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'''Jazz Frames''' was a [[Designer]] [[Mirror]] Shop that specialised in supersized, experimental, handmade mirrors located at 106 [[Camden Road]], London, the former premises of fashion brand [[Swanky Modes]].
'''Jazz Frames''' was a [[Designer]] [[Mirror]] Shop that specialised in supersized, experimental, handmade mirrors located at 106 [[Camden Road]], London, the former premises of fashion brand [[Swanky Modes]].


The owner and designer of the mirror brand was actress, singer and jazz promoter, Flavia Brilli,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1986-04-29 |title=Flavia Brilli's debut at the Hippodrome, London. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-flavia-brillis-debut-a/124007808/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=Evening Standard |pages=19}}</ref> known for the popular British television series [[Beadle's About]], her vocal work on the soundtrack of [[Peter Greenaway]]'s film [[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Options magazine |title=Options Magazine Cover With Interview Of Singer And Actress Flavia Brilli |date=1989-11-01 |url=http://archive.org/details/options-magazine-cover-with-interview-of-singer-and-actress-flavia-brilli |access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>''''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover |url=https://www.sbpg-projects.com/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway Projects |language=en-US}}</ref>''''' and her music venue [[Central Bar jazz club]]. <ref>{{Cite news |date=1986-04-29 |title=Flavia Brilli's debut at the Hippodrome, London. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-flavia-brillis-debut-a/124007808/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Evening Standard |pages=19}}</ref>Born in Brighton, Flavia credited her hometown as the main inspiration behind her flamboyant designs: 'All my design work is inspired and informed by my enduring love for my hometown Brighton. A place forever associated in my mind with all that is fun, stylish and elegant'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brilli |first=Flavia |title=Oval with Tendrils |url=https://flaviabrillimirrordesigns.blogspot.com/2018/03/oval-with-tendrils.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs}}</ref>
The owner and designer of the mirror brand was actress, singer and jazz promoter, Flavia Brilli,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1986-04-29 |title=Flavia Brilli's debut at the Hippodrome, London. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-flavia-brillis-debut-a/124007808/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=Evening Standard |pages=19}}</ref> known for the popular British television series [[Beadle's About]], her vocal work on the soundtrack of [[Peter Greenaway]]'s film [[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Options magazine |title=Options Magazine Cover With Interview Of Singer And Actress Flavia Brilli |date=1989-11-01 |url=http://archive.org/details/options-magazine-cover-with-interview-of-singer-and-actress-flavia-brilli |access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>''''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover |url=https://www.sbpg-projects.com/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway Projects |language=en-US}}</ref>''''' and her music venue [[Central Bar jazz club]]. <ref>{{Cite news |date=1986-04-29 |title=Flavia Brilli's debut at the Hippodrome, London. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-flavia-brillis-debut-a/124007808/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=Evening Standard |pages=19}}</ref>B<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-08-12 |title=Gilad Atzmon performs at Central Bar, London. Promoter: Flavia Brilli. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-gilad-atzmon-performs-at-ce/46348134/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The Guardian |pages=349}}</ref>orn in Brighton, Flavia credited her hometown as the main inspiration behind her flamboyant designs: 'All my design work is inspired and informed by my enduring love for my hometown Brighton. A place forever associated in my mind with all that is fun, stylish and elegant'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brilli |first=Flavia |title=Oval with Tendrils |url=https://flaviabrillimirrordesigns.blogspot.com/2018/03/oval-with-tendrils.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs}}</ref>
[[File:Violetta Mirror by Flavia Brilli, owner and designer of Jazz Frames.jpg|thumb|'Violetta' mirror by designer Flavia Brilli, owner of Jazz Frames.]]
[[File:Violetta Mirror by Flavia Brilli, owner and designer of Jazz Frames.jpg|thumb|'Violetta' mirror by designer Flavia Brilli, owner of Jazz Frames.]]
The mirror designs were featured in various magazines and newspapers including Homeflair (1995), The London Magazine (1996), Essentials (1996), Elle Decoration (1996), Homes and Ideas (1996), Inspirations (1996), Time Out (1996), and the News of the World (1997)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brilli |first=Flavia |title=PRESS and MEDIA |url=https://flaviabrillimirrordesigns.blogspot.com/p/press-coverage.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs}}</ref> ''''''. '''''On the 15th<sup>th</sup> of December, 1996, two of the designs (the Fantasia mirror and Sunburst mirror) were used by '''''[[Channel 4]] '''''television as a backdrop for the interview with film director '''''[[Terry Gilliam]] '''''in the Equinox documentary 'Satan's Robot'<ref>{{Citation |title=Rdf Films Letter |date=1996-10-28 |url=http://archive.org/details/rdf-films-letter |access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brilli |first=Flavia |title='Sunburst' Mirror and Interview with Terry Gilliam |url=https://flaviabrillimirrordesigns.blogspot.com/2018/03/sunburst-mirror-and-interview-with.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs}}</ref> '''''
The mirror designs were featured in various magazines and newspapers including Homeflair (1995), The London Magazine (1996), Essentials (1996), Elle Decoration (1996), Homes and Ideas (1996), Inspirations (1996), Time Out (1996), and the News of the World (1997)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brilli |first=Flavia |title=PRESS and MEDIA |url=https://flaviabrillimirrordesigns.blogspot.com/p/press-coverage.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs}}</ref> ''''''. '''''On the 15th<sup>th</sup> of December, 1996, two of the designs (the Fantasia mirror and Sunburst mirror) were used by '''''[[Channel 4]] '''''television as a backdrop for the interview with film director '''''[[Terry Gilliam]] '''''in the Equinox documentary 'Satan's Robot'<ref>{{Citation |title=Rdf Films Letter |date=1996-10-28 |url=http://archive.org/details/rdf-films-letter |access-date=2024-08-11}}</ref>.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brilli |first=Flavia |title='Sunburst' Mirror and Interview with Terry Gilliam |url=https://flaviabrillimirrordesigns.blogspot.com/2018/03/sunburst-mirror-and-interview-with.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs}}</ref> '''''

