<i>DISC Interiors in this </i><br /><i>month's Sunset Magazine!</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bjelM9W4bYustREtrerRqPKxqs_TgH_NvMS4GIv4AyekmFvGcz44L-7TJOIhwafyAsQ2h1f8CenldhgeAVOvOGrsEjUECwqUzvMnja1JT06fsF432s8eFDSCMccs_lFItSYXQHb7hShE/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bjelM9W4bYustREtrerRqPKxqs_TgH_NvMS4GIv4AyekmFvGcz44L-7TJOIhwafyAsQ2h1f8CenldhgeAVOvOGrsEjUECwqUzvMnja1JT06fsF432s8eFDSCMccs_lFItSYXQHb7hShE/s1600/IMG_7966.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Lounge</b> with DISC floor pillows, furniture by Lawson Fenning, rug by Woven Accents, drapery and window covering from the DISC Collection for Smith & Noble </i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU921N89mYRJkg7vO0SnLzmz2EyZiqVmK7pk03BLoORr4WOXPeipnySHRWpe8h1v4UzQ1Sp9FU4bftUPGkSNDuNP_OCmS2VjT8zTOMfwRgu8UanP_25kBgM7MbXEJn4MTe2FQ4dQk6n0hF/s1600/1IMG_7960+-+photoshopped+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU921N89mYRJkg7vO0SnLzmz2EyZiqVmK7pk03BLoORr4WOXPeipnySHRWpe8h1v4UzQ1Sp9FU4bftUPGkSNDuNP_OCmS2VjT8zTOMfwRgu8UanP_25kBgM7MbXEJn4MTe2FQ4dQk6n0hF/s1600/1IMG_7960+-+photoshopped+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Entryway:</b> Furniture by Cisco Home, ceramics by Heather Rosenman, ceramic wall hanging by Heather Levine, lamp by Arteriors, staircase design by DISC Interiors.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHk5GsSrnvUPPhrJk_KUIT_y6dUFokhJd5sGMI5-aCplVwsaGL8HKifZzFX8tvR4ui9aKxob_o3RTe5ad8TEYIlHIK8P5MjrUbR39Zc7qRqInnWYMtLtHDjkBI7K5ZPCqSLvn7ZKwbWEQ/s1600/SunsetCover_1114_Subscriber_LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHk5GsSrnvUPPhrJk_KUIT_y6dUFokhJd5sGMI5-aCplVwsaGL8HKifZzFX8tvR4ui9aKxob_o3RTe5ad8TEYIlHIK8P5MjrUbR39Zc7qRqInnWYMtLtHDjkBI7K5ZPCqSLvn7ZKwbWEQ/s1600/SunsetCover_1114_Subscriber_LR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i><b>Our first magazine cover!  </b>We are excited to be featured in this month's Sunset magazine!  We worked on the design for this home for almost a year, and it is such a great feeling to look at the images, and think about all people who worked with us on this home with us.  We were able to incorporate so many ideas that we have been playing with (black cabinetry in the kitchen, neutral color palettes, the "imperfect vs the "perfect", as well as collaborate with so many artists, furniture desiners, carpenters, painters, and photographers throughout the 4,500 sq ft home in Manhattan Beach. We are so grateful to have worked with Lawson-Fenning, Heather Rosenman, Jason Koharik, Brett Cody Rogers, Cle Tile, Sabine Hill, Filmore Clark, Woven Accents, Cisco Home, Krane Wallpaper, Londubh Studio, Heather Levine, Mimi Jung, Zak + Fox, Marcia Prentice, Brooke Woosley, Jock McDonald, and MidCentury LA. A huge thank you to Sunset Magazine for asking us to design this home! We are so appreciative to all that worked with us on creating our version of a modern beach house! - David John</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHvTDSy2pbOKOMuwC8H2gxSav2DIjiWDOxXjxajdxOWEELTAod-luo4S1j_xZ4yuxZDCLGGqTbM2EJP-y4xZX19VrAOqPW7Q7B_ZSIlrHHc76QCSqpGcKbQiQKEPDL9gptLF6cwM0e107/s1600/1IMG_7915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHvTDSy2pbOKOMuwC8H2gxSav2DIjiWDOxXjxajdxOWEELTAod-luo4S1j_xZ4yuxZDCLGGqTbM2EJP-y4xZX19VrAOqPW7Q7B_ZSIlrHHc76QCSqpGcKbQiQKEPDL9gptLF6cwM0e107/s1600/1IMG_7915.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b>Master Bathroom</b> : Custom Vanity by DISC Interiors, cement floor tile by Sabine Hill, Carl Aubock Hooks, window coverings by DISC Collection for Smith & Noble, sconces by Visual Comfort, Mirror by Made Goods, Hardware from Schoolhouse Electric, ceramic by Heather Rosenman</i><br /><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>------------</i></div><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><br /><br />

DISC Interiors in this  month's Sunset Magazine! The Lounge with DISC floor pillows, furniture by Lawson Fenning, rug by Woven Accents,...

