Axel Vervoordt & Wabi

Beautiful and inspirational book on interior design inspired by Wabi-Sabi* by Axel Vervoordt. Buy via Rizzoli.

*) Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence, specifically impermanence, the other two being suffering and emptiness or absence of self-nature.

Chris Burden – METROPOLIS II + SHOOT

This busy installation is so extensive and massive, and we almost get a headache thinking about constructing it. Wow. Is it on display for the next couple of years at the LACMA museum i Los Angeles. Suitable setting. The artist behind is the accalimed Chris Burden, praised to the stars and mostly known and respected for having his assistant shoot him for the 1971 performance SHOOT.

Details

Beautiful mirror-ceiling in DAMIR DOMA’s Paris boutique. More about this on their blog.

Away we go …

… on a little trip to this house and the climate surrounding is. In our fantasy!

House on the Greek Island of Tinos by Zege Architects for interior designer Marilyn Katsaris. Images by Yiorgos Kordakis – found on Yatzer.

Wave

Now that is beautiful.

Photography by Ben Roberts via jesuisperdu

Le Palmiers

How amazing is this panelling “Les Palmiers” by Jean Dunand, who is considered the greatest lacquer artist of the Art Deco period. Commisioned in 1928 for Mdme Colette Aoucaya’s Rue de Monceau apartment in Paris. It was sold at an auction held by Christie’s last March for the modest sum of € 3,113,828.

Marble work

Parisian Architect Mathieu Lehanneur has been responsible for the conversion of the choir t St Hilaire Church in Melle, Western France. Looks so beautiful. Modern, organic, soft & light yet in complete tone with the original building.

Shrine

We love boxes, cabinets, drawers, cupboards and keys. This amazing piece of furniture combines all!!!

 Design by Sigurd Larsen

Bookshelf

This is a cool bookshelf! It is from Alexandre de Betak’s house in Majorca and a little nod to artist Donald Judd. Alex de Betak is a famous events-producer, art director and stage designer (working for the likes of Dior, Rodarte and commonly known as the Fellini of fashion) See the whole series about his extravagant house here.

“But ask de Betak if the undulating surfaces — there’s hardly a right angle in the place — are meant to evoke the spirit of Antoni Gaudí, and he laughs and concedes that the influence is more like Barbapapa …”

Le Corbusier’s cabanon

Would have loved to see the 1:1 reconstruction of Le Corbusier‘s cabanon when it was built as part of an exhibiton with Cassina in 2009 at RIBA. Le Corbusier designed the little summer holiday home as a birthday gift for his wife Yvonne, located at Cap Martin just down the hills from friend Eileen Gray‘s villa. Magnificent little piece of micro-architecture.

Top image via Blueprint. Other images (+more) here.