Hello, friends! For those who are interested in my History of Styles column, this post today is for you and I want to talk a little bit about one of my favourite styles – the Arts and Crafts. It was part of Victorian era and covers the period from 1861 to 1890. It was first associated…
Hello, friends! Last week I visited one of the most famous buildings in Russia – Melnikov’s house. Konstantin Melnikov is one of the prominent Russian architects and this is the house which he built for himselg and his family (located in Krivoarbatsky Lane – in the very heart of Moscow). The structure of the building represents two…
Pop art was an art movement which emerged in 1950s in Britain and the United States as a reaction to abstract expressionism. The main emphasis was done on constant changes, diversity, fun, rebel spirit, short-life disposable objects and mass consumption. The most famous works include collages of Robert Rauschenberg – a combination of oil painting and cut-outs from magazines, large scale comics by Roy Liechtenstein, Giant Oldenburg cakes,…
Hello, my friends! Today’s article is the short guide through one the most famous and influential movements in the history of design. Bauhaus movement was a trend in modernist architecture that appeared and developed in 1930s-1960s. It was born in Germany, but soon became popular throughout the world. Its founders were Walter Gropius, Peter Behrens and Hans Hopp….
Hello friends! In previous History of styles post I shared pictures of my visit to Schleissheim Castle in Germany and in today’s article I want to talk about another jewel of Bavaria – famous Neuschwanstein Castle. It takes around 2 hours by train to get there from Munich but it’s totally worth it! Neuschwanstein Castle was built…
Hello, friends! Today I have visited one amazing place in Moscow: if ever you come to our city, please don’t miss the opportunity to go for excursion to the Chambers of Romanov Boyars. These chambers were built in the XV century and belonged to the grandfather of our Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov. The building itself has some…
Hello, friends! Hope you are having wonderful Friday and getting ready for a wonderful weekend. I have prepared an eye-candy for you for this evening. Those are pictures from Instagram of maax _sf . This guy is walking around Saint Petersburg and collecting pictures of what is left of the houses built before the Revolution (1917)…
Last Sunday I visited one of the most beautiful houses in Moscow – Smirnov Mansion. Located in the very heart of the city, Tverskoy boulevard it starts its history since 1759. Since then it passed from one owner to anther and many times was rebuilt. Pyotr Smirnov purchased the estate in 1900 and decided to…
Hey friends! I am so excited to share with you the the launch of my first book. Those who follow my blog know that since the beginning I was writing History of Styles column where I explored various interior styles and their evolution. Finally I was able to systemize all the research in one book:…
Happy Thursday, friends! I have just stumbled upon one Russian blog with photographs of apartments in Saint Petersburg taken before the Revolution in 1917. As you probably know before that we had monarchy in Russia. Revolution has dismantled it and made Russian Empire to collapse, which led to eventual rise of the Soviet Union. Aristocrats and intellectuals…
In 1981 the group of Italian designers “Memphis”, founded by Ettore Sottsass, presented its works to the public for the first time on Salone del Mobile in Milan. The result was a highly acclaimed debut: the streets were flooded with people who wanted to see what the group has called “The New International Style”. Sottsass and…
Recently i have visited a very interesting furniture exhibition called “Soviet Design: from Modernism to Constructivism”. It showed very interesting examples of Russian Soviet furniture dating to two decades: 1920s and 1930s as well as some pieces designed in 1950s. Here are some of the photos that I’ve taken. Chair – transformer made of poplar wood. This is…