Do you see?

Couture Carrie’s post “Now, it’s Personal!” gave me the idea. Do you see what this is? Well it’s not really too difficult to guess. It’s weekend after all so I’m not going to torture you by saying ‘I will reveal the answer next week’.

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This interesting artwork is located at Gallery Cafe in WA Art Gallery in Perth. I find it really amusing. Coffee cup artwork at a cafe, too appropriate, wouldn’t you say?

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You really need to see the work from distance. And I’m sure that thing draws people into the cafe! Oh, while we are at this, how do you like these white chairs? These lovely chairs are made by Pedrali in Italy. When I first sat on one of them I fell in love so I flip a chair over to see where they came from. I tracked down a local distributor and I got myself 8 of those cool chairs last year! I’m sitting on one right now as I write this post.  In case you are wondering the model is Ice 800. Have a great weekend, folks!

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40 Responses to “Do you see?”

  1. issa 04. Oct, 2008 at 6:47 am #

    oooh how fantastic!! and love the chairs!

  2. Hammie 04. Oct, 2008 at 7:39 am #

    That is a beautiful piece and I like the cool minimalism of the chairs. Cannot believe they are comfortable? really? okay. Even better. How’s the coffee?
    xx

  3. The Seeker 04. Oct, 2008 at 9:49 am #

    Great piece of art. How nicely they have worked with the coffee cups.
    Now I have no conditions, but I used to make sculptured ceramic pieces, pretending they were art pieces. Now I write some “poems” in my mother language off course, and try to play with colours in my outfits, so my artistic vein can be shouted. Not always succed…

    I’m surprised that the chairs are confortable, but there aren’t like italian designers to make furniture artistic and comfy.

    (Maybe I shoudn’t had take that “conceptual fashion” so seriously also. But when I saw that, I couldn’t think besides what they were doing to woman dignity, also the legend saying “Mr Ed….” provoked a big reaction on me. But now people know where I stand. I’m all for Art, but there are some values I preserve more.)

    Hope you’re having a very nice weekend, dear.

    xoxo

  4. Claudia 04. Oct, 2008 at 10:36 am #

    Very cool! I still can’t figure out what it is supposed to be.
    And the chairs are lovely, really cool you did all that to have them yourself. :)

  5. Susanna-Cole 04. Oct, 2008 at 2:41 pm #

    Oh I love modern art, like art made out of coffee cups! :D I can’t figure out what it is though, which will most likely drive me nuts… I’ll be here 30 minutes later, still staring at these pictures you posted! :P

    xoxo,
    S-C

  6. the Yellow Elephant 04. Oct, 2008 at 2:43 pm #

    what an amazing wall of coffee cups, a fantastic work of art. Looks like a really nice café

  7. enc 04. Oct, 2008 at 3:51 pm #

    I wish there was a cool café near me that had art like that on the walls, and cleanly-designed chairs to sit on!

  8. Songy 04. Oct, 2008 at 4:08 pm #

    Ladies.. stand up from your chair and step backward a little away from the monitor and squint.. you will see a certain (famous) actress.

  9. WendyB 04. Oct, 2008 at 4:18 pm #

    Cool!

  10. aizat.cinta.goddess 04. Oct, 2008 at 4:58 pm #

    thanks for your sweet comment!

    in malay we say: selamat hari raya

  11. Siljesfashion 04. Oct, 2008 at 5:14 pm #

    Haha, thats sooo funny! Love the chairs, totally get why you got them.

  12. Couture Carrie 04. Oct, 2008 at 5:51 pm #

    That is an incredible portrait! Post-modern pointillism?

    Thanks for the link, doll!

    And also NICE EYE on those zippered designs you sent; I am not sure where to find them either, but i will keep an eye out! Looooove the jeans in particular!

    xoxox,
    CC

  13. THE HOUSE OF STYLE 04. Oct, 2008 at 6:07 pm #

    Love those teacups in varying monochrome shades on the wall.I always wanted to do something quirky with china on my kitchen wall! this has totally inspired me to try it out.just need to find a no nail solution ;o)
    those white chairs are swanky!very cool design.
    Darling you have been tagged!see my blog for details and rules. x
    Marian

  14. Susanna-Cole 04. Oct, 2008 at 6:23 pm #

    Ah, Songy, I see it now!! How cool is that? So crazy how up close it just looks like a bunch of randomly arranged coffee cups, but back up and it the image is clear as day, and beautifully, and quite clever too! :D

    Thanks for your comments, by the way, always love to hear from you! :)

    xoxo,
    S-C

  15. simply.steph 04. Oct, 2008 at 7:11 pm #

    that is bloody brilliant…

  16. The Clothes Horse 04. Oct, 2008 at 7:58 pm #

    That’s a really nice display. Creative and very visually appealing.

