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High Line NYC

2009-10-15T20:21:00.003+02:00

The High Line runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street. This park-like oasis downtown Manhatten offers great views on the Hudson River and the streets of Chelsea and Meatpacking. Just go there, hang out, have a piknic, enjoy the architecture and the hustle and bustle!

Scuol

2009-10-08T21:06:00.005+02:00

Was hiking in the "Unterengadin", around Scuol and a little bit on the trail of Carigiet's Flurina. Beautiful autumnal light was laying on the Engadin houses with the typical "Sgrafittos".

White Mykonos

2009-09-18T19:13:00.004+02:00

Mykonos is like a synonym for recreational vacations: the whitewashed houses with the deep blue sea in the background are pleasing to the eye. A strong wind keeps you cool, even in the hardest heat - so just relax, enjoy a drink and forget the time...

Jan von Holleben

2009-06-08T21:14:00.002+02:00

"Dreams of Flying" by Jan von Holleben: happy kids, who are dreaming in a creative, innocent manner.

Julie Morstad

2009-04-21T21:58:00.003+02:00

Julie Morstad is a Vancouver artist. I like her delicate and fragile style - sometimes dreamlike, sometimes macabre or both together.

Easter Sunday

2009-04-13T19:15:00.003+02:00

Easter Sunday: a successful Easter egg (or chicken) hunt, different kind of rabbits and all-around flowers. Perfect.

Kew Gardens

2009-03-28T17:05:00.002+01:00

Always a worthwhile trip: "Kew Gardens" is a spectacular parkway and botanical garden in London where you easily spend all day by strolling, having a picnic or reading a good book.

Of glitter and deers

2009-03-10T18:42:00.006+01:00

Even more beautiful than in any picture-book: so much snow - untouched and glittering in the sun, here and there animal tracks, icicles of every size, deers on the way through the woods and only a gentle rumbling of falling rocks.

Maison Blunt

2009-02-24T21:41:00.004+01:00

Thanks to A., the grey wet morning turned into a happy and gaudy time in the Maison Blunt.

Maditi

2009-02-21T20:10:00.004+01:00

Polaroids of inconspicous objects from everyday life - that's Maditi. I like the colour composition a lot. See also lines&shapes.

Anise Cookies

2009-02-10T22:04:00.008+01:00

My aunt Beatrice is known for her culinary skills and last time I saw her, she offered these anise cookies. I liked the sujets so much, that I wanted to keep them. But at the end, I took pictures of each single cookie and ate them all...

Gregory Crewdson

2009-02-03T14:42:00.009+01:00

Crewdson's photographies remind me of Edward Hopper's paintings. It's hard to explain, what gets you curious about these film stills alike pictures. But there is an intensity making you think of the story behind the arranged sceneries.

Elizabeth Peyton

2009-01-26T20:17:00.004+01:00

Elizabeth Peyton's "Live Forever" is a spectacular book with full-page images and a perfect layout. In front: Jazz by "BucherSommerFriedli" (Cover huber.huber).

Bill around the corner

2009-01-17T17:37:00.009+01:00

In your home town, you often walk through the streets without noticing the buildings, fountains and all the hidden corners.

The retrospective "Max Bill 100" at the Haus Konstruktiv gives an opportunity to improve your awareness for several sculptures in the heart of Zurich. After a short walk from the Bahnhofstrasse, passing "Pavillon" and "Halbkugel", you get to the museum and enter the world of Bill, from Bauhaus as far as "Kontinuität".

Sunny Ice Skating

2009-01-13T21:14:00.004+01:00

Just a beautiful Sunday on the "Sihlsee": blue sky, snow-covered mountains, cold nose & frozen toes...

3 Nüsse für Aschenbrödel

2009-01-10T21:21:00.010+01:00

I am a little bit late this year, but today I spent the afternoon on the couch, watching "3 Wishes for Cinderella" for the umpteenth time. A pure, beautiful and smart cinderella finds her prince in the Czech snowy woods, accompanied by the legendary sound.

It inspires me memories of my childhood, when my parents were preparing Christmas Eve, while my siblings and I passed the afternoon with this and "Little Lord Fauntleroy" movie.

