Interior Design articles from February 2004

Interior Design archives from February 2004

Update: catch these events in March and April.
February 1, 2004... 1. Major contemporary-art collectors and benefactors of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, this brother sister duo gets its own 15 minutes in the museums "Best Friends: Portraits of Sydney and Frances Lewis." Andy Warhol's...

Vroom!(news desk)
February 1, 2004... Canvas totes and calfskin handbags are staples of the leather-goods brand Coach. But internal-combustion engines? The company has actually been dabbling in automotive design since 1998, furnishing special-edition interiors for Lexus. Now, to...

Support group.(news desk)
February 1, 2004... The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art prides itself on showing hot new talent, and the Design Series program gives exposure to emerging architects, industrial designers, and graphic designers never before featured in a solo museum exhibition....

The luxe life.(news desk)
February 1, 2004... Less a trade show than a curated exhibition, the Luxury Kitchen and Bath Collection arrived in New York last November: The annual event rounded up 70 top-of-the-line manufacturers--Bullhaup, KWC Faucets, Neo-Metro Collection, and Valli & Valli...

Book return.(news desk)
February 1, 2004... Moshe Safdie began his celebrated architectural career in 1960's Philadelphia, apprenticing under Louis Kahn. Some 40 years later, Safdie. now principal and founder of Moshe Safdie and Associates in Somerville, Massachusetts, is giving back to...

Bauhaus frau.(news desk)
February 1, 2004... Gunta Stolzl wasn't only a gifted textile artist--from 1925 to 1931, she was also the only female director or a Bauhaus department, weaving. Many of her patterns from that era were never realized, however, as she designed more than the short...

Back to the future.(news desk)
February 1, 2004... Christopher Dresser was an industrial designer ahead of his time--and New York's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, is about to catch up. To commemorate the centennial of his death, the museum is presenting "Shock of the Old: Christopher...

Speak up.(news bytes)
February 1, 2004... Montreal's Canadian Centre for Architecture has named its new lecture competition, the James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City, in honor of the Pritzker-winning urbanist. An international jury of architects and urban planners will announce...

Let it snow.(news bytes)
February 1, 2004... Following previews in Venice and New York--and the pages of Interior Design--"The Snow Show" is finally opening in northern Finland. Tadao Ando's creation is among 30 snow and ice structures going on display from February 12 to March 31...

Design explosion.(news bytes)
February 1, 2004... CA Boom: A Festival of Contemporary Residential Design invites trade and consumers to discover product offerings and tour celebrated California houses. March 25 to 28 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium...

The art of tile.(news bytes)
February 1, 2004... Urbanglass, a nonprofit artist access glass center in Brooklyn, New York, shines the spotlight on glass mosaic tile giant Bisazza. "Italian Mosaic Design" showcases a dozen works employing the company's tiles, including Alessandro Mendini's...

Moving day.(news bytes)
February 1, 2004... Some tears may be shed when New York's Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art relocates from its 1858 Landmark building to a new academic center in the East Village. The sadness is sure to be fleeting, though. Morphosis principal...

Fur sure: snuggle up to these fabulous fakes.(pin ups)
February 1, 2004... 1. Jacqueline-F acrylic by Faux Paw Furs. circle 300 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Mame-F acrylic by Faux Paw Furs. circle 301 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Light Lynx acrylic by Fabfurs. circle 302 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 4....

Where the wild things are: saturated synthetics to banish winter blues.(pin ups)
February 1, 2004... 1. Softie polyester in baby blue by A. Wimpfheimer & Bro. circle 306 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Beaver acetate cotton blend in purple by A. Wimpfheimer & Bro circle 307 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Yeti polyester-acrylic blend in...

Outside the box.(walk through)
February 1, 2004... FOR LOS ANGELES GALLERY Blum & Poe, moving to the edge of Culver City was a way or breaking the rules. So was hiring Escher GuneWardena Architecture to design a space there. Instead of the typical white box, entered directly from the street,...

A healthy alternative.(walk through)
February 1, 2004... THE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Centre of Central DuPage Health offers an array at nontraditional therapies, from acupuncture to biofeedback to spiritual counseling. Likewise, architects at Loebl Schlossman & Hackl sought a nontraditional point of...

Wink, wink.(market)
February 1, 2004... As founding editor of glossy mag Wallpaper Tyler Brule nailed the mid-1990's zeitgeist: stylish retro design for the jet set, presented with a sort of sly knowingness. Now the CEO of design agency Winkreative. he's bringing that same savvy,...

Vital signs.(market)
February 1, 2004... An NBBJ principal who's lent her visionary touch to more than 15 hospital projects, Interior Design Halt of Famer Rysia Sucheka has strong, uncompromising opinions about health care environments. "Distinctions shouldn't be made between...

John Houshmand.(market)
February 1, 2004... This artist's debut collection of tables, seating, shelving, and headboards pairs rough hewed domestic and salvaged wood with super-sleek glass and steel. Free-form cocktail and side tables come in spalted maple. The low grass tapped conference...

Vitsoe.(market)
February 1, 2004... Thanks to its timeless visual appeal and easy reconfigurability. Dieter Rams's 606 Universal shelving has remained in continuous production since 1960. The modular system includes steel shelves as well as complementary tables, desks, and...

Contract comes home.(market)
February 1, 2004... As contract textiles continue to make a beeline for the high-end residential market, the ever innovative Designtex responds with a debut collection. Available in nearly 100 colorways, Designtex Homes 10 offerings were conceived with comfort in...

Jump Designs.(market)
February 1, 2004... The Circle Leg table's jaunty base is built of interlocking disks in inch-thick laminated acrylic. Color options are nearly endless, ranging from fluorescent pink to emerald green After choosing among dear and frosted finishes, opt for a...

Nienkamper.(market)
February 1, 2004... Charles Godbout and Luc Plante's winkingly clever Folder table distinguishes itself with a handy recess for stashing magazines, remote controls, and other easy-to-misplace gizmos. Finished in maple, cherry, or walnut, the mowed plywood top...

De Sede of Switzerland.(market)
February 1, 2004... An homage to Vassily Kandinskys gestural, avant garde oeuvre, the DS-255 armchair exhibits space-age curves and flair to spare. Available as a low-back seat or tilting recliner, the chair swivels on its anodized aluminum base for maximum...

Ahrend.(market)
February 1, 2004... Bas Pruijser's gangable Ahrend 22 worktable is height-adjustable, thanks to electric cranks hidden in the extruded aluminum legs. Wood-veneer tops come in black ash, beech, maple, or American cherry. Legs are available in a variety of finishes,...

HAG.(market)
February 1, 2004... Personalize your perch with IndiPrint, a process that grafts graphics--text, pictures, logos, patterns--onto a polyurethane-polyester blend. This option is available for the H03 350, H04 Credo 4400, Capisco 8107, and H05 5500 office chairs as...

Another magic kingdom.(Florida)
February 1, 2004... OUTSIDE AND IN, THE MIAMI Children's Museum engages the imagination. The form is familiar, yet not so: a castle conjured from fairy, tales but transformed into an abstraction. An apt image for a place that Lets children find fantasy in the...

Pleasure principle.(Florida)
February 1, 2004... SOUTH BEACH IS NOT FOR THE faint of heart. Nor the insecure of body. A leisurely strait along the beach--heck, simply a quick jaunt to the bodega--reinforces the fact that this town is populated by people who like to advertise their assets (and...

Building blocks.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... FOUNDED IN 1889 IN KINNA, SWEDEN, THIS RUG MANUFACTURER IS still located on its original site, and company archives meticulously preserve sketches, correspondence, and tuft samples for every custom rug produced at the mill there. A visit to...

PMB Designs.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Patricia M. Baunn hand-paints her Custom Design 08 floorcloth with soft rectangles in olive and sage--or any custom color. Baum neatly hems her edges and seals with Varathane, applying nonskid backings upon request. 405-128 West Sixth Avenue,...

Bev Hisey.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... The oatmeal chocolate brown, and gray stripes of Curves comprise two laminated layers of a tightly woven wool-nylon blend. With a touch of stiffness, the rugs roll readily--on hang well on a wall for tapestry use. 96 Spadina Avenue, Suite 504,...

Loophouse.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... A wool carpet in Lorraine Statham's Manhattan collection borrows the name Yorkville from the New York neighborhood, but the splashy brushwork and cayenne background seem to owe more inspiration to Spanish Harlem. Custom sizes available...

Saicis.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... The soft corners of ItaLian cobblestones informed the design of Bigolo porcelain mosaic tires, which come in eight shiny glazes such as ocher, carmine, orange, black, cobalt, lichen, and aquamarine. Compressed clay and high firing temperatures...

Vives Azulejos y Gres.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Oversize, 16-inch-square Illiada glazed porcelain files feature lacy molded grooves that fill with grout to simulate traditional mosaic joints. A water jet cuts straight outside edges for precise installation. Tile of Spain, 2655 Le Jeune Road,...

