Latte Letters: 09.16.20
Like a newsletter you’d read while sipping on a latte ;)
Look:
Brands, designs, art that has caught my eye
INTERIOR:
I have been obsessing over Elsa Hosk’s New York City Soho loft. A mix of boho-ish, mid century modern with pops of color — almost close to my ideal interior dream of spanish/mediterranean, mid century modern home. I love her use of vintage pieces of armoire, Ochre chairs, credenza, and more to contrast the colorful wall art (Picasso painting), pottery and books. Her use of brass for her lights and marble coffee table definitely added a more contemporary vibe to her living room. The pink accents of paintings, Ultrafragola mirror by Scottsass, and Murano chandelier was the ultimate game changer and solidified the vibe and personality of her home. Lastly, I want to comment on her use of space under the staircase. Many often ignore this space in the home, but she used it to her advantage. It was creative of her to add a lounge chair and table which makes it more of a secret escape/perfect reading area within her home (not that she needs a secret space considering her location).
I’ve dreamed of living in NYC for a bit and this would be my dream home there.
can find a lot of her vintage pieces on 1st Dibs <3
ART/PHOTOGRAPHY:
Haruhiko Kawaguchi. - Japanese Artist
Known for photographing vacuum-sealed couples in plastic bags to convey claustrophobic love. He changed it up and photographed vacuum-sealed the same couples and different families with their homes. Maybe this is supposed to represent the claustrophobic and suffocating feeling of being stuck at home during this pandemic.
Each shot had to be taken within less than 10 seconds to avoid total loss of air.
I personally feel like the photographs can be interpreted in two ways: Either the subjects are concealed from the dangers of the outside world and the virus or that they are feeling suffocated at home.
FASHION:
Listen:
Music I’ve been listening to this week
Learn:
Something interesting I’ve learned this week: Gaslighting.
gas·light
verb
manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity.
The term originates from the 1938 play called Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton which was then turned into a film Gaslight (1944). The story is about a serial killer husband who hides who he truly is from his wife and slowly manipulates her into thinking she is going mad.
The term Gaslight comes from a part in the film where the husband uses the gas lights in an upstairs flat causing them to dim in his own flat. His wife notices and informs him about it, but he convinces her that she’s only imagining it. He causes her to think she’s psycho initially through something so small such as a dim light. When bigger problems arise, she’s still convinced and manipulated into believing that the things he is doing is not real and that she’s just going crazy.