A new breed of retro is in: trendy is redefined with a flair of the old. Can you tell what makes this bathroom retro? Can you tell what makes it trendy? More to come…
Month: September 2015
Architecture in Movies
More attention should be paid to the background in movies. Wonderful examples of historic architecture are often portrayed. Here are only a few: Ricardo Bofill apartment building, seen in Terry Gilliam’s 1975 film Brazil: Hitchcock’s North by Northwest with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Villa: Kubrick’s surreal and yet real surroundings: Bertolucci’s The Conformist, after Alberto Moravia’s great…
Artistic Furniture
Out of the box in manufacturing is hard to do. A chair if you can’t sit on it, is it still a chair? I would say ..no Jinil Park is the author of sketched-like furniture. How great is this bed! or these tables inspired by galloping horses.
Murals
Walls are often understated. Brushed most of the time with a simple coat of paint, they have the potential to be powerful surfaces. And from time to time we see that embraced.
