Interior Design articles from February 2002

Interior Design archives from February 2002

Update: catch these events in March and April.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... 1. Without Toledo, Ohio, the world would have missed out on the 1933 Skippy-Racer Scooter, as the Toledo Museum of Art demonstrates in "The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America." March 24-June 16; 419-255-8000;...

New York, New York. (forum).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Two extraordinary tributes to New York City open there this month as a response to the attacks of September 11. "Life of the City" at the Museum of Modern Art presents 150 photos that celebrate and capture the vitality, grit, and beauty of...

Crossing the Rio Grande. (forum).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The splendor of Mexico City is revisited in "The Grandeur of Vice-regal Mexico: Treasures from the Museo Franz Meyer" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The exhibition highlights paintings, sculpture, furniture, and earthenware made from 1521...

Back in business. (forum).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Haughton International Fairs, organizer of many of New York's highest-caliber, highest-profile art and antiques events, has been absent from the scene since the Seventh Regiment Armory became a headquarters for the National Guard after...

Tough ACT to follow. (forum).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Association for Contract Textiles's sixth annual ACT Scholarship Quilt Auction will take place at Sotheby's in New York. This year, such celebrated designers as Martha Burns and Kurt Meinecke will create quilts, furniture, and objects...

Florida fabrics. (forum).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Design Center of the Americas will present Fabric Fair 2002, a textiles showcase with related programs including a fashion-show luncheon with a keynote address by Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen on February 21. Because the fair...

Helping hands. (forum).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Aid to Artisans, a nonprofit organization that fosters craftsmanship in developing countries, bestowed its first annual awards last month in New York. Sponsored by Eziba, a retailer of handcrafted goods, the occasion brought Simon Doonan, Paul...

Errata.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * RTKL Associates (1500 San Remo Avenue, Suite 350, Coral Gables, FL 33146; 786-268-3200) and photographer Nancy Robinson Watson (P.O. Box 873, Castine, ME 04421; 207-326-4861) should have been credited for "A Hollywood Premiere" (January, page...

Forum bytes.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Teasers from our Web site--for more on these stories, click on www.interiordesign.net Visionary Proposal New York New Visions, a coalition of architects, designers, planners, and engineers, has issued a 52-page report on initial...

Pin ups.
February 1, 2002... Wood Sprites Earthy patterns prove it--Mother Nature still knows best 1. PUTKINOTKO COTTON IN KHAKI FROM MARIMEKKO. (CIRCLE 300) 2. WATERLEAF POLY-RAYON IN PUDDLE BY LAURA LIENHARD. (CIRCLE 301) 3. FERN LINEN IN TAN FROM TYLERGRAPHIC....

Serious fun: Studios Architecture builds an interactive showroom for Hafele's gadgets and gizmos galore. (forum showroom).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IN NEW YORK'S Madison Square Park, an elaborate new playground is nearing completion. Directly across the street, architects from all over the city are discovering a playground of their own: the new Hafele, which the Institute of Store Planners...

Burn, baby, burn: GoodmanCharlton's retro inferno heats up a New York hotel. (forum lounge).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WHEN GOODMANCHARLTON gutted the Marcel hotel in Manhattan, the product- and interior-design firm's principal Jeffrey Goodman expected to find a typically uninspiring basement beneath the 19th-century building. But when eight coal vaults were...

Plane and simple. (market).
February 1, 2002... KOCH-SMITH'S SIMPLY elegant furniture offers proof positive that "Midwestern chic" is not an oxymoron. The company did, however, have humble beginnings. "We got together over pizza and beers and started drawing on napkins," designer Steve Koch...

Spirited accessories. (market).
February 1, 2002... Bernhardt: Jhane Barnes' Martini collection of occasional and coffee tables is perfectly balanced and positively swish, thanks to sexy metal column bases reminiscent of glass stems, paired with cocktail tray-like tops. The table shown measures...

Shine on. (market).
February 1, 2002... Lamontage: Before felt became the material du jour, Liora Manne was intrigued by its unique properties and successfully developed a technique to bind together hundreds of translucent layers to create rugs with painterly patterns and saturated...

Play on. (flooring).
February 1, 2002... Sure, rugby shirts are in vogue, thanks to Marc Jacobs, et al.--but closets aren't the only places in the hippest homes to boast not-so-subtle stripes. We were floored by the sassy new striped flat-weave rugs from Michaelian & Kohlberg. Despite...

