Ari

Designed by Arne Norell in 1966.

oranges

Sylt House

Ad-Man Wolfgang Behnken of Young & Rubicam, whose Hamburg apartment I posted here, also owns a retreat on the island Sylt (the German equivalent of St. Tropez, Malibu, Båstad ,or what have you) - equally sparsely decorated with 20th century design icons - such as the Florence Knoll sofas, Serge Mouille lamps, and Hans J. Wegner Cowhorn-chairs along Kjaerholm tables. A rare vintage Jean Prouvé  Standard-chair  and desk is seen on the upper floor of this traditional Friezenhaus, and stacks of books and magazines are  scattered around the floor, whilst photography by superstars such as Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton are to be found here and there on the floor. I'll never understand it. Looks striking though, even though the palette is quite earthy.

from ELLE DECOR italia

Eating Pecan Pie Like a Stylish but Neurotic Texan

Looks like a still out of A Single Man, don' it? Or American Psycho. Whichever.
 
While on the topic of food I couldn't help but to post this picture from Wallpaper*, styled by my man Tom Ford, as well as the recipe for this southern usonian tradition.

1 cup of white Karo syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbs flour
1 cup pecans

Beat the eggs and sugar together, add flour, then syrup, vanilla and pecans.

Pour into a 9in prepared pie shell.

Bake in an oven at 150°C for one hour.

Party at the Kaufmann's

The Kaufmann Desert House, Palm Springs. Designed by Richard Neutra in 1946.

Rainbow House

Comparing architecture to music is quite a clichée, but with this house, considering it was built for jazz musician Russ Garcia, such an allegory isn't too far off.

This above video, featuring Devendra Banhart and his girlfriend, beautifully directed by Lisa Eisner, was made for spectacle-firm Oliver Peoples (you know, American Psycho?). It is set in the Garcia residence, also known as the Rainbow House (which was pulled down by an aussie hillbilly with a mullet and a truck in Lethal Weapon 2) on Mulholland Drive, designed in 1964 by none other the man himself - the master of googie architecture - John Lautner. It is a truly amazing house, and it only gets bettter once you see it's insides and the stunning spaces it posesses.

                                                                                                                                                     Picture by Julius Shulman

                                                                                                                                                Pictures by Francois Dischinger

The house had seen it's best days, and at the turn of the millenia, countless "improvements" had wrecked the  soul of the house, but its current owners has however had it renovated by architects Marmol & Radziner, who also worked on the restoration of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann house, and the decorator, Darren Brown, put that old-school playboy-feel to the interiors.

The binuclear floorplan of the building is as genius as it is original, and I cannot help to wonder why it hasn't been more widely copied. On the one side of the house exists the private sphere: bedrooms, bathrooms, an office and a movie room - spaces that do not demand the grand volume of the great room, situated in the other wing, along with an elevated dining area and a open kitchen. When it in 2002 came on the market, it did so at the bargain price of $1,395,000.

I can look at this picture for ages.

Angela Lindvall shot by Camilla Åkrans for Harper's Bazaar, on a DS-600 sofa from De Sede, designed by Eleonore Peduzzi Riva, Ueli Berger, Heinz Ulrich, and Klaus Vogt in 1972.

see the rest of the shoot here; via the North Elevation 

Foxy Lady

Megan Fox in Eero Saarinen's Womb-chair, shot for Rolling Stone magazine.

The Galleries of Hudiksvallsgatan

The art galleries on Hudiksvallsgatan are having the season's first opening today, between 17:00-20:00.

 The building, Industricentralen, was created in 1937 by Ragnar Östberg.

It's really good-looking.

The only decoration to be found is the pattern in which the brick was laid. Two of the spaces here, Galerie Nordenhake and former Brändström & Stene,  were created by Erik Andersson Architects.

The Galleries:                                               Galerie Nordenhake

Andrehn-Schiptjenko

Crystal

Galleri Stefan Andersson

Flach+Thulin

.Christian Larsen

And an auction house:                               Bukowski's Market

The Swedish clothing brands Whyred and HOPE also have their offices here.

So come on down to this strange place and get yourself a drink.

Ingelmark Auction 28/8

Jerk Werkmäster, Nittsjö

Finnish cufflinks, sterling silver

 Stig Lindberg, "Lumavision LT 104" 1959 for Luxor Radio

 Rya, unknown

Auction on Saturday, August 28 at www.ingelmark.se

Prada S/S 2011

 

 

 

Amazing set. Whodunnit?