{"id":378,"date":"2010-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=378"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:59:10","slug":"the-selby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/the-selby","title":{"rendered":"The Selby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Selby<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warning. Before reading this post it is important that you know that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theselby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Selby<\/a><\/strong> It is highly addictive for all lovers of domesticity. Compulsive voyeurs, please abstain.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='post-info'>20 April 2010 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/autor\/monapart\">Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-magazine_1.jpg?itok=x_jd2z_x\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Selby is to domesticity what The Sartorialist is to fashion. A website where you can see photographs, pictures and videos of interesting people in their creative spaces, whether that's their home, their studio, their gallery, or their bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mitch Alfus, Leather King. A Selby Movie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LfUvGTZ6rx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It takes all sorts to make a world, and when you\u2019ve been a subscriber to The Selby for a long time like yours truly, you lose a lot of your hang-ups and truly understand the meaning of words like \u00abplural\u00bb, \u00absophistication\u00bb, \u00abmind-blowing\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-greg-chiat-elder.jpg\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Todd Selby<\/strong> He is an illustrator and portrait, interior and fashion photographer. Previously, he was a translator, tour guide in Tijuana, researcher in the Californian raspberry industry, cartographer in Costa Rica, corruption consultant for a Mexican senator, art director for a venture capital firm, exotic flower wholesaler, Japanese clothing designer, and entrepreneur in the composting industry.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/todd-selby2.jpg?itok=hBD8hjPf\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:495px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2008 he created this website to upload the photos he took of his friends in their homes. He couldn't have imagined for a single second that in a few months he would end up receiving requests from people in every country in the world, partnership offers from companies like Nike, Habitat, The New York Times or Vogue Paris, nor that his website would receive a staggering 35,000 visits a day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-ads-nike.jpg\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:501px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-ads-nike2.jpg\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-ads-louis-vuitton.jpg\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:746px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what does The Selby offer? Well, an intimate look into the personal spaces of artists and creatives with an artistic touch focused on detail.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/the-selby.jpg\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:718px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can we visit the studio of <a href=\"http:\/\/theselby.com\/galleries\/ines-de-la-fressange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In\u00e8s de La Fressange<\/a> in Paris, the house of <a href=\"http:\/\/theselby.com\/galleries\/tom-wolfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Wolfe<\/a> in New York and other delights, but we also see the homes of tattoo artists, DJs, musicians, producers, clothing and furniture designers, restaurateurs, and endless others.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-ines-de-la-fressange.jpg\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:710px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/the-selby-tom-wolfe.jpg?itok=U_nrgrQT\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:535px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Houses in New York and Sydney, in London and Paris, in Milan and Los Angeles, in Tokyo and Mexico\u2026 Todd never stops. Although he says he spends his time eating four times a day, planning holidays, breaking his computers and improving his tan.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/todd-selby.jpg?itok=dTh3TzWo\" alt=\"The Selby | Monapart \" style=\"width:532px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I wonder, will he ever come to Barcelona? When will he take notice of us? Or better yet... Why wait? Let's take the first step and urge you to send us proposals. If you are or know someone lucky enough to have a home worthy of being showcased (=MONAPART), write to us at <a href=\"mailto:info@monapartbarcelona.com\">info@monapart.com<\/a> with the proposal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning. 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