NU and improved. (flooring).
February 1, 2002... Tired of less-than-scintillating rugs, SCI-Arc alums Hassan Majd and Emir Uras decided to create their own collection. "It was always frustrating to find good, solid floor coveting with contemporary design, but crafted with traditional...

Bigger is better. (flooring).
February 1, 2002... Envious are we of those whose empire is so vast that they could never think small. Take Calvin Klein, whose first rug collection is sizable to say the least. There are five categories--including painterly handmade wools and silks and graphic...

For the fifth wall. (flooring).
February 1, 2002... "To give us an alternative standpoint, we wanted our latest design partnership to be with a professional who was not strongly associated with the carpeting industry," says Alex Jauregui, Lees Carpets executive vice president and general manager...

Outer beauty. (health care).(hospital interior design data)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF Cleveland has a main campus of mostly beige brick and limestone, but that wasn't the look administrators wanted for a satellite to provide cancer treatment, internal medicine, and women's health services. The Chagrin...

Green thoughts. (health care).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE FUTURE FACES of interior design will address the issue of health care in an exhibition at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, New York. Coordinated by designer Ruth Lynford and Interior Designers for Legislation in New York, the...

A dose of design. (health care).
February 1, 2002... THE REMEDY TO dull health-care fabrics? Momentum Textiles' Upstarts collection. Based on original artwork by recent graduates of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, this woven Crypton line includes five graphic patterns in fashion-forward lime,...

Something to smile about: pearly whites, sunny yellows, and cerulean blues brighten a British dental office by Studio Azurro.(dental office design details)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WERE IT NOT FOR the toothbrush-shape bench featured prominently in the waiting area, patients visiting Houston: The Dental Surgery in Weston-Super-Mare, England, might believe they had wandered into the office of a hip graphic-design firm....

Aging gracefully: Motion Picture & Television Fund beneficiaries enjoy their sunset years at a center built by SmithGroup.(facility design details)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IN THE 1940S, seeking to care for Hollywood retirees, the Motion Picture & Television Fund opened a complex on 40 acres in Woodland Hills, California. Eventually, an assisted-living facility, residential cottages, a hospital, a chapel, a...

Loud and clear: Aleks Istanbullu got the message at a children's hearing center in California.(facility design and service details)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IF THERE'S ONE THING the people at the HEAR Center appreciate most, it's the ability to listen. A facility in Pasadena, California, that diagnoses and treats children with hearing deficiencies, the center charged Aleks Istanbullu Architects...

2002 Atlanta NeoCon South: this April, interior-design professionals will once again converge on Atlanta for NeoCon South, an annual conference and exposition for the industry. Seminars, forums, exhibitions, and other events will educate and entertain convention participants, and students get their day, too.(Atlanta, Georgia)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Special Events An Evening of Southern Hospitality: April 9, 5:30 PM The Georgia Chapter of ASID will host an evening of networking at Atlanta's historic Capital City Club, within walking distance from downtown hotels. 404-231-3938;...

The Country Houses of David Adler. (reading list).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Country Houses of David Adler by Stephen M. Salny New York: W.W. Norton, $60 220 pages, 150 illustrations (black and white) Richard Pratt's 1970 monograph of David Adler has become an expensive classicist cult item, so Stephen Salny has...

Lightbook: The Practice of Lighting Design. (reading list).
February 1, 2002... Lightbook: The Practice of Lighting Design by Ulrike Brandi and Christoph Geissmar-Brandi Basel: Birkhauser, distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, New York, $80 256 pages, 430 illustrations (many in color), CD-ROM This may be the...

Van Day Truex, The Man Who Defined Twentieth-Century Taste and Style. (reading list).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Van Day Truex, The Man Who Defined Twentieth-Century Taste and Style by Adam Lewis New York: Viking Studio, $40 262 pages, 130 illustrations (34 in color) As head of the Parsons School of Design, Van Day Truex was one of the last century's...

Pierre Paulin. (reading list).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Pierre Paulin by Elisabeth Vedrenne and Anne-Marie Fevre Paris: Editions Dis Voir, distributed by Distributed Art Publishers, $24 paperback 128 pages, 70 illustrations This attractive little monograph is part of a new series devoted to...

design is design is design.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... According to reliable market research, 86 percent of designers practicing today are protean creatures, in trade talk "generalists." Thus we decided that February was the right time to raise the curtain on designer versatility (a word we like...

