So True...

I love the smell of the paper in my new issue of Habitus [Living in Design] magazine, I can't help flicking the pages to get that fresh printed paper scent! Well we all have our'thing'/  But what really caught me as I have been perusing through my Habitus mag is the stunning & stirringly simple truth of Paola Atonelli's statement - ...'Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines technology, human need and beauty.' What a pertinent and wonderful way of looking at design in a contemporary and multi faceted approach. It's also a concise beautiful & positive statement on design.

Maybe that statement applies to my husband's and my professions or marriage of minds - he's a software developer & IT consultant, and me - well you know I what do! What are your thoughts on Atonelli's statement?

Note. Paola Antonelli is considered by some a design expert and was recently rated as one of the top one hundred most powerful people in the world of art by Art Review. She is a Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art.

Image via Habitus Living in Design magazine issue 09- Oct-Dec 2010

Loving...Simple Luxuries

I'm loving my recent issue of Habitus magazine issue 09 October -December '10. The main story is on 'Simple Luxuries' ...which made me further consider what are my 'simple' 'luxuries'? It's almost an oxymoron in that are luxuries simple? And can anything that's simple be a luxury? What do you think?

I would put these 'thing's into my list of 'simple luxuries' - spending time with my husband & daughter without laptops & mobile phones, large cakes of french milled soap [preferably gardenia], fresh sheets, breakfast at a cafe when it's sunny, a glass of chilled verdelho on a warm spring or summer afternoon, a warmed desert in front of an open fire, having a head massage, wandering around the art gallery on a weekday afternoon - and so, so, so many more things...

What about you? What makes a simple luxury for you? S x

image Habitus Living in Design issue 09 October -December '10