Interior Design articles from January 2008

Interior Design archives from January 2008

Forging Ahead.
January 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg Artisans refine their craft-while distinctive design emerges at High Point Big Sky Dreaming Craig Kellogg Montana artisan Ty Best met his mentor, New York artist Malcolm Hill, through a job at Barneys New...

Bios.
January 1, 2008... by Staff Dos Punts Arquitectura "Learning Curves," page 218 principal : Marc Binefa. principal : Montserrat Fusano. completed projects : A shopping mall in Valh d'Aran, the residential conversion of a warehouse in Lleida,...

Books.(Barcelona Floral Architecture by Roser Bofill)(Ceramics in America 2007 by Robert Hunter)(Tony Duquette by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Edited by Stanley Abercrombie Barcelona Floral Architecture Stanley Abercrombie edited by Roser Bofill i Soliguer Barcelona, Spain: Stichting Kunstboek, $85 144 pages, 150 color illustrations Barcelona is the home of...

Stretching Perceptions.(Paola Antonelli)(Interview)
January 1, 2008... by Alastair Gordon The Museum of Modern Art's Paola Antonelli explores design's role in a changing universe Everyone thinks that progress goes in a straight line. Actually, it keeps looping around in unexpected ways-backward,...

A Grand Experiment.(Oyler Wu Collaborative exhibition of installations (Art))
January 1, 2008... by Edie Cohen Oyler Wu Collaborative wove substance into structure at Materials & Applications in Los Angeles The word that best describes the ethereal installation soaring over Materials & Applications, an outdoor exhibition space in...

Learning Curves.(curriculum of architecture schools)
January 1, 2008... by Raul Barreneche With a primary school in Badalona, Spain, Dos Punts and architect Xavier Sans master a lesson in good design Imagine children being able to call Central Park their schoolyard. The fortunate graduates of the Escola...

Chinese Export.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Edited by Mark McMenamin China's first cultural revolution left a trail of burning books and murdered intellectuals. Thankfully, the second is proving much kinder. Herzog & de Meuron's bird's nest of a stadium, now rising for the Beijing...

To A Great '08.
January 1, 2008... by Cindy Allen Primary season is upon us, and the candidates are threatening that, come November, we may all be served one oversize helping of CHANGE. Their "threat" appears exceedingly promising, at least to this serial optimist. Quite...

They've Come A Long Way.(Statistical table)
January 1, 2008... by Judith Davidsen The anniversaries just won't stop. After celebrating 75 years of this magazine throughout 2007, you thought you'd get a rest. But no. January 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the Interior Design Giants, the firms that...

30 Years.(Statistical table)
January 1, 2008... by Deborah Wilk How the biggest of the big came to rule the design world Never trust anyone over 30. Or so the saying went. Of course, the youngsters who coined this phrase have since learned a thing or two about the wisdom that comes...

All That Jazz.(Ghislaine Vinas's designed home)
January 1, 2008... by Annie Block Two adults, four children, a passion for pink-Ghislaine Viñas packed the works into a fun-friendly New York loft Ghislaine Viñas had never heard that one before. Luckily, it was a demand that meshed with...

Par Excellence.
January 1, 2008... by Josephine Minutillo Antonio Iascone makes a hole in one with his expansion of the Casalunga Golf Resort near Bologna, Italy In a land where soccer is king, don't be surprised to hear "Tiger who?" But while golf has been slow to...

West Side Story.(Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts)
January 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg GoodmanCharlton revives the Empire Hotel, a 1920's landmark steps from New York's Lincoln Center Start with the reproduction Chippendale headboards. Then add brass candlestick lamps, minty-green broadloom, and some...

Get A Room.(Column)
January 1, 2008... by Aric Chen If you've ever slept in a Heavenly Bed, your sweet dreams came courtesy of D.B. Kim Setting the trend for white-on-white beds was just part of the groundbreaking makeover that D.B. Kim oversaw as the vice president of...

Cliff-Hangers.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin This job calls for an architect-but a little mountaineering experience wouldn't hurt. Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf, partners at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, have conceptualized Rakeen Development's Jebel...

In The Winner's Circle.(Sixty Hotel wins Studio 63 Architecture + Design a European Hotel Design Award)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin The renovation of the Sixty Hotel in Riccione, Italy, has earned Studio 63 Architecture + Design a European Hotel Design Award: Best Architecture for Restoration and Refurbishment of an Existing Hotel. Principals Massimo...

Takeoff for Dreamland.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Accidental overnight layovers no longer mean assuming the fetal position on the ganged seating of an airport lounge. After a debut at the U.K.'s Gatwick Airport, Yotel just opened another capsule hotel at Heathrow...

New Kentucky Home.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin A 62-story skyscraper by architecture firm Rex, Museum Plaza will house a 260-room Westin Hotel, a collaboration with Simeone Deary Design Group. Remaining floors will be divided among luxury condominiums, offices, an...

Château Rockwell.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Tones reminiscent of burgundy and chardonnay spill across the furnishings at Adour Alain Ducasse, the celebrated chef's new restaurant at the St. Regis Hotel, New York. Interior Design Hall of Fame member David Rockwell...

Hot Tamales.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Mexico's Riviera Maya is hot. And not just the weather. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has opened the doors to Rosewood Mayakobá, a spa and golf resort with 128 suites and 32 residences built and furnished by Casa &...

Hospitality Products.
January 1, 2008... Edited by Karen D. Singh Roger Thomas Wins Big Karen D. Singh As the driving force behind the Wynn Las Vegas, Bellagio, and Treasure Island, Roger Thomas has already introduced high rollers to his elegant personal style. And his...

