Interior Design articles from August 2003

Interior Design archives from August 2003

Update: catch these events in September and October.
August 1, 2003... 1. The Denver Art Museum showcases 200 recent paintings and photographs from Singapore, China, and Taiwan in "Full Frontal: Contemporary Asian Artista From the Legan Collection." Su-en Wong's The Boxer, 1999, is in acrylic and pencil on painted...

America's best.(news desk)
August 1, 2003... A Millennium Council project of the White House and New York's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. the National Design Awards arrived on the scene with the year 2000--and its attendant focus on design's various disciplines, from architecture...

Minority report.(news desk)
August 1, 2003... The U.K.'s Architects for Change is presenting "DiverseCity in Architecture," on exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London Showcasing projects by 40 women and minority architects, the show features the Royal Society...

Meet me in Saint Louis.(news desk)
August 1, 2003... "It" firm Allied Works Architecture, led by principal Brad Cloepfil has been chosen to design the new Museum of Arts & Design in New York and expand the Seattle Art Museum. But the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis will be completed first...

SOM to go.(news desk)
August 1, 2003... The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation has awarded its 2003 Interior Architecture Traveling Fellowship to Kyle Reynolds, a graduate of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The $7,500...

Through the lens.(news bytes)
August 1, 2003... Validating the trends of the past decade, New York's International Center of Photography is launching its Triennial of Photography and Video. Opening September 13, the show features the work of 40 international artists... [ILLUSTRATION...

New in New Orleans.(news bytes)
August 1, 2003... The first phase of the new Ogden Museum of Southern Art at the University of New Orleans opens August 23. Designed by Errol Barron/Michael Toups Architects, Stephen Goldring Hall is a 47,000-square-foot five-story building in glass and Arizona...

AIA builds.(news bytes)
August 1, 2003... AIA's New York chapter is moving to its Center for Architecture Greenwich Village. Andrew Berman Architect glazed the building's facade, so passersby can see into ground-floor and below grade spaces. A public opening is planned for October......

Green thumb.(news bytes)
August 1, 2003... The American Society of Landscape Architects has selected 33 projects to receive it's annual Professional, Community Service, and Landmark Awards. The Design Excellence Award, the highest honor, went to the Dallas office of California's SWA...

Music to our ears.(news bytes)
August 1, 2003... Whether the New York Philharmonic takes up residence of not, one thing is sure at Carnegie Hall: Polshek Partnership Architects has completed a new lower level recital venue. Formerly a movie theater, Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall opens September...

Power pinks: forget pale and pretty--pick a shade that packs a punch.(pin ups)
August 1, 2003... 1. Aztec 9218-371 cotton viscose by Etamine. circle 300 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Oscar 7338-02 cotton-viscose blend by Boussac Decoration circle 301 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Lennoxlove F5190-02 viscose-polyester blend by...

Lime time: freshen up with citrus.(pin ups)
August 1, 2003... 1. Sumi in citrine polyester-cotton by Robert Allen Contract. circle 306 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Ring Toss 3333-933 wool-polyester blend by Bernhardt Textiles. circle 307 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Water Flower in citrus...

The Saatchi sensation.(walk through)
August 1, 2003... SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT ad mogul Charles Saatchi and the Young British Artists whose careers he launched--a neutral response is hardly an option. More than a decade after the movements emergence, the Saatchi Gallery's new London home is...

On a roll.(walk through)
August 1, 2003... WITH ALL THE FANFARE SURrounding the construction of the future home of San Francisco's de Young Museum, a 300,000-square-foot tour de force by Herzog Fong & Chan Architects, it's easy to overlook the institution's interim space. Until the new...

Speaking across time.(walk through)
August 1, 2003... WITH AN EAGLE EYE AND A little bit of luck, you can uncover many valuable finds at a flea market--even a lifelong friendship. It was 15 years ago that a nascent furniture designer and a fledgling dealer in primitive art bonded over their mutual...

Market: NeoCon world's trade fair.
August 1, 2003... a real showstopper Inspired by sports, Christophe Marchand's ProActiveChair for International Contract Furnishings is a clear winner. The seat back are PET, a recyclable thermoplastic used for snowboards water bottles; the chair's...

The top of the heap.(iida awards)
August 1, 2003... KICKING OFF NEOCON IN CHICAGO, design professionals put on their black-tie finery to toast the winners of this year's International Interior Design Association awards. The ceremony celebrated three competitions: the 30th annual Interior Design...

The big O.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... CENTRAL APERTURE ANIMATES ThE SILK light fixtures in Orchestra, Ayala Serfaty's latest collection for Aqua Creations. "Its about making the silk, form, light, and color work together," says the Israeli designer, who compares the pieces look to...

Crystal light.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... WITH THE ONSET OF HALOGEN SPOTS and sleek floor lamps in the minimalist 1990's--think Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto's Lola--crystal chandeliers looked like a thing of the past. Until Lolli e Memmoli gave old-world a new look. As with so...

Flos.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... An industrial look characterizes Antonio Citterio's Kelvin lamps. Of the three available styles, one is a floor lamp; two are table lamps, adjustable and not. All are die cast aluminum, with a swiveling head for direct light. 200 McKay Road,...

FontanaArte.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... For a very James Bond table or floor lamp, try Voon Wong's latest. In stainless steel or painted nickel, Loop features a rotating top that allows more of less light to escape. The diameter is 20 inches. 8807 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA...

Santa & Cole.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... The leaves of the agave plant inspired Antoni Arola's Leonardo hanging lamp, composed of maple strips. They're attached to the square aluminum cage that surrounds the light source. Ameico, 53 Bank Street, New Milford, CT 06776; 888-350-8765;...

Foscarini.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Designed by Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto, Bague is a table lamp with a metallic mesh base plunged into silicon resin, for both support and shade. The fixture's upper diffuser is acrylic. The body comes in two sizes and three colors:...

Artemide.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Blown-glass spheres, thermoplastic-resin stems, and die-cast metal-alloy bases compose the Castore table, floor, and suspension lamps by Michele De Lucchi. Each model sheds a pleasingly ambient light. 1980 New Highway, Farmingdale, NY 11735;...

Antonangeli.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Theo and Silvia Sogni fused oriental and Abba influences in Mamamia. The pendant comprises nine rings in graduating diameters, the largest being 25 inches. Eurolite USA, 1703 Rose Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712; 732-695-2750; antonangeli.com...

Tronconi.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... For direct and indirect light mixed with retro appeal, there's Toric by Patrick Norguet. The lamp comes in black-and-white of orange-and-white paint. 5/7 Via Bernini, 20094 Milan, Italy; 39-02-45-86-7089; tronconi.com. circle 367 ...

Luceplan.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... A table called Zio (Italian for uncle) multifunctions as discreet lighting--a fluorescent lamp hides underneath. The Sebastian Bergne design, made of UV-resistant polycarbonate, measures 14 inches wide by 11 inches deep by 8 inches high. 315...

Tobias Grau.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... As its name indicates, George Mobile is portable. It's also a floor lamp in oak, aluminum, and glass, with a hand grip featuring an integrated dimmer. Adjustable from 40 to 50 inches high. 35B Siemenstrasse, 25462 Rellingen, Germany;...

Ingo Maurer.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... "High technology combined with pure aesthetics" is how this German designer describes Luster. The limited editions in imprinted molded glass are embedded with 287 white LEDs, which emit light an both sides. 89 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013;...

Lampworks.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Expertly swirled colors--as well as a delicious shape and scale--make these handblown glass pendants the ultimate eye candy. 231 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10022; 888-526-7967. circle 372 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Lumid.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Sinuous and showy, Anna-Mae exudes serious sex appeal, but Jordan Mozer and Associates actually intended the floor lamp to resemble a willow tree, which symbolizes the female life force. Jordan Mozer originally designed the piece for a Japanese...

CL Sterling & Son.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... This addition to Peter Carlson's Archer series combines style and substance. The chandelier features stylized etched-glass diffusers and a metal armature, offered in brushed nickel, architectural bronze, soft-polished brass, and copper...

Leucos.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Paolo Nave and Fabio Casiraghi's Medusa lamp is sure to catch your eye--gaze freely, without fear of petrifaction. This unusual beauty combines handblown smoked glass, a brushed-nickel base, and phosphorescent tubes. 11 Mayfield Avenue, Edison,...

Giorgetti.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Sick of cartoonish, overly futuristic furnishings? We've discovered a lamp that points ahead without summoning the Jetsons. With three rings measuring an impressive 39 inches in diameter, Planet glows with interplanetary appeal. Glenpointe...

Holly Hunt.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Old meets new in Studio H's St. Honore collection. To produce the exquisitely executed pieces, Holly Hunt teamed up with the venerable craftsmen at Charles, the Paris company responsible for much of Versaille's lighting restoration. The...

Baldinger Architectural Lighting.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... The fixtures in Liat Poysner's collection are more dramatic than a Broadway spotlight. The true star is Spiral, with its 24 inches of cascading stainless steel. All pieces in the line feature a hand-folded sheet-metal shade, which eliminates...

Em Collaborative Studio.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... We like the moody glow of Quad. And its fresh colors, too. The table lamps in resin and brushed stainless steel come in heights of 14 and 20 inches. 8262 Fountain Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-650-2079; emcollection.com. circle 375 ...

Clodagh Collection.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Dutch designer Kasper Larsen's lighting line celebrates the graceful combination of linen, American walnut, and stainless steel. This charmingly squat table lamp is one of four designs in the collection. 670 Broadway, New York, NY 10012;...

McEwen Lighting Studio.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... There's no better definition of "industrial chic" than the tough-looking corrugated-copper of MLS Editions's Gear. But don't include the cable-suspended fixture's picture in Websters yet. Gear's interior is finished in surprisingly refined...

American Glass Light Company.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... The breadth, volume, and quality of Sandy Littman's latest designs are astonishing. For 2003, she introduced more than 100 styles, almost all of them an architect's dream: simple, streamlined, and finely finished. This Falcon Square sconce in...

A colossal talent: Anish Kapoor's monumental sculpture approaches the architectural.
August 1, 2003... SCALE IS NOT ALWAYS A FRIEND TO great art. All too often, size transforms imagination into mere fabrication. Except, perhaps, in the case of Anish Kapoor: First known for pigmented voids carved into raw hunks of rock--saturated, intimate, and...

By any other name: how do your tell craft from art? With great difficulty.(matters of design)
August 1, 2003... DESIGNING INTERIORS AROUND collections of vases or pots has never been easy For example, how do you install a $250,000 Indian friendship basket and a top-of-the-line Sub-Zero in the same New Jersey kitchen? (Architect David Ling built a room...

Northern exposure: an icy installation brings architect Steven Holl and sculptor Jene Highstein to Lapland.(center fold)
August 1, 2003... IMAGINE THIS: YOU'RE INVITED TO ARCTIC northern Finland to join a project that pairs architects with artists--most of whom have never met before--and involves work in indigenous materials you've never considered. All to design a structure...

Art out of bounds.(letter from the editor)
August 1, 2003... To capture, interpret, and codify art into a tame set of slots is a pipe dream nowadays, no matter how hard some ambitious, Sisyphean academic types keep hoping. We at Interior Design take our mythology straight--not on the rocks--and you'll...

Blue-chip: the art collection seals the deal at Bear Stearns, New York, by Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel.
August 1, 2003... Forget the corner office--major deals are usually seated on the 18th hole of over lunch at the Four Seasons. For managing directors at the New York headquarters of financial giant Bear Stearns, however, there's no need to leave the premises,...

Temporary heroes: interested in Vito Acconci and Kenny Schachter's conTEMPorary gallery, New York? Catch it while you can.
August 1, 2003... As of the 2002 "soft opening" of New York's conTEMPorary gallery, the art-world hype mechanism was already in place. How could it not be--with dealer-provocateur Kenny Schachter at the helm and anti-art artist turned architect Vito Acconci...

A museum comes of age: founded in a Wisconsisn farmhouse, the Racine Art Museum is ready for big time--and a building by Brininstool + Lynch.
August 1, 2003... In the archetypal Midwestern downtown of Racine, Wisconsin, 19th-century brick mercantile buildings line Main Street, and a Civil War monument anchors the town square. So when 10 Dale Chihuly sculptures in fiery orange-red glass appeared in the...

Type-a collectors: in the California desert, an overachieving couple express a passion for art and furnishings.
August 1, 2003... Cindy and Paul Levy rarely do anything halfway. Cindy Levy, a University of Southern California MBA, played on the pro tennis circuit before moving to New York to work as an investment banker. Paul Levy, a graduate of the Air Force Academy,...

Raising the roof: Kauffmann Theilig & Partner wins resounding acclaim for the renovated municipal theater in Mainz, Germany.
August 1, 2003... Historically, Mainz's greatest claim to artistic fame has belonged not to the realms of music or drama but to literature, the German city's most famous son being Johannes Gutenberg. That's not to imply, however, that concerts and plays never...

Rainbow Rhodes: the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, is a vision that only Zandra Rhodes could conceive--architects Ricardo Legorreta and Alan Camp helped her realize it.
August 1, 2003... If anyone dreams in color, it's Zandra Rhodes. And she dreams big. What other fashion designer would decide that she absolutely must open a museum to house her collection of 3,000 garments? Rhodes's Fashion and Textile Museum stands out on...

Shades of Kyoto: for a house in Atherton, California, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen and Terry Hunziker took a Japanese pavilion as their model.
August 1, 2003... Invited to speak in Zurich in 1769, Louis Kahn declared light the "giver of all presences," a philosophy that lives on in his Kimbell Art Museum and Yale Center lot British Art--as well as in the minds of subsequent architectural generations....

Heavy metal.(freeze frame: a closer look at the hottest solutions from August)
August 1, 2003... For the conTEMPorary gallery in New York, built-in furniture was literally a weighty issue. Acconci Studio's design for the space involves 18 tons of custom metal fixtures, the piece de resistance being a 5-ton stainless-steel wall in owner...

Symphony of light.(freeze frame: a closer look at the hottest solutions from August)
August 1, 2003... To improve the acoustics of the Staatstheater Mainz in Germany, Kauffmann Theilig & Partner ripped out the existing balconies, which had followed the circular walls of the 1833 auditorium "The sound either went round and round or simply stayed...

Room 606: The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen.
August 1, 2003... By Michael Sheridan New York: Phaidon Press, $70 272 pages, 320 illustrations (120 color) Although the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen is still in use today, most of Arne Jacobsen's finishes and furnishings have vanished. Only one guest...

International Design Yearbook 18.
August 1, 2003... Edited by Karim Rashid New York: Abbeville Press. $85 240, pages, 200 color illustrations Abbeville's valuable series of annual compilations of domestic, product design debuted in 1985 with a volume edited by Robert A.M. Stern. To date,...

Interior Graphic Standards.
August 1, 2003... Edited by Maryrose McGowan and Kersey Kruse Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, $200 710 pages, 3,000 illustrations (100 color) Architectural Graphic Standards first came out 70 years, 10 editions, and 1 million copies ago. Now the same...

What they're reading ...
August 1, 2003... Tod Williams A principal of Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates and member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame The Stone of the Abbey By Fernand Pouillon New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, $15 paperbound 222 pages ...

Correction.
August 1, 2003... The phone number of John Ellis, photographer for "What Shulman Knew" (July, page 224), should have been listed as 310-392 5099.

Conrad.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Custom handwoven window shades of renewable natural fibers from CONRAD offer a variety of environmentally responsible solutions for residential and commercial projects. Natural aulaila reeds interwoven with abaca, pictured here, join over 60...

EcoTimber.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... EcoFimber adheres to the highest standards of quality and environmental stewardship, offering a wide range of gorgeous, durable, affordable wood flooring options. From domestic and tropical hardwoods to wood alternatives such as bamboo and...

Tucker Robbins.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... We are passionate about recycling tropical hardwoods, ancient agricultural tools, and basketry. Tucker Robbins revitalizes original forms and recreates them to suit today's modern lifestyles. Shown here is the teardrop light. 20-25" h x 12-15"...

Hunter Douglas.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Duette[R] triple honeycomb shades are the most energy-efficient nationally branded window coverings available. Their unique honeycomb-like construction "traps" air in not one or two, but three layers of honeycomb cells, insulating against heat...

Sherwin-Williams.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Sherwin Williams Harmony Interior Latex line is low odor and has zero VOCs. The durable, high-hiding product is formulated without silica and with anti-microbial properties that protect the paint film. Harmony coatings meet or exceed the...

Caroma dual flush.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... The new leader in bathroom performance and design is now available in North America. The Caroma toilet pictured here features a 4" trapway that virtually eliminates blockages and comes standard with the award winning two button "dual flush"...

Phillip Jeffries Ltd.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Phillip Jeffries Ltd. introduces "Bamboo & Arrowroot", the newest addition to their collection of socially responsible wallcoverings. The bamboo is made from 100% natural woven fibers harvested from the seasonal growth or the bamboo plant. It...

Goodwin Heart Pine Company.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Earn free CEUs on CD and learn about the gold standard in hardwood flooring: rare original-growth heart pine never before milled without cutting down trees. Much harder and prettier than today's young woods. Tight-grained with few knots, nearly...

