Singapore’s Air Division will be in Milan next month with at least 5 items to showcase. All have clean lines and a no-nonsense look about them. The mixture of thick and thin (positive and negative space) of the Unit Shelf is particularly appealing, as are the angles of the 2 chairs. And the Pebble table is too smooth not to drool over.
London’s ChauhanStudio will be presenting a new collection in Milan, including a new TV concept for Humax Electronics and the Colombo line of telephones for Suncorp Communications.
It’s snowing here again, in April!, and frankly I’d rather be somewhere warmer, somewhere like say, Silver Lake, CA (aka Willamsburg West). Bohemian Modern is the illustrated guide to Silver Lake, a creative enclave in the midst of Los Angeles and the birthplace of BoMo. As a guide, it touches on the community spirit there and walks the reader through town with stops at restaurants and various other hipster merchants. Silver Lake is also well known as the home to a variety of iconic Modern-era houses by the likes of Neutra and Lautner (a Neutra house is featured in the book), but also includes more contemporary houses including the Lexton MacCarthy House, an early design by Lorcan O’Herlihy. Warning: even though it’s penned by an architect, don’t expect much Silver Lake architecture in this book, it’s more of a city guide. More images from the book at Amazon. Hardcover, 272 pages, well illustrated, $23.07 at Amazon.