Giorgio Armani is one of the great fashion designers of the past 50 years. I think his creations are a bit repetitive but still very stylish.
I am not a huge fan of his decoration and designers skills but when I saw this picture in a magazine of the newly opened Armani hotel in Milan I immediately felt grandeur and the views of a master.
I want to share with you some pictures of a house in the very fashionable district of ”El Distrito Federme”in Mexico City. This house is decorated by Madrid based decorateur Luis Bustamante.
At last I see in a European quality magazine an interior that is not minimalistic or vintage, put together with forgotten furniture from the attic that is whitewashed and boring.
This house has chic and is easy to live in, surrounded by objects of exceptional quality and contemporary art and above all a home feeling.
Grand living room.
another living room
library
A perfect and chic combination of contemporary art and various French antiques on a subtle coloured background.
Who would't dream of such a beautiful dressing room.
The Master bedroom.
The upstairs hallway.
Thanks for reading.
Benoit.
photo credits. Habitania magazine and Google.
THE EYE CATCHER OF THE FAIR
This chandelier that I made with the help(90%) of Nina Marie, a very talented young girl, daughter of my best friend Regine,was the eye catcher on our stand. I made it with teddy bears and other animals stuffed with small Christmas lamps and hang it in the completely black booth. Black carpet,black ceiling, black walls, 13metres long tablets,Louis XVI commode I had it all paint in the same mat black paint. A friend of me made specially for our booth a sofa/double chaise longue in an almost black fabric.I needed some space to hide our coats and other stuff , so I bought a large sheet of black shiny pond foil and covered a large round table with it. Absolutely not practical, but very funny and chic and cheap.
some of the collections of objects
sculpture by Fons Schobbers
My Friend Delphine Boel showed some beautiful pieces of the BLABLA serie.Also did Ineke Otte,with her absolutely gorgeous bijoux and Fons Schobbers with 2 amazing sculptures in polyester.
John showed a vast assemblage of different style collections and we had a really amazing time. explaining to young daddies how to make a chandelier as well as changing every day our jewellery to promote Ineke, mostly we had little rats in rubber running up the sleeves of our blazer or i wore an armband in plastic grass. see picrure
It was so funny to see the amazing look in childrens eyes and hear mothers and grandmothers say, hooo we have so many teddies at home, should do something with it. Many Christmas tree will be shaped with teddy bears and surely small chandeliers will be made inspired on this one.
Delphine in teddy bears.We understand each other so well.
Mission accomplished
As one of the iconic designers of the second half of last century, PierrePaulin was asked by French President Georges Pompidou to create some contemporary rooms for him and his guests in the Elysee Palace in Paris. He created those iconic rooms, in the beginning of the seventies. It was the period that the Modernist President created also the Centre Beaubourg also known as the Centre_Georges_Pompidou and Mme Claude Pompidou befriended couturiers as Pierre Cardin and Andre Courreges.
The Pompidous daringly redecorated some of the apartments at the Elysée with Op Art and Nouveau Réalisme. There were aluminium walls by Yaacov Agam. Serge Poliakoff designed plates and the sculptor Etienne Hajdu made vases and soup tureens.
Le fumoir at the Elysee palace
chairs of the Elysee Palace
Dining room with console by F. X. Lalanne.
Pierre Paulin
I like the clean lines of this sofa with only the striped cushions as accent under the colourful artworks.
seen on the site of Arent and Pyke.