Wish list: Brininstool + Lynch designs a Chicago condo to fulfill a client's every desire.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH to put one's own vision into words, but it's downright daunting when the conceived picture is crystal-clear in the mind's eye of the speaker, who is a client addressing her designer. Just ask Brad Lynch about being briefed...

Applied science: Brininstool + Lynch's research facility for a group of Chicago physicists.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... PHYSICS, MOST SOURCES AGREE, is the science dealing with properties and interaction of matter and energy. "Traditional" physics is defined in brief as encompassing mechanics, optics, and electricity, while "modern" physics, based on quantum...

User-friendly: for the Dublin office of software company SAP, Bucholz McEvoy Architects kept both employees and the environment in mind.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WHEN BUCHOLZ MCEVOY Architects was hired to design an office for the European and U.S. service and support center of German software company SAP, the firm plunged into the project. Both Bucholz McEvoy and the site in question, a brand-new spec...

Hall of fame: a government building 10 miles from Dublin put Bucholz McEvoy Architects on the map.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WHEN FINGAL COUNTY officials announced an international competition for a new civic hall in 1996, Merritt Bucholz and Karen McEvoy responded in two ways. The first was to form Bucholz McEvoy Architects. The second was to submit a design that...

In top form: Arthur de Mattos Casas lets his imagination soar at a penthouse apartment in Rio.(home design details)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THIS IS NO ORDINARY "beach house," any more than Arpoador is an ordinary beach. Gently wedged between Ipanema and Copacabana, on the southern edge of Rio de Janeiro, Arpoador's tiny stretch of waterfront boasts some of the toniest addresses in...

Raw-talent: giving a Sao Paulo sushi bar a whole new look, Arthur de Mattos Casas proves he's got what it takes.(Sao Paulo, Brazil)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE HOTTEST SUSHI bar in Sao Paulo, Kosushi started out as anything but. It opened 15 years ago, serving authentic Japanese fare in a traditional if uninspired setting in the Liberdade quarter, aka Little Tokyo. The restaurant became a...

Double vision: Messana O'Rorke designs a Manhattan loft where living and working coexist with ease.(Manhattan, New York)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... MERGING HOME AND office in a single space can offer the best of both worlds, but to achieve the benefits--beautiful surroundings, no commute--balance is essential. Everything must work together harmoniously. Messana O'Rorke Architects was hired...

Chef's choice for sushi's rising son, industrial designer Karim Rashid creates his first restaurant.(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... VACANT FOR A DOZEN years, a former Norelco shaver shop underneath a kung fu studio--in a gritty part of Philadelphia, no less--might not seem a worthy signature space for Masaharu Morimoto. As the executive chef at Nobu, Robert De Niro's lower...

A river runs through it: water bridges the opposites in architect David Ling's living and working space.(home-office space in New York)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... "IT'S ALL RECYCLED," says architect David Ling. "We took everything that was here and made furniture, exposed shelving, and reinforcements for the existing structure." The structure in question is Ling's live-work space in New York. The...

Miami: immerse yourself in Florida's coolest design scene.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... MIAMI OFFERS THE best of both worlds: distinguished cultural attractions and decadent distractions, cosmopolitan bustle and miles of quiet, pristine beaches. No wonder everyone's flocking to the city of sun--whether to take in South Beach's art...

Fresh-squeezed: with a kiwi mural, Mercedes paint, and more, Jeffrey Beers International keeps the creative juices flowing at Breez. (Cover Story).(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
February 1, 2002... WHEN ARCHITECT Jeffrey Beers designs a restaurant, his starting point is the food. A grasp of how the chef intended to prepare and present the menu offerings at Breez, an Asian-inspired seafood eatery, led him to establish a color palette that...

Batchelor pad: sophisticated and handsome, the J. Batchelor showroom by Kristin Hein Philip Cozzi has caught south Florida's eye.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... JOSEPH BATCHELOR IS causing quite a stir. The 34-year-old opened his first showroom at the Design Center of the Americas just two and a half years ago, and already he has developed relationships with some of the hottest names in furniture,...

Pump up the volume: everyone can party like a rock star at the Kent Hotel, designed by Barbara Hulanicki.(Miami Beach, Florida)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... CHRIS BLACKWELL, THE owner of Island Outpost, is now a major, if offbeat, player in the hospitality field, having amassed a diverse group of 12 boutique hotels in Miami, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Utah. First, however, he established a...

