by taea thale via blisslau.com
BEN QUILTY
by ben quilty at benquilty.com
I was first turned on to Australian artist Ben Quilty's work in 2009 when he won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for his painting of Jimmy Barnes, pictured above. I love his thick, buttery brush work. His use of colour and texture, particularly in his rorschachs, is incredible and his comments on the mortality and self-destruction of male youth in this country are highly perceptive. All of this aside, his continual interpretations of his son Joe as a hamburger are definite highlights in his body of work.
By the way, his paintings are all the more impressive in person but be warned: it will be difficult to resist the temptation to reach out and run your hands over them.
Ben deservedly won the Archibald Prize earlier this year for his painting of fellow artist Margaret Olley.
RAVEN ROW
by 6a architects via dezeen
The above are of East London exhibition space Raven Row by 6a Architects. The building, formerly two silk mercers' houses, was first constructed in 1754 with an adjacent office building added in 1972. These three spaces were combined to create the current exhibition centre which includes gallery, studio, office and living spaces.
The architects chose to use charred timber in their material palette, referencing the building's history (It suffered a fire in 1972 which caused extensive damage to the interior). Charring has also given the timber such an interesting, beautiful texture.
I love that they've almost completely maintained the original facade of the building and have created this beautiful, simplistic interior intervention. And the contrast of the original fire place in the second image surrounded by new moulding is stunning. This space must smell incredible.
I think this excerpt from 6a Architects explains it far more gracefully than I ever could:
We avoided the Modernist paradigm of contrasting new against old. We took the view that the pre-existing construction need not be consigned to history and framed by the new. We have aimed to make each piece of this evolving puzzle oscillate between past and present. Rather than fixing history in the past, we have allowed for contemporary narratives to be drawn across time and space.
6a Architects
6a Orde Hall Street
London, United Kingdom
6a.co.uk
3.1
3.1 phillip lim axle neckplate from farfetch.com
In love with the mix of materials in the 3.1 phillip lim neck plates. The detailing and choice of colour in these pieces is fantastic. The patent leather and satin with the large hook enclosure in this one in particular comes across as very futuristic, a little thrown together and design-school-worthy accessory perfection.
MATTEO
oaknyc.com
This ACNE parka has me longing for weather that would deem structural men's outwear such as this appropriate.
KNOTTY BUBBLES
lindseyadelman.com
Discovered these in a recent issue of (inside) as part of a review on Design Week in Milan for 2011 and immediately fell in love. Knotty Bubbles is a unique lighting fixture crafted from hand-blown glass and rope. Designer Lindsey Adelman and her team create these incredible, sculptural, organic pieces out of their studio in Manhattan. Although all of the pieces are exquisite, Knotty Bubbles is easily the standout work.
Lindsey Adelman Studio have this to say about the work on their website:
A collection of one-off hand-blown glass light fixtures bound and tethered with intricately knotted rope. The barnacle-like forms are rolled in 23k gold. The grouping is evocative of shipwrecked pirate's treasure, snarls of Baroque jewelry, and submerged slow growth.I particularly love the inflated and tangled form of the fixture pictured above. I originally saw Knotty Bubbles with the white rope detailing which gave the piece a different, distinctly more innocent feel. Personally, I prefer the black. The rope looks stunning against the warm lighting and the black glass rolled in gold presents a far more luxe connotation than it's neutral counterpart.
Lindsey Adelman Studio
195 Chrystie Street Unit 203D
New York, NY 10002
lindseyadelman.com
MICHÈLE LAMY
by steven klein for vogue paris
French icon Michèle Lamy. Wife and muse of designer Rick Owens, perfumier, restaurateur, true eccentric. At once tribal and decked in dimonds. A mouthful of gold-plated teeth. Tattooed fingertips. Positively enchanting and captured by Steven Klein looking like some kind of deity.
THE MELBURNIAN APARTMENT
by derek swalwell via australiandesignreview.com
Glossy, linear perfection. Completed by Carr Design Group in Victoria, this apartment and it's design reflect a distinctly metropolitan semblance.
Perhaps it speaks to a growing obsession with minimalism, but I find myself completely inclined to 'masculine' interiors. The polished black granite, simplified furniture forms and cool lighting in these glimpses into the prestigious Melburnian speak to absolute luxury.
Carr Design Group
Carr is an architecture and interior design firm in Victoria, Australia founded by director Sue Carr in 1971.
carr.net.au
CANNELLE CAKE SHOP
johnpawson.com
One of my absolute favourites. The façade of this London cake shop comprises etched glass panels with a square of clear glass framing a single cake. To walk by this on the street at night, illuminated from within, would be something, don't you think?
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