INTERMISSION

A Universe In The Ocean

  “That was the most amazing, the most incredible moment of my life; as if I had been offered a trip to the moon … I thought of nothing else for months before it happened. Afterwards, for weeks I couldn’t talk about it without crying. I’m still not entirely over it … It was so beautiful and so intense, it changed me forever.”

Producer, journalist and film director of wildlife documentaries Claire Nouvain's speaking of her experience when she was invited on board the submersible Johnson Link-1 to travel down 1000 meters below the ocean in the Gulf of Maine part of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.

From this life changing experience she set out to produce this beautiful book on the incredible universe that lies in the Abyss of our Oceans. A mind opening book of 220 mesmerizing photographs of marine life that has never seen before by most of us.

With an average of depth of 3800 Meters, the oceans offer 99 per cent of the space where life can develop on Earth. The Deep Sea occupies 85 per cent of this space, and thus forms the planets largest habitat. " And what do we know about it? Compared to what remains to be discovered practically nothing."

One of the major discoveries is that the depth is full of lights. There is no light from the surface,  so creatures make their own, as many as 80-90 per cent of the animals are bio luminescent. Like fireflies they light themselves to collect food, to attract pray, to confuse predators and to signal potential mates.

Wow how fascinating is all this, am sure we won't find Nemo down here. This book will be a future classic, thank you Claire Nouvain  and all the scientists for opening our eyes to the magic of this planet.

Enjoy xo

Sources,

www.thedeepbook.org

www.literaryreview.co.uk/robinson_05_07.html

Sebastiao Salgado talks with Benedikt Taschen about Genesis and his profoundly moving experiences of what he has witnessed on his journey through the lens.

  TASCHEN

INSTITUTO TERRA

Olympic Fever : Nadia Comaneci

This morning I was watching tv and suddenly Nadia Comaneci popped up on the screen carrying the Olympic Torch. Memories came flooding back of watching her with my father in Caracas back in the 70's. He was obsessed by her perfection... and perfect she was, the first gymnast in history to be given the perfect sore of 10.00 at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. At 14 years old Romanian Nadia went on to win seven perfect tens, three gold medals, one bronze, one silver.

Four years later at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Comaneci earned two more gold medals and two silver to bring her Olympic total to nine medals--five gold, three silver and one bronze. In 1996, Comaneci was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Even though Nadia won a total of nine Olympic medals, five of them gold, she will always be remembered at the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 and leave her indelible mark on the history of the Olympics.

This is why I have dedicated this post to Nadia and to my late father..I wish had been an incredible gymnast like Nadia but she is was one of kind and an inspiration to all.

Let Games Begin, Happy Olympics London! xo

All photos sourced via Tumblr and Nadia Comaneci's website,

www.bartandnadia.com

www.tumblr.com/tagged/nadia-comaneci

Photographer:  Prabuddha Dasgupta Model:  Kamai Sidhu

PAVILLION OF ART & DESIGN LONDON 2012

Guy De Rougemont~ POP Sculpture Lamp~ Galerie Diane DE Polignac

Francis Sultana

Mattia Bonetti Colour Ball Armchair~ David Gill Galleries

Chanan Gallery

Lustre de Virevolte ~ Herve Van Der Straeten

Herve Van Der Straeten PAD Paris 2011 Stand

Mattia Bonetti~ David Gill Galleries

Karry Berreby Paris PAD 2011 Stand

Bulgari three gold watch circa 1980~ Karry Berreby

Galerie Hervouet

Francois_Xavier Lalanne~Gorille Console 2005~ Ben Brown Fine Arts

Galerie Jean-Louis Danant

Astrid Koch~ Sky 2012 Fibre Optic Tapestry~Galerie Maria Wettergren

List of Exhibitors PAD London 2012

Its arriving next week, the Fairs of all Fairs! Pavillion of Art & Design London Edition.  For me is the most elegant and beautiful of them all. All my favourite galleries under one roof, with impeccably curated stands. I go several times during the week even if its not large to take it all in and eye pieces that I can dream of owning one day, or just feel good after seeing such beauty.

If you have never been go and if you have go again.

Oh C'est Beaux xo

PAD LONDON

10-14 OCTOBER 2012

BERKELEY SQ

LONDON W1

Website for more information on the PAD FAIRS and Tickets,

www.pad-fairs.com/london/en

NIGHTVISION by Luke Shepard

BEAUTIFUL ALERT! Showing the diversity of Europe this film must be watched on your desktop on fullscreen!

The website has the list of the monuments and the technical stuff. 

www.lshep.com

Read All About It

I love books, it would be so wonderful to have my own library but with a built in database that curates your books according to the choices you put in and of course then delivers them to you onto your coffee table with a butler to make you drinks.

Back to reality, I have selected a variety of choices all of them which intrigue me for different reasons, some for its images others for their design aspects, others to learn something and some are from my favorite Authors. There are so many to choose from so am sure I will do several of these postings.

All books are available at the following sellers,

www.amazon.com

www.rizzoliusa.com

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Farewell Oscar Niemeyer

"When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution, I once wrote a poem about the curve. The curve I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuousness of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean and on the body of the beloved woman."

Farewell to the legendary Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer, "The Concrete Poet " what a poet he was. Thank you for bringing our world such unforgettable monuments.

Sources via Flickr, Pinterest & Tumblr

110 Years of Cadillac

1937 Cadillac Sixteen Custom Phaeton

Briggs Cunnigham 1961 Cadillac Coupe at Le Mans

Cadillac Design Studio by Eero Saarinen & Gm Design Chief Harley Earl

1934 Cadillac Sixteen Custom Roadster

1959 Eldorado

Hand sculpting full size clay auto models.

‘59 Le Mans Cadillac

Chrome covered 1965 DeVille reflecting the pink ground.

1956 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham

A Pair of Cadillac Fletwood V-16’s

1959 Pink Cadillac Eldorado

Cadillac Founder Henry M. Leland with his 1905 Osceola first closed body car.

Earl’s Rocket Inspired Cyclone Concept Car that never went into production.

Al Capone’s Armoured 1928 Cadillac

1950’s Ghia Cadillac owned by Rita Hayworth

1957 Eldorado Brougham fins

1902 Cadillac’s first prototype, Cadillac was founded on August 27th 1902.

Assouline’s Book Celebrating its 110 years of Cadillac.

This is a fantastic book to buy the men in your life for Christmas. 110 years of Cadillac, I would so love the 59’ Le Mans Cadillac under my Christmas Tree!

Hello Santa? xo

Sources Via, Auto Blog, RM Auctions, Autotrend, Assouline

Happy Winter Solstice

"In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me lay an an invincible Summer"

Albert Camus           

Winter Solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere between the 21st-22nd of December depending on your time zone. This is officially the first day of Winter, it happens when the North Pole tilts 23.5 degrees away from the sun, it is the longest night of the year. On a very good note, after this event the days will slowly get longer until the Summer Solstice!

Pictures via National Geographic, Flickr, Tumblr and Pinterest,