Gaile Guevara - An interior designer by profession that brings her passion for design and a love of connecting clients with creative talent into each project.
Specialty:
Distilling an interior to its purest elements - the entire space becomes a concise expression for the client's love of what is beautiful.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
MODERN LIGHTING - FLOOR LAMP
The IN&OUT floor lamp from MOVELIGHT ITALY is a beautiful light source for an interior to provide soft ambient lighting while also being a perfect statement piece for a modern interior. "Extraordinary table and floor lamps encased in hand blown transparent glass with frosted top (removable), with chromed base and stem. Shown sequentially, or paired in contrasting sizes, these lamps make a spectacular statement." Available through SPENCER INTERIORS, Vancouver. This is one of my favorites for design, light quality and for a "sexy" signature to completing an interior.
ADAM & EVE is a perfect example of the ulitmate spa retreat for the MODERN traveller. The interior design reflects a modern minimal aesthetic through its execution of flush detailing and the use of mirror surfaces combined with an all white interior. While the PURE HOTEL located in Frankfurt represents the modern minimal interpretation of a monochromatic interior combined with various light temperatures to create a variety of mood settings.
MODERN RESIDENTIAL - MILLIGRAM ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO
MODERN RESIDENTIAL DESIGN where the idea of "universal design" is taken to the next level within a home, design that accommodates the changing lives of its users. As we all age in place and with the challenge of mobility over the years - here is a modern interpretation of the timeless concept of a "ramp" as a means of traveling from one floor to another. The transition of walking through various levels in the motion of walking on a ramp, slows us down ... just as famous architectural monuments like the Guggenheim Museum in New York ... experience an interior in a new way by completely changing your means of travelling through the transitions between each floor level. I am inspired by the innovation of modern minimalist architect MILLIGRAM ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO
The luxury of travel now brings for the comfort of home where ever you go - an amazing example of a MODERN retreat is that of Casa Bosca, in Valencia, Spain. Book your reservation through one of my favorite modern travel sources - Chic Retreats. I love residential design because of the intimate relationship residential interiors have with their end users. People not only wake, eat, shower, retreat, sleep and breathe these interiors - they call these interiors "home". An ideal concept would be that we are all fortunate enough to want to go "home" to our sanctuaries at the end of the day. Our reward for our hard work ... while many may think that interior decoration is luxury & materialistic measure of value ... our homes reflect and shape our lifestyles in more ways than we may be aware of, just as we choose the environments we want to go to or return to because of the way we feel in these environments … the details are what some of us are lucky to remember, they help shape memories we can look back on, our senses from the touch, smell, to the viewing the movement of light – we are moved by to the environments and the people we choose to have in our lives ... "Home" can be powerful part of what shapes our personal energy and motivation. The feeling of comfort, safety and security. This may not always be true ... I hope it will be one day for each of us to have the opportunity to have an environment reflect ourselves as we choose it to be. And when you think about the values we live by or the simple essentials of what makes us happy ... we can all live within minimal lifestyle that is uncluttered and focused. I like to think that the people or the passion we have for life is what makes us appreciate our the living environment. "Less is more" – a powerful philosophy to be more observant of the details that make up our environment.
There's something about white on white interiors, where colour comes in the layering of light that filters through a room. I love how simple yet calm an all white interior can be. The richness of textures from cashmere wools to soft silks and natural linens ... an accent of compliments in warm wood tones or natural stone. Here is one of my favorite sources of white on white on white ...
