Interior Design articles from November 2003

Interior Design archives from November 2003

Catch these events in December and January.(update)
November 1, 2003... 1. The second annuaL Abitare Italia takes to the streets of Los Angeles, where Boffi, Living Divani, Poliform, and other Italian showrooms offer a right of shopping, prizes--and a glass [or two] of vino. Venini's West Hollywood Location will...

More minimal.(news desk)
November 1, 2003... "Minimalism is simple to the point of complexity," says Gilbert Brownstone, a curator in Palm Beach Florida and Paris. "It evokes a spiritual response from the viewer." That response what provoked Brownstone and his wife, Catherine, to build...

Deck the halls.(news desk)
November 1, 2003... B&B Italia, London, is hosting "Let There Be Light," an exhibit of one-of-a-kind decorations by such star designers as Tord Boontje, Ron Arad, and Mathias Bengtsson. Asked to reinterpret conventional Christmas Lighting, the 15 participants also...

Fashionable collection.(news desk)
November 1, 2003... Jean Dunands gilt-lacquered chest of drawers from the 1920's, Georgoes Jouve's cocktail table in cement and painted steel, circa 1950, a 1940's Jean Royere stool in ebonized wood and goat hair. What do these pieces have in common, aside from...

Watch this.(news desk)
November 1, 2003... Every two years, the nonprofit WorLd Monuments Fund releases its World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites. For the first time in the program's eight-year run, the list for 2004 includes a site on every continent. There's Saint...

Leading onward.(news desk)
November 1, 2003... The American Federation of Arts has presented its Cultural Leadership Award to Susan Weber Soros, founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center in New York, and multimedia artist Bill Viola, for their contributions to the museum community....

A digital dedication.(news bytes)
November 1, 2003... The Maryland Institute College of Art has dedicated its new Brown Center for Digital Art & Design to donors Eddie and Sylvia Brown. Designed by Ziger/ Snead and Charles Brickbauer of Baltimore, the 60,000 square-foot glass-and-steel structure...

Road trip.(news bytes)
November 1, 2003... Want to walk on a section of the original Route 66 or board a 1950's Chicago Transit Authority car? "America on the Move" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., assembles some 300 transportation artifacts,...

Semper fi.(news bytes)
November 1, 2003... Fentress Bradburn Architects has broken ground for the National Museum of the Marine Corps, on a 135-acre site next to the U.S. Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia Dedicated to exploring the Marines' culture, the museum features a...

In-house talent.(news)
November 1, 2003... Interior Design books editor Stanley Abercrombie has published A Century of Interior Design, 1900-2000: The Design, the Designers, the Products, and the Profession The 240 illustrated pages take readers back to art nouveau and Arts and Crafts,...

Donghia does RISD.(news bytes)
November 1, 2003... The Rhode Island School of Design has named its year-old state of-the-art loft studio the Angelo Donghia Studio for Interior Architecture. The designer's foundation helped finance the space, which has exhibited work by both Donghia and RISD...

Chop chop: sample these cuttings in red and gold.(pinups)
November 1, 2003... 1. Autumn Cloth 479 acetate-viscose by Innovations in Wall-coverings circle 300 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Sashiko 10031-06 cotton-linen by Donghia Furniture/Textiles circle 301 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Lancret Moire 2413-04...

To a tea: wovens inspired by traditional Asian fashion.(pinups)
November 1, 2003... 1. Eero Port cotton blend by Design Tex. circle 306 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Los Dragons 33486/3 silk by Clarence House circle 307 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Night and Day 1478/01 silk cotton by Grey Watkins. circle 308 ...

The new mandarins: Eastern themes in a citrus palette.(pinups)
November 1, 2003... 1. Mi Fei H00007407S viscose-silk by Lelievre Paris. circle 314 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Fuji HO00023515 cotton-viscose by Lelievre Paris. circle 315 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Eclipse 10030-04 cotton blend by Donghia...

Would you like fries with that?(walkthrough)
November 1, 2003... ALI TAYAR'S INTERIOR for New York restaurant Pop has a look with staying power, continuing to draw customers five years on. To expand the brand and take it in a slightly new direction, owner Roy Liebenthal rehired Tayar's Parallel Design...

