Sunday, 12 June 2011

Dennis Severs House//18 Folgate Street, London

18 Folgate Street has been preserved in a time capsule of the 18th century. It's an amazing experience of candle lit rooms and smells that you cannot place in our every day living today. As you walk through the house, passing through each room, you take a look at the way one may have lived back then. Everything has been placed in a way that suggest things are still in use. As shown below, there is food placed on the tables, half eaten, proving signs of life, although you never get to see or hear them. Tea is poured in the cups on the tables and the fires are all lit. Its a truly surreal experience and its set right in the heart of 21st century London.






Fortnum&Mason//Piccadilly,London

There is a very Middle Eastern vibe to this scheme, known as the Bizarre Bazaar. Each window presents its products in a manor that suggests trade. Bringing the exotic products of the east to the west. Beautifully stacked and presented making any passer by stop and have a look.