Showing off: Tui Pranich & Associates struts its stuff at a new Miami showroom by Hariri & Hariri.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... MIAMI'S DESIGN COMMUNITY is doubly blessed. Trade practitioners have easy access to the country's largest and most comprehensive showroom campus, the Design Center of the Americas, as well as the downtown Design District, a funky neighborhood...

Freshen up: the coolest hot spot in South Beach is Mynt ultralounge, Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque's nightclub debut.(South Beach, Florida)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... MIAMI NIGHTCLUB OWNER Nicola Siervo, ex-partner of Ingrid Casares, knows what it takes to make a spot hot: a clever concept, a steady stream of sassy patrons, and a designer who can concoct an intoxicating mood with the simplest of...

Freeze frame: a closer take on the hottest solutions from February.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... 1. Let There Be Light While daylight may be the most ecological form of ambient lighting, the sun stubbornly sets every evening. Undeterred, Dublin-based Bucholz McEvoy Architects designed a smart alternative for both Fingal County Hall...

The Spear sisters: you can't talk about Miami without considering Alison and Laurinda Spear. Cindy Allen goes right to the source. (cross lines).(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Two OF MIAMI'S biggest names, Alison and Laurinda Spear grew up in the city when it was a very different place--and have helped transform it into today's thriving design center. Alison Spear has her own architecture and interiors firm,...

Inside out in Miami: under the Florida sun, physical barriers and conceptual distinctions melt away. (matters of design).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... MIAMI IS A city of surprises, a place that confounds expectations. It's a young, brash, rash, restless city that often lacks the introspection wrought by lesser weather or the legacy of a long history. A resort city, a seaside city, it is...

Armstrong commercial flooring. (carpet, flooring & tile).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Armstrong's new Perspectives vinyl flooring features exciting new visuals influenced by metal and concrete. Available in both sheet and tile, the abstract designs in the new high performance line reflect current trends in commercial interiors....

Premium Wood Flooring & Design. (carpet, flooring & tile).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... 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....

Wavemaker Carpets. (carpet, flooring & tile).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Wavemaker Carpets, multiple award winner for design excellence, presents new collections to tempt and dazzle the best with classical and modern dynamic patterns. Catering to high-end residential, corporate mainstreet, and hospitality markets,...

Eurotex wall carpet. (carpet, flooring & tile).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Lanai wall carpet, with its compact, articulated texture, muffles sound and reduces operating costs by protecting walls. No tearing or scuffing. Studies prove savings vs. painted surfaces. Occasional light maintenance preserves a crisp, new...

Dodge-Regupol, Inc.: Xtreme recycled resilient rubber flooring. (carpet, flooring & tile).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... It's Xtreme 100% recycled resilient rubber flooring from Dodge-Regupol. Take your pick from 38 enviro-friendly eye-poppers. And we can custom cut logos or custom blend colors. Color it special with ECOsurfaces [R]! Call toll free 1-877-326-7873...

Rug Rats. (carpet, flooring & tile).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Rug Rats is known for its exceptional value in fine carpets and custom rugs. Rug Rats carries an extended selection of European Wiltons, wools, sisals, and more at discount prices. We are your design partner for luxury carpets and custom rugs....

Aged Woods. (carpet, flooring & tile).
February 1, 2002... 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...

Wexford Carpet Industries. (carpet, flooring & tile).
February 1, 2002... "Memorable spaces deserve memorable carpet." In-stock carpet collection expressing the design culture of the new millennium. Luxurious, perfectly proportioned yet traditionally sleek, this important collection of carpet designs is the ultimate...

Custom Looms. (carpet, flooring & tile).
February 1, 2002... Our superbly crafted custom area rugs/carpets are available in our high quality wool. Rugs are made either hand woven or hand knotted. Custom colored silk can be woven in cut or loop pile for any specified area. Qualities consist of cut pile,...

Dodge-Regupol, Inc. (carpet, flooring & tile).
February 1, 2002... Dodge[TM] Cork Tile naturally warms and enriches any interior, and can be used on floors, walls and ceilings for a quiet, warm and comfortable feeling. Offered in several shades and finishes of familiar honey tones, these tiles can also be...

C.O.R. Products by Cozzolino. (carpet, flooring & tile).
February 1, 2002... C.O.R. Products offers a wide range of uniquely textured wood surfaces for walls, floors and furniture. Phone: 973-731-9292 www.cozzolino.com Circle 238 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Pratt & Larson Ceramics. (carpet, flooring & tile).
February 1, 2002... Pratt and Larson Ceramics designs and manufactures distinctive, handmade tile. It is a flexible collection of textures, patterns, architectural and relief elements, available in hundreds of glazes. Please visit our website for your closest...