Turn of the century.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... WHEN NADER BOLOUR, THE NEW PRESIDENT AND owner of Doris Leslie Blau's venerable rug business, traveled to France to inspect the contents of a faded chateau, he had his eye on some exquisite examples from the 18th and early 19th centuries. to...

Patterson, Flynn & Martin/Rosecore.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Square, checkerboard, diamond, or running-bond patterns characterize this manufacture's 30 new custom rug concepts in leather panels. Options include over-stitched, blind, or laced seams as well as bindings in suede, feather, or animal hair 979...

Carini Lang.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... This custom manufacturer of tightly-knotted rugs and carpeting offers Riverbed, adapted from a painting by designer Joe Carini. The red is madder, a vegetable dye. Moss green (with bronze) and aqua (with brown) are among other possibilities....

Joan Weissman.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Indigo and cochineal dye the wool yarn used for Steps, made according to the Soumak techniques of Turkman master weavers. These rugs are produced in the Hunza Valley of Pakistan, by women who--unusually for the region--are paid the same wage as...

Aga John Oriental rugs.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... San Francisco designer April Sheldon cropped the lacy medallion on her wool-and silk Set rug to invoke a setting sun. The Lush red background refers, she says, to brilliant vermilion skies at twilight. Custom coLors are available, too. 135...

Interface Flor.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... With a high-and-few strie weave, the Flor Line's Home Movies modular carpet tiles lend themselves to checker board installations, evoking parquetry Peel-and-stick adhesive dots come up easily if you decide to change your stripes. 222...

Michaelian & Kolhberg.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... At New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, designer Teddy Sumner discovered patch work quilts from Gee's Bend. Alabama. Sumner's American Primitive-E104 quotes the careworn mobility of those quilts, with blocks of hand-spun vegetable-dyed...

Rug Art.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Polar is an architectural custom carpet in a color that designer Vidal Sasson calls gray sky, Produced in Nepal, the sheared geometries stand proud on a low background of hand-knotted toops. 2600 Netherland Avenue, Suite 1822, Riverdale, NY...

Rug Company.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Deftly reproducing New York artist and textile designer Kim Parker's exuberant hand-painted blossoms, Mums and Asters is rendered in Tibetan wool. The design is one of two Parker florals recently added to this manufacturer's star-studded...

Architectural Systems.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... This manufacturer, which also produces sleek bamboo tables and cubes, precisely mills Handcrafted Hardwood Flooring from virgin lumber. Each flooring strip is then stained and distressed individually, for a distinctive crackle finish. 150 West...

Gene Meyer.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... The happy hippie Beachnik wool runner began as a paper cottage by fashion designer Gene Meyer. Steering clear of the earth tones common in Nepalese rugs, Meyer uses custom-dyed Himalayan yarns in his signature pop palette. M&M Design...

Elizabeth Eakins.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... The Cotton Jacquards collection combines creamy neutral threads and a colorful cotton cording weft. Villagers in India manufacture the svelte reversibles in 12 shades, including khaki, teal, red, and sky blue. The carpets are then cut to size...

Emma Gardner Design.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Asian inspired Spray spotlights spring branches budding on a background of sky blue. The flat-pile rug blends Tibetan wool with 35 percent Chinese silk at 100 knots per inch 33 Marsh Road, Litchfield, CT 06759; 860-567-2290;...

Liora Manne.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... The Lamontage collection of felted rugs features an eye popping 600 hues. "Color," says Liora Manne, "is the key to my design process." But not to her new showroom. Manne hired minimal-minded Janson Goldstein because, she says, "We needed a bit...

Tufenkian Carpets.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Stucco tinted the red of tufa stone wraps the facade of this new show room, designed outside and in by Clodagh. Walls plastered in amber, burnt orange, and ocher, a sandblasted concrete floor, two bubbling ponds, and a giant table of salvaged...

Barbro Lomakka.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Swedish textile designer Barbro Lomakka's 3-D Felt rug mixes linen thread with wool felt from Gotland, where they're produced. The result is as chunky as a warm woolen pullover. Arvid, 251 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010:800-226-1370....

BDDW.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Swirly, a Himalayan wool rug by creative director Tyler Hays, began as a doodle with a Sharpie marker. And the Lines do look sharp. Lanolin in the wool, however, will eventually lend heirloom softness 5 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10013;...

