"The home does not have to be planned out in detail, just put together by pieces its inhabitants love."
Google's all dressed up today, to celebrate the125th birthday of Josef Frank, an Austrian/Swedish architect and designer of furniture and textiles.
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| Google homepage on July 15, 2010 |
I don't know much about Josef Frank (and his
Wikipedia entry is pretty limited), but I like what I see. Reconfirming that I have a weakness for eccentric Scandinavian fabric design...
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| "Brazil" pattern on the walls (1943-45) |
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| "Green Birds" fabric (1944) |
I also like what I read about Frank -- this is from
ScandinavianDesign.com:
Josef Frank's, life could be wonderfully characterized as on always in motion. Moving with ease from architecture and furniture design to glassware, lighting and metalwork--his was an eclecticism fueled by curiosity. and nothing captures this roaming imagination better than his textiles...celebratory and vibrant, they redefined Swedish modernism.
Read more about Joseph Frank on
Huffington Post and
Hoo-Hoo House - and see some more images on
Apartment Therapy,
Bonluxat and Swedish site
Svenskttenn, as well as
Google Images.
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Is there a place to purchase this fabric in Canada???