Wednesday, July 16, 2008

They’re Back – Tam Tam Stools


2008 commemorates the 40th anniversary of Henry Massonet’s Tam Tam stools of the late Sixties. The stools are a classic, simple and economical solution to casual, contemporary seating. Tam Tams also serve well as seats or small tables for children’s rooms and play areas. The removable top allows a child (or a resident grown-up) to have a secret hiding place for small treasures.

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Le Corbusier


Le Courbusier Le Grand, the spectacular visual biography of one of the greatest architects of the 20th Century, is available at Zinc Details. 768 pages and over 2,000 images and documents, many of them previously unpublished. Le Corbusier was the creator of some of the most important and impressive buildings of the last century, but also an accomplished painter, sculptor, furniture designer, and urbanist. Letters in “Le Grand” reveal his intimate relationships with the likes of Picasso, Leger, and Josephine Baker. By the editors of Phaidon Books, intro by Jean-Louis Cohen.