bedtime reading: ‘calder at home’

Sleep doctors say that it’s important to wind down before going to sleep: no TV or computer that activates the brain, no magazines full of dire ‘reality’.  Read fiction to get your mind in a quieter zone… My solution is, often, to look at picture books of interiors, houses, furniture design: an adult version of…

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alexander calder’s inspired bathroom improvisations

…a bit of inspiration from one of our favorite books, Calder at Home: The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder, by Pedro Guerrero. The book documents the artist’s amazing way with the most ordinary household objects, including le toilet. Who else would think to paint the underside of a toilet seat and make a visual SURPRISE, or a…

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