Baroque Definately!
This is the Cuvillies Theater in Munich Architect: Francois Cuvillies built 1751-55
photos: Katharina Garrelt 
http://www.residenz-muenchen.de/englisch/cuv/index.htm
Many lavish opera productions were held here including Mozarts Idomeneo in 1781. for more indepth info on this Theater go to above link…. it’s not unfortunately…. a very good translation…no disrepect meant!
Rest In Peace ‘Michael’
LA based costume designers Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins
I thought i would share this with you: taken from todays Sunday 28th LA Times.
The men behind The Man In The Mirror were L – A – based costume designers Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins.
They quietly designed most of Michael Jacksons personal and concert tour wardrobes -tens of thousands of pieces… many with military details
Working from a Michael Jackson mannequin in their studio that was built to the singers exact measurements
The pop stars directive was always….. “This is what the world is wearing” Top it!
Now i have not been a major fan of Michael Jackson since he started really messing with himself… and felt pretty uncomfortable with what he had become… but there is no doubting the brilliance of MJ as the King Of Pop and his mastery on stage. So it is to this footnote that i have to draw your attention… he left himself wide open to be ridiculed in life and now in death the stories are going to come thick and fast and this is just one of the many! and the only one I’m going to draw yours as well as my attention to.
Footnote: Check this out if you are interested!
I was scrolling the net this evening and came across an article on et online it read
REPORT: Former Nanny Alleges:
So i read it…..as i was reading something said this don’t sound right.. there was a link to a blog
The blog is written by Mallika Chopra… under the heading
BLOODSUCKERS And The World of Michael Jackson……. http://www.intent.com/mallikachopra/blog
then i backed tracked to the Sunday Times article…
The Sunday Times article titled
What Nanny…. Who Worked For Michael Jackson Saw!! written by Daphne Barak.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news Art’s and entertainment.
[ you will have to do a search on this site to find the article as this post is a few days old]
This is a cheap shoddy piece of journalistic c**p
Honestly i don’t know if i should even be posting this article… it has really made me feel quite sick…
It says it all really….. “i agree with you Mallika” ……there are a lot of Blood suckers out there….and more to come..
This is a pitiful demise of an iconic figure….
Garden Vibes
If you live in the urban jungle like me! and your lucky to have a garden… which i am (lucky to have one) I can honestly say i could never be without one again……It’s roughly 40m2 ( 500 square feet) so it’s small
aside from the urban Fox’s who killed the 3 baby chicks last week…
I somehow though it would be a miracle if they survived.
Their parents (Blackbirds) had made a nest on a low [ eye level ] side wall of all places.. it has ivy coverage…
but a little careless….
Those babies are Gone – Dead – Eaten… by a B.s…d Fox…… I heard all this noise outside my bedroom window early in the morning rushed to the back door waved my arms around swore at it…. Mr fox freaked….. fell into next doors decking and bolted
Honestly i felt really bad…….. but what could i do?…stand guard 24/7!
I love my garden!
Beautiful eggs
http://www.momeld.wordpress.com/
This is quite incredible…… Slovian artist Franc Grom using an electric boring tool to fashion these eggs
Momeld is an interesting site
A little high tech
Check out the UK folding plug below…. if you live in the UK ………. or you have spent any time here
you’ll understand how great this product is……. especially when your traveling…….
The plugs are huge… a real drag to lug around! I have no idea when or if this product will get off the ground…..
Foscarini Le Soleil design Vicente Garcia jimenez
Foscarini Le Soleil design Vicente Garcia Jimenez
The storey of the chest of drawers
possibly 1960's re-pro chest of draws
Last year i went on the hunt for a chest of draws….. just about everywhere i went… “no we don’t have any”
How many antique – vintage shops are there on Golborne Rd alone?
“quite a few actually”………….. nothing on Portobello rd either
finally found Le Pigeon Rose, ‘they deal in vintage hand painted furniture’…
No shop though by appointment only…. www.lepigeonrose.com/
Anyway i emailed……… and Michael Macrae [one of the owners] got back to me
he sent some images of a few pieces he had..
So i made an appointment and went to their workshop ….
When i got there i thought “that looks really familiar to me…….. my mother had one just like that”…
i vaguely remembered doing the same thing as a kid….. painting the metal handles silver
Oh yeah!…. silver……
The chest of drawers was in need of a little TLC.. which is what Le Pigeon are all about!
they buy one off pieces of furniture …. do their thing & give their pieces a new totally lease of life!
We can paint it for you !… no …. I’ll take it as is
It was delivered….. I stripped it down, taking the Crappy-tacky silver metal handles off….
Painted it…. brought some bog standard wooden handles… now she was looking good!
but there is something missing……”A key”……… a key with a tassel hanging from it!
After my mother died and i cleared things up and away.. i found a key that fitted nothing.. I’d kept for it for no good reason….
Got the key i put a tassel on it….. and thought, ’strange if it turns the lock”…….
Put the key in the lock and it turned……. i couldn’t believe it…
Was this my mothers Chest of Drawers?
Maybe it was my mothers or maybe another… same make & style painted pink with silver handles….
I think this was one of those magic moments……
1960's reproduction chest of drawers
You tell me?
I found this for you!
Moroso Italy
Moroso Binta Chairs
Cocoon by Moroso
I thought i would share this company with you….. www.moroso.it/
don’t you just love these chairs…..I’d love them in my garden……
These Moroso Cocoon chairs look like they have been inspired by South African – Art – Culture
It’s pretty strange to me…… that considering Italians are not exactly known for being tolerant in regard to race
that this company has put Africans on their front page……. Hum! are things changing.. i don’t think so!
When traveling in Italy….. i was really struck at how marginalised the African population is….
in fact any peoples of colour from what i saw ……. are completely ignored, as if they don’t exist!!!
it’s a beautiful country…. but the politics and attitudes are much to be desired!
Actually i found it a bit shocking!
Genius bike trailer
- Carry freedom city bike trailer
- turns into a suitcase
I think the bike used in the photo above is a Birdy folding bike…..
For me…. this is one of those must haves…. i must have this bike trailer, it’s perfect for going on a trip down to the shops in the country side… especially good if you don’t drive
Personally I’ve got a Dahon Ciao, but the Birdy it a great design..
- Dahon Ciao flding bike
- www.dahon.com/us/folding-bicycles-us-models.htm
more inspiration
- Sandra Bucklund don’t walk!
I just found a great interior design blog ….. you probably already know about
But the problem is… i cant seem to attach it to this blog..
I told you i hadn’t got a clue!!!
“days later” ………….. Attached it……… Worked it out……..
www.mocoloco.com
www.arisemagazine.net/
www.sandrabucklund.com/
Inspiring collections
This is a great example in my book of excellent pattern cutting….
The leather is a dream..
- These pieces a real feat of design, pattern cutting skill & construction ….
- Obviously Ms Van Herpen has a great team of people to execute her designs… i take my hat off to you!!
Satch Hoyt with His work Penalty
I come from a creative family, my mother was a complete furniture freak, things used to change so fast in the home you could hardly keep up with her! everything was second hand, mostly out of the auction rooms, Lots road was her favorite haunt, she had great taste! & for her it was of utmost importance we had, or show some sense of style & taste!
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