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O A K
Oak is probably my favourite wood. Look at the picures below and you'll see why.This apartment belongs to the owner of Movement Design. Note the beautiful cabinet in the first picture, by Børge...
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Kongelys
"King's Lighting" by Fog & Mørup. Oxidised brass. A Lamp stripped down to its bare essentials, infused with scandinavian poetry. Shown in the oak-filled apartement here.
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Anymous Architecture: Villa by Kystvejen
There are alot of solid good houses, immaculate in materials and execution, that will never make it to the design and architecture literature. L'ESPRIT NOUVEAU exists to present these anonymous objects...
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Good Fit
The villa below should have had some fitting furniture. Summin' like this hea:Hans-Erik Johansson, Westberga.Harry Bertoia, KnollUnknown, Swedish.Fabricius/Kastholm, Nordisk solar.Finn Juhl, BovirkeAnd...
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Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames
This is fantastic. I watched it twice in a row. Hands up anyone who's surprised!
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IT'S OFFICIAL: I'm moving to Switzerland
Strada del Roccolo, Ascona, Switzerland.Casa Tuja, the house of Hans Grelling, created by Richard Neutra in 1961-3. Situated at the fot of Monte Verità, overlooking lake Maggiore. Does it get better...
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Lidingö, circa 1970.
Green is the ultimate colour of a bahroom. What could be more cozy than standing under a hot shower imagining yourself in a rainforest? This also relates to Le Corbusiers ideas on colour - he basically...
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Article 12
Two modern interpretations of these bathrooms:Ok the last one may not be totally obvious, but if you note the rectangular tiles are of a similair size. I think both bear testament to a renewed interest...
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The Rainbow House
Comparing architecture to music is quite a clichée, but with this house, considering it was built for jazz musician Russ Garcia, such an allegory isn't too far off.This above video, featuring Devendra...
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The Lesser-Known Ox-Chair
Designed by Arne Jacobsen for the National Bank of Denmark in 1966.Arne Jacobsen designed this chair over a five-year period. Large, impressive, and extremely comfortable, when it was presented in 1966...
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Yet another Ox-chair...
This time by Wegner. This one is a version, dubbed Queen, of his regular ox-chair. The chair is quite rare, it usually takes a couple of years between when they surface on the market. Considering this,...
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Hamburg Apartment
There's nothing baroque about the neo-baroque apartment of ad-man Wolfgang Behnken of Young & Rubicam, shown below. It is rather an almost miesian gallery of good design, with pieces by the Eames,...
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