Trend or travesty?
You know you’re a bit boringly obsessed with interior design when you see a lovely shot of Dennis Severs’ house and you hone in on the tinniest of details. Can you see the shell light on the wall underneath that painting?
For some reason the shell light has become an object of interest for moi. The first one was spotted in Beauberry House, Dulwich at one of the Cavaliero Finn shows a while back…
Address Book: Aram Store
“Who needs this rubbish?” That’s the reaction Zeev Aram remembers window shoppers having to his first store on the Kings Road. His first shop, opened in 1964, specialised in modern European furniture, including Castiglioni, Breuer, and Le Corbusier. At the time – a few months before Habitat opened down the road – the clean, spare lines […]
Puss Puss
“Ai Weiwei is a real cat lover; he has turned over his studio and home to the 30-ish cats who live with him, saying, ‘this is their place’.” So reads issue 1 of Puss Puss magazine, which on the basis of those words only I want to buy.
Brixton Market and African homewares
I went for an afternoon mooch in Brixton Market at the weekend. Jill went eons ago and reported back. What took me so long? You don’t need me to describe the ins and outs, pros and cons of the covered market’s hipster-ification in recent years I’m sure. However the market was buzzing, and the mix […]
Somebody throw a blanket on me
No really, I have a classic autumn/winter viral infection and long to be in bed. Thus today’s post is quite simply, blanket porn with few words.