Thursday, January 31, 2008

Love of Danes

I was stopped in my tracks on Bond Street today by the furniture in a store called modern link. They carry vintage Danish furniture.

Of course the chairs that I completely fell for are particularly rare . . .
and expensive.

$35,000

They were in a light grey wool with a dark charcoal seat cushion. I think that's the colors of this one above, but there's not as much contrast in this photo.


I don't like the blue fabric much, but these photos show off the shape - I have heart burn thinking about them, they're lovely.


I found a sette on line
Then found this desk online too that is so so pretty. Wish I could see this one in person.



New York Look

Picked up this magazine at a subway station and now I'm enthraulled by it. I am a new convert to New York Magazine so when I saw a fasiony version I had a good feeling.




Turns out I was right. This thing is so pretty. The whole magazine. It's nice to find something so different. I mean I heart Vouge and always will, but you never realize how formulaic it is until you pick something up that gives you a new way of looking.


From the graphic design, to the layout, storys, to photographs it's lovely.


George Jensen

I love this watch. No idea how much it is - have a feeling it's overly absorbident. Love it.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Salt Lake City . . . hmmm

Since I left for school I haven't been feeling like I would like moving back to Salt Lake - any time soon anyway.

I must admit, since being here I have been thinking a lot more about working here, and I would love it if I found a job that I really liked of course.

Until I am ready for that here are the other places that I'm thinking I want to look into

Europe:
Stockholm, Sweden
Denmark
Helsinki, Finland
England

East Coast
Carolina (not absolutely sure why, but I have a feeling)
New York City
Boston

Non Costal
Colorado
Montana
Sante Fe
Northern Idaho

West Coast
Portland
San Francisco
South of San Francisco
Seattle

I talk like I would be able to get a job in any of these places.
I do know that if I could have my way I would have a home base in one of these places, and then I could travel and work and play and work and travel. There are a lot of people who can't travel a lot for work - so there should be opportunities for people who want to right?

Mostly I'm thinking i would like to keep working in residential. I like working with people and their life styles, their ideas, their families.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

More B Cards

I'm in a portfolio class and it's been so nice to organize all of the things I have been working on for the past year and half, but I feel like it's never done or I always want to change it.

This is the Business Card and Letter Head I turned in for class. I like them, but I like my other cards too, maybe even more.





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Sunday, November 11, 2007

David Maisel

"For more than twenty years, David Maisel has chronicled the tensions between nature and culture in his large-scaled photographs of environmentally impacted landscapes."
These are works by an artist that we came across while we were in Chelsea. I loved his stuff and even bought a little mini book of his - paper back and $10!

Turns out after reading about some of this artists images, particularly the ones included in the works titled "Treminal Mirage" (which were what we saw) - many are taken in Utah around the Great Salt Lake.


When I first saw his images I was drawn to the colors and abstract nature of them. Slowly I realized they were at a giant scale. Huge masses of land or water were making those colors and shapes. That's a little alarming since it's hard to imagine a body of water being such an unnatural color. It's a little scary, a lot beautiful.


Chelsea

Streets of Chelsea at dusk. I loved the paint color painted over this old brick building (the one on the left). It was a creamy grey green. It looks blueish here though.
Chelsea sitting near one my new favorite photographers pieces. His name is David Maisel.
love birds
One of the best parts of the galleries were the buildings in Chelsea. There were so many long desolate hallways. I really liked the teeny ladder and the green door at the end of the long white hall.
Painting I dug - only $750 - seriously though, that's cheap
Maybe the last remains of a tree in all of Chelsea. The area is greasy and industrial contrasted with the white pristine monstrous galleries. This stump looks hearty.