Eileen Gray had a predilection for small rooms. She wanted to complicate interiors in a Modernist direction without neglecting comfort, familiarity, sensuality. Thus her architecture and designs strive to be both mobile and livable, articulating both the sedentary feel of the home and the ambulant, i

Clean, De stijl architecture, Elegant, Functional, Intimate, Minimal

"I always thought that if I managed to photograph somebody often enough, I could never lose them. My photographs are, however, the proof of how much I have lost." When Nan Goldin began photographing drug addicts, poets, musicians, and the homosexual underground, she had no idea how much she was to

Catastrophe, Grotesque, Intimate, Pathos, Psychological, Subculture

Characterized by a careful combination of linear geometry and gentle curves and arcs, the designs of Hariri & Hariri display a clean, dynamic intensity, tightly structured in its elegance. Inspired by the holistic ideas of Eastern philosophy, the architects strive to integrate space and environment i

Clean, Elegant, Intimate, Sensual, Technology, The new poetics

Blending soulful vocals with a melodic, mid-tempo beat, Marvin Gaye introduced a new kind of rhythmic pop to the mainstream. The drive to produce commercially successful material -- a goal Gaye personally deemed insignificant -- eventually took its toll on the sensitive artist. But though he never qu

Cool, Intimate, Layered, Pop, Religious, Rhythmic, Sensual