Ruckstuhl.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Rugs in the Plus collection comprise materials from paper yarn to recycled bicycle inner tubes. One more curiosity? Caura d'Alp custom rugs handwoven from strips of domestic goats' scruffy pelts. P.O. Box 50, Allendale, NJ 07401; 239-573-3400;...

Fort Street Studio.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... A twining "angels and insects" floral, Sparkler F045 incorporates the pale yellow and olive accents of a traditional faded Oushak. Think of the rug as a Rorschach inkblot, with mirror-image quadrants painstakingly hand-knotted in wild silk. 578...

Amtico.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... These vinyl tiles shimmer with a photo image that plumbs the op art legacy of painter Bridget Riley. To see the 18-inch squares in action, visit the company's Manhattan studio, where stripes flow boldly through the 2,000-square-foot space. 200...

Constantine Commercial.(flooring)
February 1, 2004... Flower, a cut-and-loop broadloom botanical, is made by needles threaded with nylon yarns in nine earth-tone combinations. A dark silky thread in the mix helps weave the illusion of hand-tufting. 525 Callahan Drive, Dalton, GA 30721;...

Up with downtown: it's finally happening, says Los Angeles rear-estate developer Paul Solomon.(cross lines)
February 1, 2004... THINK NEW YORK'S got a lock on loft living? Not anymore. After a decade of talk, downtown Los Angeles is heating up considerably. The passage of 1999's adaptive-reuse ordinance, which offers financial incentives for converting commercial...

Brainy buildings: the walls have ears--and eyes--at the University of California at Berkeley.(matters of design)
February 1, 2004... IN THE MIDST OF AN ENERGY CRISIS, how do you know if you're wasting power at home? After an earthquake, how confident are you that it's safe to go back inside your office? If only the walls could talk. That's precisely the idea behind the...

Alice's adventures in Florida: larger-than-life ceramic vessels bring a touch of Wonderland to Windsor, a residential community near Vero Beach.(center fold)
February 1, 2004... STRAIGHT OUT OF LEWIS CARROLL, A TRIO OF MASSIVE CERAMICS STANDS OUTSIDE THE Gallery at Windsor, part of a residentiaL community near Vero Beach, Florida. Ranging in height from 5 to 6 1/2 feet, the metallic-blue glazed vessels are the work of...

California in focus.(letter from the editor)
February 1, 2004... Our February portfolio is a tad unusual in genesis and development. And that's as it should be, when the matter at hand is California. (Consider a Gensler headquarters that puts "corporate" aside and two L.A. projects that channel Richard...

Sit and stay awhile: Los Angeles-based Modernica is breathing a second life into mid-century design.
February 1, 2004... One of the first manufacturers to rediscover and relaunch out-of-production furniture by mid-century designers, Modernica embraces the modernist movement's democratic ethos. "Richard Neutra, George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames--they were all...

A touch of neutra: the spirit of Los Angeles modernism lives on at architect Bret Thoeny's house.
February 1, 2004... Raised and educated in Southern California, Bret Thoeny has Case Study Houses in his blood. Yet he and his family spent four years in a 1924 log cabin, seduced by its eclectic charms. Besides, log cabin living never required the Thoeny clan to...

What lies beneath: something isn't quite as it seems at tool's commercial-production site in Los Angeles.
February 1, 2004... Got milk? How about Yahoo! or Miller Lite? If you do, chances are that TV commerials influenced your decision. All those commercials, some of the wryest ever to hit the small screen, are the output of Tool of North America, a production company...

Sweet smell of success: at Strange Invisible Perfume in Los Angeles, Elizabeth Burhop captured the essence of the sensory experience.
February 1, 2004... How does one evoke scent, visually? Interior designer Elizabeth Burhop and botanical perfumer Alexandra Balahoutis turned to fusion and alchemy, combining dashes of bordello glamour with splashes of mob glitz, chemistry chic, and James Bond mod...

Pushing the envelope: Stanley Saitowitz ups the contemporary ante with a stunning renovation of a San Francisco town house.
February 1, 2004... Famously liberal in politics and culture, San Francisco takes a notoriously conservative stance against contemporary design. "It's as if any change would destroy the city's perfection," theorizes Stanley Saltowitz, principal of Stanley...

Shine on: Nicholas.Budd.Dutton's restaurant design for Opaline, Los Angeles, is a beacon of restrained sophistication.
February 1, 2004... After dark, the UPS-brown exterior of Opatine recedes--leaving its picture windows to glimmer and pop. Conversely, when you're inside the restaurant, those same windows frame the urban panorama with cinematic sweep. Opaline's connection to the...

