White and Walnut

Its been a while as I have been making this epic wall of wardrobes for an very nice apartment in West London. Everything in this place is scaled up, 4 Metre high ceilings, huge plaster mouldings, decorative friezes, and enormous interior doors. So it gave an opportunity to rework a recent design with more open niches, lighting and detailing. Will post some images when fitted.

Log bench by Chris Eckersley

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer, en paz descanse. 

"It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve - the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman."

Antony Gormley

OUCH! This has got to hurt. Jonathan Jones has obviously seen the new Gormley Exhibition at the White Cube, and he really, really does not like what he has seen. This is a scything, four paragraph demolition of Gormley's career, as a whole. I agree in essence, but specific critical analysis is needed to justify a public hanging like this.
Bob Dylan has made some dreadful records, but they do not detract from the genius of his others.

Kingbird Design

Making a outdoor kitchen is my upcoming spring project, but I just started looking into what is possible, and came across this from Kingbird Design. Amazing.

At the threshold

I have a new blog, .......but don't worry, (as if you were), this one is still trucking on. The new one is niche, very niche, but hey, i like it. The rules are simple; photographs of doors, gateways and thresholds taken by me, posted one a day, thats it. ( I hope) it is of visual interest, but I am also intrigued about what is behind the door, who lives there, what is happening and what is possible. The real seed to this fascination was planted in the old town in Marrakesh, where the ancient battered doors flanking the tiny streets open out into the Riads, the most magical oases beyond.
ostiatim.blogspot.co.uk is the place to find it.