13.11.09

ORINDA RESIDENCE, San Francisco

Yesterday, I went field trip to one of the house that my teacher designed in Orinda Residence here in San Francisco. The kitchen is very unique amongst all common residential kitchens. It was an L-shape kitchen with two islands that are not parallel with each other, and they even have different facing directions.













JEROME ABEL SEGUIN, Sumbawa, Indonesia



According to Jerome Abel Seguin, the creative hand behind Hermes, Louis Vuitton, and other luxury brands, Bali "the tropical paradise" is "disappointingly inauthentic". He then spent half the year on Sumbawa, another islands near east Bali. There, he created business of creating furniture with an original hand of Sumbawaneses and transformed 4,000 sq. ft. of vacant lot into a humble home by a sea change and human realm - skilled hands of artisans.


































MARILYN MONROE, Beverly Carlton Hotel, Beverly Hills

" I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful," said Marilyn Monroe, who occupied a series of residences, owned NO jewelry and counted books, records, and a picture of legendary actress Eleonora Duse among her most cherished possessions. She lived in one-bedroom apartment here in Beverly Carlton Hotel.



FRANK SINATRA, Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage

"Orange is the happiest color," said Frank Sinatra of his caboose