Capturing moments in Marrakesh with my camera, I could not get over the color, elaborate detail work, lush gardens and play of light over it all. There are beautiful hand - crafted details all over Marrakesh- too many to catch everything on film. Lush gardens bursting with color, painted buildings in saturated colors , intricate handwork on any number of surfaces, the amazing light. Just some of the things that made Marrakech magical.
A sunlit doorway at the ice cream pavillion at La Mammounia
The gardens at La Mammounia before sundown
Monochromatic white pierced lanterns hanging in Moor, a French inflected fashion and home boutique in Gueliz
Dinner at La Pause in the desert
The mixed-up boldly patterned tile floors at Popham Design
The vivid bouganvelia and saturated yellow pots at the divine Majorelle Gardens
The riad Maison D'Arab
Riad Monceau where our small group dinner were held
A carved archway
Pierced lanterns at the entry of the dining room at Maison D'Arab's restaurant, glowing at night
A decorative painted ceiling and elaborate brass lantern at our hotel, The Sofitel
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
MARRAKECH: SOUK IT TO ME
Food cooked in a Tagine. Shopping in a dusty, winding Souk. People wearing Djellabas and Fez. Snake charmers. Detailed tile work. Saturated clear colors. Moorish archways. Hideous Kinky, Kate Winslet's early movie about a British mom that escapes to Morocco in the 1970's, based on a novel by Esther Freud. Yves Saint Laurent. Bill Willis. Just a few of the things that come to mind when I think of exotic, Palm Tree - laden Morocco. I will be departing soon to visit Marrakesh, courtesy of the Design Leadership Summit and the Moroccan National Tourist Office, Kingdom of Morocco. I look forward to reporting back on the wonderful events, tete a tete's with interior designers, shopping excursions and architecture and garden tours.
If you have any places on your Morocco list I hope you will share them!
Capturing the essence of living in this exotic paradise, Marrakech Style includes interiors by American-expat the late Bill Willis.
Yves Klein blue covering the exterior buildings at the magnifique Majorelle Gardens and museum, now owned by Foundation Pierre Berge.
Intricately patterned richly colored and detailed tile like Mosiac House's Batha tile will be everywhere!
Curvy archways are evocative of Moroccan landscapes, and the Mogador Table from Dransfield and Ross is of my favorite pieces that captures the lines in such an elegant fashion.
A hammered metal table lamp from Serena and Lily showcases a classic shape with a textured metal surface.
Gilt wood and elaborate carvings such as the carving seen here in Made Goods Myla Mirror are sure to be many places I venture.
Like stepping through a Moorish arch, a tooled leather mirror with a circular pattern from Jamie Young is transporting.
All-over piercings in the Tangier Lantern from Currey and Company shed a warm glow.
A large pierced - brass hanging lantern with colored glass by Wunderley.
A hand - painted bowl from Anthropologie with a natural floral inside a Moorish flourish feels pretty and exotic.
Hand tied dyed bits of cloth in Anthropologie's Quedima Rug is a traditional Moroccan technique, so I am sure I will see this style in the souk.
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