what an island...

... my definition of entertaining bliss. quite love the mellowed look of the marble as well...

TYPE LAYOUT AND SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD / PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHILLIP TOLEDANO / NEW YORK MAGAZINE JUNE 20, 2005

in a trance...

... a ghost of a smile, and so much more...

TYPE LAYOUT AND SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD / PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARNELL / FONTAINEBLEAU 2008 BROCHURE

for FLOR » vintage wallcoverings...

mauer (wall) by le corbusier, 1959

... my earliest memory of wallpaper designs was in the apartment that i grew up in. it was a muted color landscape with metallic highlights. strange how i could remember the details so well, and now i'm thinking the metallic touch was quite brilliant actually... [more]

MY POST ON FLOR'S BLOG: MUSINGS / SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD FROM "KITSCH TO CORBUSIER, WALLPAPERS FROM THE 1950S" EXHIBITION BOOKLET

{red} hotness from club monaco...

... shown as a spread, this ad campaign by club monaco literally stopped me in my tracks. even though it ran in the uk elle decoration back in 2000, it's still speaks to me. ultra sexy and abstract. love.

SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD FROM UK ELLE DECORATION MAY 2000

going somewhere...

... those were the days, banana republic catalogs. beautiful imagery printed on matte paper stock. thanks to rachel at black eiffel, i dug this one up from my archives when i saw her post on old banana ads. definitely miss receiving them in the mail...

SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD / PHOTOGRAPHY BY KOTO BOLOFO FOR BANANA REPUBLIC CATALOG (C.1990)

giorgio armani collection book...

... came beautifully packaged in a pristine white open-end sleeve. and would you believe if i told you these images were from his autumn/winter 2000 collection book? timeless, no?

SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD FROM GIORGIO ARMANI AUTUMN/WINTER 2000 COLLECTION BOOK

oh camellia...

... you are painfully gorgeous. dug this up from my stationery archives, back in the days when i was at martha. can you imagine receiving this in the mail?

SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD / PHOTOGRAPHY BY GENTL + HYERS FOR MARTHA STEWART LIVING