<i>"In the cities and buildings,<b> the value and life is in the Void.</b></i><br /><i> Not as a left over, rather as a crafted human space." </i><br /><br /><i>an afternoon at a home designed by Sebastian Mariscal in Venice California. </i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLgHE1jzAQN1tIif9I_Rw0NK5fWHeKqQxRRR5y7zsOakn7vfFy-kO43D_VZ4NBADnttSTQyzfwBASZCjbjUilMtPonAOOQ6IT2HlenY7ldFw8-9ebGHj2tgidLwyROEchEuYWlb38WGmv/s1600/photo+1+(64).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLgHE1jzAQN1tIif9I_Rw0NK5fWHeKqQxRRR5y7zsOakn7vfFy-kO43D_VZ4NBADnttSTQyzfwBASZCjbjUilMtPonAOOQ6IT2HlenY7ldFw8-9ebGHj2tgidLwyROEchEuYWlb38WGmv/s1600/photo+1+(64).jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JGSawT94aWN7sd2dk-0orAE8EbkWp0Jz8jSEr3fRq04EpgPuT9aDIg6nRygS272OHsYDlSLGI5F8qP1O8f5sbLtwyraldD59H5sSVuIBko6TAcpFgTAHPCi4tYwLktC_J0K-jzjQgoom/s1600/photo+2+(37).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JGSawT94aWN7sd2dk-0orAE8EbkWp0Jz8jSEr3fRq04EpgPuT9aDIg6nRygS272OHsYDlSLGI5F8qP1O8f5sbLtwyraldD59H5sSVuIBko6TAcpFgTAHPCi4tYwLktC_J0K-jzjQgoom/s1600/photo+2+(37).jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://sebastianmariscal.com/"><i>more information on Sebastian Mariscal's site.</i></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">----------------</div>

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<i>"Simplicity is the glory of expression." - Walt Whitman</i><br /><b><i> </i></b><br /><i> a new book<b>, </b></i><b>"The Impossible Collection of Design"</b> by Frédéric Chambre<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeupekSA9yLAsB01jSLtrTdyijnhXbBcAFM0IdQTrQe7S3CxkCyzp4ZDq_qRrUf1sTpdCSu-rlUyRor-QMQpb9GTPZ4zlfzqN1IInu1YdwCLDSLCV21z9waBqHuxe90GWb_8_3H0Phn8BU/s1600/Impossible-Design-clamshell-book-cover-LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeupekSA9yLAsB01jSLtrTdyijnhXbBcAFM0IdQTrQe7S3CxkCyzp4ZDq_qRrUf1sTpdCSu-rlUyRor-QMQpb9GTPZ4zlfzqN1IInu1YdwCLDSLCV21z9waBqHuxe90GWb_8_3H0Phn8BU/s1600/Impossible-Design-clamshell-book-cover-LR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><b><i>"The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, </i></b><br /><i><b>and, ironically, the more real." </b>- Lucian Freud </i><br /><br /><i>"In recent years, the decorative furnishings niche has become of tremendous interest to collectors, causing a surge in the auction market and bringing record sales. Chosen by design expert Frédéric Chambre, this selection of furniture designs unspools like the frames of a film, an epic picture composed of one hundred years of creative innovations in form, materials, and techniques.<b> As in art history, themes can be traced across changing trends: design versus the machine, design versus craft, design versus art—a story that continues to unfold. </b>This hand-bound oversize luxury edition traces the development of twentieth-century design from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements through Bauhaus and Art Deco, Pop Art and the Memphis school, to today’s digital age, illustrating the dynamic story of a groundbreaking century through the evolution of everyday human objects. With degrees in law and art history, Frédéric Chambre became a partner at the Calmels-Chambre-Cohen auction house in 1996. Chambre co-founded Pierre Bergé and Associates in 2002, and became vice president and partner in 2005; he was co-organizer of the February 2009 sale of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé collection at Christie’s in Paris."</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.assouline.com/shop/impossible-collection-of-design.html">more info here.. </a></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGxOSpZBP37tcFcZSmmYYnqhRQOaYecBH3gZ9R4z0ev8Wfxm2cgwpghP0LhLG_7C-7_xqPQD7r0qpii-d_w1KnBuRdY69IzhpqIRX1jnlui43-COWnsVvsljMEiM3geBM67alQAJ_bmJN/s1600/%C2%A9+Thierry+Depagne+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Patrick+Seguin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGxOSpZBP37tcFcZSmmYYnqhRQOaYecBH3gZ9R4z0ev8Wfxm2cgwpghP0LhLG_7C-7_xqPQD7r0qpii-d_w1KnBuRdY69IzhpqIRX1jnlui43-COWnsVvsljMEiM3geBM67alQAJ_bmJN/s1600/%C2%A9+Thierry+Depagne+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Patrick+Seguin.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>SERGE MOUILLE (1922–88), </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>France. Saturne ceiling light. Metal, aluminum, brass. H: 385.8 in. (980 cm), W: TK. Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris.   </i><i>© Thierry Depagne – Archives Galerie Patrick Seguin   </i><br /><br /><br /><b><i>"Is Serge Mouille a manufacturer of lighting systems, a collector of mollusk shells, a transcendent sculptor, like Calder, or an aluminum maniac?" </i></b><br /><i> Madeleine Fuchs, Décor d’aujourd’hui, December 1954 </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZplCrlVxx9FdyaaTJNmlPAyqugx2V2CavE4FiClHn2DeMfVnpdG2rLT54JymMCHHLUC-V-dg27eLuIClABadVMxEGsJvn36mgsQw343000OaXnqkNmGffFsJeDIsVnN5T5z0XlkP7xdsn/s1600/%C2%A9+Arnaud+Carpentier+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Vallois+Paris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZplCrlVxx9FdyaaTJNmlPAyqugx2V2CavE4FiClHn2DeMfVnpdG2rLT54JymMCHHLUC-V-dg27eLuIClABadVMxEGsJvn36mgsQw343000OaXnqkNmGffFsJeDIsVnN5T5z0XlkP7xdsn/s1600/%C2%A9+Arnaud+Carpentier+%E2%80%93+Archives+Galerie+Vallois+Paris.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b><br /></b></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895–1941)</b>, France. Lamp. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ivory strips on bronze base. H: 20.47 in. (52 cm). Private collection, Galerie Vallois, Paris. © Arnaud Carpentier – Archives Galerie Vallois Paris </i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>------------------------------ </i></div>

"Simplicity is the glory of expression." - Walt Whitman    a new book , "The Impossible Collection of Design" by Frédér...

