Urban Archaeology In Jewelry: Adornment Of The Industrial

Yes, I did promise another historically inspired interior in my last post, but I'm going to hold off for a moment as I'm slightly interior designed out. And as I received a great submission a few days back from Travis James who's work is below. His work made me stop to think about the nature of jewelry in general. That to some degree jewelry is entirely a manifestation the of archaeologic or the unearthed object, I think his pieces are quite interesting. They represent a new archaeology, being an urban one. An archaeology perhaps of the industrial revolution, which gives rise to a new jewel, the machine part. These pieces were parts of real machines, and in someone's toolbox. They have an authentic history and archaeology onto themselves.

In terms of design, I love the dual sex nature of them. Not easy to achieve in jewelry I don't think. They are masculine in their industrial nature, so I can see a man wearing them. While in form they have an implicit functional elegance that works for a woman as well. Actually quite sexy in my opinion. There's links below the images for you to reach Travis's site. Or you can simply go to What Goes Around Comes Around in SoHo to find these. Thanks Travis!

Thomas-Michael

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Fashion, Urban Archaeology In Jewelry And The Adornment Of The Industrial, Travis James Jewelry.

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Fashion, Urban Archaeology In Jewelry And The Adornment Of The Industrial, Travis James Jewelry.

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Fashion, Urban Archaeology In Jewelry And The Adornment Of The Industrial, Travis James Jewelry.

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Fashion, Urban Archaeology In Jewelry And The Adornment Of The Industrial, Travis James Jewelry.

Historicity:Thomas O'Brien's New York Apartment

Looking back given the nature of the memorial weekend and particularly to the 1930's brought me to a slew of interesting things. A few too many to cover elegantly at the moment. It will have to be a later post I suppose. But the search also brought me oddly to two interiors which are relatively recent. There must be a certain kind of historicity at play within them. The first is Thomas O'Brien's New York apartment. And the second I'll most likely be following up with on Monday or Tuesday. I think the images speak for themselves relative to the above context. But what I'll add is that it's the first project I've seen in quite a while that looks less like a spatial composition and more like something which was designed by time itself. An accretion of history. It's curatorial, but refined. And displays the process of thinking rather than the certainty of an outcome. It seems finished and in the act of becoming simultaneously.

Thomas-Michael

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Home Interior Design And Historicity, Thomas O'Brien's New York Apartment Interior.

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Home Interior Design And Historicity, Thomas O'Brien's New York Apartment Interior.

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Home Interior Design And Historicity, Thomas O'Brien's New York Apartment Interior.

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Home Interior Design And Historicity, Thomas O'Brien's New York Apartment Interior.

Stop!!! It's For A Great Cause...Alexandra Taylor, And The United Nations 'Nothing But Nets' Campaign

Alexandra is a recent graduate from Parsons The New School For Design In New York, and Parsons Paris. And she's already managed to make it very easy for us to lend a hand to the developing world in style, with a line of scarves developed to raise awareness towards the malaria epidemic. Each scarf sold is the purchase of an insecticide treated net to send to those in need. All in conjunction with The United Nations Nothing But Nets campaign. So while you could wait for Alexandra's work to hit boutiques in New York and along the East Coast in the fall, you could also simply just click a link below one of the images to make a difference right now. Thanks Alexandra!

Thomas-Michael
To read more about The United Nations Nothing But Nets campaign, go to nothingbutnets.net.

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Fashion And Philanthropy, Fashion Designer Alexandra Taylor And The United Nations Nothing But Nets Campaign.

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Fashion And Philanthropy, Fashion Designer Alexandra Taylor And The United Nations Nothing But Nets Campaign.

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Fashion And Philanthropy, Fashion Designer Alexandra Taylor And The United Nations Nothing But Nets Campaign.

A House In The Hamptons: By Murdock Young Architects

This is a project I recently came across and really love. It's modern, clean, elegant, and refined. But still feels warm. The vernacular elements make this possible I think. The raw wood, the exposed rafters play nicely against the white on white. I particularly love the white floor, with just a little bit of reflective quality. It makes the space seem more expansive and three dimensional. From inside to out, the big sliding glass doors are perfect.

