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Friday, January 17, 2014

tea, anyone?

polished brass tea set by Tom Dixon. Rounded shapes made from spun brass are polished and then dipped in a warm gold wash to give each piece a subtle matte surface. the six-piece set includes a tea caddy, jug, milk jug, sugar dish & spoon and tray
www.tomdixon.net

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Godspeed Oscar!

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (1907-2012)

It is not the right angle that attracts me.
nor the straight line, tough, inflexible,
created by man.
what attracts me is the free, sensual curve.
the curve I find in the mountains of my country,
in the sinuous course of its rivers,
in the waves of the sea,
in the clouds of the sky,
in the body of the favourite woman.
Of curves is made all the universe.