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<i>new book:<b> The Artisanal Home : Interiors and Furniture of Casamidy</b></i><br /><i>By Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada</i><br /><br /><i>"I'm from Paris but I am a Mexican at heart...." </i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJs6StWmsgSzbV3NhYFkw2b2hcYq-ChoAfz1coRWUJilWonTkUfh6OtR66s5yGF5A6Ge6PHwaznAOb-l0dgjeq-jDSbaKeQy3x1zlqAIa_BDILFrb84wTCFZVfSFXV3gbGXWB5opFszig/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p196_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJs6StWmsgSzbV3NhYFkw2b2hcYq-ChoAfz1coRWUJilWonTkUfh6OtR66s5yGF5A6Ge6PHwaznAOb-l0dgjeq-jDSbaKeQy3x1zlqAIa_BDILFrb84wTCFZVfSFXV3gbGXWB5opFszig/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p196_01.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><i> Casamidy's Mexican Ranch, Jamo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Since the guest room is small, we hung a few of our mirrors on the wall in a pattern resembling puzzle pieces; the reflections help to give depth to the small room."</i><br /><i><span class="tx" style="border-width: 0 86pt 1pt 11pt; height: 11.6pt; top: 16.3pt; width: 353.6pt;">photograph by Jorge Almada</span> </i></div><br /><br /><i>The furniture designs and works of <a href="http://www.casamidy.com/index2.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Casamidy</b></span></a> have always made perfect sense to me.  Perhaps it is their rugged simplicity meets old-world elegance, or their finishes of </i><i><i>of oak, saddle leather, and iron that </i>immediately show the "hands" that made them.  Their work feels familiar and distinct at the same time, balancing function with the decorative.  The homes they have created feel as if they have always existed, yet are distinctly the work of Casamidy. We've often incorporated their works into our own design projects, as their work is perfect for the California climate, a true blend of indoor and outdoor living.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i><i><b> "The Artisanal Home : Interiors and Furniture of Casamidy"</b></i> is their newly published book by Rizzoli that tells the story of Anne Marie and Jorge, husband and wife team of Casamidy, from their early days in New York (Anne Marie works as an art director at Martha Stewart Living) to their current projects and homes in Brussels, Paris, and their Mexican Ranch.  Their homes are extensions of themselves, their families, and the artisans they collaborate with on their designs. This book offers a glimpse into not only their creative life, but their total vision and bits of their family history. - David John</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJZCTzKDvoZ4Dx2feBn20nYQO0gKbvjbQ5SzdyDane0aFMZGoR16l4ga0n1zAZkhdN8nJ732MlCJ8K6gi_gztMOJPaxdQfv8HB70DG_SugtBHNfN4DLBsHcnZo-erVNjghDDI3XFaftxI/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p068_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJZCTzKDvoZ4Dx2feBn20nYQO0gKbvjbQ5SzdyDane0aFMZGoR16l4ga0n1zAZkhdN8nJ732MlCJ8K6gi_gztMOJPaxdQfv8HB70DG_SugtBHNfN4DLBsHcnZo-erVNjghDDI3XFaftxI/s1600/TheArtisanalHome_p068_01.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Hospicio" their original design laboratory in San Miguel de Allende </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>photograph by <span class="tx" style="border-width: 0 94pt 0 11pt; 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text-align: center;"><i>Casamidy's Mexican Ranch, Jamo</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"The hand hammered copper bathtub has a jewel like quality, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>especially when we light the candles in the candleabra, which came from a church. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The material seemed apt since Sonora has a tradition of copper mining."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="tx" style="border-width: 0 86pt 1pt 11pt; height: 11.6pt; top: 16.3pt; width: 353.6pt;">photograph by Jorge Almada</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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new book: The Artisanal Home : Interiors and Furniture of Casamidy By Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada "I'm from Paris but I am a ...

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<i><b>new works by Lesley Vance @  Xavier Hufkens</b></i><br /><br /><i>"In Vance’s canvases, <b>the background no longer surrounds the object, but breaks through it </b>– by opening and closing these spaces in the pictorial plane the artist is able to create the illusion of a three-dimensional space. "</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFggAYzSOwjWH2xkYwq006qQmYCUp2le8MbD21lciyZc-b52LHQVpFQ-wGP011DPtahdUSo28R8CU6oqoOiSyEtOfxfdOPqOm6KsA61fded6uBAepyXg8Ud5RhlNtZvHK9EUh63iggXimx/s1600/427_website-0x502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFggAYzSOwjWH2xkYwq006qQmYCUp2le8MbD21lciyZc-b52LHQVpFQ-wGP011DPtahdUSo28R8CU6oqoOiSyEtOfxfdOPqOm6KsA61fded6uBAepyXg8Ud5RhlNtZvHK9EUh63iggXimx/s1600/427_website-0x502.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>"Sweet thing I give you what I reach </i><br /><i>taken what I had to teach</i><br /><i> and re-rendered it with such with such with such." (will oldham)</i><br /><br /><i>"Each painting by Vance can be considered an object in its own right, the result of an intense period of engagement with not just the physicality of her subject, but also the medium of painting. Working intuitively, the artist translates both the fixed and mutable qualities of a singular object or grouping before her – shape and form, texture, colour, shadows and highlights, the play of light across a surface – into abstract compositions that evoke a specific atmosphere. <b>While grounded in reality, her most recent works exude a great sense of freedom and are not obviously tethered to their original starting point.  </b> Vance often works wet-on-wet, a technique that allows her to experiment with the painted surface, but which only allows a limited window of opportunity for expression. Vance’s canvases thus result from a concentrated period of addition and subtraction, construction and deconstruction – a process that is as deliberate as it is spontaneous, as considered as it is open to chance. As Vance’s work has become more enigmatic, her paintings employ a brighter and more luminous colour palette."</i><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.xavierhufkens.com/exhibition/2014-10-lesley-vance">more here. </a></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">---------------- </div>

new works by Lesley Vance @  Xavier Hufkens "In Vance’s canvases, the background no longer surrounds the object, but breaks through it ...

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