While recently perusing the Tom Dixon boutique at ABC Home I came across the “Link” easy chair – an ultra cool sculptural piece produced in white powder coated steel that reinterprets the classic wing chair. Its exaggerated shape not only provides visual interest but also make the chair quite comfortable! I could see using this [...]
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A Glimpse of the Sublime
I have always loved the work of Philip Johnson and was very happy when MOMA retained Johnson’s original design for the Italian Piazza inspired Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. Barnett Newman’s monumental 1967 sculpture, “Broken Obelisk,” elegantly celebrates the soaring verticality of Johnson’s space in a six ton architectural expression of what Newman called “a [...]
On the Foundation of Necessity
I M Pei designed this lovely portico in a fabulous complex of international style buildings for one of his first residential projects. Pei believes architecture should be “a pragmatic art… built on a foundation of necessity,” and as such he has often incorporated very dramatic porticoes that run the length of his buildings. They create [...]
Foundations
A fantastic carpet is the foundation of a beautiful room, and one of my very favorite places to go for amazing carpets is Doris Leslie Blau. Standing in front of a carpet by the legendary designer to the uber rich, Alberto Pinto – this piece is so chic – its Op Art effect is perfectly [...]
