It started with this feature on photographer Stella Harasek's lovely home that both Igor Josif and I saw - unbeknownst to each other - on a couple of Scandanavian design blogs. When I saw Igor's post, I sent him a message that I was mad about the City Sunday magazine rack and had ordered two from Finland for my home office. Igor responded, "You mean it's possible to buy something like that?" And ten minutes later, he'd ordered one too.
Here are the magazine racks at first blush. No doubt the contents will evolve on a regular basis. And follow Igor's Happy Interior blog for his version of the City Sunday magazine racks. If you fancy your own magazine racks, they're available at Finnish Design Shop.
In my magazine racks: (top) French enamel sign; French francs price tag from a Paris shop; David Burke's Writers in Paris; a photograph of a Paris milliner's salon in 1944 by Lee Miller; the book Thinking in Type and a small poster for Linotype: the Film, for which I am happy to be a backer. (Bottom): Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, one of my all-time favourite books; a photograph of Afghan children given to me by Marianne Elliot; a Christies auction catalogue featuring mementoes of adventurers and explorers, including T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia); the latest issue of News Photographer magazine; Mary Oliver's poetry book Evidence; an art piece by my friend Christine Mason Miller and a notebook.
Hi Tara,
These magazine racks are wonderful! Love how you set them up.
Hope your week is getting off to a good start.
Cheers,
Deborah
Posted by: deborah | 04 June 2012 at 20:01
They look fantastic. I have to head over to the Finnish Design Shop and take a look.
Posted by: Carina | 27 May 2012 at 14:45
PS -- Looking down and catching up on posts. I know the comments to the post marking your anniversary is closed, so let me (and Rick, I know) send you belated loving wishes for not just ten more years, but many times that! You two are just wonderful people, and wonderful people belong together! Congratulations!
Posted by: jeanie | 26 May 2012 at 03:30
These look fabulous there, Tara. I can see them in my mind's eye fitting in with the rest of your office! Now, I must go check out Igor!
Posted by: jeanie | 26 May 2012 at 03:28
Love the magazine racks. What a fun way to display favorite things and still be able to change them around.
Posted by: Marilyn | 24 May 2012 at 02:10
This is so fabulous, Tara:-)) Oh my, I am quite happy we share a mutual little piece of Scandinavian design:-) I just have to get up mine on the wall and fill it up with cool magazines!! Thanks so much for the shout out:-)
Posted by: Igor | 23 May 2012 at 18:13