Herve Leger: Architectural Summer Into Fall 2011

I'm going to back up for just a minute to Herve Leger. As the image in the post last week seemed to have struck a chord. It's also a nice way to slide into the Fall of 2011. Yes, it's actually coming rather quickly now. So the first two images are from the Spring Summer ad campaign from this year. I love the campaign imagery as well. And the proceeding four images are for the Fall. There's obviously the continuation of a theme at play. Which perhaps in a biased sense I really enjoy. A sense of architectural line and construction. The fall work includes grids, straps which I think of as tensile structures, I suppose you could say armatures being solidified corsets, and lastly platonic shapes. Throughout, the body seems to be treated as an as such condition. The way architects would think of a given site which is then challenged or which challenges a structural solution.

Thomas-Michael

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. From the summer, I like the horizontal striation here. But also the literal linear dilineation in parts. The way the neck is outlined for instance. It reminds me of something purely being drawn on the body. Provocative and sexy.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. Also from the summer. This is the image that was posted previously. In itself, I think it's a concept for an architectural structure or facade. A woven one. I love how it seems as a whole made out of an assemblage or weaving together of parts rather than a solid fabric which is then subtracted from, or cut out.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. Into the fall now. You can see how the horizontality and continuation of the straps is coming through. A dominant sense of construction.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. The grid.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. This one is really tensile looking. I love how it seems as though it's pulling itself together from different respective angles on the body.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. Something of a physical armature. The corset is a starting point for a larger structure. And integrated really beautifully with the softer fabric. Then of course, the neck again. I love how it feels as though the whole thing is hanging from that neck strap.

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Fashion, Architectural Lines And Construction In Herve Leger, Summer Into Fall 2011. And lastly the presense of platonic shapes. A really minimal and definitive bounding box type of shape. It's very refined and beautifully proportioned.

Accent Light-Blue: Home Interior Design

Today's all about light blue. It's an amazing range of tones. All excessively calming. And they carry a multitude of associations. You can imagine a setting in Greece, something coastal or beachy, some old distressed blue wooden furniture found in a country barn somewhere, or even something South Western towards the turquoise end of the range. It's very versatile thematically, isn't it. As with most color, I prefer injections of it. Not all over the place, but just a pop of light blue here and there. And fortunately it's the perfect color for that. Where red for instance may be too powerful even in small doses. And green may get minty or look too deliberately chosen. Light blue has a funny way of seeming natural and acting neutrally even though it's not neutral at all. Perhaps it's the universality of it. Sea, sky, etc.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. I love this blue chair. This image so perfectly demonstrates how just a little touch of blue changes everything and enlivens a room.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Here's another blue chair. This time an old wooden one. These chairs immediately bring character to an otherwise neutral space.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Think I want this table. Love it. It's kind of antique in shape, but the blue punches through a little bit of modernism. It's really nicely proportioned as well. The color fits beautifully in the space I think.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Another shot of the table.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Some light blue on the wall would also be great. At first I thought it was art, only to realize it's a chalkboard. Either way I love the use of this color in big patches on the wall.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Another way to go is to use the color sparingly here and there in the details. This image I really love because it's so subtle, yet here and there you can pick up the light blues. In turn they create a kind of latent subconscious tonality within the space.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Some light blue accessories now. Blue chandelier and blue lightbulbs. It doesn't take much to activate these spaces in the mood of the color. And anyone can pull this off on short notice or with a minimal budget in their own space.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. You could also just use a light blue centerpiece. This one is gorgeous. It's actually white but with that Tiffany blue ribbon it becomes subsumed in the tone.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. A blue pillow is another easy thing to add quickly to bring some life into your space.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Who doesn't love old wooden country boxes? This one is perfect for the theme.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Now, if you're feeling a little more adventurous. Go find an old piece of furniture and get the paint out. This cabinet would look great in most situations.

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Home Interior Design With A Light Blue Accent Color. Even patterns look great in light blue. I doctored this rug pattern a little, but it would be a great one to throw on the floor in your living area. Particularly on a dark or black floor I think.

Pictures Of Paris

With The Tour De France coming through on Sunday, some inspiring photographs of Paris I found. I always love how photography of Paris often immediately sets some kind of implicit mood.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

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Travel, Photography, And Paris.

Getting Rustic In The Bedroom

Going to leave that title alone.


The idea here is pretty simple. Given that most of the blog readers here are urbanites. And particularly New Yorkers. Here's an idea to mix up and balance your everyday experience and life. As while we're constantly surrounded in computer screens, cell phones, modern buildings, electronic signs, monster advertising graphics, and slick modern contemporary design. Wouldn't it be nice to go back to your apartment and have a completely non modern experience?

You can still keep it clean, but a little rustic goes a long way towards feeling comfortable. Here are some basic elements for a bedroom for instance.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. I really love this image because it shows that you don't need much space to pull off rustic. It's just a studio but it looks great. This is something everyone can pull off. Even with a tiny apartment.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. This is one of my new favorite things. It's a hanging bed from Anthropologie. Rustic, but not too heavy looking. Great for small spaces.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. Here's another bed I like from Anthropologie for your rustic bedroom retreat. A little more classical, but still old fashioned. And still not heavy looking.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. A little simpler option for your bed is simply to recreate the headboard. This is a simple DIY headboard made out of some old wood. Looks great. Especially with those antique pillows.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. You're probably going to need a secondary piece of furniture to hold the theme. And it's always nice to have a chair in the bedroom. So here's a nice comfortable burlap one. Now, if your bedroom isn't big enough, this is still a great piece to have. Floating around in a studio for instance.