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<i>DISC Interiors in this </i><br /><i>month's Sunset Magazine!</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxOAUS0EJkrZgZO-GvQpbbp78JbNyMuV2taaaanhUBLFAU1r4B2zbiTX6X-akz6nG3Jr0O2B3LdaNmABCjayx9YY4YaMl8gwtmH85Jhe0dkLgy-LI4bktUPwuk2j4O_OG76rYmsyc_H5L/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxOAUS0EJkrZgZO-GvQpbbp78JbNyMuV2taaaanhUBLFAU1r4B2zbiTX6X-akz6nG3Jr0O2B3LdaNmABCjayx9YY4YaMl8gwtmH85Jhe0dkLgy-LI4bktUPwuk2j4O_OG76rYmsyc_H5L/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Lounge</b> with DISC floor pillows, furniture by Lawson Fenning, rug by Woven Accents, drapery and window covering from the DISC Collection for Smith & Noble </i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2OG0E5OPbIw_ZFbbQ32X5sv-Fe_vGmTsS0amJkBHkpwg3CZHFk55oQCkyROsG6YkEy61vOQSAdl5hjJINl4XJxdsRaxrvNZdnvr9mc77I1bnRL6q_0lCUjoN9BjDKbb5hE1zmRNMO7u1/s1600/1IMG_7960+-+photoshopped+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2OG0E5OPbIw_ZFbbQ32X5sv-Fe_vGmTsS0amJkBHkpwg3CZHFk55oQCkyROsG6YkEy61vOQSAdl5hjJINl4XJxdsRaxrvNZdnvr9mc77I1bnRL6q_0lCUjoN9BjDKbb5hE1zmRNMO7u1/s1600/1IMG_7960+-+photoshopped+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Entryway:</b> Furniture by Cisco Home, ceramics by Heather Rosenman, ceramic wall hanging by Heather Levine, lamp by Arteriors, staircase design by DISC Interiors.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR76NGFIKqRYT2pJSm2fCklQQy84MRBG56k9fBq40hCBEgZ0ZChJ9s3fmlS88lMewmrHAixPdw51VUl98DJTkoDul8i1ui_Z-7-fCzf2GE6Pj0DZkLpsVYR94E-I3uqTv-fCa0g5h_71Ox/s1600/SunsetCover_1114_Subscriber_LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR76NGFIKqRYT2pJSm2fCklQQy84MRBG56k9fBq40hCBEgZ0ZChJ9s3fmlS88lMewmrHAixPdw51VUl98DJTkoDul8i1ui_Z-7-fCzf2GE6Pj0DZkLpsVYR94E-I3uqTv-fCa0g5h_71Ox/s1600/SunsetCover_1114_Subscriber_LR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Our first magazine cover!  </b>We are excited to be featured in this month's Sunset magazine!  We worked on the design for this home for almost a year, and it is such a great feeling to look at the images, and think about all people who worked with us on this home with us.  We were able to incorporate so many ideas that we have been playing with (black cabinetry in the kitchen, neutral color palettes, the "imperfect vs the "perfect", as well as collaborate with so many artists, furniture desiners, carpenters, painters, and photographers throughout the 4,500 sq ft home in Manhattan Beach. We are so grateful to have worked with Lawson-Fenning, Heather Rosenman, Jason Koharik, Brett Cody Rogers, Cle Tile, Sabine Hill, Filmore Clark, Woven Accents, Cisco Home, Krane Wallpaper, Londubh Studio, Heather Levine, Mimi Jung, Zak + Fox, Marcia Prentice, Brooke Woosley, Jock McDonald, and MidCentury LA. A huge thank you to Sunset Magazine for asking us to design this home! We are so appreciative to all that worked with us on creating our version of a modern beach house! - David John</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1f4DXsqrvSzSXxRQf32wY_P2vLpBoLszQWtu9UwQ-CdAOqzFjjLsrUXXqPo4_X_mbt8NcaRpU0RxmyVUKKC1FXGit0l5mttznhLUITCZTE4s18odinPV-RURuryaAhGkfOqCIvyIHOfti/s1600/1IMG_7915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1f4DXsqrvSzSXxRQf32wY_P2vLpBoLszQWtu9UwQ-CdAOqzFjjLsrUXXqPo4_X_mbt8NcaRpU0RxmyVUKKC1FXGit0l5mttznhLUITCZTE4s18odinPV-RURuryaAhGkfOqCIvyIHOfti/s1600/1IMG_7915.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b>Master Bathroom</b> : Custom Vanity by DISC Interiors, cement floor tile by Sabine Hill, Carl Aubock Hooks, window coverings by DISC Collection for Smith & Noble, sconces by Visual Comfort, Mirror by Made Goods, Hardware from Schoolhouse Electric, ceramic by Heather Rosenman</i><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>------------</i></div><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><br /><br />

DISC Interiors in this  month's Sunset Magazine! The Lounge with DISC floor pillows, furniture by Lawson Fenning, rug by Woven Accents,...

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