Design : SOHO

<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">a design tour</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> of SOHO, with <a href="http://www.modenus.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modenus</span></span></a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/6997506666_044db04bb5_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/6997506666_044db04bb5_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 941px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />above image: Ochre, N.Y. photos by David John</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It's been over a month since I returned from New York for <a href="http://www.modenus.com/blog/category/blogtour"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modenus' BlogTour</span>,</a> and I am still sorting photos and emails. The trip was truly overwhelming on so many levels. One perfect afternoon, we spent the day walking around SOHO to design stores, such as Ochre, The New Traditionalists, Paul Rubenstein Ltd, Canvas, to name a few. <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;">- David John</span><br /><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br /><a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/6997507072_6d7e959f66_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/6997507072_6d7e959f66_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 991px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OCHRE</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">is a British based furniture, lighting and accessory design company with a showroom open by appointment in London and a retail store in New York City. Along with selling directly to individuals, we partner with reputable interior designers and architects all over the world to assist in creating <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">warm, luxurious and elegant interiors for their residential and commercial clients. </span></span> Ochre’s calm individuality is expressed through the use of complementary materials to make each piece truly unique and timeless.<a href="http://ochre.net/"> </a></span><a href="http://ochre.net/">(text from here)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/6997507184_ac1062fea8_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/6997507184_ac1062fea8_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 995px;" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ball of twine at paula rubenstein ltd.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/6997506764_6bf27187aa_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/6997506764_6bf27187aa_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 665px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/7143593891_fe71eb5380_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/7143593891_fe71eb5380_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 824px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ceramic vases at Ochre, N.Y. </span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Thank you for the companies sponsoring </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">You Have Been Here Sometime</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">'s trip to NY: Miele, DuVerre Hardware, Samuel Heath, Poggenpohl, Scholtes, Blanco, Victoria + Albert, Spirit of Sports, Big-Ass Fans, Jenn-Air, Modern-Aire.</span><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">------------------</span>

Design : SOHO

a design tour of SOHO, with Modenus above image: Ochre, N.Y. photos by David John It's been over a month since I returned from New York...

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New York vs Vashti Bunyan

<span style="font-style: italic;">"I'd like to walk around </span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">in your </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >mind someday</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6098/6870593268_3d9a31712f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6098/6870593268_3d9a31712f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 1006px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Matter</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">405 Broome Street New York, NY 10013</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(photographs by David John)</span><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/6870592980_033c22d3e0_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/6870592980_033c22d3e0_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 1048px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />BDDW</span></span> @ <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">AD Home Show</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6091/6870593584_dc6b9cdb75_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6091/6870593584_dc6b9cdb75_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 1050px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ochre</span></span> : <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">462 Broome St, New York, NY </span><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6870593826_1ace29ce0a_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6870593826_1ace29ce0a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 1050px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Upstairs @ <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VITRA</span></span> : <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> 29 9th Avenue New York</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/7016710703_7f4a60e7ed_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/7016710703_7f4a60e7ed_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 683px; height: 1024px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Christina Grajales Gallery</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">10 Greene Street, 4th Floor, New York</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I'd sit there in the sun of the things </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">I like about you I'd sing my songs and<br />find out just <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">what they mean to you</span></span>"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">- Vashti Bunyan</span>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqWo3wtNvE0" style="font-style: italic;">here.</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Returning tonight from a week in New York. A huge massive thank you to Veronika Miller's <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.modenus.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MODENUS</span></a></span> who organized the Blog Tour. A week of meeting with designers, showrooms, the AD Home show, and more. I'll be writing more about this trip in the weeks to come, but here are a few shots from my camera. Huge thank you for the companies sponsoring <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">You Have Been Here Sometime</span></span>'s trip to NY: Miele, DuVerre Hardware, Samuel Heath, Poggenpohl, Scholtes, Blanco, Victoria + Albert, Spirit of Sports, Big-Ass Fans, Jenn-Air, Modern-Aire.<br /></span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >More to come, after I sleep for about 24 straight hours.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - David John</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(all photography by David John)</span><br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">------------------</span>

New York vs Vashti Bunyan

"I'd like to walk around in your mind someday " Matter : 405 Broome Street New York, NY 10013 (photographs by David John) BDD...

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DuVerre

<span style="font-style: italic;">precision die<br />cast </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">hardware</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">.<br /><br /></span><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6993626355_0dfb63fc89_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6993626355_0dfb63fc89_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 634px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />pre·cise/priˈsīs/ </span></span><br /><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Adj: Marked by exactness and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">accuracy of expression or detail</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(of a person) Exact, accurate, and careful about details</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://duverre.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">DuVerre Hardware</span></span></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">is another sponsor for the upcoming <a href="http://www.modenus.com/blog/category/blogtour">Modenus BlogTour</a>. Their work will be displayed at the Modenus Booth at the AD HomeShow. DuVerre has been around since 1999, and has already made a huge impression with architects and designers for their unique designs. Their latest design is called Arroyo, which William Harvey designed with the idea of man made water channels. <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pure sculpture! </span></span><br /><br />Gina Lubin, the Creative Director and CEO has been so kind to sponsor YHBHS to New York. Looking forward to seeing them in New York, along with some of their upcoming designs! See you soon! -<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> David John</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Thanks to other sponsors including, Spirit of Sports, Scholtes, Poggenpohl, Big Ass Fans, Victoria and Albert Baths, Modern-Aire, Jenn Air, Vitra.</span><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">---------------------</span>

DuVerre

precision die cast hardware . pre·cise/priˈsīs/ Adj: Marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail . (of a person) Exact, acc...

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