{"id":434,"date":"2019-05-30T09:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethcurtis.com\/articles\/?p=434"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:48:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:48:46","slug":"am-i-misguided-i-like-the-rough-dilapidated-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethcurtis.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/30\/am-i-misguided-i-like-the-rough-dilapidated-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I misguided, I like the rough, dilapidated look"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: Photos by Pippa Drummond.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was on a site called Design Milk<\/a><\/strong> this morning reading about the Visa Project,<\/strong><\/a> which according to Design Milk \u201cis a lifestyle collective started by David Vivirido and Francesco Sourigues in 2018, will present their second pop-up exhibition in New York during NYCxDESIGN and ICFF.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Their article is about furniture designs with a large collection of photos showcasing the work. I am the first to say that I am a complete beginner when it comes to discussing furniture designs. I do know what I like, and my tastes tend to be more minimalist or maybe even industrial. This furniture falls into that area, but the article I\u2019m writing today isn\u2019t about furniture, it\u2019s about the space the work is in more than anything.<\/p>\n

So as I mentioned I was scanning the page admiring the work when I realized that it wasn\u2019t really the furniture that I was admiring, but it was the space the pieces were displayed in. Don\u2019t get me wrong, the furniture is outstanding, but what really caught my eye was that nearly all the photos looked as if they were taken in an abandoned building. The building, possibly and old warehouse, was complete with exposed cement floors and bare electrical boxes. All the peeling paint and exposed bricks seemed to enhance the pieces exponentially. I think it\u2019s the juxtaposition of refined with rough that makes it seem so cool to me. I\u2019ve never understood why I am drawn more to locations like this than I am to modern, sophisticated locations, but I am. A rough, rock wall will draw me in faster than a modern glass wall, and I could say the same for architecture. Take the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao for instance. I respect and in some ways admire the design of the building, but when pressed I don\u2019t actually think I \u2018like\u2019 it. It doesn\u2019t \u2018call to me\u2019 like other buildings.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s the idea that I had starting out that I wanted to be that \u201chipster artist\u201d in NYC creating great artistic works. You may know the stereotype, they have one section of their loft as a workspace and the remaining is living area. I guess it was just a dream I had, though until I wrote the word \u201cdream\u201d I don\u2019t think I ever considered that it was in fact a dream. Nevertheless, I love the images in the article mainly because of the location.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Photos by Pippa Drummond.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Credit: Photos by Pippa Drummond.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m going to post some of the images from the article here to give you an idea of what I\u2019m writing about, but in all honesty I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m infringing on copyrights.<\/p>\n

Let me know how you feel about it. Are you the same as me, doesn\u2019t the \u2018rough\u2019 nature of the space draw you in? Maybe I\u2019m crazy or possibly just confused.<\/p>\n

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