Thomas-Michael

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Home Interior Design And Architecture, A House In The Hamptons. Modern, clean, and elegant, but not cold feeling. A very chic, elegant, and gorgeous home.

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Home Interior Design And Architecture, A House In The Hamptons. Modern, clean, and elegant, but not cold feeling. A very chic, elegant, and gorgeous home.

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Home Interior Design And Architecture, A House In The Hamptons. Modern, clean, and elegant, but not cold feeling. A very chic, elegant, and gorgeous home.

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Home Interior Design And Architecture, A House In The Hamptons. Modern, clean, and elegant, but not cold feeling. A very chic, elegant, and gorgeous home.

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Home Interior Design And Architecture, A House In The Hamptons. Modern, clean, and elegant, but not cold feeling. A very chic, elegant, and gorgeous home.

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Home Interior Design And Architecture, A House In The Hamptons. Modern, clean, and elegant, but not cold feeling. A very chic, elegant, and gorgeous home.

Hotel Guest Room Concept By D.B. Kim

This is a project I assisted design and did the 3d rendering work for a few years ago with designer DB Kim. It's a project I always love looking at because of how simple and elegant DB's concept is, while simultaneously being extremely powerful. Generally the idea is a prefabricated shell which is installed into a typically dimensioned hotel room. The bed frame, bedside tables, a bench for sitting, and a shelf are all part of the shell. Each gracefully curving and peeling off of it. The shell also acts as a surface to mount typical hotel equipment such as lighting and a television. While openings in the shell may provide for dramatic back lighting opportunities. It's one design move which completely transforms the typical hotel guest room experience. While being modular enough in concept to be utilized anywhere. In it's function it somewhat reminds me of a more spatial and clearly more chic version of a capsule hotel in Japan. And in it's articulation of smoothness and sleekness as well as it's minimal white tone, of contemporary airport design. A very appropriate translation for travelers.

Thomas-Michael

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Interior Design, Hotel Guest Room Concept By DB Kim.

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Interior Design, Hotel Guest Room Concept By DB Kim.

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Interior Design, Hotel Guest Room Concept By DB Kim. 9h(9 Hours) Capsule Hotel, Japan.

Interior Design, Hotel Guest Room Concept By DB Kim. Denver International Airport Proposal.

Contemporary Architecture: Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe

This is the Leonardo Glass Cube by 3Deluxe. It's been a favorite project of mine for quite a while now, for many reasons.

First, the plan reminds me of an abstract painting. Always a good thing. In it's abstraction it's very beautiful. Secondly, the building reminds me of Gaudi in terms of it's biological and genetic structural forms, Mies Van Der Rohe in terms of it's nature as a broad open span pavilion with a glass enclosure, Le Corbusier because of the smooth curving free plan elements. And then of course it has interior moments that make it difficult to forget Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York. It's a very nice assortment and blending of historical reminders. Lastly, the interiors have an amazing fading quality. Walls curve and fade into each other, as well as into floor and ceiling surfaces. It seems infinitely continuous. And I think also very soft because of this, very feminine, very much about contour as opposed to edge.

Thomas-Michael

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

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Contemporary Architecture, Leonardo Glass Cube By 3Deluxe.

Gandia Blasco: Modern, Chic, Elegant And Refined Outdoor Furniture

There are a couple of reasons why I look to Gandia Blasco for inspiration regarding outdoor furniture. First, everyone loves an outdoor canopy or tent. They're sexy, romantic, neat, chic, and very elegant. They're somewhere in between being architecture and furniture. Which I also love about them. With Gandia Blasco, there's even the Crystal Box which is a little closer to temporary structure. Very cool.

On a smaller scale, I included some table and chair examples to demonstrate how clean the design is in general. It's very refined, and I think even at the smaller scale implies a certain lifestyle. Something I really like about this brand. In addition to what I'm not showing here, you can find sofa type seating, and an assortment of lounge chairs and more at their website which is linked below all of the images.

