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Be Inspired by this relaunched society table from Arne Jacobsen which combines steel, veneer, leather & wood. What a beautiful design! Carl Hansen & Son is re-launching this elegant table in close cooperation with Jacobsen’s family. The Society Table was originally manufactured in just a few copies and is now being resurrected in a slightly updated version. The tabletop is covered with fine-structured leather. The drawer unit combines wood and veneer. And the table shelf – with two compartments that fit up to A4 and M65 envelopes – is made of wood with glass sides. The table features an integrated, brushed, stainless-steel desk lamp. Jacobsen designed all of the elements including the conical lamp that completes the modernistic look.
Carl Hansen & Son is re-launching the sophisticated table in close cooperation with Jacobsen’s family, who are thrilled that the unique furniture piece will now reach a wider audience. Jacobsen’s grandson, designer Tobias Jacobsen, who manages his grandfather’s legacy with great dedication, notes:
“The Society Table is an expression of my grandfather’s remarkable ability to make the complex appear very simple. The desk is also an archetypal example of his functionalist approach to the design process, so it is very significant that the Society Table is now being put into production.”
“The desk not only tells a unique story, but is also a distinctive piece of furniture that fits perfectly into the Carl Hansen & Son portfolio of design classics. With strong visual, functional and sculptural qualities, it’s a design that attracts well-deserved attention – and fulfills the high standard of craftsmanship for which Carl Hansen & Son is known,” explains Knud Erik Hansen, CEO of Carl Hansen & Son”.
In this episode of Open Door, "This is Us" actress & musician Mandy Moore takes Architectural Digest on a tour of the $ 2.6 million mid-century home she purchased with fiancé Taylor Goldsmith in Pasadena, California. After buying the property, Moore worked with Sarah Sherman Samuel (interior designer) and Emily Farnham (architect) to renovate the 4-bedroom house designed earlier by architect Harold Zook. The property features 1.45 acres of land, 360-degree views, floor-to-ceiling glass walls, a breakfast nook, a spa and a pool. During the video tour, Mandy gave viewers a peak at her home which featured accents of brass metal and blush. The house is pretty simple, but I like that it has certain pops of character,' the actress said during the video. Be Inspired .........
A detail of the updated fireplace with custom terrazzo bench & floor with brass inlay. All the floors in the home were replaced.
Owner Mandy Moore with Emily Farnham (architect) & Sarah Sherman Samuel (interior designer).
The 34-year-old's stunning vision and work paid off as she unveiled her pristine home in the July/August issue of Architectural Digest. As part of the unveiling, the magazine also released an episode of Open Door where Mandy took the cameras around her home and explained some of her most favorite parts of the Pasadena, California, place.
While surfing this morning on internet I found this beautiful jacket with embroidered face. It's a design by fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. Love his creative and artistic work. Be Inspired ........
More about the fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac was born on November 28 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco. In 1986, after graduating from l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts and l'Ecole Supérieure des Industries du Vêtement, he began work on his own women's ready-to-wear line under the brand lead by his mother, Ko and Co. He launched his first collection in 1970, which took the fashion world by storm and included a coat cut from a blanket, which remains a fashion legend to this day. Two years later, he joined the Créateurs & Industriels group and opened his first boutique on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré in Paris. Quickly making a name for himself with creations such as the poncho for two, an Astro-Turf body-warmer, the teddy bear jacket and an anorak made of multi colored feathers, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is now renowned for injecting playful childhood themes and Pop Art styles into his work, reflected in his collaborations with art and music icons of the 1970s, which featured work from artists such as Andy Warhol, the Sex Pistols, Takashi Kenzo and Raoul Haussman.
Alongside his own line, he collaborated on designs forMax Mara'sSportmaxrange and a women's ready-to-wear collection for the brand Iceberg in 1976.Jean-Charles de Castelbajacfounded his own eponymous label in 1978, launching a menswear line and his first fragrance,Première, in 1980. From 1982, he began to collaborate with contemporary artists includingJean-Charles Blais,Robert Combas,Loulou Picasso,Ben, Annette Messager,Gérard Garouste,Hervé Di RosaandMiquel Barceloto create his painting dresses, which transformed clothing into works of art and were put on show all over the world in the early 1980s. In 1985,Jean-Charles de Castelbajacbecame the first fashion designer to ever be invited to show at theMuseum of Modern Artin Troyes. In 1986, he was the subject of an exhibition at theFashion Institute of Technologyin New York, which was followed by another exhibition in his honor namedAntikörperat Vienna'sAcademy of Applied Arts, where he taught fashion from 1985.
In the 1990s, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac expanded his work, designing the credits for television channels and participating in many collaborations with the brand Courrèges. In 1997, he designed the ecclesiastical chasuble embroidered with a multicolored cross which was worn by Pope Jean Paul IIduring World Youth Day. The designer presented his first and only, haute couture collection entitled Bellintelligentzia in 2000, before releasing the brand's second perfume, Doudou, the year after. In 2006 and 2008, two retrospectives of his work were unveiled, the first at theVictoria & Albert Museum in London, and the second in Paris' Musée de la Mode, under the title Gallierock. In 2009, the designer launched a diffusion line, JC/DCwhich draws inspiration from cartoons and comic strips.
While surfing on internet this afternoon I found this inspiring furniture design from the company Studiomama. Studiomama has designed an oak trestle for furniture company Another Brand, which can be rotated to make a dining table, a console or a coffee table. Launching at London Design Festival, the collection by Studiomama's co-founders Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, comprises a box-framed trestle with diagonal struts that suggest an irregular star shape. Be Inspired .......