Revision as of 12:23, 17 August 2024

Jazz Frames mirror shop, 106 Camden Road, London

Jazz Frames was a Designer Mirror Shop that specialised in supersized, experimental, handmade mirrors located at 106 Camden Road, London, the former premises of fashion brand Swanky Modes.

The owner and designer of the mirror brand was actress, singer and jazz promoter, Flavia Brilli,[1] known for the popular British television series Beadle's About, her vocal work on the soundtrack of Peter Greenaway's film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover[2]'[3] and her music venue Central Bar jazz club. [4]B[5]orn in Brighton, Flavia credited her hometown as the main inspiration behind her flamboyant designs: 'All my design work is inspired and informed by my enduring love for my hometown Brighton. A place forever associated in my mind with all that is fun, stylish and elegant'.[6]

'Violetta' mirror by designer Flavia Brilli, owner of Jazz Frames.

The mirror designs were featured in various magazines and newspapers including Homeflair (1995), The London Magazine (1996), Essentials (1996), Elle Decoration (1996), Homes and Ideas (1996), Inspirations (1996), Time Out (1996), and the News of the World (1997)[7] '. On the 15thth of December, 1996, two of the designs (the Fantasia mirror and Sunburst mirror) were used by Channel 4 television as a backdrop for the interview with film director Terry Gilliam in the Equinox documentary 'Satan's Robot'[8].[9]

'Penelope Pitstop' mirror by Flavia Brilli. Owner and designer at Jazz Frames, Camden, London.
'Silver Zeppelin' mirror by Flavia Brilli upholstered in neoprene fabric, owner and designer of Jazz Frames.

The designs were unique for their heavy use of scrolling work, their cutting edge use of fabrics, such as Neoprene, handcut glass mozaics, and their extreme, Supersize dimensions often reaching heights of 8ft. A selection of the largest designs were exhibited, in 1987, in the chill out room of superclub, Ministry of Sound, in London'[10]'.

Selected Editorials

'Sunburst' mirror, Cover, page. Homeflair Magazine. November 1995, Vol 5, Issue 10. ISSN 0959-0749

'Sunburst' mirror pages 32-33. pg 35. Homeflair Magazine. November 1995, Issue 10. ISSN 0959-0749

'Emperor and Sun' mirrors pages 51- 54. Homeflair Magazine. May 1995. ISSN 0959-0749

'Violetta Mirror' , pages 126. The London Magazine. January 1996. ISSN 1350-360X

'Wave Mirror', page 169. Elle Decoration. August 1996. ISSN 0957-8943

'Violetta' mirror, page 25. Inspirations. February 1996. ISSN 1350-8377

'Silver Zeppelin' centre page. News of the World. March 1999. ISSN 0028-9280

'Valentine Heart', page 16. Time Out. February 2000. ISSN 0049-3910

References

  1. ^ "Flavia Brilli's debut at the Hippodrome, London". Evening Standard. 1986-04-29. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  2. ^ Options magazine (1989-11-01), Options Magazine Cover With Interview Of Singer And Actress Flavia Brilli, retrieved 2024-08-11
  3. ^ "The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover". Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway Projects. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  4. ^ "Flavia Brilli's debut at the Hippodrome, London". Evening Standard. 1986-04-29. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  5. ^ "Gilad Atzmon performs at Central Bar, London. Promoter: Flavia Brilli". The Guardian. 2000-08-12. p. 349. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  6. ^ Brilli, Flavia. "Oval with Tendrils". Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  7. ^ Brilli, Flavia. "PRESS and MEDIA". Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  8. ^ Rdf Films Letter, 1996-10-28, retrieved 2024-08-11
  9. ^ Brilli, Flavia. "'Sunburst' Mirror and Interview with Terry Gilliam". Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  10. ^ Brilli, Flavia. "'Penelope Pitstop' Goes to 'Ministry of Sound'". Flavia Brilli Mirror Designs. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
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