Spaces: Jacob Holm + Barbara Bendix Becker Residence: Klampenborg, Denmark
Labels: furniture, interior design, mid-century modern, photography, spaces"The townhouse of Jacob Holm, head of Fritz Hansen, in Klampenborg, Denmark, and his wife, industrial designer Barbara Bendix Becker, is a masterful juxtaposition of antique gilt mirrors and sleek Poul Kjaerholm pieces."
Light, crisp, and clean, with a touch of glamour. Perfect.
Also featuring leather Oxford chairs and a 3107 task chair both by Arne Jacobsen. Lighting is by Christian Dell, Poul Henningsen, Jieldé, Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina.
Photography by Ditte Isager, via remodelista.
Flashback: 1997+1973: Missy Elliott+Ann Peebles: The Rain
Spaces: MR Architecture + Decor: Residence 29, One Jackson Square
Labels: architecture, art, furniture, interior design, mid-century modern, spacesResidence 29, designed by David Mann of MR Architecture + Decor, is a luxurious modernist home located inside New York's One Jackson Square. A nice selection of 20th Century modernist classics furnish the home, including an Osvaldo Borsani P40 lounge chair, a Mathieu Matégot bar cart, a Serge Mouille 3 arm lamp, an Angelo Mangiarotti marble dining table, a Paul Evans CityScape coffee table with an ultrachic Pierre Folie stainless steel lounge chair,
Eric Buck barstools, an Eames management chair in front of a Poul Cadovius wall unit, and an Edward Wormley magazine rack.
My favorite element in this space is the folding bike, wall-mounted so perfectly to almost appear as sculpture.
Angelic Kate
Another sample from Phillips de Pury's Kate Who? Exhibition. You should also check out this great interview with Mario Testino from the New York Times.
Via Justin Teodoro.
Icons: A Meeting of Great Minds
Labels: architecture, art, classic spaces, furniture, icons, interior design, mid-century modernAndy Warhol, David Whitney, Philip Johnson, Dr. John Dalton, and Robert A. M. Stern in the Philip Johnson's Glass House. Photographed in 1964 by David McCabe, for The Glass House Conversations.
Via Arch Daily.
Classic Spaces: Kjærholm Residence: Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
Labels: architecture, classic spaces, furniture, interior design, mid-century modern, spacesRenowned Copenhagen-born, New York-based photographer Ditte Isager, gives us a rare glimpse into the home of design legends Hanne and Poul Kjærholm.
There is also a great story by the New York Times on one of Hanne Kjærholm's last designs, a vanity box named Renée.
Via Ditte Isager.
Spaces: Jens Risom's Prefab Weekend House
Photos by John G. Zimmerman, for a 1967 feature in Life (more great photos here).
Via Reference Library.
Fresh Finds: Rare Jens Risom Lazy-Susan Rotating Coffee Table + More
By Jens Risom, a rare model designed in 1958. This ingenious coffee table features solid walnut construction and a lazy-susan revolving top, perfect for entertaining. A knurled and threaded knob hidden on the top of one leg acts as a brake.
The top rotates smoothly on a Seng Chicago ball-bearing swivel, which were also utilized by the Eames on their dowel-swivel based chairs.
A fine modernist armchair featuring a solid walnut frame and floating concave seat panels, upholstered for seating comfort. Aesthetically reminiscent of works by Jens Risom and George Nelson + Associates. Not signed, designer and manufacturer are unknown.
Jens Quistgaard's cast iron candleholders are dynamic sculptural objects, and represent the best of Scandinavian artistry and craftsmanship. This model is called
the Starcluster and features a sculptural ring of teardrop shaped pods.
Many more great finds to come.
All via Modern Love.
Claudia Schiffer by Ellen von Unwerth
Vintage Herman Miller/George Nelson + Associates Packaging
Labels: furniture, graphic design, mid-century modernBeautiful graphics by George Nelson + Associates, most likely by Don Ervin.
Via Swimsuit Department.
@swimsuitdepartment: Is the table still in the box?
Daily Dose: Neon Sottsass
Labels: furniture, interior design, mid-century modern, photography, spacesGreat shot featuring a rare purple neon Ultrafragola wall mirror designed by Ettore Sottsass, underneath a nicely complimenting red neon crucifix.
From my archives, but I unfortunately did not record the source. I would love to know more about this project and/or photographer, if you know please drop me a line.
Watch: The latest Tron Legacy Trailer
Daily Dose: Black Tulips
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...by Eero Saarinen anchor this all white space, while a Poul Henningsen chandelier hovers above.
Via cark.
Watch: The Life + Times of Ettore Sottsass
How the man became the legend.
Via Inform Interiors' Facebook, and Design Public.
Daily Dose: Monochrome Mouille
Watch: Peaches mini-documentary Show Stopper (possibly NSFW)
Labels: movies, music
An unwitting massage therapist spends a day with Peaches, cameras in tow. This video made my day, but as with all things Peaches, it might be NSFW.
Via pedestrian.
Creative Spaces: 8 Great Workspaces
Labels: creative spaces, furniture, interior design, mid-century modern, spacesJudging from this photographic essay by rumID, Eames Design seems to be a staple in any great modernist workspace. My favorite vignette however, is the first, with the orange and ash Bodil Kjær desk, paired with a rolling desk chair by Fabricius + Kastholm, and finished with red Sunburst clock by George Nelson + Associates resting as sculpture on the tabletop.
Via rumID.