Interior Design articles from February 2009

Interior Design archives from February 2009

Books.(International Beach Houses)(Michael Taylor: Interior Design)(Japanese Interior Design: Its Cultural Origins)
February 1, 2009... Edited by Stanley Abercrombie International Beach Houses by Louisa Wattson New York: Harry N. Abrams, $35 192 pages, 350 color illustrations Although the presentation is somewhat uneven, this book excels in the ways that...

Taj Mahals for Today.(Interview)
February 1, 2009... Aric Chen Rajiv Saini's generation is setting new standards for Indian luxury Since opening his own firm 15 years ago, at the age of 23, Rajiv Saini has been shaking up India's design scene. Think polished interiors and furniture, all...

Closeup.
February 1, 2009... Edited by Karen D. Singh Easterly Breezes In arabesque or ikat, rosy pink wafts in Margeaux viscose-cotton blend in cerise by Kirk Brummel. Cannock linen in 01 by Osborne & Little. Giacosa silk in Berry by Designers Guild....

Contacts.(Directory)
February 1, 2009... Staff Designers in Special Feature Autoban ("High Style, Home-Style," page 136), 1 Tatarbey Sokak, 34425 Istanbul, Turkey; 90-212-243-8642; autoban212.com . Joseph Dirand Architecture ("High Style, Home-Style," page 136), 4 Cour...

Prairie Light.
February 1, 2009... Deborah Wilk Experimental in its time, the 1902 home of Chicago's Graham Foundation welcomes cutting-edge Cecil Balmond When an arts organization quietly revered for 50 years mounts its first site-specific installation, it's only...

Bond, 48 Bond.
February 1, 2009... Text: Craig Kellogg The inimitable Deborah Berke tackles a New York apartment building, from the basement to the developer's penthouse Ah, the wreckage that was Bond Street--until recently a dead zone of New York squalor right off a...

Careful Assessment.(Brit Insurance Design Awards)
February 1, 2009... Edited by Annie Block, Text by Mark McMenamin and Meghan Edwards What makes a designer like an insurance company? They're both in the risky business of guessing what comes next. And London's Design Museum accepts full liability for the...

Needs no Preamble.(ImageNet Office Systems)
February 1, 2009... Text: Raul Barreneche At Rand Elliott's Houston office and showroom for ImageNet, the architectural metaphors speak for themselves ImageNet Office Systems started life in 1956 as a one-man typewriter-repair service in Oklahoma City....

Editor's Welcome.
February 1, 2009... Cindy Allen Well. . .the skinny cows have moved in. Consider that statement more than just my own quick take on current affairs. I'm putting the official "press" imprimatur on capitulation, following a series of very unofficial but genuine...

Fast Food Versus Health Food.(Eins:Eins Architekten)
February 1, 2009... Text: Mairi Beautyman They coexist at Nat., an organic German cafe by Eins:Eins Architekten Turmeric-spiced rice simmered in orange juice or a cassis-elderberry lhassi may not be the first items to come to mind when you think of a...

Flooring.
February 1, 2009... Edited by Karen D. Singh, Text by Karen D. Singh and Mark McMenamin Change of Art Karen D. Singh, Mark McMenamin Some canvases aren't big enough to contain an artist's vision. Luckily, the loom always looms. Marcel Zelmanovitch...

Headliners.
February 1, 2009... Staff Marie Aiello Design Studio "The Heart of the Matter," page 154 PRINCIPAL: Marie Aiello , ASID. COMPLETED PROJECTS: Johnson & Johnson corporate apartment in New York; houses in Armonk and Water Mill, New York; Jao...

A Healthy Dose of Design.
February 1, 2009... Sheila Kim-Jamet While 2008 may have been a less-than-banner year for many businesses, health-care design still provided a good source of revenue, what with technology advancing, boomers aging, and facilities getting overcrowded. Witness...

High Style, Home-Style.
February 1, 2009... Text: Sheila Kim-Jamet and Elena Kornbluth Boutique or bigger, hotels are getting more hospitable Satoshi Seki Architectural Avant-Garde Project Screen, Kyoto, Japan. Standout Led by one firm handling the public spaces, a...

The Gem That Fell to Earth.(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... David Sokol Although the purpose of Plan, the architecture festival that hits Cologne, Germany, each fall, is to envision the cities of the future, the setting itself changes very little. So Marco Hemmerling decided it was time to shake up...

The Heart of The Matter.
February 1, 2009... Text: Dan Shaw Marie Aiello and Paul Boardman get in touch with the 1950's heritage of their house in Bronxville, New York When you walk into Marie Aiello and Paul Boardman's freshly decorated house, you immediately think how lucky...

Mixed Media.(office desing of GSC Group)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Mark McMenamin What most people want in an investment adviser these days is transparency. At the GSC Group, however, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill preferred translucency. Design partner Stephen Apking and managing partner Peter Magill...

Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da.(interior design of office buildings)
February 1, 2009... Laura Fisher Kaiser Song and dance or exact science? The guru behind the Beatles lives on through interiors With its pink marble floor and white Barcelona chairs in the lobby, Tower II at 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard in Rockville,...

Walk Like an Egyptian.
February 1, 2009... Mark McMenamin Your father-in-law is being feted, and your husband dictates attendance. Such a command performance is hardly a chore when you're Wolf-Gordon design director Kari Pei, your husband is Pei Partnership Architects founding...

The Good Ship U.S.A.
February 1, 2009... Edited by Karen D. Singh Perennials Karen D. Singh Though the election and inauguration may be over, patriotism need not fade away with these two Perennials upholstery fabrics--paired to rousing effect. The spangled number is...

Snaps.
February 1, 2009... Staff Dancing Girls Posed so perfectly, mannequins don't usually bring movement to mind. But Ralph Pucci has proved he's no dummy. He injected a bit of ironic tension into the launch of Girl, his latest series of faceless fiberglass...

Lights, Camera, Action.(interior design of restaurant)
February 1, 2009... Text: Edie Cohen There's nary a shadow of Suzie Wong at Sevva, Tsao & McKown's cinematic Hong Kong restaurant People in Hong Kong never tire of the views, be they the cityscape's kaleidoscopic light show or the sweeping harbor vistas....

A Sweet Finish.(interior design of restaurant)
February 1, 2009... David Sokol If Augustus Gloop, the gluttonous young visitor to Roald Dahl's fictional chocolate factory, had grown up, improved his manners, and moved to the suburbs of New York, Sally's Cocofe would surely be his home away from home....

On the Waterfront.(interior design for office building of Aritzia)
February 1, 2009... Craig Kellogg Canadian clothing manufacturer Aritzia sells trendy dresses and premium denim through boutiques in North American malls. For 12 years, the company's headquarters near the waterfront in Vancouver, British Columbia, was...