Category: design

  • Galerie at Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    Galerie at Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    During our extended stay in Paris, we discovered fortuitously Bibliothèque Forney on Rue du Figuier in Le Marais. This public library of the city, which specializes in the applied arts, is located in the historic Hotel de Sens. See our earlier post on Bibliothèque Forney here. In addition to its extensive collection of books and…

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  • Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz, Stuttgart

    Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz, Stuttgart

    This is the first of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three are situated in Europe and one in Australia. While visiting Stuttgart, after touring both the Mercedes-Benz museum (posted here) and the Porsche Museum (post to come), we decided to check out the public library that is recognized as a landmark in…

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  • Valley Gallery, the latest by Tadao Ando on Naoshima

    Valley Gallery, the latest by Tadao Ando on Naoshima

    Continuing with our day trip on Naoshima 直島 in the Inland Sea of Japan… If you are just joining us, you may enjoy reading our earlier posts on Naoshima at: Art & Architecture on Naoshima, Ando Museum, Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery, and Benesse House Museum. We propose another piece of music by David Sylvian to accompany…

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  • A Day at SFMOMA, Part 1

    A Day at SFMOMA, Part 1

    Since we moved to the Bay Area, we really enjoyed our last visit to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). If we do this regularly, perhaps we should become a member of the museum. SFMOMA The 7-floor museum is located in the downtown area. It was expanded in 2016 by Snøhetta whose design…

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  • Hello world!

    Hello world!

    Welcome to our soon-to-relaunch website. Watch this space ! To receive notification of new content, subscribe.

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  • Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco

    Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco

    We had a guide/driver for a day in Marrakech and he brought us to Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Marrakech (mYSLm). Concurrent with the opening of Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (Av. Marceau), the Foundation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent created this museum in 2017 with the Foundation Jardin Majorelle. A retrospective movie Yves Saint Laurent was…

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