Inspiration

The home of <n>Giancarlo Nocentini</n> outside Turin. Photo by <n>Oberto Gil</n>, 1972.

A close-up of the <n>Orange Hermès lipstick</n>.

The <n>Moolenbeek chair</n> by architect <n>Gerrit Rietveld</n>.

<n>Nu sur fond blanc</n> (1927), a painting by <n>Pablo Picasso</n>.

A view of artist <n>Joan Miró</n>'s studio in Mallorca, designed by architect <n>Josep Lluís Sert</n>.

A <n>mid-century modern</n> executive desk (1950s) by <n>Galleria Mobili d’Arte Cantù</n>. Photo by <n>cambi</n>.

The <n>Travertine House</n> by <n>Gordon Bunshaft</n>, with art by <n>Helen Frankenthaler</n> and <n>Jean Dubuffet</n>.

<n>Jean Prouvé</n>'s <n>S.A.M. n°506 table</n> (1952), <n>Cafétéria n°300 chair</n> (1951), and facade panel (c. 1950).

<n>L’amoureuse</n> by artist <n>Anne De Gelas</n>.

Desk and lamp designed by <n>Jacques Adnet</n> in 1940.

<n>Eileen Gray</n>'s Parisian apartment with furniture by <n>Jean-Michel Frank</n>. Photo by <n>François Halard</n>.

Door hardware designed by <n>Pierre Chareau</n>.

<n>Steel Chair</n> by <n>Scott Burton</n>, 1978.

<n>Pablo Picasso</n> in his studio at the Chateau Grimaldi, Antibes, 1946.

Aluminium and oak wardrobe designed by <n>Jean Prouvé</n>, ca. 1946.

Illustrations of <n>Nubian biscuit-ware</n> from the 1914 journal <n>Ancient Egypt</n>, edited by <n>W. M. Flinders Petrie</n>.

Staircase detail by designer <n>Jean Royère</n>.

The <n>Lamarck Apartment</n> in Paris, designed by <n>Lauranne Elise Schmitt</n>. Photo by <n>Yann Deret</n>.