Neon printed poster, €32, by RK Design.
Colour is Fluorescent Pantone 805 M.
Covet: Geo Coffee Table by Paolo Piva
Paolo Piva • Italy • 1960s
The Warehouse, 1st Dibs
Watch It: Pinterest Spoof
If you follow me on Pinterest or Facebook (if you don’t, please do!), you know I have a bit of a Pinterest obsession. It’s hard not too, when you’re as visually motivated and compulsive as I. Of course, I’m not the only one with Pinterst issues.Enter, Pinsanity.
The video, which landed in my inbox via Styleite today, and was also posted by HuffPo yesterday, mocks the current cultural interest in curating shiny, pretty, things in cyberspace.
Follow StyleCarrot on Pinterest. You’ll swoon.
Shopping Trip: Moko
Last week I traveled to Helsinki, Finland for the first time, on a blogger press trip hosted by Visit Finland and World Design Capital Helsinki 2012, where I represented Design Milk, and took plenty of photos for StyleCarrot readers too. We rode bikes through the city, which is undergoing major urban renewal, foraged for edible herbs in the park, visited the future food market, and viewed an exhibition of student artwork from Aalto University in an otherwise mostly empty waterfront warehouse. We also went behind-the-scenes at the Marimekko corporate offices, where the fabrics are printed. And of course, shopped the outlet store. We had lunch on one of the days at a charming home decor shop called Moko, which has a cafe and coffee bar. It reminded me a bit of ABC Carpet & Home, on a much more modest and smaller scale, but cute.
ARTmonday: Lalla Essaydi
Photo: Courtesy of Lalla Essaydi
I learned about Lalla Essaydi’s photograph’s from my friend, artist Lee Essex Doyle, who invited me to my first sale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston several years back, which my husband and I have continued to support through our many wonderful purchasesevery December. She’s one of the School’s breakout stars, and on May 22 will be presented with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Medal Award. Essaydi, who grew up in Morocco, combines Islamic calligraphy with representations of the female body. The results are beautiful.
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York City
Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grand Odalisque, 2006
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches.
Les Femmes du Maroc: Fumee d’Ambre Girls, 2008
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.
Les Femmes du Maroc: Revisited #1, 2009.
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.
Les Femmes du Maroc: La Sultane, 2008
Chromogenic print.
Harem #4B, 2009.
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.
Harem #10, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches, 71 x 87.5 inches.
Harem #2, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches.
Harem #1, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 280 inches.
Photos courtesy of
Edwynn Houk Gallery, NY
and
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston