Drew Barrymore’s Un-office
Drew Barrymore is featured on the cover of this month’s Domino! Inside you get a chance to peek inside her production company, Flower Films, but if you don’t want to wait to receive your copy (or lack funds to buy one right now) Nathalie at Design Undercover has posted the full article in PDF format [...]
Spark Plugs*Jennifer Prichard
While writing about the 21 series by BOCCI, I remembered an artist who also creates organic installation art (perfect for luxury hospitality or commercial projects). Her name is Jennifer Prichard. I first read about Jennifer Prichard from an article in the June 2006 issue of Elements of Living and was instantly smitten [...]
Design Jargon: Damask
Ah, yes… Damask – a rich, sometimes heavily patterned fabric featuring forms, animals, fruits, and more often than not, florals. Damask is typically perceived as being Traditional in style, but has recently become widely accepted by the masses thanks to modern patterns. Here’s another little fact: did you know that a true damask [...]
Bocci Lighting – 21 Series
Are they supposed to be mushrooms? Sting rays? What about paper? It looks like paper… Actually, none of these are right. Developed by Omer Arbel, the 21 series from Bocci Lighting is inspired by the sporadic arrangements of barnacles on rock surfaces. These lights are custom made and are comprised of thin sheets of raw [...]
Design Goals
I create a list of goals every year to help me plan my next "career" move. Unfortunately, I tend to be lazy and sway from my list. Some are finished, others ignored, and more often than not, most are carried over from the year before. I read once that if you make your goals public [...]
Hello + Thank you!
Hello everyone coming from Desire To Inspire! I feel so honored to be a part of the Easter Reading Guide – thank you so much! Please feel free to look through my (oh-so-slim) archives. I will be working hard this week to post some new information. I just have to push [...]
Design Jargon: Chintz
Chintz is a printed, painted, or stained cotton fabric with flowers.
The word Chintz is Hindi and derived from the Sanskrit “chitra” which means many-coloured or speckled. Originally from India, Portuguese and Dutch traders began bringing examples of Indian chintz into Europe. These early fabrics were extremely expensive and rare.
By 1680 more than a [...]
New York City Waterfalls
Internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson will bring a sight of monumental proportions to the shores of New York City this summer consisting of four man-made waterfalls. “The New York City Waterfalls” will be on display in New York City from mid-July to mid-October. The captivating 90-foot to 120-foot tall installations will feature scaffolding [...]
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My name is Kristin and, if the blog name didn't give it away, I'm an interior designer. I'm also a self - proclaimed nerd, a grad student at SCAD-Atlanta, and a big fan of architecture, photography, travel, and iced chais. In a nutshell: I'm a lover of good design of all kinds.
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