E.T.

2009-01-10T14:10:00.002+01:00

The vintage Swiss illuminated letters were the X-mas gift for E. and T. They immediately started to decorate the lights with glass beads...

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T12:55:00.003+01:00

Susi Kramer's Studio

2008-12-29T20:48:00.002+01:00

A few days before Christmas, there was the annual open house event at Susi Kramer's fantastic studio out in the Fricktal. Built in an old bakery, the bright white rooms are the perfect place for Susi's positive, cheerful art. You get a view of her latest work while Hans is serving his delicious pumpkin soup with homemade bread.

Advent

2008-12-06T17:08:00.009+01:00

My mother's beautiful "Mailänderli" brought first Christmas ambience into our home and so today, we completed the collection with "Brunsli" and added "Grittibänzen" for a cosy brunch. Mmhhh...

Introducing

2008-11-30T21:04:00.007+01:00

I am probably as proud as the mother...

All the best to you, my little goddaughter!

7 Random Facts

2008-11-18T21:11:00.008+01:00

I was tagged by Leen:

1* A life without music and flowers would not be a real life

2* Already in primary school, I wanted to become a doctor

3* Movies: Wes Anderson's magic worlds

4* Luxury: resting on the sofa, reading a book

5* Elizabeth Peyton: one of my favourite contemporary painters

6* After a long day of work: dreaming in fresh bedclothes

7* Most joyful: having leisure to play cello

Daniele Buetti

2008-11-13T15:36:00.005+01:00

It was in the 1990's, when I stumbled in a foto gallery in Berlin and saw Buetti's light boxes for the first time. I could not elude the attractiveness of these manipulated fotographies of top models.

Getting closer and reading the words, written over the images or in form of scar-like tattoos on the model's skin, you realize the accusation of consumption, marketing, beauty ideal and lifestyle.

Golden November

2008-11-08T16:38:00.009+01:00

Saturday was another perfect autumn day. With the sun shining, the apartment was all lucid. So, the chrysanthemum from I. were even more colourful.

London

2008-10-27T10:34:00.012+01:00

Have spent a great week in busy London. Amongst other things: people spotting at the Frieze Art Fair (freezing Frieze, because of the low temperature and not due to the exposed art), strolling down Columbia Road by sinking in Rob Ryan's wonderful small world, eating sweets picked by E. and spending cosy evenings at C. & Ph.'s house with their family.

This collage in the picture was a gift of mine for their son's birth.

Swiss stamps to New Zealand

2008-10-10T21:10:00.006+02:00

My friend N. has moved with her family to New Zealand this summer. She is a graphic artist and probably the best Ayurveda masseuse Zurich ever had. So I do miss her as well for that..

In order to make sure she won't forget about me, I sewed this little pouch of stamps for her birthday. And there they went once again around the world!

La Minervetta

2008-10-05T14:14:00.013+02:00

The La Minervetta is a real treasure chest... Time flies by just lolling in the bed or on a lounge chair in the marvellous garden and looking over the sea to the vesuvio. The owner composed himself a little Mediterranean paradise of contemporary art mixed with design classics, books, magazines and ceramics made in the nearby Vietri sul Mare. In every corner waits a little surprise from the owner's pool of memorabilia. And when you have to leave this cheerful and inspiring home, you'll get a small Cornu, the talisman in the shape of a red pepper for your ongoing journey..

Bella Procida

2008-10-01T15:32:00.013+02:00

Procida is the smallest of the islands in the golf of naples and the one where local fishermen are still more common than vendors of postcards. La Marina Corricella is and will be used as the perfect setting for italian movies. The pastel-coloured houses just fit perfectly to the deep blue sea. All this and a little more (as you can see in the last picture) can be enjoyed from the cosy La Casa sul Mare.

2008-09-07T22:38:00.000+02:00

ABC

2008-09-04T16:55:00.005+02:00

I couldn't resist the linen fabrics at Leslie's... and sewed some towels out of them for my friends A, B & C. They feedbacked it would be a pitty to use the fabric as dish or hand towel. So, I guess, it would also be nice as a tablecloth.

