From the Paris Flea

I got this vintage Eiffel Tower vase at the Paris Flea Market at Porte de Clignancourt for 4 Euro. I didn't imagine it here in my window but it's kind of perfect...as long as the feather doesn't fly away.

The two e's.

Doll Progress

She still needs arms, hands, another leg, boots and a dress! I'm tiiiired of it.

I'm so into this store!

Merci, 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais-3rd.
Sadly you can't buy anything off the website, but if you go to Paris, definitely visit this store. They have 3 floors of loft space filled with furniture and lighting, clothing (YSL, Isabel Marant, A.P.C.,) kid stuff, plants, books--you name it!

Paris Looking Up

Notre Dame de nuit

Beach Cabana

My first order of business in Venezuela was going to the beach. I stayed in parents beach cabana for the first time. We designed it keeping the original 50's structure intact. We have to give big props to Marina (mom) who had all the cushions made from fabric she had purchased in Oaxaca, Mexico

The VIP Hotel after dark

I arrived today to Caracas, Venezuela, among other things to oversee the progress of the hotel we've been designing for the past two years. The exterior lighting is almost done. This is the first pic of more to come.

New Music Video from Lia Ices

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Virginia Architecture

I'm in Charlottesville/Madison County for the weekend. While Thomas Jefferson's SERPENTINE walls at the University of Virginia maintain a top spot on my list of favorites, the below photo depicts my favorite kind of Virginia (and country) architecture.

Coolest new GREEN material

Metal tile from Coverings, Etc. made out of RECYCLED airplanes. Look for it at ICFF May 16-19.

MoMA Exhibit

You should not miss:

Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection

at MoMA. It was curated by our friend Christian Rattenmeyer and it is truly amazing. "The exhibition brings together historical works by Lee Bontecou and Joseph Beuys; Minimalist and Conceptual works by Donald Judd and Hanne Darboven; detailed narrative drawings by Elizabeth Peyton and John Currin; collages by Amelie von Wulffen, Mona Hatoum, Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska; and large-scale installations by Nate Lowman and Ján Mancuska, to name just a few. In its exploration of diverse artistic tendencies at the turn of the twenty-first century, this exhibition proudly celebrates the panoramic state of drawing today."

Alighiero e Boetti (a favorite piece)

Opening Night

Handmade Dolls

Reinaldo and I discovered a pattern for handmade felt dolls at Purl on Sullivan Street today. We are both going to make one. http://www.purlbee.com/hand-sewn-felt-dolls/

Best Chairs for Summer

Tropicalia chair by patricia urquiola for Moroso.

Green in Brooklyn

We biked to Brooklyn today to see the cherry blossoms at the BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, explore Prospect Park, check out the BROOKLYN FLEA and visit a friend's eco-friendly home furnishings store on Atlantic Avenue, GREENHOUSE.

It's Friday

Chelsea Loft (Updated)

Below are some updated images of the recently completed Loft in Chelsea. The round chairs were owned by the client and we upholstered them in teddy bear fabric. They came out looking like polar bear paws. The kids love them and so do we.
Try to spot Ariel in the pics below.

B&B Table, Vintage Chairs (reupholstered)

Vintage Library Chair and Side Table, Long Horn Skull, Palm Tree

Vintage Rug, B&B Sofa, Art by Carol Rosenblatt, Vintage Atlas

World of A+L

Upper West Side One-Bedroom Duplex

Check out...

The Girlfriend Experience, a film by Steven Soderbergh. Click HERE for the trailer.

Pritzker Prize 2009

The well deserved honor went to swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This project is the Field Chapel to St. Nikolaus von der Flüe, completed in 2007, in Mechernich, Germany. It was hard to choose one project of his to feature since they are all really amazing.

It's Friday.