Saturday, September 24, 2011

Ambassadors of Style

 After noticing the "Louis Ghost" chair yesterday on the website for Cooper-Hewitt People's Design Award, and then posting it here http://orangerieandblue.blogspot.com/2011/09/louis-ghost-chair-peoples-design-award.html, I saw it again today in the Washington Post magazine (photo and information below from WP Magazine 9-25-2011).  There are many thoughtful designs shared on both the People's Design Award site and in the WP magazine's Ambassadors of Style article. I was thinking it would make an interesting bar seat, if it is made in such a size, but would be interesting in any variety of settings -- maybe in a room with a lot of mirrors, like the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles (okay, well maybe not exactly THAT  Hall of Mirrors, see photo below).  I wonder how comfortable it is, which made me think it would be ok for a bar seat:

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From France, “Louis Ghost” chair: The land of fancy “Louis” furniture (Louis XV, Louis XVI, Directoire, etc.) gives us a see-through update, designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell and much copied. $410 for the original from Design Within Reach at area locations and www.dwr.com.Courtesy of Design Within Reach

 The Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles: 
Hall of Mirrors 
from http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover-the-estate/the-palace/the-palace/the-hall-of-mirrors

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