Wallpaper 2009 Design Awards

Wallpaper's Design Awards 2009 have come out. *Kanye West was one of the judges. Whose idea was that??? He must have good taste because the winners really are winners. Here is where you can read all about it. Check out the winner of "Best New Restaurant," created inside a former bank space (hence the name of the restaurant, "Banq"):



And even though this didn't take first prize, as one of the runners up, this particular home in Chile - the House of Eleven Women - is absolutely AMAZING. While the house itself is absolutely stunning, the setting makes the house even more amazing: one side overlooks the hills of the city, the other overlooks the ocean. Talk about a win-win.

However what really fascinates me is the fact that this family has eleven daughters. ELEVEN, people. That's one more than ten. Either they kept trying for a son really really hard, or they were simply blessed with lots of hormonas de feminina. Either way, I would LOVE to hear what the father/husband has to say about all of his girls, and having to live amongst all that estrogen! Hope that fancy house of theirs has a "man cave" in which he can lock himself into when need be. LOL!

I enjoyed the comments about Kanye after the AT article. I wholeheartedly agree. Wallpaper circulation must be way down.

However...I found this very interesting tidbit of information:

"Here's news to us: West studied fine art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago on scholarship. He collects pop art. And he absolutely adores design.

"It's been my dream to be in Interior Design." O_o With that unsolicited introduction, he steps into his Los Angeles house for a portrait session, fresh off a transatlantic flight from the Concert for Diana. Without missing a beat, he's ready to pull out his laptop to preview a music video in the works with Takashi Murakami, then talk renovation with Desiderata Design principal Don Stewart."