Furniture, Inspiration | June 2nd, 2010
I know I’ve posted them before but I just really fucking like this (and I found some nicer photos). I kind of want to start making plywood furniture although it’s probably a little harder than I think. Also definitely stain that shit black. I have a lamp that is begging to be stained black… Project?
Design, Furniture, Inspiration | May 1st, 2010
Kirsten Hermann is living proof of the successful and unique combination of hobby, passion, family and work in the city. Kirsten’s apartment When you enter, you find yourself immediately in a pleasant world of styling, fashion and photography. A large comfortable Berlin apartment filled with life, art and family. On the walls hang works from past exhibitions Kirsten’s gallery for contemporary photography. The apartment is thus partly to the lived gallery and often used for private tours. The stylish interior details of Bless or Andreas Murkudis tell the story of Kirsten’s network in Berlin and Hamburg. Kirsten represents straightforward and clear, and the styling reflects the apartment and the gallery. All this makes each other in the Schröder in Berlin Mitte, where some feel is not going, are located in a specially isolated part of the middle. [Google Translate]
The combination of modern furniture, white walls, wood floors and décor make this apartment a home. It looks like such a comfortable place to be. The little details like the old Helmut Lang shopping bag taped up on her closet door, mirrors stacked against the wall, and mismatched frames solidify that homey look.
Photos of this apartment from Freunde von Freunden. Check out the site, they interview some interesting people and take photos of their work/living areas.
Art & Photography, Furniture, Inspiration | April 3rd, 2010
Josef Alber
Another Bauhaus student who I admire. When I see modernist paintings like this and think of the timeline that we was painting them on it just blows my mind.
His work has influenced many artists, including those of abstract, Op and conceptual art styles. Although he is best known for his work as an abstract painter he was also a furniture designer, photographer, typographer and printmaker.
A huge collection of his work can be seen at the Albers Foundation website.
Architecture, Furniture | April 2nd, 2010
Marcel Breuer
One of my favourite furniture designers (and architects), very well known for designing the ‘Wassily Chair’ (below). I’ve been wanting a set of the B64 chairs forever now. I don’t even know why I would need a whole set of chairs though. Back in the Bauhaus days he also designed some very cool cabinets and furniture for Haus am Horn. I would live there like nobody’s business.
