A Full Repudiation of Beige-on-Beige, an Ode to Citrus, an Appreciation of an Undersung Finnish Designer: What We’re Reading, Fall 2024 Edition

Gift-giving season is in full swing, and while a big, beautiful coffee table is a uniformly welcome present, we wanted to deep dive into a few particularly inspiring ones we've been living with lately. In the second edition of our new column, What We're Reading, we're looking at two excellent new interiors books, an archival look at the life and work of a beloved Finnish designer, and an ode to the humble lemon.

02.08.16

Interiors

A Designer’s Barcelona Home, Where Color is King

In the most recent issue of Apartamento, alongside really excellent pieces including an interview with Matt Connors, a photographic essay of Donald Judd's collections, and a paper still-life series, we found this gem: Casa Horta, a 1920s single-family Barcelona house now occupied by the young designer Guillermo Santomà, who used vibrant shades of green, pink, and blue paint to delineate space as well as provide a gorgeously saturated, incredibly dramatic backdrop.