Interior Design articles from March 2008

Interior Design archives from March 2008

Wood is Good.
March 1, 2008... by Fred A. Bernstein A New York loft by 2Michaels sidesteps the downtown cliches of slick and shiny Jayne and Joan Michaels, identical twins and partners in the firm 2Michaels, understand how seductive a photograph can be. Their...

Ghetto Fabulous.(management of Sjakket Youth Centre)
March 1, 2008... by Maria Shollenbarger At-risk students in Copenhagen take refuge in a youth center by Bjarke Ingels and Julien de Smed Denmark has long, proud traditions of promoting civic-mindedness and fostering young architects. When these two...

Headliners.
March 1, 2008... Staff Agence Patrick Jouin 'Tower of Power,' page 230 principal: Patrick Jouin. completed projects: Van Cleef & Arpels boutique and Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee restaurant in Paris; Auberge de L'Ill restaurant in...

Books.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Edited by Stanley Abercrombie Glass House: Buildings for Open Living by Nicky Adams New York: Vendome Press, $45 192 pages, 209 color illustrations Glass houses are a common subject, but this is an uncommonly handsome...

Signs of the Times.
March 1, 2008... by David Sokol For a Dutch village's House of Culture and Administration, Claus en Kaan and Claudy Jongstra bridged past and present By Dutch standards, thevillage of Nijverdal is but an infant. English textile manufacturer Thomas...

The Great Frame-up.(Interview)
March 1, 2008... by Joann Biondi Picture frames or metal chains-they're all fodder for visionary Luis Pons Even for those with a strong sense of self, rejection is often disheartening. But it can also rouse a dogged determination to persevere with a...

Contacts.(Directory)
March 1, 2008... Staff photographers in features Benny Chan ('No Reservations,' page 276), Fotoworks, 5069 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016; 323-730-0100; fotoworks.cc. Matias L. Clausen ('Ghetto Fabulous,' page 292), 5 Mysundegade, 3rd...

A Tree Grows in . . . Switzerland.
March 1, 2008... by David Sokol Young designers bring new life to a onetime warehouse district in Lausanne A 30-ton tree wants your attention. Hidden in a courtyard in the Flon district of Lausanne, Switzerland, L'Arbre de Flonville spreads its...

No Reservations.
March 1, 2008... Staff Clive Wilkinson Architects has become synonymous with ingenious workplace design. But why, we all wondered, hadn't the firm's talents been tapped for equally vibrant restaurant solutions? Frankly, Clive Wilkinson had been wondering...

Calm, Cool, and Collected.
March 1, 2008... Staff An art dealer and a movie producer spend their weekends in Bridgehampton, New York, where Francis D'Haene designed them a house Art dealer Dominique Levy is taking a spinaround the spacious country house she shares with film...

The Alpha Dog.(Alpha Workshops )
March 1, 2008... Staff Kenneth Wampler's Alpha Workshops reinvents lives through the decorative arts On a typical day at the Alpha Workshops in New York, artisans with furrowed brows stamp wallpaper, students perfect their oil-gilding technique, and a...

Designwire.(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block Architect, painter, and industrial and graphic designer, Roberto Sambonet was indisputably a Renaissance man. Though he studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, he decided to become a painter, completing...

Whirl-Windy City.
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block On the heels of the annual Good Design Awards, Chicago's Artropolis returns April 25 to 28. The epicenter of this citywide arts and culture celebration, now in its second year, is the Merchandise Mart, home to five...

Oh, Canada.(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block The 20 firms that won this year's Awards of Excellence from the Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia recently took the stage at the Scotiabank Theaterin Vancouver to enjoy a little limelight. Submitted by...

Turner in Tokyo.
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block If it weren't for the Turner Prize, Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor might not be household names-and Tokyo's Mori Art Museum might not have such a crowd-pleaser coming up. As part of a yearlong U.K.-Japan cultural...

You Move Me.
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block With recycling de rigueur, designers and artists alike are asking: Are you finished with that? Transportation castoffs are particularly in vogue-from handlebars and tires to under-the-hood machinery. So pull right up....

Can't get to the MoMA Design Store's Tokyo branch by Gluckman Mayner Architects?
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block Amy Lau, Steven Sclaroff, and Alison Spear are among the designers shaping 'Modern Masters,' an exhibit of vignettes incorporating lots from the sale of 20th-century art and furnishings at Sollo Rago Modern Auctions...

Sale at Sollo.
March 1, 2008... Edited by Annie Block Amy Lau, Steven Sclaroff, and Alison Spear are among the designers shaping 'Modern Masters,' an exhibit of vignettes incorporating lots from the sale of 20th-century art and furnishings at Sollo Rago Modern Auctions...

New Beginnings.
March 1, 2008... Cindy Interior Design has a brand-new frock.With times a-changing, design's audience has increased exponentially. (Major smug for us.) This magazine's core mission, supporting designers and, yes, manufacturers via cogent and pristine...

Look What Just Rolled Into Town.
March 1, 2008... by Annie Block BARCELONA, SPAIN. SYDNEY, Australia. Busan, South Korea. Those are among the far-flungstops along the route of the RedBall Project, which just finished doing the, uh, rounds in Scottsdale, Arizona. This behemoth of a...

When in Rome-or Washington.
March 1, 2008... by Jen DeRose Garner a dinner invitation to the home of Giovanni Castellaneta, the Italian Ambassador to the U.S., and you've practically left Washington, D.C., for Italian soil. On one wall hangs a 15th-century nativity scene attributed...

Party Central.
March 1, 2008... by Denise Gee Precision is crucial for a certain Dallas husband and wife, an oilman turned race-car driver and an architect turned artist. So is time spent with family, friends, and the beauty of nature-all of which can be appreciated in...

