Inspired by Chef’s Knives and Eggplants

August 27, 2012

Photography by Chia Chong
Styling by Libbie Summers

Food is our trigger to all design. Its color may inform our fashion. It’s texture may inform our artwork. Its shape may inform our interiors and its flavor will always inform our table. This week our inspiration is a Chef’s Knife and the cult artist who creates them. A photo essay of cut hands and kind eyes. A muted gritty space and the kind intellectual man who inhabits it. Welcome into our home for a week of temptation inspired living and take a peek under the rug.

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