Reference Point: Bina Daigeler
Reference Point: Cultural bonbons from film industry aesthetes
Bina Daigeler
Costume Designer
Place of origin:
Munich, Germany
Home base:
Madrid, Spain
PROJECTS:
TÁR | ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE | ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER MULAN | MRS. AMERICA | VOLVER | FINGERNAILS
December 1, 2022
From left: Tár, All About My Mother, Mrs. America, Mulan, Only Lovers Left Alive
FILM
Last film you saw that you loved:
Fire of Love, Tár
Actor you would watch in anything:
Cate Blanchett
Favorite movie theater:
Cines Renoir Princesa, Madrid
Director(s) whose work you love:
Jim Jarmusch
Film you would like to inhabit:
Dangerous Liaisons
Coveted item from a character’s wardrobe:
Lydia Tár’s black cashmere coat by The Row
Films you will never tire of:
Casablanca, Some Like It Hot
Scene that haunts you:
The dressing scene between Glenn Close and John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons
From left: Dangerous Liasons, dir. Stephen Frears, 1988; black cashmere coat from The Row
MUSIC
Currently listening to:
Mahler’s Symphony No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No.5
Last live show you saw:
Iggy Pop
Favorite radio station:
Radio 3, Spain
From left: Mahler's Symphony No. 5; Iggy Pop
ART
Favorite museum or gallery:
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
Artist(s) you most admire:
Antoni Tàpies, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti
What’s hanging on your walls:
My son’s paintings
Piece of art you’d most like to own:
An Alexander Calder mobile
From left: painting by Antoni Tàpies; Mono Filio glass teapot; mobile by Alexander Calder
DESIGN
Designer/architect you admire:
My friend Helena Rohner
Most beautiful room you’ve been in:
A room with a view
Favorite quotidian design object:
Mono Filio glass teapot
Museo Nacional de Antropología
BOOKS
Last great book you read:
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth,
Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen
Favorite authors:
Truman Capote
A book you consider required reading:
Childhood and early reader books
Magazines or books on your coffee table:
The New Yorker, Der Spiegel, Condé Nast Traveler (all online)
Writer you’d most like to have a cocktail with:
Michelle Obama
From left: Truman Capote; The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen
TRAVEL
Favorite hotel in the world:
The Greenwich Hotel, Tribeca
Best vacation you’ve ever taken:
A round trip around Costa Rica: San José,
Rio Celeste, Liberia, Sámara, Santa Teresa, Montezuma,
Manuel Antonio, Uvita, Puerto Limon, Puerto Viejo
Place where you find sanctuary:
Home
Level of interest in traveling to space:
None
From left: Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica; The Greenwich Hotel, NYC
