the stuff of dreams

bacarrat, paris

bonsoir guys! i hope you’re having a great sunday maxin and relaxin. me? i fell into the abyss again.

i may have told you my guy’s an importer, mostly artisan foods from around the world. our business lives are pretty separate so i listen but would much rather look at slipper chairs. so when he told me he had an organic olive oil of course that was cool. when he said philippe stark designed the bottles, that really piqued my interest. after a brunch at the delano last week i was starck struck by its beauty. i’ve been before but somehow it never realized it was designed by philippe starck . his name is attached to so many places i’ve been like the clift, the hudson, and the and the cafe costes and bacarrat in paris. i humbly say i never realized how deeply he has influenced our world culture, from the everyday to the exquisite. i started doing a little research on hotels and restaurants he’s done and got lost in an unbelievably beautiful otherworld.

katsuya, la

i’m forcing myself to stop cause this ride is infinite…but it was fun and inspiring and he has a great sense of humor! hope you enjoy it too. I never realized how many of his properties and designs we see everyday world wide!

yoo paris

remember this from sex and the city?

royalton hotel 1988

some of his older stuff was on his site, (above could be my favorite)

he’s a master at store interiors

gautier paris 2000

la cigale paris1988

and lobbies

not sure where this is

bon, paris

yoo, tel aviv

le meurice

this blew me away, i didn’t realize he redid the meurice! and the site has tons of cool shots during the transformation

http://www.starck.com/new/architecture/pics/2008LeMeurice/Meurice%20English.pdf

le meurice in progress

can you imagine?

this would have been a good decorating show

they’ve got some of his drawings and photos of the hotel in the early years (my weakness)

salvador dali at le meurice

ps wanted to preserve the hotel’s spirit. i think he did!

hudson hotel ny

one of my favorite haunts in the city

hudson hotel ny roof

PH at the hudson

what a variety of styles he has

jadeny.com

miami

are you tired of this yet? i’m obsessed now

buenos aires

the clift san francisco

not to mention baccarat in paris!

and best of all, at least for him

home in paris

he’s says what i mean! ok that’s it, (the tip of the iceberg)! hope you had a good time too…sweet dreams mes amis! xoxc