Next time, I will make some pillowcases with these cotton fabrics.

Squares & ice cream again

2008-08-26T19:24:00.007+02:00

The fresh design of Sprüngli's ice cream cups is an appropriate packaging for the delicious content. Mango, passion-fruit, vanilla, rasperry, pistachio, hazel-nut, strawberry... you are just spoilt for choice.

And talking about fresh design: I think the colours of Josef Albers "Homages to the Square" (painted between 1950 and 1976) are still modern and full of energy.

Zurich Honey

2008-08-19T20:55:00.009+02:00

This honey is made by bees that collect pollen in and around Rieterpark. The woodcarved print by the "imkerin's" mother links well to the intensive taste of the bee's product.

By the way: the Musée national Fernand Léger in Biot (France) reopened after years of renovation.

Hibiscus

2008-08-14T19:01:00.004+02:00

The blossom of my canadian hibiscus is just breathtaking: the diameter is about 20cm and the leafs are almost transparent.

I found this kind of hibiscus on the floral market in Nice. It's robust, so I can winter it on the balcony. Every year, I have to wait until August, that it shows its whole beauty. Even though it's for days only...

Murten / Morat

2008-08-06T21:41:00.010+02:00

Murten (or Morat how the french speaking people of the village would call it) is a real beauty spot. The medieval village is located at the likeside of the Lac de Morat and offers a splendid view over the lake and the vineyards of Mont Vully.

There are a lot of cosy places to hang out and have some Gâteau du Vully or vine from the "Caves du Vully".

And last but not least: if you want to enjoy this beautiful garden with a perfect view, you can stay at Véronique's place. Mail me for contacts!

I'm Boo

2008-07-31T20:11:00.005+02:00

Cool design for hot days: "I'm Boo" carafe by Norway Says for danish Muuto.

Norway Says about the design: Boo is like the skin, or a balloon surrounding the water with openings that tell the simple story of fluid motion in and out of the glass. The carafe exudes a strong personality, as if it's saying "I'm Boo, who are you?"

See-Saw

2008-07-25T12:13:00.009+02:00

"L'altalena" by Enzo Mari (first printed in 1961) can be a book, but also a game or just a entertaining strip to hang up. The single strip with concertina-folds is full of animals, that leap with their bodies onto the swing trying to keep the balance. The book contains no words, but speaks conceptually of quantity, shape, weight and balance. I think, it's still very modern.

huber.huber

2008-07-21T10:57:00.003+02:00

In the collages of the twin brothers Markus and Reto Huber, stag beetles threaten deers, butterflies become monsters and mushrooms grow in snowy mountain regions. There are also hunting women in pink, found on the internet or just white (American) flags, seen in New York.

Time for ice cream!

2008-07-15T21:01:00.004+02:00

C. and her children created this dream of an ice cream parlor, made of salt dough and painted with acrylic paint. I especially like the poster with the shop assortment on the wall.

Sitting on the terrace with a cup of ice cream and enjoying the beautiful summer evening, the accurate soundtrack to this scene could be "Bikini" by Zofka...

Owl

2008-07-13T13:17:00.007+02:00

Time ago, C. left me a paper bag full of exquisite patterns from the swiss textile manufacturer Jakob Schlaepfer. The draperies are decorated with extensive embroideries, partly made by hand. So, customers of Schlaepfer products are mostly haute couture designers...

Even just looking at all the details of the different draperies is inspiring to me. This time, I sewed and stitched a little owl.

LINES & SHAPES

2008-07-06T17:51:00.001+02:00

LINES & SHAPES, published by Lena Corwin and Maria Vettese, is a new art booklet. Different artists work independently on a given subject and present their results. Two editions are available.

Aim of the first year of publishing will be to create 6 volumes, not two with same artists.

cherry-pick

2008-07-02T20:49:00.010+02:00

Visiting good friends in the countryside on sunday. Brunching in their garden under trees and taking a nap in the gras with the bush crickets chirping in the background, before picking baskets full of sweet, sweet cherries. Just couldn't get enough...

