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axel vervoordt : : wabi inspirations

In Wabi Inspirations (Flammarion), Belgium Antiquarian, Art Dealer, and Interior Designer, Axel Vervoordt shares with us in this book, his latest inspiration based on the Eastern aesthetic, Wabi dating back to the 12th Century. 

Wabi advocated simplicity and humility, the rejection of all that is superfluous or artificial.  Through extraordinary photgraphs from Japan and Korea to Belgium and Switzerland, Vervoordt invites us to explore the elements that inspire him: natural materials and time-worn objects that evoke the essence of Wabi.  Today, together with the Japanese architect Tatsuro Miki, Vervoordt carries the principles of Wabi into his remarkable interiors. ~via rizzoli

Please visit Axel Vervoordt Gallery Here.


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Vidal Sassoon : : Neutra’s Singleton House

This weekend I was able to watch Vidal Sassoon the Movie and really enjoyed it.  The movie explores the life and legacy of the most influential hairdresser in the world, whose influence far outreaches the industry he changed forever.  
 
“My whole work, beginning in the late 1950s, came from the Bauhaus,” Sassoon explains in Architectural Digest. “It was all about studying the bone structure of the face, to bring out the character. Architects have always been my heroes,” he adds.
After hearing how architecture influenced his work as a hairdresser it seems only natural that he would of course live in an architectural gem of a home (one of my favorites). In the movie there are glimpses of the famous 1959 Richard Neutra’s Singleton House that he and his wife renovated after purchasing it in 2004.  Last year Architectural Digest featured the Bel Air home in its April issue with the pictures shown above.
God, I can smell the Almond scented Shampoo and Conditioner that I used in the 80s so clearly right now.
~images via architecturaldigest.com
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TASTEMAKER TAG SALE: JOEL CHEN, J.F. CHEN

I don’t think you should miss this one: TASTEMAKER TAG SALE: Joel Chen of J.F. Chen on One Kings Lane.  It starts Saturday Nov. 19th.
He has the most fabulous collection of Furniture, Accessories & Vintage Finds.  My most recent visit to his Highland Ave location was just last week to check out the Collecting Eames exhibit and was blown away (as usual).  He has to have the largest, most impressive, coolest items you will see anywhere.
A hub of eclectic objects spanning centuries and continents, J.F. Chen‘s vast inventory includes modern and vintage furniture, lighting, accessories, and art. Omnipresent throughout the collection is the curatorial eye of Joel Chen, who is as passionate about collecting things that intrigue him as he is about sharing them, and whose vision is a style journey with scenery that ranges from neoclassical European commodes to ’50s chairs and African stools. 
Be sure to check it.
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Shop the Store : : DERING HALL


“Ooh-ooh-ooooh!”
 Yes, I did just say that. I know, its a dorky reference to Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter, but that’s how I feel after checking out Dering Hall.  It is “an online marketplace for the finest interior designers, architects, artisans, and design dealers to showcase their work and sell new, high-end home furnishings and accessories.”  This isn’t IKEA people.  This is some high-end, bespoke home furnishings and accessories.
The things pictured above are a few things I found that I’m head over heels in LOVE LOVE LOVE with.
Sign up here and you will be able to see the links to my selections and find some of your OWN.
clockwise from top left:   Mosaic Mirror-Re-Purposed Vintage and Antique Mirror from Downtown (price on request), Molded Aluminum Tripod Chair in Yellow-Original design by Poul Kjaerholm ($15k), Unique Brass & Mineral Inset Splendora from Michelle’s Rock Candy Collection (price on request), Aubusson Tapestry Wallhanging from Rug Company ($3,595), The Zoid brass Console ($6,800)  “Biomorphic Bubble” Illuminated Sculpture ($20k), Triangle Lucite Bookends  ($450)
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Ray Caesar @ Corey Helford Gallery

Now at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, Ray Caesar‘s first solo exhibition : : “A Dangerous Inclination”.  If you are not familiar with Ray’s work, his pieces are done in a digital 3D environment.  One that he has quite obliviously mastered.  
I encourage you to read a REALLY interesting interview posted on Arrested Motion.  In the article he reveals how he views his work: “as a form of self portrait or at least the portrait of what its’ like to look inside my head….and the story behind each piece seem to have “aspects that deal with the process of intense psychotherapy and the years of dealing with dissociative identity disorder (a form of multiple personalities) and trauma I went through in childhood.”
“Premonitions and the worlds of pleasure and pain and ugliness and beauty and humiliation and dignity…the pictures are a communication from my subconscious to my conscious mind.”~ Ray Caesar
~images: Gallery House/Ray Caesar