Sinanation

Workday…time for lunch. The weather is great and it feels good to get outside the office. Stretch the legs a little, shop the store displays with your eyes. What could be better than seeing beautiful girls out on the street, enjoying the sun and the warm weather? Think twice. Being closer to most of the modeling agencies in New York has thought me a lot about these few hand-picked girls that make it to the runways. It is as if they go through a brainwash once they step into the agency. They are thought to never smile again or maybe smile if it is unmistakably necessary. Maybe it is the attitude they impose on themselves. Maybe they deny to look approachable. Maybe they have bad teeth. Maybe they see the regular streets of the city as runways and the pedestrians as the designers or clothing line owners who might pick them for a show or catalogue. The unhappy, extremely serious and tall beautiful girl. It should the plate number for models just like the plate number for an M.D.’s car.

I am a big fan of modern furniture as long as it is comfortable and user-friendly. That is why I tend to stay away from flat Philippe Starck sinks that makes you more messy than clean or the long fabric lounge chairs that make you feel as if you are sitting on stone. A blend of classic and modern furniture is always the best way to go. Choose an extra fat, long and wide sofa and light it up with a modern light such as the Fortuny Floor Lamp at Design Within Reach (DWR). The only problem you might have with this is modern furniture costs a fortune, especially at Design Within Reach.

Every quarter or so I get catalogues from DWR and everytime I skim through one I am amazed at the prices I see for furnitures that should reflect practicality, efficiency and be used in daily life. I understand that almost all the pieces we usually see at stores like DWR are masterpieces designed by renowned architects or artists, but they still are a part of today’s unstoppable mass production. They lack the value of being one-of-a-kind pieces. Unless I see some good reasoning behind the USD 5K tag for a Fortuny Lamp I will be shopping at Ikea.