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Lucienne Day

Such beautiful and witty fabrics, Lucienne's thoughtful ideas are still seen.

This is "Fuego" designed for Heal's in the early 1960s - the V&A has some in its Textiles collection, but no image - here you are!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLgW0wNVkLY evocative view of a recent exhibition of the Days' work, too. Thank you buscadavideo

http://jocelynwarner.com/jwblog/  - lovely blog with so many other wonderful designers' work, thank you Jocelyn.

 And just seen this bit in the Guardian's Obituaries.

Recommended listening: Bill Evans' "Midnight Mood"

Cheers!

What larks were had on Christmas Day.
We discovered Moscow Mules ... na zdrowie!

Saul Bass

 Saul Bass, just because ... thank you Chicklet x

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/11/28/saul-bass-title-sequences/

Portmeirion

Portmeirion, on the west Welsh coast, is a hidden gem. It was home for The Prisoner, back in 1967. The village was established by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, and begun in the 1920s. Ingrid Bergman, Bertrand Russell were among a few of his guests. Noel Coward wrote Blithe Spirit while staying in The Portmeirion Hotel.

What a nifty idea - a concave window ...

The Spirit of 51

1951 Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London

Groovy graphics! 
Recommended listening for today is Dave Brubeck's  "You Go to My Head". Sit back and enjoy ...

Sintra

Sintra is an idyllic well-to-do resort half-an-hour's train journey from Lisbon. It has the fairy-tale Pena Palace, on a hillside and feels very pre-war Hollywood - lush landscape, wiltingly hot, azure sky and it smells of a honeyed paradise. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 

 Music by Fado singer, Amalia Rodrigues