What Time Is It In Toyko?(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Benjamin Budde Meet the latest addition to Tokyo's starchitect skyline-the headquarters of the Swatch Group Japan. Designed by Shigeru Ban Architects and named for the entrepreneur who cofounded Swatch in 1983, the Nicolas G. Hayek...

Pearly Whites.
January 1, 2008... by Andrew Yang Donghua South Road in bustling Taipei, Taiwan, is not unlike a busy street in your average Asian metropolis-say Shanghai, Hong Kong, or Bangkok. The district mixes mid-rise and high-rise, commercial and residential. Also...

Into The Woods.
January 1, 2008... by Benjamin Budde The pertinacious ability of outside stresses to sneak into the sanctuaries of our own homes is a truth all too present for the modern everyman. Tomoyuki Utsumi, principal of Milligram Architectural Studio, understood...

K&B Products.(Buyers guide)
January 1, 2008... by Jen DeRose Pipe Dreams Jen DeRose With its graceful arcs and loop handles, this lavatory ensemble from Phylrich belongs to the 65-piece Amphora collection-named after the Latin word for vessel, specifically the two-handled pots...

The Bungalow Grows Up.
January 1, 2008... by Edie Cohen Jose Fontiveros was born in Caracas, Venezuela, but his professional roots run deep in Southern California. After completing studies at SCI-Arc and the University of California, Los Angeles, a dozen years ago, he set up his...

In The Driver's Seat.
January 1, 2008... by Judy Fayard With a Paris showroom for Citroen, Manuelle Gautrand zooms ahead The French love affair with the Citroen began in 1919, when the first Type A rolled off the assembly line, and continued through the 20th century with...

Jaime, Meet Dorothy.
January 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg The divine Draper herself might have graced Madrid's Terraza del Casino restaurant by Hayonstudio It's still her world. The rest of us just live in it. Describe something as "very Dorothy Draper," and everyone...

Think Ink.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin From Florida to California. On laptops, linen, and crystal. The tattoo is having a moment. The recent Design Miami saw its first pop-up tattoo parlor, offering designs by the likes of Lawrence Weiner, Jurgen Mayer H., and...

From Arik to Zaha.
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Lauren Rottet, principal of DMJM Rottet and member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame, adds "curator" to her resume with "Imperative Design" at the Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston. The exhibition of furniture and...

Head to Toe.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Jen DeRose Marimekko addicts have two new sources for its cheery, notoriously hard-to-find prints. Manolo Blahnik has translated two patterns into cotton boots and heels, available in New York stores and his own London boutique. This...

Punta, Por Favor.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Punta del Este has been attracting A-listers to its shores for years, a fact that isn't lost on one transplanted Uruguayan, the namesake principal of New York's Rafael Viñoly Architects. His first project in his...

Totally Trump.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin For Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry on New York's Madison Avenue, the Daughter of the Donald hired Robin Kramer of the Kramer Design Group. The 1,200-square-foot boutique was inspired by the younger Trump's own luxurious...

The Select Few.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Marcel Wanders has gone into jewelry design. Jolyon Fenwick and Marcus Husselby-founders of U.K.-based luxury e-tailer 20ltd.com, which sells limited-edition furnishings, fashion, even motorcycles-lured Wanders into...

Outer Space, Inner Space.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Jean-Michel Crettaz is principal of the enthusiastically named architecture firm Slap! He also heads the visual-studies program at SCI-Arc, where his firm is setting up Quasar. Constructed from acrylic membranes embedded...

Pinups.(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... Edited by Karen D. Singh and Jen DeRose Avocado avocation Groove to a retro palette for walls and upholstery 1. June Flowers polyester in Robin/Kiwi by P/Kaufmann Contract. 2. All That Jazz leather in Green Oasis by Town send...

RTKL Stands Tall.
January 1, 2008... by Edie Cohen The firm's got a brand-new interiors division and a Los Angeles studio to match It would clearly take some very enticing bait to hire Yvonne Colacion away from Gensler, her professional home of 11 years. What lure did...

Deck The Hall.
January 1, 2008... by Staff In addition to the dinner, video presentations, and speeches customary at the annual Interior Design Hall of Fame gala, attendees packed the grand ballroom of New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel to enjoy a montage of design icons...

Update.(Calendar)
January 1, 2008... Edited by Meghan Edwards Catch these events in February and March 1. It's not all about Philip Johnson in "Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture," appearing jointly at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery in...

Away From It All.
January 1, 2008... by Alejandro Saralegui A lot of thinking went into Ali Tayar's first ground-up house, built on Rhode Island's Block Island. This remote destination is the kind of place where family and guests cool out the minute they arrive, and the...

Red, White, And New.
January 1, 2008... by Laura Fisher Kaiser In the last decade, Hanley Wood has been sold twice; acquired or launched a number of publications, trade shows, and Web sites; and struck a major strategic licensing agreement with Hearst Magazines. The $250 million...

High Style On The High Seas.
January 1, 2008... by Peter Webster In the wake of two hipster hotels, Mark Zeff and Vikram Chatwal reunite on a charter yacht Scroll through the Web sites for the world's most luxurious charter yachts, and you may be surprised at how many of these sleek...

Go Ducks, Go.(Oregon Ducks medical center)
January 1, 2008... by C.C. Sullivan Sport and spa mix at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca's athletic medical center for the University of Oregon Sidelined by injury, not even the most elite of college athletes expect too much. The young stars, relegated to over-lit...