I recently came across a Vogue article on Rick Owens home in Venice and I fell in love with his bathroom. So serene, designed in the most beautiful neutral tones that mimic the colors of the earth. It’s minimal and modern yet so warm and inviting. I would die to take a shower here, wow!
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Kana Chair is a minimalist chair created by Brooklyn-based designer Vonnegut Kraft. The Kana Chair is made of ash with a black/matte lacquer nish and upholstered in a tan mohair. The frame slips down and and around the seat to create an elegant tension between the upholstery and wood, while the upholstery slumps to complete the chair back. The tension between the materials is sculptural while still creating a comfortable piece.
You all know I am a sucker for good design. Furniture design has become such an inspiration to me. I love a piece that can be aesthetically beautiful but also functional. I could just imagine this beautiful chair being the focal point of an entrance with a large vintage mirror sitting behind it. It would also be such a dreamy vanity chair. Placed right under a beautiful marble top with all your favorite perfumes lined up in front of it. Ugh, perfection.
Find more pieces from this amazing design studio/duo over on their website, HERE.
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Touring the beautiful home of Belgian-born Designer, Raphaël Van Gend.
Take a peek into his stunning home in Brussels.
“Despite an intense attention to detail, the 1920s house is uncluttered to the point of emptiness. ‘‘To me, an absence of things is peaceful,’’ Van Gend says. With a deft sense of composition, he arranged almost cinematic vignettes with a scarce amount of furniture chosen from a variety of periods: geometric brass sconces by the postwar Belgian designer Jules Wabbes, a square, patinated steel chair by the contemporary designer Franck Robichez and a creamy, undulating sofa by Pierre Paulin, originally manufactured in the late ’60s. When he couldn’t find an armchair to complement the sofa, he designed a swiveling leather captain’s chair upholstered in Kvadrat fabric. He also re-envisioned the room’s intricate floor, polishing the interlocking grid of tiles custom-cut from solid chips of oak into a pale finish.”
A beautiful space that's absolutely pristine. For how minimal and white everything is, I somehow find this space to feel very inviting. I could compare it to a Gallery space that reels you into the details of a piece of work. I want to study that sofa, walk around it, take it all in. Although, I would find it too terrifying to actually take a seat as if it were an art piece. However, Gend's studio is another story. I want to touch everything in there. Study the pencil and notebooks he has layed out on his desk to maybe get a bit of a glimpse into his creative mindset. It's truly an inspirational space.
View more images and read more about Raphaël Van Gend online via The New York Times, here.
'“At work, I have so much stuff around me,” Shahid explains. “And then you come here and it’s serene, calm.” This strict aesthetic applies throughout the apartment, from the streamlined kitchen to the shower taps in the master bath.'
I remember bookmarking this interview forever again but I always look back at it as an inspirationional interior. The sleek, minimal apartment is a breath of fresh air. Everything has a place and a purpose.
“I always use the words ‘simplicity’ and ‘direct,’ ” he says.
'To enter Shahid’s three-story prewar apartment in Greenwich Village is to understand those words, and to get the sense that success has bought him something else: silence. In a way, it is a reaction to the demanding whirl of fashion. He has created a nearly empty setting in which even his most soul-satisfying possessions — books, art — are banished from sight behind doors that blend seamlessly with the walls. It’s as though he has chosen to contain his passions in order to clear his head and, at the same time, draw out the openness of the space.'
Full story and images from 'Behind Sam Shahid's Closed Doors' for The New York Times - it's definitely worth the read!
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