Interior Design articles from June 2008

Interior Design archives from June 2008

Books.(Naomi Leff: Interior Design)(The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain: 1710-1750)(Congo Journey)(Book review)
June 1, 2008... Edited by Stanley Abercrombie Naomi Leff: Interior Design Stanley Abercrombie by Kimberly Williams New York: Monacelli Press, $60 208 pages, 200 color illustrations Naomi Leff was inducted into Interior Design's Hall...

Live From CBGB's.(Country, Blue Grass, and Blues)
June 1, 2008... by Tom Beer For their latest John Varvatos boutique, Brady Wilcox and Loffredo Brooks riffed on a legendary New York music venue At 315 Bowery, rock and roll will never die. The address belonged for more than 30 years to CBGB, short...

Call Him Mr. Thompson.(Thompson Hotels designer, Stephen Brandman)(Interview)
June 1, 2008... by Edie Cohen The name is actually Stephen Brandman, and he's the design vision behind Thompson Hotels Thompson Hotels was established when its flagship, 60 Thompson, opened in a blaze of glory during New York's fashion week of...

Closeup.(vases)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... by Karen D. Singh Pipe dream Ceramic cylinders make it a reality 1. Platinum-glazed vases by Urban Oasis. 2. Tubes vases by Bitossi. Up, down, and around Colorful stripes have the run of these vases 1. Jade low oval...

Contacts.(Directory)
June 1, 2008... by Staff Designers in Special Feature 5+1AA ("La Dolce Vita," page 246), 3 Via Interiano, Suite 11, 16124 Genoa, Italy; 39-010-540095; 5piu1aa.com . Elena Lupi Architetto ("La Dolce Vita," page 246), 17 Via Santo Donato, Suite 1,...

Lace's Cutting Edge.(Elena Manferdini )
June 1, 2008... by Meghan Edwards An installation by SCI-Arc's Elena Manferdini puts an architectonic spin on a traditional craft Lace occasionally has architectural aspirations. Think back to Queen Elizabeth I's pleated ruffs. Then mentally translate...

Down Mexico Way.(John Houshmand )
June 1, 2008... by Jen Renzi In a house by David Howell, furniture designer John Houshmand lives the enchantment of San Miguel de Allende John Houshmand was not looking to buy 9 acres in San Miguel de Allende. Although friends had long encouraged him...

Designwire.
June 1, 2008... by Annie Block and Mark McMenamin Imagination Takes Flight Annie Block, Mark McMenamin There's nothing especially novel about designing models for future environments. Unless, of course, the concept's for the birds. The Birdhouse...

Pure As A Mountain Stream.(Herr Schmidt's backyard)
June 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg An entertainment lawyer, the man we'll call Herr Schmidt represents the most famous young Hollywood couple in the universe. Back down on planet earth, you'll find him spending summer evenings with his family in the...

Keepin' Cool.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... by Cindy Allen It's 100 degrees Fahrenheit out there and, while bowing down before the summer gods called Friedrich and Carrier, we decided that our June issue should supply its own brand of cool. We call it organic eclecticism, a...

Waste Not.
June 1, 2008... by Judith Davidsen It might seem absurd to seek LEED "urbanism" points for a showroom in New York. Surrounded by energy-efficient buses and subways along with just about every iconic skyscraper in town, a Manhattan project couldn't escape...

Farmhouse Fare.
June 1, 2008... by David Sokol Downtown Sacramento has an early bedtime. After 6 o'clock, workers scatter to their far-flung suburbs. So municipal leaders, acknowledging the economic potential of keeping consumers in the central business district after...

Malibu Modern.
June 1, 2008... by Edie Cohen This California house owes its movie-star looks to Margaret Griffin, John Enright, and Ou Baholyodhin Set at the apex of Point Dume in Malibu, California, this house offers the proverbial best of several worlds:...

