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Take A Peak

 

 1960s – Living with Art 
 This is the living room at “Four Winds” in Palm Beach, Florida, showing the collection of J. Patrick Lannan.  A huge painting by Nicholas Krushenick almost dwarfs the python covered sofa and Italian chairs below it.  Its vidid colors (?) are reflected in the brass around the mosaic top of a coffee table.

 1960s – Art Indoors and Out 
In one of the rooms devoted to the collection of the Lammam Foundation, even the furniture is art.  Two chairs and table by the Mexican sculptor, Pedro Friedeberg


  1960s – The New Look of Swimming Pools 
A delightful surprise is in store for first-time vistors to the DOnald Sheff’s pool at Great Neck, New York – a table top island emerging a few inches above the water level.  Like the pool and surrounding terrace, the island is built of concrete, but faced with mica stone that blends naturally with the encircling greenery and flowers.
1930s – The Coming and Going of Tides of Taste
In this exciting circular setting-combination studio-library-Katherine Brush writes her alluring tales.  California redwood burl with German silver moldings and green leather wainscot welted in black.  Chairs are black satin corded in green, the desk redwood burl with green leather top.  Carpet is green and black.  The architect was Joseph Urban; Irvin L. Scott, associate

1950s – Build the Outdoors Right into Your Kitchen or Bath
Kitchen designed by architect Thorton M. Abell, with Interior by Jane F. Ullman, showing barbecue grill, with revolving baffle, tiled counter, with translucent sliding panel that functions as a pass-through into the dining area.  Glass wall and skylight provide light and view of nature.


I’m giving you a peak into a book published in 1980 that I picked up at the Long Beach Antique Market last weekend.
These are my favorite pages and the captions that went with the photo.
*Attention.  Dinner will now be served in the pool.
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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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VISIONAIRE 60 RELIGION

 
Ricardo Tisci, in collaboration with Givenchy, offers a meditation on religion understood as a celebration of humanity and inner truths that are beyond words.
Commissioning photography and works of art that vividly express the singularity of his aesthetic, he has collaborated with Marina Abramovic, Mert & Marcus, Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Testino, Inez & Vinoodh, Nick Knight.
Limited edition of 3,000 copies.
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The Other Glass House

I thought I would stay on the subject of movies and post a few pics of the glass house located outside Stockholm, Sweden and featured in the movie The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo.  I did get to see this movie over the holidays and thought it was pretty good as well.
According to Curbed.com the director declined “to include the swimming pool out front, and fog obscures the view in a few scenes.  The house had been lingering on the market for the indie-film budget of $5.62M for a while, but very well may have sold since the movie was released-the listing was pulled from the Southeby’s Stockholm website just last night”.  

~images via curbed


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WET Magazine – Gourmet Bathing and Beyond

HELLO 2012

It might be 2012, but I’m feelin’ the 80s today. Probably something to do with my 3 1/2 year old wanting to show me his break dancing moves (the Robot included)  and listening to Van Halen II, Malcolm McLaren and Sonic Youth.  I posted a cover of Wet Magazine on my Tumblr last year after finding a few issues for sale on Alan Rosenbergs Books.  They’re too good not to post more.  
WET was an avant-garde Los Angeles – based magazine that revolved around the idea of”gourmet bathing” and later evolved to “gourmet bathing andbeyond.” Its publisher andcreator was Leonard Koren,an architecture school graduate. The magazine covered cultural issues and wasknown for its innovative use of graphic art…
Over theyears, Wet began to reflect a broader expanse ofstories, capturing a kind of smart, artsy Los Angeles attitude that wasemerging at the same time as punk, but had its own distinct aesthetic.
Wet lasted 34 issues, spanning the years1976 to 1981. ~wikipedia.org


In case you didn’t know, well, now you know.
You can check out a couple issues here and here.  Do it.
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The Empire of Death

I was at a gallery in Silver Lake about a week ago for a friend’s art show.  I happened into a side room and on the walls hung the most amazing photographs of skulls and bones.  One photo had stacked bones  arranged in incredible layouts inside a tomb, another was a skeleton adored in jewels and one showed shelves of painted skulls. When I inquired about them, the curator showed me this book “The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses” from which the photos were from.
The cover of the book was in itself so fascinating to me and I had never heard of an Ossuary. I had to find out more.  So I took a flyer home and looked it up online.
The book by Professor Paul Koudounaris is a photographic journey and the written history of the religious movements from his visits to seventy Ossuaries and Charnel Houses over  4 continents.  
Taken from his Empire de la Mort site Paul writes: “this is not a book about the macabre or death.  It is a book about beauty and salvation.  If you understand that when looking at these photos, then I hope you will chose to read the book.”

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EYEWEAR: A Visual History

Congratulations to our friend Moss Lipow for the release of his new book EYEWEAR: A Visual History out now from Taschen.
For over two decades eyewear designer Moss Lipow trawled eBay, auction houses, garage sales, and flea markets worldwide, amassing glasses and photographs for his renowned collection. This book traces eyewear’s journey over the past 500 years, and features the finest examples from Lipow’s collection as well as pieces from preeminent collections around the world ~ Taschen
Check it.

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A Visit to Art Luna


Yesterday I made my twice annual visit to Art Luna Salon in Santa Monica.  It is Art that I trust with my unruly tresses. Not only is Art and architect of hair, he is an architect of landscapes as well and his salon brings new meaning to “Mixed Use” space.
The quaint, little beach house on Main Street not only serves as his well-known hair and beauty salon, but the bungalow in back is his studio for “Art Luna Garden” his Landscape Design company with a lush botanical paradise with chirping caged birds set in between the two buildings.  
But wait!  that’s not all.  It’s also a nursery, selling potted plants, succulents and his own line of tree lighting.  And inside the salon he sells the most amazing selection of Design Books from the world of Fashion, Interiors & Art, Jewelry with a bohemian handmade vibe, Fragrances, and uniquely curated finds from his travels abroad.
I wanted to share Art’s space and hope that you will make a visit someday soon.

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RICK OWENS BOOK

FRONT COVER OF THE NEW RICK OWENS BOOK PUBLISHED BY RIZZOLI, BEING UNPACKED AT THE SOME/THINGS SECRET
SPRING SUMMER 2011 RICK OWENS SHOW IN PARIS PHOTOGRAPHED BY ASHA MINES

 COLLECTIONS & RUNWAY MUSIC PAGE

Published by Rizzoli.
This luxurious large-format book documents the work of the American designer Rick Owens, a transformational figure in contemporary fashion. Defiantly antifashion, Rick Owens’s honest and intensely personal approach to craft has ironically produced some of the most sublime fashion of the last two decades, propelling him to the front ranks of the international avant-garde.

Owens cultivates an elusive appeal-without any express advertising-that has developed into something like an empire. Designed by Owens himself, this volume is full of monumental images detailing all aspects of the designer’s work and sensibility. The visual narrative of this book provides an instructive look at the process of design from an artist who is at once comfortable with innovation and respectful of traditional approaches. ~Rizzoli

Get it here now.
 ~images above via some/things photographed by LUKE MAYES
 NASKA S/S 12 WOMEN  via  rickowens.eu