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Decors and colors in Wes Anderson’s movies

With his last movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel , Wes Anderson not only confirms that he’s a brilliant director but also reveals that he could have been a great interior designer ! Colors, furniture, lights, disposition, all reveals that décor is important for esthetic reasons but also has a meaning of its own. Explosive colors Red and Purple Mixing bright red and purple is a bold choice, yet it is the main color theme of the Grand Budapest hotel. From the elevator walls to the lobby rugs through staff uniforms, red and purple are the sign that you belong to this special hotel. The two main characters are indeed proudly wearing these colors, even outside of the hotel. Not really well-known for being the best match, these two colors have first been associated by Yves Saint-Laurent, inspired by the mix and match of colors in Morocco. Maybe India (let’s remember Darjeeling Limited ) was Wes Anderson’s inspiration for this masterful association of colors. (with a touch of orange, like Yves S

Books, Storage and Decoration

You are a compulsive buyer of books, you devour and pile them up until you don’t know what to do with them anymore. I know how you feel… Some ad hoc solutions for books addicts . Space-saving solution Bibliochaise by  Nobody&Co Make a table out of your books @Ritemail Invisible bookshelves Created by  NotTom By   Umbra By  TeeBooks . When books become part of your home décor At Sal Curioso Restaurant created by  Substance  Agency At the Sevva Restaurant in Hong Kong  Books with a twist Hook Book by Rose Bunker Clock Book By  Karlsson Library You can still use a traditional library, an idea stolen from Ralph Lauren Home: hang your paintings and photographs on your bookcases. © Ralph Lauren Bonus If you like books and decoration and you happen to be in Paris this week, don’t miss Philippe Starck book signing at the Salon du Livre. All you need to know about this event here , and if you just want to buy it you can find it here .

The 5 most Beautiful Private Clubs of Hong Kong

“There'll be nothing but beauty, wealth, pleasure, With all things in order and measure.” Charles Baudelaire, l’invitation au voyage , (in Les Fleurs du mal ) Kee Club Kee Club could be the exact embodiment of Charles Baudelaire’s poem from which the lines above are extracted. This club is indeed a real ‘Invitation to the Voyage’: a classical European residence with African sculptures and pieces of arts from the greatest (Pablo Picasso and Anthony Quinn to name but a few), richly decorated with precious colors and Bauhaus designed 1940’s furnishings. Photo Credit: Kee Club  China Club China Club will make you travel at the heart of 1930’s Shanghai. Each room astonishes and enchants: the lime green staircase and its Chinese artists gallery, the art deco restaurant and its Roaring Twenties singer accompanied by a grand piano, the “Long March Bar” and its trinkets from another time, the library and its thousands of books devoted to Chinese art and culture, the terrace and its breathta