Le Sirenuse hotel stands in picturesque Positano: the Amalfi Coast. The brainchild of a poor Neapolitan man to create a luxury hotel. With his family, they have refined and expanded over the years to create a 5* experience that is incomparable to anything in the area. Visitors are ordinarily wealthy sun seekers who have anContinue reading "Film treatment"
Pop up brief- The Design Museum V&A The British Museum
The Spun Chair, The Design Museum “If you manage that gravity, your designs can be as light as you want.” Thomas Heatherwick The Spun chair was designed by architect and designer Thomas Heatherwick by using a rotational molding technique to shape polypropylene material. Heatherwick has created a chair that is ergonomically accessible from any angle.Continue reading "Pop up brief- The Design Museum V&A The British Museum"
Bill Viola/Michelangelo, Life, Death and Rebirth, Royal Academy
Bill Viola and Michelangelo sit side by side in an exhibition at the Royal Academy united in their subject focus of life, death and rebirth. Video artist Viola, who does not see himself as a video artist, questions the essence of humanity in it's three most powerful stages. Next to Michelangelo, Violas videos move andContinue reading "Bill Viola/Michelangelo, Life, Death and Rebirth, Royal Academy"
BOOK CLUB THE GLASS ROOM. SIMON MAWER
Why are the Landauers so devoted to modernity? He (Viktor) is more liberal than Liesel and interesting in machines and the future. Their wealth has also been supportive in their freedom to explore new materials, designs, and styles that impact on their lifestyle. They believed in the future and committed to living machines. BuildContinue reading "BOOK CLUB THE GLASS ROOM. SIMON MAWER"
Brother Hubbard North: Dublin
Today I visited Brother Hubbard North in Dublin. Like many of the places to brunch in London, this is very much a must-go-to place. A successful interior is ‘Brother Hubbard’, in Dublin. It masquerades as a typical hipster café that can be found in every busy European city, as a small space that is tuckedContinue reading "Brother Hubbard North: Dublin"
Two Boys Brew, Dublin
Two Boys Brew is a great cafe that I was taken to on my visit to Dublin. Speciality coffees are their focus, the interior is yet another deceptively basic hipster brew of exposed services on the ceiling, raw materials of wood and concrete and neutral natural colours of greys and earthy tones with hanging plantsContinue reading "Two Boys Brew, Dublin"
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Blaise Drummond, Where I lived and what I lived for, Part 11, 2003, Oil on canvas Blaise Drummond is an artist born in Liverpool in the late 60s, who has lived in Ireland for many years. He has produced a series of paintings titled 'Where I lived'. Part 11, created in 2003, I saw inContinue reading "Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin"
Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt
UUmwelt is an investigation into the human mind and the possibilities of modern technology. The artist gave images and descriptions to individuals whose brain activity was recorded on an fMRI scan. The data collected was then given to a deep neural network which reconstructed the images inform of collage. Huyghe has projected the images inContinue reading "Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt"
Where is this?
On my walk to work I have passed this interesting raised modern building amongst traditional redbrick work of Sloane Sq and wondered what it is. Further investigation has lead to Peter Jones, John Lewis. The building itself comprises of five different buildings constructed between 1895 and 1965 that have been combined with a Modernist facade thatContinue reading "Where is this?"
Etsy shop
Today I have created a design logo for my Interior design brand. I will soon join an Etsy shop to try to generate revenue through my skill sets. I have always tended to keep my creative interests separate from working to make money and this is something that I would like to change now soContinue reading "Etsy shop"
Jessica Rosaleen Broughton 