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Monday, 16 July 2012
CHAIR LUST (or two) .(scribbled at 04:30 )
A need to escape London (again...) struck about 10 days ago, so the weekend before last I tucked a biro and small sketchbook into my back pocket and went away to Brighton for a day. Stupidly, I'd forgotten about the imminent monsoon that was due to hit the south coast that day, so inevitably most of the afternoon was spent indoors, although I did risk a few hours walking against the beating rain along the beach.
Looking back in hindsight, I suppose it was pretty cool that the weather was naff, otherwise I might not have spent a great deal of time in Brighton's Museum & Art Gallery. Currently displaying a select number of classic and contemporary chairs, I definitely acquired my furniture designer fix of the week: Thomas Heatherwick.
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| Keep Off the Glass (2005) |
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| WW (1990) |
Coincidentally, these are also going to both act as my recent chair lusts. The Philippe Starck obsessive that I am, it was rather inevitable that one of his chairs would end up on my blog... I'm just a little surprised at myself it wasn't the glorious Ghost Chair of 2005. Actually, I should note that Brighton have stated that the WW Stool was designed by Starck back in 1991, although I'm quite certain it was the year prior to that? Hmm...
Well anyway, Brighton ended on a lovely note of scoffing about 5 cupcakes from the divine Angel Food Bakery on East Street. As tempted as I was to try out a Red Velvet Cupcake for the first time, I was a bit wee bit seduced by the allure of the banoffee option. Standard.
www.angelfoodbakery.co.uk
Labels: ART DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, Chair Design, Chair Lust of the Month, CHAIRS, Furniture Design, Ghost Chair, Philippe Starck, Thomas Heatherwick, Vermeers Victoria Sponge, WW Stool
Saturday, 21 April 2012
How do you squeeze your lemons? .(scribbled at 12:55 )
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Are French Men Superior? Discuss.
© DESIGN BOOM |
It's now approaching 4 years since I first developed a crush on Philippe
Starck so perhaps it’s time to give him a mention on
Vermeer’s Victoria Sponge. I’m under the impression that if I write
a little about well-designed lemon squeezers it might, just
might give him the inclination to
realise his undying love for me, and thus propose before I find another
designer to get obsessed about.
So yes, happy Saturday morning all! Here are my picks of my favourite squeezers...
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| Alessi; Designed by Rolan Kreiter; £35 |
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| LEKUE; £5.25 ©Selfridges |
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| Alessi; Designed by Eero Aarnio;£24 |
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| Joseph Joseph; £8.50 |
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I’ve also heard on the grapevine that professional chefs opt
for that Joseph Joseph one featured there, as you can easily dictate how much
lemon juice you want. Handy, non?
And OBVIOUSLY the Juicy Salif is going to feature (duh!). Although, it
persistently annoys me that after 4 years of lusting for this, I still haven’t
had the inclination to wander over to Selfridges and treat myself to £47 worth
of cast aluminium?
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Alessi; Designed by Philippe Starck; £47
Img © UtilityDesign |
On a less sad note: JUST 3 DAYS TO GO UNTIL DESIGN OF THE YEAR 2012 IS
ANNOUNCED. Boom!
www.utilitydesign.co.uk
www.selfridges.com
www.designboom.com
www.josephjoseph.comLabels: ART DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, Citrus Juicer Blog, Design Museum, Designer Lemon Squeezers, Designs of the Year 2012, Juicy Salif, Philippe Starck
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diaristic ramblings about architecture, design, art, baking and shoes.
...all posts penned by
Vikki, a twenty-something girl based in London (but currently having itchy feet and wanting to move back to Neuilly).
all these poorly taken photographs are indeed my own.
about vikki
basically hangs paintings for a living.
white silver grey haired girl in her twenties, living in London and working in the visual arts.
Usually covered in masking tape and donning a pair of nitrile gloves
alright!!
Fancy a chinwag?
any comments, suggestions or generic thoughts can be sent to:
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Liste de tâches
April's To Do List.
1.
take my sister to the Lichtenstein retrospective
2.
See Pae White's show at South London Gallery
3.
Buy and read The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
4.
dye my hair blue
5.
visit The Courtauld's Becoming Picasso exhibition
6.
visit somewhere new in London
7. get my Robert Orchardson print framed...
A need to escape London (again...) struck about 10 days ago, so the weekend before last I tucked a biro and small sketchbook into my back pocket and went away to Brighton for a day. Stupidly, I'd forgotten about the imminent monsoon that was due to hit the south coast that day, so inevitably most of the afternoon was spent indoors, although I did risk a few hours walking against the beating rain along the beach.
