particular dresses in particular interiors & woed betide any woman who ‘would enter…
Roksanda Ilincic gown as vv (vice versa*) Some days are vice and some days are versa. Today, is just another sunday. Soaking myself – again – in garamat drops…
Le Corbusier – The poem of the right angle Le Corbusier –> Handwriting ♦ Years ago – while at the first steps of architecture’s promenade – a friend of mine…
Chanel PF09 + J’aime Hayon Ruby Red –> Russian Tsar Chesterfield <– Ruby Red –> Ettore Sottsas Snowhite ‘Salle de Bains’ *sleeve’s red detail* *red carnations on bull’s head detail*…
Crinoline as construction material noun 1 historical a stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out. 2 a stiff fabric made of horsehair and cotton or linenthread, typically used…
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