Thomas-Michael

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Modern Chic Outdoor Furniture, Gandia Blasco.

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Modern Chic Outdoor Furniture, Gandia Blasco.

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Modern Chic Outdoor Furniture, Gandia Blasco.

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Modern Chic Outdoor Furniture, Gandia Blasco.

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Modern Chic Outdoor Furniture, Gandia Blasco.

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Modern Chic Outdoor Furniture, Gandia Blasco.

Fashion And Architecture: Lace

This will be the first of many posts I'm sure regarding the relationship between fashion and architecture. Enclosures of the body, be it at varying scales. But of course it's a more loaded relationship than that. Particularly assuming the manner in which they may be melting back into one another. In terms of design, in terms of structure, in terms of marketing, brand identity, life cycle, and so on.

For now, let's just keep it simple. I saw the first image by chance last week, and then starting looking at lace buildings.

Thomas-Michael

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Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Ronaldo Fraga.

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Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Roberto Cavalli’s Italian Villa In Tuscany By Italo Rota.

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Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Faulders Studio And Proces2, AirSpace Tokyo.

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Fashion And Architecture, Lace. Faulders Studio And Proces2, AirSpace Tokyo.

Tonality:Anna Wintour's Long Island House From "World Of Interiors"

She's the editor of Vogue, and this is one of her Long Island homes. But that's not what's important. I chose these two images because I think they are gorgeous examples of tonality. That is to say using a palette of a single color, and only varying more or less within different shades of that color. Or, by utilizing different textures and materials of a similar color range. In combination with light, it creates a soft, very comfortable aura. One where elements seem to melt into one another. As opposed to areas of sharp contrast which are defining and edgy. In the top image, I particularly love the way the blue painting above the fireplace pops against this soft atmosphere. It's powerful. In the bottom, the presence of strong light creates a sense of confusion as to being inside or out. The intense tonal quality of the space even blurs the definition of the room boundaries and the definition of the walls. Really gorgeous.

Thomas-Michael

Home Interior Design And Tonality, Anna Wintour's Long Island House From World Of Interiors.

Home Interior Design And Tonality, Anna Wintour's Long Island House From World Of Interiors.

Still Contemporary: Mies Van Der Rohe: Farnsworth House

A house from 1951 by modernist master architect Mies Van Der Rohe, it is still a source of inspiration. Though 60 years old now, it somehow feels as though it is becoming more contemporary by the moment. What other words could we use to describe contemporary design? Structural, clean, white, elegant, refined, reflective. Those words seem to have designed this house. A total glass enclosure allowing for zero differentiation between inside and outside. Only a system of white curtains can be used to close it off. I really love this use of fabric as an architectural element. It's a total example of refined living as well as lasting architecture.

Thomas-Michael

Modernist Residential Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, The Farnsworth House.

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Modernist Residential Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, The Farnsworth House.

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Modernist Residential Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, The Farnsworth House.

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Modernist Residential Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, The Farnsworth House.

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Modernist Residential Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, The Farnsworth House.

Modern Table Lighting From Design Within Reach(DWR)

These are two great selections from Design Within Reach that I really love. The first is the Lim C. It's excessively sleek, refined and elegant. It's almost not there. The second is the Massaud. Which is also very minimal, but which is almost like a little modern character or creature who inhabits your desk. It has some kind of peculiar futuristic personality that I really love.

Thomas-Michael

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Interior Design, Modern Table Lighting From Design Within Reach, The Lim C Light, ~$250.00 USD.

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Interior Design, Modern Table Lighting From Design Within Reach, The Lim C Light, ~$250.00 USD.

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Interior Design, Modern Table Lighting From Design Within Reach, The Massaud Light, ~$650.00 USD.

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Interior Design, Modern Table Lighting From Design Within Reach, The Massaud Light, ~$650.00 USD.

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Interior Design, Modern Table Lighting From Design Within Reach, The Massaud Light, ~$650.00 USD.