switchmodern doesn't sell kites. Yet. Now that we've seen London-based illustrator Daniel Frost's kites, we're rethinking. His playful designs are suitable for framing, if you happen to live in a windless cove or don't like togo outside. Frost recently had a 2-day show at SHFT Copenhagen Shop exhibiting his beautifully-crafted handmade kites. Whimsical characters populate The Big Kite Show—floating, parachuting, springing and rocketing through the gallery and adorning the walls. Let us know if you want a kite.

Attention airline hostages! Get your art fix at the SFO Museum while running from the gate you had to the gate you need a half-mile away. You won't get this kind of cultural buzz at EWR, LGA, JFK, ATL, CLT, or even LAS.Created in 1980, SFO Museum was the first cultural institution of its kind located in an international airport. An ever-changing schedule of exhibitions on a diverse range of subjects provides an educational and cultural experience for the nearly 30 million passengers who use the Airport annually. SFO Museum has become an integral part of the San Francisco International Airport, and its exhibitions are an established tradition enjoyed by frequent visitors from the San Francisco Bay Area and travelers from all over the world.

switchmodern loves Morris Lapidus (1902-2001). Idiosyncratic, baroque, and flamboyant, Lapidus knew his audience and never compromised his vision. After a career in retail interior design, his first large commission was the Miami Beach Sans Souci Hotel, followed by several transformative hotel commissions along Collins Avenue. In 1952, he landed the largest luxury hotel in Miami Beach, the Fontainebleau Hotel, which was followed the next year by the equally successful Eden Roc. In 2000 Lapidus was honored by the Cooper-Hewitt as an "American Original,"an award created especially for him. From seductive modern shops and private residences to iconic hotels and residential towers in New York, Miami Beach, the Caribbean, and beyond, this iconoclast proves that "too much is never enough." switchmodern hosted a book signing with Deborah Desilets, author of Morris Lapidus:An Architecture of Joy. Dennis Miller Associates' collection of Lapidus furniture are on display, along with a selection of the architect's watercolors.

SCENES FROM A PARTY AT SWITCH SHOWROOM IN ATLANTA

Left: the author, Deborah Desilets. Middle: switchmodern proprietor, Roy Otwell. Right: Morris Lapidus' watercolors

Alessi: Ethical and Radical presents Alberto Alessi's achievements since the 1970s in producing functional designs of exceptional quality by collaborating with leading architects and designers, including Ron Arad, the Campana Brothers, Achille Castiglioni, Michael Graves, Greg Lynn, Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, and Robert Venturi. Different from any other modern manufacturer, Alessi has offered its collaborators absolute creative freedom and technical support in a series of radical, experimental projects, whether or not the results could ever be brought to production. Alessi: Ethical and Radical includes objects, drawings, videos, and photographs that demonstrate the company's unique approach to design and unique way of working with its designers.

Finest Materials and Craftsmanship
We at SWITCHMODERN are always ISO of great design, which includes all styles and periods. After all, the past informs the present, which is evident at the Morgan. The building envisioned by McKim embodies the Renaissance ideal of the unity of all the arts, integrating architecture, sculpture, and painting, and utilizing the finest materials and craftsmanship.

McKim created a majestic struc- ture in a classical style based upon villas of the Italian Renaissance. The exterior is constructed of Tennessee pink marble, the blocks set with such precision that virtually no mortar was used. A simple recessed portico is flanked by a pair of stone lionesses.	The multi-tiered library has re-installed, late 19th-century Persian rug of the type origin- ally in the room; and newly designed display cases that exhibit some of its medieval holdings and renowned collect- ions of rare books and literary, historical, and music manu- scripts.	The Study, or West Room, has been enriched by a more substantive display of works from the collection of the early 1900s.	New lighting in the Rotunda enhances the apse, ceiling, and lunettes that depict figures from classical anti- quity and literary epochs of the past.