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beautiful!

Awesome! Well done!!

Agree with amt -- definitely not a Nelson Bench.
Nelson "inspired"...

Great post, very thoughtful.

Kubrick was a genius. With respect to imaginative set design, both Clockwork and 2001: A Space Odyssey were simply awesome (check out the space lobby in 2001 with the Olivier Mourgue djinn chairs).

I think in cinematic design, art imitates life and vice-versa... i.e. inevitably, set designers/ directors can't escape taking cues from their present cultural notions of past, present and future... and when viewed in retrospect this always becomes apparent.

For example, if you look at Metropolis, the 1927 sci-fi film, the set design is pure German expressionism and art deco of the 20's/ 30's; the original Star Trek set reflects late 60's modern right down to the haircuts and uniforms... and even films depicting the past can't escape current cultural references -- like Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934) which depicts ancient Egypt with a full-on art deco look, again, right down to costumes and haircuts.

When A Clockwork Orange is seen in retrospect, you can see all the design elements that seemed futuristic in 1971, and then Kubrick extrapolates them in an exaggerated way to suggest "future".

Much of the design "opposites" that he uses were actually cutting-edge concepts already established by the design community in the late 1960's.... like the modernist all-white home of their victims, which was Richard Rogers' Skybreak House outside London... and where Alex gets aversion therapy was shot at Brunel University in London.... an example of late 60's brutalist movement in design.

Both of these examples reflect how the design community itself (rather than the film) often goes "opposite", particularly in modernism... and then the film picks up on these very forward trends and pushes them even further. So art imitates life, but this film also influenced 1970's design... so life imitates art.

Absolutely beautiful apartment... well thought-out and it looks very livable. The airy whiteness grounded by the dark floors and low bookshelves along the entire wall works well here. This really makes the big space coherent, allowing areas to be defined mainly by furnishings. That's a great way to create pockets of intimacy within the openness.

Big spaces have their own problems and solutions, often distinctly different from small spaces, but just as heartfelt and creative.

Love this space.

Here are some random opinions on the topic of electric cords under carpets (advice that I would agree with):
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/wiring/msg0117003616798.html

A warning if you decide to use expanding foam - John H is right when he says to use minimally expanding foam. I've seen products like Maxfill and Triple Expanding Foamfill (high expanding foams) break 1/2" plywood and lift a cast iron bathtub a few inches off the floor -- these products will very likely damage your door beyond repair.

AT is really losing it lately... is there ANY editorial discretion, or do you just want volume of posts??

Heavenly! As someone who loves lighting, it's great to see such awesome, original choices there. The entire place is beautiful, just beautiful...

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