Aug 17, 2010 - By Diana Cook
Leading British fashion designer Paul Smith knows just how to fuse eccentric details with superior craftsmanship. This skill has made him a darling of the sartorial set and his light-hearted take on traditional tailoring smoothly transitioned him into a lifestyle brand powerhouse. Smith’s ten-year long relationship with American textile company, Maharam Design Studio, has yielded a rich source of furnishing fabrics. Their latest collaboration, Exaggerated Plaid, moves beyond his signature stripes and adds yet another twist to traditional patterns.
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Aug 17, 2010 - By Kristi Harrison
While some artists limit themselves to flat surfaces, others see the world as their canvas and anything as their medium. And it certainly takes a special type of person to see beauty and structure in the everyday objects we all take for granted. Even more interesting is the fact that these works of art aren’t intended to be permanent. Here are a few surprising art installations from around the world.
Aug 16, 2010 - By Diana Cook
Get your honey straight from the hive and in high style with the Beehaus. The Omlet Shop has designed a contemporary apiary with sleek, modern lines available in a variety of colors.
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Aug 16, 2010 - By Diana Cook
The bedroom has long been known as the place where “all the magic happens”, at least according to Mtv Cribs. With the bed itself the focal point of this said mystical space, it’s no surprise that some bed designs go all out . We’ve assembled a few over the top specimens for your enjoyment – and can only imagine what interesting bedfellows they manifest. Sweet Dreams!
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Aug 13, 2010 - By Diana Cook
The Hotel De Filosoof in Amsterdam features rooms that celebrate the life, work and thoughts of a particular philosopher. The “deep thought” decor takes inspiration from Georges Bataille’s concepts of sexuality and eroticism, Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophies of language, ethics and mysticism and Henry David Thoreau’s obsession with time, age and nature.
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Aug 12, 2010 - By Diana Cook
I just received my “A Year in the Country” soap collection from those fabulous Beekman Boys. Twelve in all, each are designed to represent one month of the year by recreating seasonal fragrances from spring grass, to summer blossoms, to fresh garden vegetables, to autumn leaves, to winters by the fire and holiday baking.
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Aug 11, 2010 - By Diana Cook
Twitter can be a great source of information and inspiration, as long as you are getting the right tweets. With over 100 million users worldwide, it is a task in itself to find those follow worthy. Fortunately for you, if you are interested in design, I’ve done most of the heavy lifting already in creating - Top 100 Design Tweeters.
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Aug 11, 2010 - By Diana Cook
The closest I’ve ever gotten to a fantasy suite was watching commercials for Mount Airy Lodge in the Poconos as a kid. Back then, the idea seemed impossibly glamorous – the choice of heart or champagne glass shaped hot tubs took soak and surrounded by a forest of plaster Corinthian(ish) columns. But enough about a latchkey childhood spent under the soft glow of WPIX. Today’s theme hotel suites let you do more than pretend you’re garnish for a French 75. Taking inspiration from a wide range of sources, they promise a glimpse of fantasy life from Fashion Doll to Despot.
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Aug 10, 2010 - By Diana Cook
Have you ever looked at Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Falling Water house and thought “Pretty cool, but I could do better”? Now you have the chance to prove it. Sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, Architect Studio 3D provides the tools online for free and your guide to basic architectural concepts and the design process is Frank himself.
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