On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Doug Franklin <jehosep...@mindspring.com> wrote: > OK, this is so far off topic, ... anyway > > I've always been a minimalist in a lot of ways when it comes to style. Style > in fashion, architecture, whatever (except I'm a hoarder, but what are you > gonna do?). > > I'm a big fan of what we in the US call "Scandinavian Modern" furniture > design (wood, leather, a little glass, lots of clean straight lines with > relieved corners and edges, a few gentle curves). Shaker and Mission home > and decorating design also appeals to me. Frank Lloyd Wright was pretty > good, but needed to get over his feminine side and be less "frou frou". > That's sort of a summary of my "style self". > > On PBS (US federal government funded TV) a few days ago, I saw an episode > about "Huf Haus". It's apparently an English company founded by Germans > that does "semi custom" "prefab" houses in a way not many USicans will find > familiar. I discovered on their web site that my taste in houses and > architecture leans toward the "Bauhaus school". Great, now I've gotta go to > the frickin' library. :-) I discovered a few years ago in Darmstadt that I > also like the Jungenstihl approach. > > US Agent: > http://www.dotgreenusa.com > > Parent Company: > http://www.huf-haus.com > > It's sort of an alpine chalet meets psychotic glazier design theme. > > Anyway, I thought their designs might interest some of you, from an > aesthetic point of view, even if you disagree with them.
I love Bauhaus. Gropius. Mies van der Rohe. Buildings with nothing but right angles. Cool stuff. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
