04.18.25 | The Things she screenshot vol. iI
Film Forum has been screening Claude Lelouch and A Man and A woman is playing until the 24th. There’s not much going on interiors-wise in this film. Most of it takes place in a car, on the beach, or in close up shots of facial expressions and uncertain moments between two people. But three fourths of the way through, there’s a hotel moment and consequently a bathroom moment that gives you a glimpse of a floral shelf you didn’t know existed but absolutely needs to exist again, more, in 2025.
The scene was filmed at the Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville. The interior’s history is spotty and photos of the hotel pre-renovation are scarce. When I imagine the shelf outside the context of a black and white movie screen, I picture it painted in soft blues with flowers off of a fabric from Prelle.
Bddw makes the most beautiful ceramic sinks- I have had a large bag of porcelain clay sitting on the floor of my studio for a long time and it might be the moment to start making shelves.
Hilde Bouchez’s collection of writing, A Wild Thing: Essays on Things, Nearness, and Love, extends the idea of an object past its physical form into experience; touching on the energy objects hold, craft, our physical connection to the material, and beauty as a necessity. She makes a strong case for making and consuming with care, intentionality, and slowness that feels almost rebellious.
The essays are able to articulate things I have felt but found difficult to find words for- they are both beautiful and very relevant right now. Highly recommend.
3. The white-tiled interiors of Remo Brindisi, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, and Marianne Rothen
Jean-Pierre Raynaud’s La Maison De La Celle-Saint-Cloud and Remo Brindisi’s Italian residence, are surprsingly completely unrelated. I fell in love with Raynaud’s home through a photo of funerary urns set against the perfect white tiles and black grout that made up the house and furnishings in entirety. I came across Remo Brindisi’s house much later, in an Italian monograph of Casa Vogue, and felt the same affinity.
La Maison De La Celle-Saint-Cloud was built as sculptural work as much as a residence, and the property was destroyed in the 80s. Remo Brindisi’s home was designed by Nanda Viso and lives on as a museum in Comacchio. I was reminded of both again when I came across Marianne Rothen’s upstate NY kitchen in Apartamento. I would never think to do it on my own, but the more I come across it, the more I really like the idea of living, particularly cooking and dining, against a blank background of white tile.
furniture For Thought
1- Remo Brindisi has Joe Colombo Universale Chairs (see above), and so can you. 2- I don’t have a living room (very sadly), but if I did these tables would be mine.£315 | via Old Old Woods
$2,550 | via Claude Home