Headliners.
June 1, 2008... by Staff Ou Baholyodhin Studio "Malibu Modern," page 220 principal : Ou Baholyodhin. completed projects : Phuja Nirvana restaurant on Phuket, Thailand; Opaque clothing boutique in Tokyo; Lasarte restaurant in Barcelona,...

The Dolder, Bolder.(Foster and Partners, Dolder Grand)
June 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg Foster + Partners and United Designers perform a fairy-tale transformation on Zurich's Dolder Grand "Did you notice the gnomes?" Stefan Behling inquires. It had been generations, the architect points out, since guests...

Dynastic Ambitions.(The Emperor Hotel)
June 1, 2008... by Fred A. Bernstein The Emperor, a boutique hotel by Graft, sets out to rule Beijing Since its Hotel Q! opened in Berlin in 2004, the architecture firm Graft has been fielding calls from hoteliers around the world. Principal Gregor...

Hospitality Products.(Buyers guide)
June 1, 2008... by Karen D. Singh, Mark McMenamin, Sheila Kim-Jamet, and Edie Cohen Now, Baby, Behave Karen D. Singh, Mark McMenamin, Sheila Kim-Jamet, Edie Cohen With its mod pattern of contrasting curves, Vixen is indeed a seductress. Phyllis...

Dinner in the Round.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... by Bethan Ryder At first glance, Blue Frog resembles a glowing moonscape riddled with craters. On closer inspection, the perfectly formed holes reveal themselves to be mahogany-lined dining booths. And the entire Stanley Kubrick-futuristic...

La Dolce Vita.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Devoted to art, music, or fashion, these spaces are distinctively Italian 5+1AA project Open Care, Milan. standout At this 16,400-square-foot art consultancy and restoration business located underground, the...

Onward and Upward.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Imagination always trumps pretension. That tenet wasn't lost on LTL Architects, formerly Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, when assembling specs for the redo of a 1930's town house in New York. "Rather than using exorbitant or...

Market.
June 1, 2008... by Karen D. Singh Dare to Dream Karen D. Singh Who knew the ultracasual beanbag had illusions of grandeur? The heart of Dominique Perrault and Gaelle Lauriot-Prevost's Tricot seat for Poltrona Frau is a trio of cushions filled...

Reading Is Fun-Damental.
June 1, 2008... by Raul Barreneche Martín Lejarraga brings the joy of discovery to a municipal library in Torre-Pacheco, Spain A recent spate of cookbooks tries to get children to eat their fruit and vegetables by disguising them in well loved...

Diamonds Are Forever.
June 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg And so is John Lautner's legacy--if the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, has anything to do with it Built like a mushroom atop a concrete post, the Chemosphere is characteristically John Lautner. Like most of his projects,...

The Trickle-Down Effect.
June 1, 2008... by Cassie Walker Richard M. Daley knows that greening Chicago requires serious incentives, starting at the top Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley loves trees. So much so that Hizzoner has kept track of the number planted during his 19...

A World Of Experience.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin It was 1980, and Lulu de Kwiatkowski was hovering over New York's Westhampton coastline in a helicopter piloted by her industrialist father. She saw the sparkling sand of the beach, the organic geometry of farmland. If...

20th-Century Fox.
June 1, 2008... by Edie Cohen Vintage glamour sets the tone at the Los Angeles office that Mark Rios designed for a friend Rios Clementi Hale Studios doesn't typically do pretty. But the firm made a special exception for the Los Angeles headquarters...

Pucci Times Two.
June 1, 2008... by Staff Interior Design and Ralph Pucci International teamed up to fete new lighting and upholstered furniture by David Weeks Studio and vessels by Abigail Simpson Ceramics, both downstairs at Pucci's sprawling, multilevel gallery in New...

The Winds of Change.
June 1, 2008... by Benjamin Budde Shokusai Ishikura, a restaurant by Super Potato, brings international sophistication to a countrified Japanese inn Takashi Sugimoto is among the busiest interior designers in the hospitality business. If you haven't...