Google has used a Josef Frank design for their logo today in honor of the 125th anniversary of his birth. {Isn't it really a masthead?} I became aware of this amazing designer when Michael and I spent a vacation in Stockholm and Helsinki. Not first (and or second) on everybody's list of European cities to visit, but I'm part Finnish and my mother has trained me to obsess on things Scandinavian.
Down the street from our hotel was a design/furniture/home store called Svensk Tenn. There was some of the most stunning fabric I'd ever seen. Bold, bright colors in amazing combinations, amorphous plants and amoeba-blobby shapes. Does just looking at something amazing give you a short-of-breath tingly rush? Do you daydream about it?
It was so expensive. I couldn't even let myself buy a pre-cut remnant, it wasn't discounted at all. We bought a set of plasticated placemats with his "Manhattan" pattern.
I visit his designs now and then online. There's some amazing furniture pieces also. And wallpaper in may of the fabric prints. Anthropologie sold a wingback chair and dining chairs upholstered with his designs.
My imaginary perfect kitchen remodel has black slate, cherry wood, and Josef Frank curtains.
And now Svensk Tenn has Joseph Frank handbags! And my birthday's coming up. I don't even want to check the exchange rate, do I. I just did. It's not that bad, really. I wonder if anyone carries them in New York. Hint, hint.
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