Posted on 10th September 2009 by Tomi in Art | design
Architecture, design, Morimoto, Tadao Ando
Here’s a hangout spot for those longing for an instant stimulation of creativity:
Morimoto Japenese restaurant in New York City by Tadao Ando, a self-taught Japanese architect known for an exemplary craftsmanship. Once a truck driver and boxer, he won numerous awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995, which is considered a highest award in the field of architecture.


Morimoto NYC
88 10th Ave.
New York, NY 10011
Posted on 9th September 2009 by Tomi in Art | design
Architecture, design, Emilio Ambasz


House of Spiritual Retreat by Emilio Ambasz
Emilio Ambasz originally designed the House of Spiritual Retreat in 1979 for an imaginary site near Cordoba, Spain. It was constructed only last year, on a hilly, arid landscape outside of Seville. Featuring two white walls situated at a ninety-degree angle and a long stairway descending into a sunken patio, the house reformulates the vernacular Andalusian courtyard house into a surrealistic reverie, a mythic, phantasmagorical dwelling. The living quarters, which surround the patio on the other two sides, are recessed below the ground, using the earths covering to insulate them from the strong southern sun.
Source: www.moma.org
First encountered in New York ‘06; reunited in LA ‘09
Posted on 1st August 2009 by Tomi in Art | design
Art, design, Lichtenstein, Pop Art


by Roy Lichtenstein
There was a time when I didn’t consider contemporary art as ‘art’, not to mention pop art until… I became acquainted with this girl.
Posted on 1st August 2009 by Tomi in Art
Art, design, MOMA, Ron Arad

Ron Arad at MOMA
striking designs. would love to have one of these, although I would never sit on it.
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