Archive for November, 2006
Listen to your iPod in style with the Amadeus Sound System. This comfortable couch made in the “Louis XV” style allows your iPod to be plugged in to its enclosed hi-fi speaker system by Altec-Lansing.
The armchair is available in a variety of colors and is available from Robbadinoï for 2,150 EUR.
Robert Altman legendary director of films such as Network, Nashville, MASH and Gosford Park among other has passed on at the age of 81 of non-disclosed causes.
He was known for making highly naturalistic movies, but with a stylized perspective and large ensemble casts.
When asked about retirement he said:
Retirement? You're talking about death, right?
RIP Robert [...]
Solve your cable management problems with the fat leg table
0 Comments Published November 17th, 2006 in Design.Solve all your cable management problems in style with the Fat Leg Table.
This computer table features a hollow fat leg in the back intended for your cables to run through it and avoid any tangled up messes…
The Fat Leg Table is made of solid beech and comes in a variety of sizes and finishes and [...]
Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso at The Guggenheim New York
0 Comments Published November 17th, 2006 in Uncategorized.“Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History” brings together for the first time works by the greatest spanish masters from the 16th through the 20th century.
Art historians have classified Spanish painting between El Greco and Goya, maintaining that 20th-century avant-garde movements such as Cubism and Surrealism—Pioneered by artists of Spanish origin—broke [...]
Art Luise Kuntsthotel: a gallery where you can spend the night
0 Comments Published November 15th, 2006 in Uncategorized.While in Berlin stay at the Art Luise Kuntshotel. Where every room was decorated by a renown artist. Every room is an original, and all rooms are only united by the high artistic standards with which the concepts were carried out. Sculptures in the lobby and philosophy in the stairwell accompany guests throughout the hotel.
This [...]
Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006 at the MFA Boston
1 Comment Published November 14th, 2006 in Uncategorized.Paris is the undisputed center of the fashion world and the new exhibition “Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006″ demonstrates why fashion is stil fine art. Featuring runway garments from the spring and fall-winter collections from ten of the most influential designers the exhibition explores the motivations behind contemporary fashion.
Among the designers highlighted in this exhibition [...]
GalleryPlayer on Demand is a new service rolled out by Comcast and GalleryPlayer that brings famous works of art to your HDTV screen synchronized with beautiful music.
You can select from collections of art and photography based on varying themes. Art is available from 45 different museums and collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the [...]
The Talus table is designed to be arranged in a variety of ways and can be stacked away in a cube for easy storage.
Available from Talus Furniture.
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images is the first major exhibition to explore the impact of Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte's (1898-1967) work on U.S. and European artists of the post-war generation.
It features 68 paintings and drawings by Magritte, including many international loans of his signature works, and 68 works by thirty-one contemporary [...]
H&M's Viktor & Rolf Collection Draws Crowds
0 Comments Published November 10th, 2006 in Uncategorized.H&M one of the leading clothing retailers in Europe drew crowds into a fashion feeding frenzy in its stores located in London and Amsterdam after unveiling a collection by the Dutch designing duo Viktor & Rolf at a fraction of their usually steep prices.
At the London store located in Oxford Circus, escalators had [...]
