BEAUTY

Legend.

Logo of Pia Rame Milan fashion icon.

Vola tap 1961. Arne Jacobsen. Beautiful,
functional, practical. Best ever made.
Complex mixer tap mechanics hidden. Only spout
& handle visible. Revolutionary. Widely copied.
Still made by original Danish company.

Ava Gardner star. Sam Lévin 1954.

Farnsworth House 1951. Weekender. Near Chicago. 
By Mies van der Rohe. Domestic distillation inspired 
by his earlier Barcelona Pavilion 20 years before. 
Central service core delineates activities. 
He said Less is More first.

Just below — Barcelona Pavilion.

David Letterman. His last frame on screen.

Ethereal Dawn by Ken Scott.

Jimi Hendrix burned his 1965 Fender 

Stratocaster guitar. In 2008 the remains 

sold for $280,000 after they were

found in a publicist's garage.

Profile by anonymous.

Embankment London, England, 

London Eye by Drypics, Flickr.

Autumn by unknown.

Interior of the Public Library

of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

“Old Main” Building 1874.

On a wall. Hard to ignore.

A cordless beauty. 

Australasia Post 1963.

The Great Lafayette. 

Friend Houdini gave him

Beauty as a gift. Lafayette died 

saving the dog in a theatre 

fire in Scotland.

The dog called Beauty.

The Mandelbrot Set.

Alcohol display strikingly by Martini.

Stars enjoying their fame. 

Joan Crawford, Bette Davis.


Tap & Mies house appreciation — Marc Sassella.