Yellow Velvet is a unique, niche purveyor of cushions, throw pillows, and home décor curated by Carole Dugelay –  who previously created textiles for the fashion houses of Christian Lacroix and Kenzo. Each quarter Yellow Velvet commissions a designer for a new capsule collection. This time around Yellow Velvet has teamed up with 28 year old, Parisian designer Baptise Viry for a collection, entitled Absolutely Fabulous, inspired by, “hidden vices, misappropriation, [and] losing one’s point of reference.”

Location scouting: The Phoenix Hotel, a mid-century, kitsched out motor-lodge in the heart of the Tenderloin in San Francisco. Photography by Oliver Maxwell Kupper.

“Inspired by the classic English china with pink rose, the chair reflects a love for almost forgotten values and feeling from a noble past. Beech wood and skai leather created a strong product with a soft surface, combining tradition with innovation.”  Designed by Nika Zupanc for Moooi.  From the 12th to the 17th of April Moooi is proud to present The Unexpected Welcome, a panoramic overview on its new products at the showroom in Milan for the 50th Edition of Il Salone del Mobile.  In via Tortona 37 the new creations of Marcel Wanders, Stefano Giovannoni, Studio Job, Rooms,  Sjoerd Vroonland, Bertjan Pot and Moooi Works will be revealed in combination with products extensions by Marcel Wanders and Nika Zupanc.  For Moooi’s 10th anniversary the facade of the showroom will be concealed & transformed into a camera obscura enclosing an unexpected surprise: the Moooi Panorama. A panoramic overview of Moooi’s rich & artistic photography portfolio over the last 10 years, in combination with 2D models of new products, sketches and product cut-outs. Inside the panorama hide the new products, giving you the  opportunity to move closer to the designs and zoom into their surprising details. Unexpected & mysterious fragrances will be diffused in the showroom to complete the flavor of the presentation and strengthen the impact of the visual experience. www.moooi.com

Bed designed by Rick Owens.

“It’s a different world in which one must forget the world one inhabits. Villa Santo-Sospir belongs to Madame Alec Weissweiller. It dominates Cape Santo-Sospir, the last point on the map before arriving at Cape Ferrat. The villa is situated on the road to the lighthouse, and its rocks descend to the sea. It looks out on Antibes, Cannes, Nice, and to the right, Villefranche…When I stayed in Santo-Sospir in the summer of 1950 I hastily decorated a wall. Matisse told me that if you decorate one wall, you should do the others as well. He was right. Picasso opened and closed all the doors. All that was left to do was to paint the door.”

“But the doors lead into rooms. The rooms have walls. And if the doors are painted the walls have an empty look…”

“Since being a poet means publicly confiding one’s secrets, better to speak out loud in our sleep.”

“Work does not keep me from an occasional horse ride.”

“Work does not keep me from even riding a lion.”

“Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and myself, on this coast where Renoir used to live, we have tried to defeat the destructive spirit of our time. We have ornamented the surfaces which men dream to demolish. Perhaps the love of our work will protect it from bombs.”

[All quotes and caps from Cocteau's La Villa Santo-Sospir, 1952.]

The Ben Rose Home, located in Highland Park, Illinois, is on the market for $2.6 million American dollars, or in other words, 40.896.990.000,00 ₫ Vietnamese dongs.  Not only though are you buying a mid-century architectural gem, built in tandem by notable architects James Speyer and David Haid, but a piece of cinematic history as well.  This house just happens to belong to Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

With an estimate of nearly 400 million dollars, the treasures and artifacts from Yves Saint Laurent’s apartment in Paris hits Christie’s auction block this month. Some items of note are paintings by Picasso, Goya, Léger, Matisse and an “iconic geometric composition by Mondrian.”

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