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

2008-06-24T21:49:00.005+02:00

The Bouroullec - brothers: cloud, floating home and stone light are just a few examples of their broad design spectrum. Cappellini, Vitra, Habitat, Kartell, Ligne Roset - everyone wants to work with them. More in the current issue of the "art"-Magazin.

Fresie

2008-06-24T21:32:00.003+02:00

Otmar Hörl

2008-06-22T15:18:00.007+02:00

Otmar Hörl decorates temporary places, buildings, rooms and parcs with his sculptures, cast in plastic. Art robust enough for children to play with. So, my little nephew carries the golden rabbit all around the garden, feeds him with imaginary carrots and sings him to sleep.

Museum Rietberg

2008-06-18T21:39:00.004+02:00

The park of the museum Rietberg is one of my favourite places in Zurich. Huge trees spend shadow with a special view on the lake and the "smaragd" besides the villa Wesendonck is an eye-catcher. Last but not least: the cafeteria is a good place to start a cosy sunday.

For those who rather be sportive: join the guys from "fussball im park"!

Paper Collage

2008-06-16T21:48:00.006+02:00

From time to time, I glue a paper collage. This one is from february.

Alfredo Häberli

2008-06-15T20:58:00.005+02:00

Alfredo Häberli (1964*), an international designer based in Zurich (Seefeld) who works in the field of industrial design and furniture (e.g. Iittala, Zanotta, Alias) is having an exposition at the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, 27.6.08 - 21.9.08.

Polaroids and Flowers

2008-06-14T19:29:00.005+02:00

I admit, I'm addicted to flowers. Since years, I take mini-polaroids (8.5x5.5cm, Fuji instax mini polaroid camera) of particulary cut flowers and pin them on the wall.

The head is a work by my grandmother.

Fairy Tale Music

2008-06-12T20:43:00.004+02:00

After a long day of work, the gentle sound of vashti bunyan's lookaftering is just perfect for relaxing and dreaming...

Lots of stitches

2008-06-12T20:14:00.004+02:00

Loredana Sperini (Swiss, *1970): part of her work are the embroidered schematic figures on white fabrics like serviettes or cushion covers. At first glance discreet, on the second ambivalent. See also: "Loredana Sperini - Collection Cahiers d'Artistes 2006" (Edizione Periferia, the publishing company of my cousin and her husband).

Art Déco Vase

2008-06-09T22:06:00.007+02:00

I discovered this art déco glass vase on the flea market, Cours Salaya in Nice. Lilies from my friend B.. And a miniature of the Citroën DS - what an elegant car.

Nepomuk

2008-06-08T14:41:00.006+02:00

Our newest family-member: my brother's Golden Retriever, Nepomuk, 9 months. We are so proud of him, even when he sometimes behaves like his namesake, the semi-dragon of "Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13" (Michael Ende)...

Science of Sleep

2008-06-06T21:56:00.004+02:00

Inspired by Michel Gondry's 'Science of Sleep', a film full of details and freaky, romantic scenes, L. and I invested more than one day to sew our own animals. It was just a great weekend.

Ikarus

2008-06-03T20:59:00.005+02:00

Let's hope that 'Icarus' the lamp created by Dutch designer Tord Boontje, doesn't melt away like the wings of his eponym Ikarus from the Greek mythology.

Postcard with Albrecht Dürer's rabbit from the Albertina in Vienna.

Ball Nights 1934-1950

2008-06-02T20:22:00.009+02:00

Jakob Tuggener (1904-1988), a Swiss photographer, submerged himself with his Leica in the glamorous and decadent nights of balls in Zurich (Hotel Baur au Lac, Grand Hotel Dolder) and St. Moritz (Palace Hotel, Carlton Hotel) and captured all these elegant pictures of fleeting moments and details. His wish, a picture book without any text, came true only after his death. Scalo-Verlag, Zurich.

Arts and crafts with E

2008-06-01T22:36:00.009+02:00

E is the most creative and arduous handicraft fellow I have. When she was here in springtime, she spent hours in drawing, paper cutting and glueing.

Deer

2008-05-25T19:50:00.010+02:00

X-mas deer still sitting on the table. From A. & B.

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