Category: design
Posters for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile
The Salone Internazionale del Mobile (Milan International Furniture Exhibition) was open to the public this weekend. We planned a whirlwind one-day visit with our friend Z – who bought us rail tickets and even arranged to meet people for lunch in Milan. When we were at the train station this morning, we discovered that the Italian…
Wynn’s fields of flowers
The Wynn casino hotel in Las Vegas has one of the most visually rich interior environment. This bar – Parasol Down – is a fantastically colored space – feels fun, somewhat luxurious, and without being (too) garish. If you look up from the bar, you will see the multicolor parasols. In fact, most visitors will…
Armani / Manzoni 31
One shop that we wanted to visit is Alessi‘s flagship store, because we want to add a few more pieces to our set of cutlery (Achille Castiglioni). According to our guidebook, it is on Corso G. Matteotti. Instead, we found Spazio Fornasetti which was a pleasant surprise. Lina Cavalieri’s face remains mysterious and enigmatic even after…
Louis Hotel, Munich
At the end of July, I was to attend a business conference in Munich. The conference hotel was fully booked so I had to find some place quickly. Turning to New York Times for suggestions, I booked a room at the Louis Hotel. As the rate was about the same as the conference hotel, it…
Minimalist Graphics
On my flight over about a month ago, I flew Swiss airline. I was bored and cannot help but notice their consistent use of a graphic in most of their printed matter. It is a short horizontal bar (or a dash) placed under the title of something. I think the horizontal bar resembles a cursor.…