Left off at Stuttgart and am now in Vitra's Boisbuchet (www.boisbuchet.org) meeting with Alexander von Vegesack (aka alexander the great). Alexander deserves the moniker 'alexander the great' as he sold a portion of his design collection to purchase an estate in the south of france and transform it into a retreat for design + architectual innovation. It is over 300 acres and includes a chateaux, stables, outbuildings, lakes and specimin trees. Each week in the summer young designers from around the world (around 40 each week) come together to take workshops lead by master designers - this week is Aldo Cibic (Italy) and the the campana brothers (BraZil). Funny thing is I ran into eames dimitrios' sister who is here at the workshop.....Anyhow - many partnership opportunities for GH and the trust as we move more deeply into modernism and toward the cultivation of talent.
I didn't finish my full Berlin travels - so I should regress a bit and finish up. After Stuttgart however we really only had 1/2 day on our own. Of course yours truly went to the galleries and was trapped in some adorable stores. Don't know how that always happens. But it was sunday and so I did have the weekend off. So now I am the proud owner of 2 flapper hats and a berlin nutcracker for my son..... The evening was spent at the pergamon musuem - which if you are a modernist you might overlook but DON'T. It is a series of 100-600BC temples and buildings which were excavated by the german archaeological armies at the turn of the century. When you walk into a babylonian fortress from 600 BC, in Berlin, it is a bit breathtaking.......For our young modernists looking to learn from the past I can hardly begin to point to all of the architectural and design antecedents - but everything from the arcades, to the spaces designed to evoke a sense of grandeur could spawn from here. I have to say that saying goodbye to all of the SAH people was quite sad - our little community of compatible interests really had a wonderful time.
Tomorrow I'm off to paris to meet Mattia Bonetti who was a great friend of David Whitney and is in our collection - then home. More from Paris.
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The Philip Johnson Glass House opened to the public this year as a National Trust Historic Site. Designed by architect Philip Johnson (1906–2005) as his private residence, the 47-acre site with its 14 structures, collection of contemporary art and design, and important modern landscape, represents a cultural survey of the second half of the twentieth century.
The mission of the Philip Johnson Glass House is for the site to become a centerpoint and catalyst for the preservation of modern architecture, art, and landscape; and a canvas for the cultivation of new ideas and talent honoring the spirit of Philip Johnson and David Whitney
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The mission of the Philip Johnson Glass House is for the site to become a centerpoint and catalyst for the preservation of modern architecture, art, and landscape; and a canvas for the cultivation of new ideas and talent honoring the spirit of Philip Johnson and David Whitney
www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org
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Keep it up folks!
Cheers
Martin, who is more into preserving modern estate pipes ;-)
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