#014 ☼ Charlotte Taylor's Virtual Escapes
#014 ☼ Charlotte Taylor's Virtual Escapes
Balloon Chairs • A Sunscreen Candle • A History of Polaroids in Art
ISSUE 014
Maraschino Mystery
With tasting notes of virtual dreamscapes, how to tackle the important questions in life, balloon-like furniture and the most divine green Porsche yet.
The good life beckons once more!
Hot Hyperlinks
☼ Blowing Series by Seung Jin Yang uses balloons as the base material to form solid crafts through playful colours and experimental shapes
☼ A surf camp on the cliff of “Magic Bay” as it’s known to surfers in the Moroccan fishing village of Imsouane. The roofs of the building are made of raphia, coincidentally the inspiration and title name behind Jacquemus’ latest SS23 show
☼ This disconnected audio player lets you listen to Spotify without a phone, screen or internet connection
☼ A skate film about, by, and for girls: "How To Be A Roll Model" by Al Lewis
☼ Dig into The Talking Points for Life, a site that helps navigate the tricky, awkward and important topics in life. See: How to ask someone out on a date, how to apologise, how to give a compliment
☼ A candle featuring our Vogue-favourite “VACATION” by Vacation® sunscreen fragrance
☼ Exquisite images of cats around Japan by photographer Masayuki Oki
☼ Why baby steps are key when growing a creative business with Bijan Berahimi of Fisk
☼ A brief history of Polaroids in art, from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol
SUMMER-ENHANCING PEOPLE
Virtual Escapism: Charlotte Taylor
The virtual escapes of Charlotte Taylor are varied, meticulously composed and always magnetic. Taking our internet daydreams and soon to be physical spaces by storm, “I draw inspiration from almost everywhere; old advertising and books, little details I find interesting whilst out on a walk, objects, and even conversations. My work is a patchwork and culmination of anything that catches my attention…”
Highlights
Poolsuite Picks: Villa del Soffio (Puglia), Iceland House, The Residency (Joshua Tree), The Road Trip and Utah House which will be built IRL
Explore Charlotte’s IRL house in London Fields, a modern expression of her ever-changing creative process
The Tiled House imagined with Hannes Lippert is made from a versatile Dutch material called DTILE which can bend round corners and edges, allowing any space or object to be fully tiled
Ultra summer: Villa Saraceni is a gorgeous, organic oceanside collaboration with Riccardo Fornoni with sound recorded at Scala dei Turchi in Sicily
Charlotte’s unique aesthetic moves between fantasy and reality and is inspired by Californian and Brazilian Modernism
Maison de Sable is a 3D and moving image studio under the artistic direction of Charlotte Taylor that also curates the best 3D architectural render work going on in the industry
The Atelier is “a digital studio designed from the idea of representing both personalities and work process in the same space, allowing us to understand how the digital and traditional processes merge in our works” with Alba de la Fuente. Check out the process video
Casa Atibaia in collaboration with Nicolas Préaud is the ideal modernist jungle home, inspired by the legendary Brazilian Modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi, perhaps most famous for her Casa de Vidro (Glass House)
5 Minutes with Charlotte Taylor: “I’m discovering that I am quite a hoarder... My apartment is full of primitive style wooden objects, an excessive amount of lamps, some handmade sculptural elements and a few statement design pieces”
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SUMMER-ENHANCING VEHICLES
EXHIBIT A: 1988 Porsche 959SC Reimagined by Canepa • EXHIBIT B: 2002 Lotus Esprit V8 25th Anniversary Edition • EXHIBIT C: 1993 Suzuki Samurai Longbody
SUMMER-EXTENDING PRODUCTS
Featuring a rich, double concentrated blend of our award-winning signature fragrance “VACATION” by Vacation®, our new candle is designed to fill your home with your favourite sunscreen and poolside scented memories. Shop here!
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My most joyful apps ✨
• Obligatory Poolsuite FM shout-out... (iOS & Mac)
• Endel (generative soundscapes for relaxation and concentration) - https://endel.io/
• Cosmos (a beautiful app for curating & discovering inspiration imagery) - https://cosmos.so/
• Also loving the Substack app for iOS. Is Substack the new Twitter?
I love you Poolsuite. The Palm Report makes my day, every time. In this edition, I particularly enjoyed the section mentioning, albeit briefly, Vacation® brand candles. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say, Vacation® is by far the most clever and thoughtfully produced sunscreen brand broadly distributed in the United States of America. Great work!