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Art + Design + People + Places we love.Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.comBlogger504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-89069765667750703712011-04-06T11:18:00.000-04:002011-04-06T11:18:13.346-04:00Rugs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W6Qr6spxC-s/TZyDnhWvIHI/AAAAAAAABaA/ux83qxlK4hw/s1600/Hassan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W6Qr6spxC-s/TZyDnhWvIHI/AAAAAAAABaA/ux83qxlK4hw/s320/Hassan.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our beautiful rugs came from a man named Hassam in Marrakesh (via Kate.)</div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-17159164051228368542011-04-05T14:00:00.003-04:002011-04-05T14:13:42.713-04:00Portuguese Sensibilty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x9rUoExuKBc/TZtblq5C5DI/AAAAAAAAAnE/L11647JCeu0/s1600/housing%2Bfor%2Bthe%2Belderly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x9rUoExuKBc/TZtblq5C5DI/AAAAAAAAAnE/L11647JCeu0/s400/housing%2Bfor%2Bthe%2Belderly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592164065037444146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Two of my favorite architects are <a href="http://alvarosizavieira.com/">Alvaro Siza</a> (1992 Pritzker Price winner) and <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/122929/2011-pritzker-prize-eduardo-souto-de-moura/">Eduardo Souto de Moura</a> (2011 Pritzker Prize Recepient) from Portugal. Architects <a href="http://www.airesmateus.com/">Aires Mateus</a> are quickly joining their rank of great Portuguese Architects. Above a <a href="http://design-milk.com/house-for-the-elderly-in-portugal-by-aires-mateus/#more-67062">House for the Elderly</a> they did in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal. <span style="font-size:100%;">We recently posted about their windowless house </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 328px;"><a href="http://asheleandro.blogspot.com/2011/03/privacy.html">Casa em Leiria</a>.</span></span></span>reinaldo leandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384187373193578174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-7380926219981165862011-04-04T22:11:00.000-04:002011-04-04T22:11:52.787-04:00Storm WarningOur friend <a href="http://lucasallen.com/">Lucas Allen</a> took this photo from his hotel room in Chicago last night. Pretty amazing.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kAS2l_aQ0Qk/TZp6CQosXvI/AAAAAAAABZ8/Tn-7ifJbS7M/s1600/204998_1918074321059_1518044172_2050147_2091807_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kAS2l_aQ0Qk/TZp6CQosXvI/AAAAAAAABZ8/Tn-7ifJbS7M/s320/204998_1918074321059_1518044172_2050147_2091807_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-65252086125849868102011-04-04T11:51:00.001-04:002011-04-04T12:42:31.497-04:00Rug Heaven<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://asheleandro.blogspot.com/search?q=kate">Kate </a></b>just returned from Marrakesh with 5 Beni Ouarain rugs for us. We can't stop smiling at them.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-58799793886200060902011-03-30T11:28:00.003-04:002011-04-01T18:57:51.842-04:00Happy Friday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cj40m1IDLXo/TZNMFXZ52VI/AAAAAAAABZU/2gO137espAI/s1600/DSC_2416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cj40m1IDLXo/TZNMFXZ52VI/AAAAAAAABZU/2gO137espAI/s400/DSC_2416.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by Tom Ashe in Cape Town, South Africa</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">**we legit thought wed was friday. wishful thinking. </span></div></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-90480752244308077212011-03-28T11:29:00.006-04:002011-03-30T11:27:41.814-04:00From Grand Central to Dia: Beacon<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j8TADP-QhMg/TZCpgCb7R5I/AAAAAAAAAms/Y4zpNMV0ZKQ/s1600/grand%2Bcentral.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589153505441695634" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j8TADP-QhMg/TZCpgCb7R5I/AAAAAAAAAms/Y4zpNMV0ZKQ/s400/grand%2Bcentral.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxjPzQrNTkA/TZCplZ9wfxI/AAAAAAAAAm0/O0AxxQSQXdo/s1600/knoebel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589153597656956690" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxjPzQrNTkA/TZCplZ9wfxI/AAAAAAAAAm0/O0AxxQSQXdo/s400/knoebel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-joSljCSqcH4/TZCppn19JXI/AAAAAAAAAm8/CBPF-p4BzOk/s1600/serra.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589153670101804402" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-joSljCSqcH4/TZCppn19JXI/AAAAAAAAAm8/CBPF-p4BzOk/s400/serra.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Pictured artist at Dia: Beacon, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imi_Knoebel">Ima Knoebel</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Serra">Richard Serra</a>reinaldo leandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384187373193578174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-9027542735534295822011-03-28T11:26:00.002-04:002011-03-28T11:29:32.171-04:00At Home With The Kids<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wwUg2Kpu29I/TZCo2JtmANI/AAAAAAAAAmk/7VRWyD3TGdY/s1600/just%2Bkids.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wwUg2Kpu29I/TZCo2JtmANI/AAAAAAAAAmk/7VRWyD3TGdY/s400/just%2Bkids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589152785840341202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">It was not Christmas or my birthday but still got two great gifts last week after going on and on about Patti Smith's <span style="font-style: italic;">Just Kids</span></span>reinaldo leandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384187373193578174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-51677092522016457032011-03-23T14:03:00.004-04:002011-03-23T14:11:46.654-04:00Giant<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3w-uUeSEcoI/TYo2lB2H2yI/AAAAAAAAAmc/PaCah1apzkI/s1600/Taylor%252C%2BElizabeth%2B%2528Giant%2529_01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587338297485024034" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3w-uUeSEcoI/TYo2lB2H2yI/AAAAAAAAAmc/PaCah1apzkI/s400/Taylor%252C%2BElizabeth%2B%2528Giant%2529_01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 367px;" /></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A title that befits her and one of my favorite movies: Elizabeth Taylor on the set of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049261/">Giant</a></div>reinaldo leandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384187373193578174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-12060613094247590302011-03-23T12:47:00.000-04:002011-03-23T12:47:13.083-04:00Lia on Television<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--ZQ2k6fOnRc/TYoj5uqeTRI/AAAAAAAABZQ/scdgVe6rybQ/s320/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/42221825/ns/nightly_news#42221825">with brian williams</a></span></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-66564403566176553412011-03-23T11:01:00.002-04:002011-03-23T11:07:43.942-04:00Obsessed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kq-dpJg_cxs/TYoMoKiMLPI/AAAAAAAAAmI/5AcgfRkdFR4/s1600/rob%2Band%2Bpatti.