The Objects of Their Affections
produced by Barbara Thornburg
Personal favorites: A Noguchi lamp. “It’s also a sculpture that is warm, comforting and very flattering.”
What’s essential: An empty 1950s Danish Modern wooden bowl and a comfortable ottoman.
The tip: Blossfeldt photogravures--great in any decor. In a traditional room, their stark photo-realism makes it feel modern; if they’re hung in a very modern room, they add a late-19th century botanical feel.
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“You don’t display accessories all at one time, but bring them out when you want to create a change. A Modernist interior is very simple and very purelike a plain white shirt, it can be dressed any way you want.
--Lawrence Schaffer, O.K.