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Décor That Showcases Alekos Fassianos’s Artwork
Alekos Fassianos is often called the Picasso of Greece because his colorful work provokes the same type of instant recognition. Fassianos’s visual vocabulary of saints (his grandfather was a parish priest in Athens), sailors and birds conjures images of his homeland. Deeply beloved in Greece, Fassianos’s art has appeared in top museums but also in product partnerships, such as on limited-edition glass water bottles and books he designed for Olympic Airlines. Now, three years after the artist’s death, his estate is partnering with Svenskt Tenn, the Swedish interior design company, to create a limited-edition collection of home décor. According to Victoria Fassianou, Alekos’s daughter and the founding director of the Alekos Fassianos Estate and Museum, it’s a natural fit. “My father was a multifaceted artist,” she says. “Apart from working on a canvas, paper or different materials, he was really passionate about creating everything he lived in, from his clothes to his furniture.” The items in this collection include table linens featuring Fassianos’s iconic bird — a symbol of escape, according to the artist — and cushions showing his windswept profile portraits. All are available online starting June 5 as well as at Svenskt Tenn’s Stockholm flagship, which is hosting an exhibition bringing together the work of Fassianos and Josef Frank, the Austrian-born architect and designer, from June 5 through Aug. 27. To go deeper into Fassianos’s world, visit the Alekos Fassianos Museum in Athens, or the Alekos Fassianos Atelier on the Cycladic island of Kea, open June 5 through Sept. 14. From $48, svenskttenn.com.
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A Maker of Fantastical Hats Finds New Fans
“When I made the Head in the Clouds hat, I was pretty sure not one single person would ever buy it,” says the Berlin-based artist and milliner Maryam Keyhani, referring to a design that resembles a half-filled pouf constructed from neoprene or linen. But last November, Sarah Jessica Parker was photographed in the billowy piece while filming Season 3 of “And Just Like That …,” which debuts this week on HBO. “The stylist of the show, Danny Santiago, had pulled a few hats from me a few months before, but I had almost forgotten about it,” says Keyhani, who’s been designing her surrealist headpieces (others look like elaborate meringues or many-tiered cakes) since 2015. Now, the cloud hat is one of her best-selling designs. Keyhani’s hats will also feature in Lena Dunham’s upcoming Netflix show, “Too Much.” Molly Rogers, a fashion stylist who worked with Santiago on “And Just Like That …,” theorizes that Keyhani’s hats are having a moment because of their unabashed eccentricity. “It is so refreshing to work with someone who makes things purely to make herself and others happy.” From $480, maryamkeyhani.com.
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