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kq-dpJg_cxs/TYoMoKiMLPI/AAAAAAAAAmI/5AcgfRkdFR4/s400/rob%2Band%2Bpatti.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587292171868581106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We both just read Patti Smith's book <span style="font-style: italic;">Just Kids</span> and we loved it. Listening to Patti's music and making necklaces will be a new A+L project. Above a picture of her and Robert wearing their self made jewelry.<br /><br /></span>reinaldo leandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384187373193578174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-67448527972923467462011-03-21T12:58:00.000-04:002011-03-21T12:58:43.944-04:00Pendleton Towels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jCJyr305if0/TYeDltvR14I/AAAAAAAABZA/myaqtxKgoLM/s320/pendleton.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=18520007&parentid=A_DECORATE&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=9&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=A_DECORATE&popId=APARTMENT&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=">Here.</a></span></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-59764545635479245692011-03-20T10:52:00.004-04:002011-03-21T11:44:43.599-04:00Art Day: Saturday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Met <a href="http://www.richardhellergallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=35">Ernesto Caivano.</a> </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7usH2oKgyEs/TYYTsGcpdFI/AAAAAAAABY8/gl0DW1AepNQ/s1600/IMG00847-20110319-1453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7usH2oKgyEs/TYYTsGcpdFI/AAAAAAAABY8/gl0DW1AepNQ/s320/IMG00847-20110319-1453.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-72599092802206688712011-03-19T12:10:00.000-04:002011-03-19T12:10:37.999-04:00America (Martin) The Beautiful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CUMGxJ4MhG4/TYTURwwRLBI/AAAAAAAABYk/sCdG6rniAeE/s1600/IMG00836-20110319-1154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CUMGxJ4MhG4/TYTURwwRLBI/AAAAAAAABYk/sCdG6rniAeE/s320/IMG00836-20110319-1154.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday morning coffee and Vogue. I came across an article with the above title and it reminded me how much I love the work of California artist <a href="http://www.americamartin.com/">America Martin</a>. A few of my favorite paintings:</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let's <a href="http://philipjohnsonglasshouse.org/">go!</a></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-69862613789271662592011-03-17T11:39:00.000-04:002011-03-17T11:39:01.963-04:00Drawing Rooms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YuDlOPfVJH8/TYIqtChGQkI/AAAAAAAABYQ/cPeX4pfAz1k/s1600/09kalman-viladas-tmagHP-v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YuDlOPfVJH8/TYIqtChGQkI/AAAAAAAABYQ/cPeX4pfAz1k/s320/09kalman-viladas-tmagHP-v2.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I <i>so </i>wish I could do this for my clients!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/drawing-rooms/?ref=t-magazine"><span class="slideCaption" style="width: 592px;">Maira Kalman’s gouache painting "Rajasthani Room of 2004-2005"</span></a></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-81902054256755529092011-03-15T10:55:00.004-04:002011-03-15T12:10:56.168-04:00White Columns<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nQZzbGwpYGg/TX-ASoYraXI/AAAAAAAAAmA/cy0GEhXPBmQ/s1600/BK%2BINSTALLATION%2B2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584323120529631602" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nQZzbGwpYGg/TX-ASoYraXI/AAAAAAAAAmA/cy0GEhXPBmQ/s400/BK%2BINSTALLATION%2B2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 142px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">reOrder: An Architectural Environment </span><span style="font-family: arial;">by <a href="http://www.situstudio.com/design/index.html#works/projects/PROJECTS/project8">Situ Studio </a>at the <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/reorder/">Brooklyn Museum's Great Hal</a>l. The existing field of columns were covered in fabric so they could be stretched and twisted into new versions of their Beaux-Arts originals.</span>reinaldo leandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12384187373193578174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-79382443914171822742011-03-13T20:55:00.000-04:002011-03-13T20:55:33.002-04:00Sundays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rkn4FmWcD5o/TX1nDTUZw0I/AAAAAAAABX4/7oKvZF0k9ao/s1600/2wh48so.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rkn4FmWcD5o/TX1nDTUZw0I/AAAAAAAABX4/7oKvZF0k9ao/s320/2wh48so.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(some random blog)</span></div>Ariel Ashehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929664578296625590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844290943936831076.post-89142832812351289612011-03-12T10:35:00.005-05:002011-03-12T10:41:09.376-05:00Cool.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had my eye on these lamps at </span><a href="http://lawsonfenning.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_item_detail.php?id=489844"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lawson-Fenning</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for a while:</span><br />
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