Sloan Flushmate[R].(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Toilets should do more than look good, they should perform. Flushmate equipped toilets use water line pressure instead of gravity to effectively cleanse the bowl with one flush. Get the water saving that is expected without the inconvenience of...

The Designtex Group.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... The Designtex Group introduces its newest Duraprene wallcovering Hammered Metal. A green alternative to vinyl, all Duraprene products are produced with water based inks and have a recycled fiber content of 50% wood pulp from sustainably managed...

Matthews Fan Company: vent-bettina.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Matthews Fan Company has provided the residential and commercial design community with decorative ventilation solutions since 1992. Please contact us at 847.680.9043 or www.matthewsfanco.com circle 247 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Premium Wood Flooring & Design.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Turn your room into a masterpiece and get the hardwood floor of your dreams. Premium Wood Flooring & Design is a pioneer In classical wood flooring. Each design we create is done in our state-of-the-art facility by our skilled craftspeople....

Aged Woods.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... Since 1985 Aged Woods, Inc. has supplied reclaimed wood for commercial and residential installations. Whether remilled into plank flooring or sold as beams and siding, their quality, consistency and service has gained them clients such as...

BR-111: FSC certified Eucalyptus.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... BR-111 announces Indusparquet 3/4" Prefinished Brazilian Eucalyptus. Officially certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Indusparquet Eucalyptus is plantation raised and selectively harvested. The flooring features a 3" face size,...

TerraMai woods.(green materials)
August 1, 2003... TerraMai offers eco-friendly AsiaRain[TM] hardwood flooring reclaimed from Southeast Asian railway ties and buildings, Teak, rosewood, merbau, and many other exotic species make up their eclectic and distinctive floors. TerraMai also provides a...

Cherry tree design.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Custom Shoji Screens and Hardwood Lighting. Made in the USA using traditional craftsman techniques, exceptional joinery, solid American hardwoods, and beautiful, durable facings Unique designs featuring Asian, Arts & Crafts as well as...

Bone Simple Design.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Bone Simple Design is a lamp design and manufacturing studio in New York City specializing in handmade, customized lamp fixtures in a variety of materials, sizes and finishes. Visit our website to see more of our designs. t. 212.627.0876 f....

Arte de Mexico.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Now Available--Complete Edition of Product Catalogs World-renowned collection of international furnishings, lighting, architectural appointments and accessories. NEW--Find Thousands of antiques and one-of-a-kind items available for purchase...

Times Square lighting.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Times Square is proud to introduce the SE20 and SE39 Metal Halide lighting fixtures. These small fixture heads use 12000 hour, 20 and 39-watt energy saving lamps that can produce light output equal to a 90-watt par lamp. Visit www.tslight.com...

Luraline.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Luraline presents Valencia, a coordinated collection of lighting for hospitality. Valencia instills a classic Old World look in lobbies, foyers, corridors and common areas of hotels/resorts. This line includes chandelier, pendant, sconce &...

Bone Simple Design.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Bone Simple Design is a lamp design and manufacturing studio in New York City specializing in handmade, customized lamp fixtures in a variety of materials, sizes and finishes. Visit our website to see more of our designs. t. 212.627.0876 f....

Unilight.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... Unilight sets the highest standards when it comes to custom lighting design and manufacturing. To complement your custom lighting requirements, Unilight has introduced over 50 exciting "Standard" products like the pendant featured here. View...

LumiSource.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... LumiSource, Inc., is a manufacturer and distributor of home decor and occasional furniture at affordable prices. Our lines offer unique & contemporary styles that add bold accents to any space, including the new Sparkler and Firefly lamps. For...

Blanche P. Field LLC.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... From crisp, contemporary horizontal pleat shades to traditional smocked silk shades, call on Blanche Field to create a distinctive custom lampshade or light fixture for residential or commercial applications. In Boston since 1905, now in New...

2thousand degrees.(lighting)
August 1, 2003... A fixture from 2thousand degrees illuminates and enhances e space like no other. The vast 2thousand degrees product offering is backed by the Tech Lighting[TM] team. We'll work with you to craft something unique. For more information on how we...

Master Metal Works.(neocon[R] recap)
August 1, 2003... Master Metal Works, complete metal fabrication since 1934. Choose from our product line or our skilled craftsmen will re-create your design. Stainless Steel, Copper, Brass, Bronze or Plated and Powder-Coated Steel, your choice. Call for your...