  17. Skye 04. Oct, 2008 at 8:56 pm #

    That coffee cup artwork is no cool – did you know you can do something similar with plastic tumblers and chain-link fence?

    It can look amazing!

  18. -h of candid cool 04. Oct, 2008 at 9:08 pm #

    now my question is this: do they take the cups off the wall to put the coffee in? or is it 100% decoration?

  19. ivoreece 04. Oct, 2008 at 9:30 pm #

    such a nice place is it! :)

  20. AsianCajuns 04. Oct, 2008 at 10:38 pm #

    Love those chairs! Very jealous that you are sitting on one (I’m sitting on a white Ikea chair- not quite the same ;)
    Love the coffee mug art too!

  21. Paris Tarts 05. Oct, 2008 at 2:38 am #

    I love the coffee cup thing!!

    Tart

  22. -h of candid cool 05. Oct, 2008 at 3:11 am #

    hold up i just noticed it was marilyn!

  23. Claudia 05. Oct, 2008 at 9:46 am #

    Oh yeah! Now I see it, it’s so obvious! Really cool. I’m so exited, because today i’m having my superfallwinterwardrobeshopping! I feel so inspired and happy, I hope i’ll find gorgeous stuff. I’ll make a post about it as soon as I can.

  24. heartofpearl♥ 05. Oct, 2008 at 2:06 pm #

    this is toooo coool. they also used this really cmilk hocolate kinda colour and makes me want to go there! i really like this :D

  25. melmo 05. Oct, 2008 at 2:31 pm #

    wooow! looks great

  26. Dana (MODAna) 05. Oct, 2008 at 2:45 pm #

    AMAZING!
    (it’s Marilyn right?…)

  27. Tina :) 05. Oct, 2008 at 6:19 pm #

    That is amazing! It’s Marilyn, right?
    Love the white chairs too, simple yet stylish. :)

    xoxo,
    Tina {Your Everyday Style}

  28. Savvy Mode SG 05. Oct, 2008 at 6:58 pm #

    i can only say wow… i heart the cup art work.

  29. Dana (MODAna) 05. Oct, 2008 at 7:41 pm #

    ps did you notice I tagged you two posts ago??

  30. yiqin; 05. Oct, 2008 at 7:43 pm #

    Def a brilliant way to attract people! It didn’t even look like cups from afar! I love the colors of the cups too!

  31. Daily Style Guide 05. Oct, 2008 at 8:53 pm #

    Hey!! This is the first time i've commented but I found your blog a couple of weeks ago & have been reading ever since. I linked to you on my site! I love your posts! I visited Perth in December and visited this art gallery :)

  32. Christina Lee 05. Oct, 2008 at 11:08 pm #

    It took awhile for my eyes to adjust but I see who the actress is now-don’t want to give it away-very cool-as are the chairs.
    p.s. so what does kimchi mean anyway?

  33. LENORENEVERMORE 05. Oct, 2008 at 11:30 pm #

    wooh, Songy I luv this very-very much!
    Is that you Maryln Monroe??? I need to buy more different colour cups now!
    I saw window display done using colored tic-tac mints packages…& my jaw dropped too! Hee*
    Cheers to all the creative doers in the world!!!

  34. ambika 06. Oct, 2008 at 1:47 am #

    I wouldn’t realize it was cups from far away and wouldn’t notice the picture if I was up close. How cool.

  35. FASHION OF YOUR WORLD 06. Oct, 2008 at 6:35 am #

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  36. thetinylittlegirl 06. Oct, 2008 at 9:20 am #

    i love that mural at the art gallery cafe! so cool.

    oh and you won my giveaway missy ;-) head on over to my blog to see!

  37. ryder 06. Oct, 2008 at 11:16 am #

    great looking chairs indeed. but you dint write are they comfortable. :) .
    i like that style, simple but stylish… and pure. white is not an insult for eyes… many colours combined with others are.

    cup art in a cup coffee caffee… :D great idea. it is almost like you are in london.

  38. {this is glamorous} 06. Oct, 2008 at 3:39 pm #

    What a fantastic idea — so clever.

  39. Sydneydoll 06. Oct, 2008 at 10:30 pm #

    coffee cup artwork
    i like that name
    cafe art is so chic i think.
    it gives the cafe character.

  40. Agnes 18. Oct, 2008 at 3:11 pm #

    I like it a lot.

    I like the whole cafe, it looks great, white chairs and everything. Is there a glass wall between the inside and the outside? I’d like to think that there isn’t.