Kitchen Organization Made Simple Oct 20, 2009
KATE SAYS: Grocery lists and reminder notes are a mainstay in any kitchen - give them a whimsical place to live with this removable chalkboard wall decal in a fun Rococo shape. Storing a large collection of flatware stretches many drawer organizers too far. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Top 5 quirky, luxurious boutique hotels Sep 22, 2009
A succession of art lovers and collectors have owned and passed through Casa 32 over the generations, and their legacy is visible in the stunning baroque carvings, impressive murals and hand-painted rococo tiles. Modern touches also abound, too. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Taxidermic sculpture in 'Beautiful, Dirty, Dirty Rich' Sep 11, 2009
The entire show - which includes materials such as costume jewelry, tassels, synthetic materials with glossy, rococo flourishes and floral arrangements a la Martha Stewart - is tongue in cheek, but at the same time, Hevel dishes out a tacit critique of consumerism that isn't directed against its objects (i. e., celebrities and kitsch culture) but rather against the viewers who so avidly consume them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Decorating Small Spaces Sep 11, 2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2009. Designer Janet Lee Gives Tips on Creating High-Impact, Do-It-Yourself Looks for Apartment Living. (CBS News -- Early Show)
'Kirsten Hassenfeld: Recent Sculpture' at Brown University Aug 28, 2009
Blueware, created for this exhibit, is described as a mad combination of Chinese export ware, English Willoware, or Delft, and Rococo profusion. Check out the 6-by-8-foot tree. (Boston Globe)
Art.view: Art and intrigue Aug 23, 2009
A museum with a history even more rococo than its collection. Hertford House, an imposing red brick house on a leafy London square was one of several impressive properties inherited by the fourth Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870; he is also called Lord Hertford). (The Economist)
J-Pop explodes: New People mall opening in S.F. Aug 10, 2009
Known as Sweet Lolita, it's created around pastel colors, cute fantasy princess and floral prints, and a profound appreciation of the more rococo aspects of Victorian and Edwardian girls' clothing. Asuka Hagiwara, general manager of Black Peace Now, said the company realized the overseas demand for its Gothic Lolita look three years ago at the Japan Expo in France. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Top 10 overlooked stunning buildings Aug 8, 2009
Wiblingen Abbey Library; Ulm, GermanyThe showy splendor and unapologetic opulence of this Rococo building is in the "You have to see it to believe it" category. A bit gaudy, perhaps, but even critics have to admit to being wowed at the pure vision and execution of this anything-but-quiet library. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Washington diary Jul 30, 2009
His summer castle at Sanssouci is as camp as a rococo Cage aux Folles. Frederick wanted to turn Berlin into a world class city. (BBC News -- Americas)
(Design) star is born! Jul 19, 2009
I ve also designed tableware and a mirror I call FoCocco, like a modern take on Rococo. FH: Do your friends ask for design advice now. (The Palm Beach Post)
Jackson a persona that floated about reality Jul 2, 2009
It invoked, too, the weightless spirit of the Rococo - all those pink-cheeked nymphets and baby blue skies - and its associations with the doomed Ancien R ... Just about no style seemed more antithetical to the period than Rococo ... But Koons dared to survey life beyond the art world - a Hollywood actor as president, a superstar singer who posed for the cover of his album with tiger cubs - and saw Rococo kitsch everywhere. (Boston Globe)
Pieces of history May 13, 2009
The overall effect is full-out rococo opulence, says Liddle. There is beauty in asymmetry, so anything could be included, says Liddle. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
The Collection of the Muse Carnava... Apr 11, 2009
This is the Rococo decorative period of Louis XV s early reign and a later return to classical tastes with ambitious building projects such as the Panth;on and the Place Louis XV (now the Place de la Concorde. Of this period, it is understandable that an entire section is given to the French Revolution. (Suite101.com)
Art.view: Spring sprung Mar 15, 2009
THE European Fine Art Fair in the old Dutch city of Maastricht has always differed from others, and not just because it mixes high Rococo furniture with Chinese jade, cutting-edge video installations with Egyptian antiquities, European Old Master paintings with spanking new 100-carat diamonds. As the Dutch winter cedes to sun and the first season s asparagus, tens of thousands of visitors, many elegant in tailored cashmere or sheared fur, are happy to pay the 55 ($70) entrance fee to the fair,... (The Economist)
S.F.'s Exploratorium opens outdoor exhibits Mar 8, 2009
The Exploratorium's directors are planning to move the entire museum from its rococo old building in the Palace of Fine Arts to Piers 15 and 17 on the northern Embarcadero by 2012. When the move is complete, the new waterfront site will include many more outdoor exhibits, both onshore and under the water, linking science to the Bay Area's urban environment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Unlocking the secret of beautiful design with mathematics Feb 22, 2009
There is an exquisite Louis XVI Neoclassical pediment clock from about 1790 (Year One of the French Revolution), a swirlingly organic Louis XV Rococo candlestick in gilt bronze after a design by Juste-Aur. le Meissonnier, and, from about 1685, an ineffably suave Louis XIV clock, whose long oak case, veneered with tortoiseshell, brass, and pewter, was designed by the French genius Andr. (Boston Globe)
Fashion Week opens with celebs, few concessions Feb 14, 2009
She starts with luxe fabrics, she said, and is currently fascinated with the endless loops found in Rococo art, as well as the idea of control and release. She created several pieces that used the basic silhouette of a fitted front and a cascading back, a style that looks entirely different in dressy navy satin than in cozy alpaca wool, yet equally chic. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
