Cara Striptease for i-D Magazine

The 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.

MELLOTRON

Never mind a "conversation piece" - this bad boy will get any party-goer on her feet/in a bed swinging!

Suburbs

"The Suburbs" by Aracde Fire, from the album "The Suburbs".

 

Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up"

Video directed by Martin De Thurah. Perfect video for this song; really beautiful shots, storyline everything. The haunting vodoo scene - set in the ideal(?) Swedish suburb, somehow captures exactly what Karin Dreijer's music is about. Part Roy Andersson - part David Lynch. Watch in full-screen.

Visions of Space: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

A beautiful documentary by Robert Hughes for BBC FOUR.

Karen Elson

She's the best thing that has happened to music for some time. And she's a redhead :)

"Wanderland" by Hermanos Inglesos feat. MeMe

Great song and video, directed by Kristof Luyckx & Michèle Vanparys.

Thanks, thenorthelevation

Swedish actor Torkel Petersson has one my favourite homes

The perfect way to use mid-century classics and newer pieces to create an environment that feels absolutely fresh. I guess the all white floors and walls help. Good job Torkel! :)