In a Nutshell.
March 1, 2008... by Suzanne Gannon If you're an engineer,married to a restaurateur, you might consider yourself equipped to handle your own kitchen renovation. The owners of this New York loft were, indeed, on the verge of personally overseeing the...

Puzzling it all out.
March 1, 2008... by Lisa Selin Davis Privacy can be elusive in New York, where people are stacked high in apartments as small as 300 square feet. Yet when a husband and wife with small children tapped L.E.FT to transform two apartments in a tenement...

Holy Renovation.(Marnix van der Meer Architects with gutsy residential renovations)
March 1, 2008... by Fred A. Bernstein This 100-year-old chapel in the Dutch city of Utrecht was designed to meet the needs of an order of Catholic monks. But legal advisor Valerie Houpperichs and real-estate broker Robin Hagedoorn, who bought the redbrick...

Once Again, With Fries.(Ali Tayar introduced at Pop Burger's first location)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Like a great burger,great design is the sum of its parts. Under a bun, Parallel Design principal Ali Tayar specifies bacon and Swiss. Under the roof of Pop Burger's newest branch, in New York's Midtown, his tastes ran...

Rock the Casbah.(Mokum Textiles - Australia)
March 1, 2008... Staff Australia's Mokum gives North Africa's architectural motifs a twist in the Maroc Outdoor collection. Fit for patios, pool terraces, and yacht decks alike, these vibrantly colored acrylic jacquards resist mildew, stains, and water....

The 13 Amigos.
March 1, 2008... Staff When it comes to scale, designers are famously big thinkers.When it comes to ego, ditto. Nonetheless, Nouvel Studio managed to convince 13 Mexican architects and industrial designers to put aside biases and gather in the glassmaker's...

China From China.
March 1, 2008... Staff 'With my eyes closed, I feel with my hands what is flowing and floating.' That's how artist Xie Dong responds when asked to describe her work, sculpting rippling water or curling leaves in glazed bone china. She produces them in an...

Noodling Around.
March 1, 2008... Staff It started with a plate of Japanese udon noodles. Impressed by the simplicity and resilience of the ancient dish, Naoto Fukasawa-of Ideo and MUJI fame-designed a two-part collection of seating and tables for Maruni Wood Industry. ...

Divine Inspiration.
March 1, 2008... Staff When the name of your company has a religious ring, you may raise expectations pretty high. For-tunately, furniture by Lebanon's Baal Creations lives up to them-with the help of a metalwork process that founder Gilbert Debs and head...

Safety First.
March 1, 2008... Staff manufacturer: Boonchucharoenkit. product: Seatbelt lounge chair from the Sculpture collection. standout: Upholstery constructed from seat-belt scraps. Under the direction of designerNuttapong Charoenkitivarakorn,Thai...

Eye Candy.
March 1, 2008... Staff A tour of the Benjamin Moore & Co.factory will have even fans of China White tickled Blushing Bride Pink-and dreaming of Willy Wonka. Mixing paint is actually very much like making candy. Itsometimes takes an unexpected combination...

Market Place.
March 1, 2008... Staff Rossi di Albizzate No, it's not a handful of candy-covered chocolates. Matteo Thun's playful Tantisassi sofa boasts strategically positioned polyurethane-foam cushions, their solid-colored covers of elasticized wool removable...

What Is It About That Chair?(50th anniversary of Arne Jacobsen's iconic Egg Chair)
March 1, 2008... by Craig Kellogg Arne Jacobsen's iconic Egg has beguiled us for 50 years 'The only thing I can say is-Jetsons!' That's David Mann, principal of MR Architecture + Decor, on the subject of the Egg chair. Then there's Kenyan-born Shamir...

Tower of Power.(Eiffel Tower's )
March 1, 2008... Staff A restaurant in one of the world's most famous landmarks for one of the world's most famous chefs-Patrick Jouin pulls off the ultimate As Patrick Jouin is the first to admit, designing a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower is a...

author, author.(Ensemble Studio Theater)
March 1, 2008... Staff The Sociedad General de Autores y Editores in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, is indisputably the intellectual property of Ensamble Studio Spain's Sociedad General de Autores y Editores defends the intellectual property of more...

Forever Young.
March 1, 2008... Staff George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg raised money for the Hetrick-Martin Institute by hosting a cocktail party at their New York home, an apartment in a tower by their fellow Interior Design Hall of Fame member Richard Meier. The...

No Rest in Bucharest.(Lee Mindel trips to Venice and Paris)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... by Mark McMenamin Meet Lee Mindel and his longtime companion, wanderlust. World-wise parents enabled the budding relationship with trips to Venice and Paris. As a TWA youth representive, he then set off with his backpack at the age of 18....

Food for Thought.(Construction of supermarket)
March 1, 2008... by Sheila H. Pierce As an executiveatLe Pain Quotidien, the Belgian cafe chain where communal tables and bakery fare go hand in hand, Cedric Legein spent nearly 20 years helping to cook up business through design. But after launching a...

Keep on Moving.(Development at Momentum Worldwide)
March 1, 2008... by Judith Davidsen In just three years,the St. Louis office of Momentum Worldwide grew more than 30 percent, winding up with staff scattered around the city. It was clear that this advertising and marketing agency-a term that doesn't even...

Contract with the planet.(Development of Haworth Inc.)
March 1, 2008... by Judith Davidsen When Eva Maddox goes for the gold, she starts at the bottom and works her way up. The Perkins + Will principal was recently found totting up LEED-CI Goldcertification points for Haworth's 20,000-square-foot New York...