Services to the trade.(advertisement)
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Designers in this issue.
February 1, 2002... Brininstool + Lynch ("Applied Science," page 126; "Wish List," page 120), headed by partners David Brininstool and Brad Lynch, was profiled in October 2001. 230 West Superior Street, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60610; 312-640-0505. Bucholz...

Gressco Ltd. (healthcare).
February 1, 2002... Gressco manufactures and distributes uniquely designed, high quality children's furniture. Create an inviting area for families to enjoy a book while awaiting their physician. Room partitions with operating doors that meet ADA requirements,...

Eventscape. (healthcare).
February 1, 2002... Eventscape is a custom manufacturer of superior quality fabric structures for architectural interiors, custom exhibits and events. Since in 1993, Eventscape has been instrumental in the growing awareness and use of fabric as a versatile...

Prince Seating Corp. (healthcare).
February 1, 2002... Shown: NEW UPSCALE STACKABLE DINING CHAIRS. The ultimate in comfort and design manufactured for commercial use. Also available: Wood, metal and aluminum chairs, tables and barstools. 800-5-PRINCE (800-577-4623) or 718-363-2300. Fax:...

Interspec. (healthcare).
February 1, 2002... Interspec fabrics offers "autumn", a transitional leaf design available in 14 colorways suitable for both the long term and acute healthcare markets. Please contact us for samples or more information on our line of woven Crypton[R] upholstery...

C.F. Stinson. (healthcare).
February 1, 2002... C.F. Stinson introduces Crypton[R] Generations 2, our newest performance fabric collection. This multi pattern collection offers a refreshing alternative to the ordinary. See it first at www.cfstinson.com and see why C.F. Stinson is changing...

Peter Pepper Products. (healthcare).
February 1, 2002... This magazine rack is also ideal for medical charts, x-ray folders and newspapers. The side and top loading pockets accommodate oversize materials behind clear acrylic retainers. Available in six wood finishes and 27 colors. All racks meet ADA...

EOC. (healthcare).(advertisement)
February 1, 2002... ECHO SEATING, tables and benches are comfort engineered for the most demanding requirements. Designed by Charles Gibilterra, this versatile collection is available with wood or metal frames in a choice of arm, seat and back styles. Contact EOC...

Armstrong commercial flooring. (healthcare).(advertisement)
February 1, 2002... Timberline commercial flooring from Armstrong offers the look of wood in a high performance, easy-to-maintain vinyl sheet. Available in 12 colors, the floor captures the appealing visual, gloss and texture of natural wood flooring. The floor...

Phillip Jeffries Ltd. (neocon[R] south).(advertisement)
February 1, 2002... Fine furnishings and artwork come alive against these beautiful new textured wallcoverings from Phillip Jeffries Ltd. Available in 60 different colors, these crushed effect wallcoverings are washable, class A flame rated and stocked for...

Davis Furniture. (neocon[R] south).(advertisement)
February 1, 2002... Ch@t from Davis offers an unconventional look that is welt suited to the informal atmospheres of modern businesses, restaurants, schools, and training facilities. The chair is available in a choice of eight colors and is easily stackable. Tel:...

Haworth. (neocon[R] south).(advertisement)
February 1, 2002... Haworth introduces X99, a seating family combining sleek European design, precision, performance and comfort. Task and executive seating feature a German-engineered three--point pivot mechanism, treating the back/hip/leg region as a single...

NuMetal[TM]: balance between form & function. (neocon[R] south).(advertisement)
February 1, 2002... NuMetal[TM] Laminates are 4" x 8" Phenolic backed aluminum, copper and stainless steel. Over 100 selections available from stock using techniques such as embossing, hand painting, acid etching, distressing, lacquering and more. 2002 additions...

Snap shots.
February 1, 2002... True Blue Interior Design and Bombay Sapphire hosted the first Sapphire After Hours Design Awards, honoring restaurant, bar, and nightclub design, at the Manhattan restaurant Strip House on December 12. The venue, designed by Rockwell...

The house of pop. (Intervention).(Antoni Miralda installation at Wolfsonian-Florida International University exhibition)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... To ACCOMPANY THE "Aluminum by Design" exhibition, the Wolfsonian-Florida International University invited Antoni Miralda to create an installation in the Bridge Tender's House, a 1939 stainless-steel structure that Mitchell Wolfson, Jr.,...