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>Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. Accessories always help. I like these burlap baskets from Pottery Barn. Really simple. You can keep some spare linens or whatever in them.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. Maybe a lamp too. This one is mercury glass and burlap. Also from Pottery Barn.

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Home Interior Design, A Rustic Bedroom. And lastly some candles. I like anything that's numbered for no apparent reason. The more completely you address different scales, the more you'll get the feeling of the theme across.

Bubble: Luxury 'Camping'

Until today, I was pretty much sure I had seen it all in the past year or so. But alas, I remain constantly surprised. This is the Cristal Bubble by BubbleTree. Designed by Pierre Stephane Dumas. I'm not sure I can even call it a tent but it assumes the same function. And must I would imagine represent the highest end luxury tent you could find. Quite chic, isn't it. For people who want to get as close to nature as humanly possible without breaking a nail, I think your dream just came true.

Let's get into a few logistics. It runs about $9,000-$17,000 USD. Apparently there are a few bubble options and bubble combinations available. For instance you could have a multi bubble. For those of you thinking what I was thinking about the interior temperature, there is an air movement system for controlling it. So it doesn't get too hot, or too cold. And if you don't want to own your own personal bubble, you can rent one for events. To date I've seen weddings, nightclubs, and corporate gatherings. Yes, all with bubbles.

Now, the bubble also made me think. In an increasingly transient and non locational world, isn't the bubble is a perfectly contemporary object? I can imagine setting up a computer in the bubble and working from one of the below locations for a few weeks.

Where would you bubble?
Thomas-Michael

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High End Luxury Camping Tent, The Crystal Bubble By BubbleTree.

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High End Luxury Camping Tent, The Crystal Bubble By BubbleTree.

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High End Luxury Camping Tent, The Crystal Bubble By BubbleTree.

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High End Luxury Camping Tent, The Crystal Bubble By BubbleTree.

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High End Luxury Camping Tent, The Crystal Bubble By BubbleTree.

Fashion And Architecture: (Woven)

Akin to the post on lace a month or so back Fashion And Architecture, Lace, today is all about woven. It always starts with the fashion. Maybe I should try it the other way around one day.

It's interesting how these two disciplines relate to each other. As in my view, the ultimate goal of architecture to imitate the architecture of the body itself. Thus I always love looking at these similarities between the way the body and the building are being addressed. Or, dressed that is.

Thomas-Michael

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Fashion And Architecture, Woven. Herve Leger Spring Summer 2011.

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Fashion And Architecture, Woven. Toyo Ito, Barcelona, Sea Wave Facade.

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Fashion And Architecture, Woven. Thomas Heatherwick, London, Guy's Hospital Facade.

Recent Interior Design Work: Meagan Cignoli's Visual Country Loft

For those of you who read the blog frequently, you'll probably recognize the name. Reference gorgeous fashion photography here, Fashion Photography, Meagan Cignoli.

Below is her loft, which Meagan uses as a combination live and work studio. I had the good fortune of advising her on the interior design.

Now, the existing condition is
1. Big open space.
2. Mminimal windows, and thus minimal light at one end.
3. It has to be extremely open for frequent events, gatherings, and photoshoots.

Given this criteria the idea was to
1. Challenge the scale of the space with a few big moments or elements.
2. Keep most everything white to allow for whatever slight natural light is coming in to keep moving throughout the space.
3. Define livable areas that feel comfortable, enclosed, and home like. All without literally dividing the space with walls. To define areas within areas I suppose.

There are notes below all of the photographs, and if you'd like to see more of my work you can simply visit my website at tmds1.com.

Thomas-Michael

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. The exposed ceiling beams became a subconscious grid to regulate furniture arrangements into the larger space. We also defined areas like this one with large jute rugs below. This way the furniture can float in the space but also feel like it belongs to a designated area.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. Same notes as the first image, but I also want to point out the canvas in this one. To challenge the scale of the loft, we used big or oversized canvases throughout. Their extreme presence and position in an abstract way also helps to complete the space within space definitions.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. There are only three small windows twenty to thirty feet away from where this picture is taken. So you can clearly see the effect of using a lot of white. It really keeps the light bouncing around and dispersive within the windowless space.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. A dining room is defined simply an oversized dining table with a big area rug beneath, and an oversized canvas at one end on axis. With this kind of treatment you can define a space without literally dividing it off or enclosing it.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. Since the space is so big, just placing a bed in it would have seemed odd. It would feel small and lost. So I designed one into the column grid to integrate it with the existing architecture. We kept things industrial and loft like, so it's simply two wood box platforms with queen size mattresses on top. Remember, big space equals big moments. It may be the largest bed in Manhattan. Simply enclosed with some basic white sheers held from some old metal pipes. The sheers allow the bed to be closed off without being as opaque as a wall. I should also note that the box platforms are on wheels as some of the other furniture is. Just in case it needs to be moved out of the way for a big event or gathering.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. I also designed a big desk that Meagan could work on which would also kind of be like a moment since there isn't that much furniture in the space. It's oversized and made out of standardized lumber dimensions. I used them to create something like a screen pattern so it wouldn't feel too bulky. And thus maintain the theme of extreme openness. A simple large piece of glass on top is a great clean working surface.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. A bigger desk image. Here you can see the little wheels a few of the furniture pieces are on.

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Home Interior Design, New York Fashion Photographer Meagan Cignoli's Live And Work Visual Country Loft. Just a nice detail here. Less is more. You don't need a ton of stuff. Even in a huge loft.