Mission: Impossibly Smart

Boiled leather and stainless steel chair

by

Simon Hasan

 

Johnson Trading Gallery

Now playing: Sade - Skin

Ab Fab

In the 1980s and 90s Sara Thorn was Australian clubland's answer to Zandra Rhodes.

Galaxy,  Melbourne

photograph by Kate Gollings, 1986

The joint venture that Bruce Slorach and Thorn (pictured reclining) established in 1985.  

Galaxy was Thorn's and  Slorach's first shop selling their Abyss Studio label. 

I see textiles not just as fabric, but as a form of cultural communication. - Sara Thorn

Thorn's latest incarnation is WorldWeave, a collaboration with Piero Paolo Gesualdi.

Mermaid Throw

Embroidered Felt Throw

Now playing:  Eskimo Joe - Sarah

Hot chips

the Vogue blog proffered,  Farrow & Ball fatigue?

If so, the new colours by Adam Bray (who is as much a conjurer of atmosphere as he is a designer) for Papers & Paints may very well be the solution. 303 (middle row, far right) is the perfect shade of yellow.

Now playing: M People - Colour My Life

Oud

Agarwood Incense 

Now playing:  Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis

Vintage

Baguès style gilt bronze ceiling light with obligatory glass accents.

 Now playing: The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Meet my little friend

Mike Diaz 

Impresario of Latin American chic.

Formerly of Mexico City's Chic By Accident, now with Arizona's Holler and Saunders, Ltd.

Now playing: Cheo Feliciano - Sali Porque Sali