A new attitude: from buttoned-up to opened up, Gensler's airy new San Francisco headquarters embraces change and collaboration.
February 1, 2004... To the average San Franciscan, the sign glowing red atop this converted bay side warehouse clearly reads "Hills Bros Coffee"--a legacy of the building's original tenant. To designers in the know, however, those same letters now spell a very...

Shaping up.(freeze frame)
February 1, 2004... To reproduce Charles and Ray Eames's fiberglass Shell chairs, Los Angeles manufacturer Modernica revived a technique from 1980. "It's a high-tech process, but there's an element of handworking and eyeballing," says co-owner Frank Novak. First,...

Going green.(freeze frame)
February 1, 2004... Is that a putting green at Tool of North America, Los Angeles? Actually, this 15-by-26 foot expanse of grass--one era pair--covers the top of a subterranean conference room at the commercial production site. The solution, devised by founder and...

Marcel Breuer--Design and Architecture.
February 1, 2004... edited by Alexander van Vegesack and Mathias Remmele Weil am Rhein, Germany: Vitra Design Museum, $70 448 pages, 444 illustrations (140 color) This very welcome book accompanies a traveling Marcel Breuer exhibition, now at the Vitra Design...

How To See: a Guide to Reading Our Man Made Environment.
February 1, 2004... by George Nelson Oakland, California: Design Within Reach, $30 paperbound 140 pages, 316 illustrations (219 color) In 1973, George Nelson accepted an unusual assignment: to write a training manual for the Department of Health, Education and...

Gustav Stickley.
February 1, 2004... by David Cathers New York: Phaidon Press, $70 240 pages, 300 illustrations (100 color) Gustav Stickley was best known for furniture, but he and his four brothers were also leaders in every phase of America's austere Arts and Crafts...

What they're reading ...
February 1, 2004... Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity by Antonio Roman New York: Princeton Architectural Pless, $60 240 pages, 180 illustrations More than two decades have passed since the first critical evaluation of Eero Saarinen. and Antonio...

Amtico International.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Stratica introduces the newest addition to their stylish, high performance, and environmentally progressive collection: Travertine Gold and Travertine Dark Gold. Designed to add pattern and texture variation, the two can be used together or on...

BR-111.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... BR-111 unveils its new Casanova Engineered exotic hardwood flooring, featuring a thick-sawn wear layer and superior durability. The collection includes 10 exciting exotic species from around the world that are finished naturally. Available in a...

Burlington Contract Fabrics.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Inherent to Burlington Contract Fabrics' (BCF) corporate philosophy is the strong belief that today's manufacturing processes will impact tomorrow's environment. Serving the functional and aesthetic needs of its clients. BCF consistently...

CERES.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Cork Flooring Products From classic cork tiles to engineered veneer, patterned surfaces CERES cork floors offer a myriad of design and creative possibilities. With dozen of textures and styles to choose from CERES flooring products ave the...

Hunter Douglas.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Eight years in the making and ranked number one by focus groups, new proprietary Batiste fabrics for Duette[R] honeycomb shades offer a natural, linen-like finish in two styles. Duette honeycomb shades also offer superior energy efficiency...

Cherry Tree Design.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Inspiring Style through Wood 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...

TerraMai.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Reclaimed Woods From Around The World Our mission is to provide distinctive woods for innovative architects, designers, builders and homeowners while preserving old-growth forests We help you create environments that express beauty,...

Conrad.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Custom handwoven window shades of renewable natural fibers from CONRAD offer a variety of environmentally responsible solutions for residential and commercial projects. Natural hemp, a fiber prized for its beauty, strength and sustainability,...

Aged Woods.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... 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...

Kraft.(Green Products)
February 1, 2004... Caroma Dual Flush "Finally a toilet that uses far less water and actually works" The Caroma toilet pictured here features a 4" trapway that virtually eliminates blockages and comes standard with the award-winning two button "dual flush"...

Photographers in this issue.
February 1, 2004... Eric Laignel ("Sit and Stay Awhile," page 132; "A Touch of Neutra," page 140; "Sweet Smell of Success," page 152; "Shine On, page 166; "A New Attitude," page 172), ericlaignel@hotmail.com Art Gray ("What Lies Beneath," page 146), 171 Pier...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2004... Modular Arts manufactures the wall covering that concludes "Market" (November, page 59), This seamless sculptural paneling is carved gypsum. Robin Reigi, 601 West 26th Street, 2nd Mezzanine, New York, NY 10001: 212-924-5558; robin-reigi.com....