What (when and where) made you interested in design and triggered this lifelong (may I call it) obsession?
Where were you then and where are you now?
As a young boy I was obsessed with drawing. Looking for people who shared the same passion as I had, I learned that there weren't only visual arts, but also the applied. Fascinated by the idea of giving form to your life and especially the way you live it, daily, I became interested in the gesamtkunstwerke-idea.
Since then I moved on from art-nouveau to art-deco, back to innovators like Dresser and leaped again to Italian pop.
My evolution in appreciating design was almost Piaget-like 🙂
The way it stands now I'm mostly interested in Scandinavian products from the fifties and sixties, locally designed (belgium) objects/furniture and remarkable individual designers (like Prouvé).
For me it was a combination...
For me it was a combination of things,my father collects antiques but he has no interest in anything post Art Nouveau....so obv I had to be interested in the things he didnt like.
Secondly my fathers hoarding tendencies lead to the formation of a prop hire company for film,tv theatre etc about 15 years ago,he already had a fulltime job so he asked me to run it.This lead to me going to see loads of auctions and markets etc which in turn lead me to buy nice vintage design items for the business.
If you look at most advertising these days you will see loads of great vintage pieces used to highlight that someone is young,funky and successful and based on this I have had free reign for years to buy and collect loads of great pieces.
I don't remember not being...
I don't remember not being interested in design in one way or another. As a kid, I wasn't allowed to borrow paper in class because the teacher thought I "wasted mine on all those weird drawings."
As early as seven I remember drawing my dream house ... which, at that age, was entirely (and I mean entirely) orange on the outside .... down to the car and lawn. Inside it would be all white, even the artwork would be white frames with plain white paper within. The only pop of color would be an orange chair in the master. The bathroom idea was ridiculous. I wanted a giant sized sink as a tub, with a tall curved faucet making a waterfall of sorts. Resting near would be a giant toothbrush and sponge, used as seating.
not to be a bitch
But what is so hard about successfully designing a minimalist interior? Correct me if I am wrong.
You have:
1. Excellently executed construction, with no trim.
2. White walls
3. Concrete floors
4. A white sofa
5. Simple Dining set
6. No artwork and no window treatments
7. If other colors and/or materials are introduced besides the white and flooring, then use sparely and make sure they match (in this instance, wood).
Then, boom, a "chic" minimalist interior. Seems to be the easy way out to me. Mixing color, textures, periods, etc. is a challenge.
It's awesome, a bit too minimalist for me, but awesome
none the less. My space is minimalist to a point, the walls are covered with art, but everything else is free of clutter, and there is a fair piece of space between walls and furniture, but then the house is 6400 square feet and we really resisted the urge to fill it up.
I am getting this Phaidon book though as I was unfamiliar with this architect, John Pawson. Did no one recognize the lyric reference?
I absolutely abhor Clapton...
I absolutely abhor Clapton on his own. There are plenty of guitarists in the same caliber, not saying he isn't good. But my disgust with him is his songwriting, which in my opinion is on the cheesy side. He definitely plays well with others .... in Cream he wasn't as involved with song craft.
Every time I hear "You look wonderful tonight," "Tears in Heaven," or "In my father's eyes," I die inside. What happened? How do you go from "She Walks Like a Bearded Rainbow" to such mind numbingly boring schlock?
Back to design. Sorry.
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