Like in Art or in Literature, Modern and Classic each have their supporter in Decoration. But unless the other arts, with decoration you can match both of them in one same room. Surprising results guaranteed...
Classic Interior and Modern Decor
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| ‘Le Mobile’ by Xavier Veilhan, Château de Versailles, motorized painted steel mobile. |
Trained as
a painter, Victor Goikoetxea has specialized in the art of trompe l'oeil. He invited us to visit his duplex and gallery both
located in Hernani, Basque village on the French border. Discover a
world where art and decoration coexist...
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| Industrial style wall with a rusty effect, made in trompe l'oeil for a private customer |
With his last movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
not only confirms that he’s a brilliant director but also reveals that he could
have been a great interior designer! Colors, furniture, lights, disposition,
all reveals that décor is important for esthetic reasons but also has a meaning
of its own.
“There'll
be nothing but beauty, wealth, pleasure,
With all
things in order and measure.”
Charles Baudelaire, l’invitation au voyage, (in Les Fleurs du mal)
Kee Club
Kee Club
could be the exact embodiment of Charles Baudelaire’s poem from which the lines
above are extracted. This club is indeed a real ‘Invitation to the Voyage’: a
classical European residence with African sculptures and pieces of arts from
the greatest (Pablo Picasso and Anthony Quinn to name but a few), richly
decorated with precious colors and Bauhaus designed 1940’s furnishings.
