New Sergio Rodrigues store in New York

One of my favorite Brazilian furniture designers is opening his first shop in New York at the ripe old age of 84! His chunky leather chairs are the epitome of comfort to look at as well as lounge in. I am very excited. Way to go, Sergio!!

NYTimes article reads...

"Sergio Rodrigues is in the enviable position of amassing a cult following while still alive. And at 84, the Brazilian designer shows no signs of stopping. Next week, he has a new store opening in New York, his first in this country in more than 40 years. (His previous store, OCA, in Carmel, Calif., closed in 1968.)

The 2,000-square-foot space, Espasso Sergio Rodrigues, will occupy the lower level of Espasso, a TriBeCa shop specializing in Brazilian design. It will initially carry 17 of Mr. Rodrigues’s pieces. “To just have one or two pieces doesn’t tell the story of Sergio, because he has designed so many things,” said Carlos Junqueira, Espasso’s owner. “But I’m not putting everything in at one time.”

Prices range from $1,450 for the Mocho stool to $16,700 for the Mole sofa (the Mole chair, pictured, is $10,150, and the stool is $3,100). Espasso Sergio Rodrigues, 38 North Moore Street (Hudson Street), (212) 219-0017 or espasso.com. "

Grand Palais with K Lagerfeld...

I love love love the Grand Palais. Karl Lagerfeld clearly does too as all of the Chanel shows are there. I've been looking at Casamidy all day. The Manchez chair could be great for a Grand Palais with Karl Lagerfeld inspired room...

wood and glass

The company I work for just renovated a space for this shop, Santa Eualia, in Barcelona. The image here is actually of the temporary location where they were housed in the interim...but it's really nice I think! Reminds me of the Ethics + Aesthetics design I did with Pratt...

Santa Eualia 2009 location in Barcelona, Spain

The Rural Studio

A spiritual mentor...Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio.

LINK to writing about the Rural Studio by Samuel Mockbee...

LINK to the Rural Studio website

I feel like I have lost this commitment of the social purpose of design and architecture. I hope the winds will change soon and somehow my commitments will reflect my best heart...

signs of life

If there's ever something missing in a room for color or vibrance, it's usually plants and books.
It is not a coincidence that they are also both indicators of human vitality and natural life in a room.

color density

relentless. lush. layers. compared to vacant white? it's like living versus not.

Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Dir. Julian Schnabel

Ferragamo. 

Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 

Ibiza house. Featured in Great Homes and Destinations in NYTimes February 3, 2011

Stefano Buonamici for The New York Times

interior design by S.R. Gambrel

Roman and Williams

Their work is inspiring but their philosophy is ultimately what makes me a follower. 

This video about them is incredible. 

Video

Tacklebox - Saipua in Red Hook

This firm, Tacklebox, is really cool. They did this great little soap shop in Red Hook and also the Phillip Lim 3.1 store in Soho. Actually my client for the second fashion exhibition last year brought me pictures of Saipua as an example of something she liked and aspired to. (Photos from Interior Design taken by Jeremy Barbour)  http://www.tacklebox-ny.com/

tulus

soft and cuddly, long haired, turkish rugs. just makes you want to lay on the floor all day.

interior by the firm Commune featuring a tulu

fabulous colors

my favorite breed: bussels griffon. can't wait to get one
and to name it - Tulu. 

out and about: UES

Found some great diamonds in the stuffy rough while on the ues the other day.

metal mesh and leather handle trays

hurricane lamp - like the wood and metal combo. fresh.

wood, nail heads and leather stool

bronze crane statuettes. love for flanking a fireplace or something.

this is my beauty. it's sold in a pair. white jade and stone details. gorgeous.
they are intended to hold incense but i want to make them into table lamps.

hammocks

I love lounging and doing nothing, and so clearly I love hammocks. There are many wonderful styles created by fellow sleepyheads from around the world. 

columbian

Fur lined

nicaraguan

leather

Mexican

fringe

Marie Christophe lamps

really feeling...sergio rodrigues

today, I got into my robe at 430 pm and didn't get out. love to lounge. so does the wonderful brazilian designer, sergio. love me some sergio floppy leatherness.

And when he's not ultra floppy, he's just kickass.