Looking sharp in Berlin.(walkthrough)
November 1, 2003... FRANK F. DREWES DIDN'T want round corners on the sandwich refrigerator "My first choice is rectangular," he says, meaning not just refrigerators but everything design-related And that preference is clearly on display at Battas, a gourmet...

Buy British.(100% Design, London)
November 1, 2003... If bright Wedgewood blue skies hadn't been enough to raise spirits during the first annual London Design Festival this fall, then the nonstop openings, exhibitions, receptions, lectures, tours, and parties would surely have kept visitors...

A smorgasbord of selections.(Titans Tell All)
November 1, 2003... At Titans Tell All, a breakfast hosted by editor in chief Cindy Allen, our favorite designers shared delicious new materials. Laura Bohn showed Alutile's aluminum in green (1) alongside a pastel rainbow of the company's nonskid finish samples...

Under the influence.(health care)
November 1, 2003... ANTHONY GALVAN, DDS, DIDN'T overdo the nitrous oxide. If his dental practice in San Ramon, California, looks like a psychedelic light show, that's thanks to Logue Studio Design. For his first health-care project, principal Michael Logue...

In toothsome color.(health care)
November 1, 2003... IN THE DENTAL WORLD, OFfices assembled by equipment suppliers--rather than trained designers--are the industry norm, and the resulting interiors range from bizarre to bland. Neither of which inspires confidence in patients aged 1 to 16. To...

These curves are all smiles.(health care)
November 1, 2003... DENTISTRY HAS COME A LONG WAY since the days of yore, when teeth were extracted with some string, a doorknob, and a prayer. DentaL office design, alas, hasn't advanced at quite the same pace nor to the standards of savvy patients increasingly...

Glamour on a grand scale.(Florida)
November 1, 2003... At the Murano Grande, a Miami Beach condominium, opalized glass mosaic tile lines the reflecting pool that greets visitors en route to the lobby by David Rockwell. The painted-aluminum sculpture is by Jose Bedia. BLAME IT ON THE PALM...

Split personality.(Florida)
November 1, 2003... JEFFREY THRASHER TENDS TO work in an easy, modern vein. 'That's what my south Florida clients usually request," says the principal at Thrasher Design Company. But sometimes the Kentucky natives instincts tug him in the opposite direction "I...

Objects of affection.(Florida)
November 1, 2003... MASSIMO BARRACCA KNOWS HOW TO spot a rare find. The owner of Miami gallery Senzatempo, he has long been considered one of the world's 10 Leading experts on collectible watches. Then, more than a decade ago, he and business partner Matthew Bain...

Man on a mission: with Architecture for Humanity, Cameron Sinclair gets designers involved.(crosslines)
November 1, 2003... CALL HIM THE ROBIN HOOD OF THE design world. Cameron Sinclair, a former project architect at Gensler, founded the nonprofit Architecture for Humanity to galvanize architects and designers interested in working on international relief projects....

Beyond the big blue blob: selfridges sells four different interior looks in Birmingham, U.K.(matters of design)
November 1, 2003... SELFRIDGES KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW good design can revitalize a stagnant brand. After sprucing up its stately London flagship by American classicist Daniel Burnham--now awash in Prada and Gucci, B&B Italia and Cappellini, and monthlong Tokyo Life...

Little Italy: New York hails 50 great years of Italian design.(centerfold)
November 1, 2003... THE ITALIANS HAVE A KNACK FOR TRANSFORMING THE ELEMENTS OF THE EVERYDAY--furniture, fashion, food, even the lowly coffee bean--into the aesthetically transcendental. Celebrating this national talent. "1950-2000: Theater of Italian Creativity"...

Mixed-use.(letter from the editor)
November 1, 2003... At first glance, the casual reader might not grasp what our November portfolio of up-and-coming talent is doing in the very same issue as a special section on three of the biggest, most established powerhouses in the industry. A literal-minded...

Miami rhapsody: a Luis Pons house for Chayanne is as lyrical as a pop ballad by the Latin musical sensation.
November 1, 2003... At once low-slung and high-flying, simple and complex, modest and grand, this house on Miami Beach's Biscayne Bay sings an ode to tropical modernism. Like much modernist architecture, the design is about solids and voids, but the ideas behind...

The mix master: Patrick Jouin makes his stateside design debut at Alain Ducasse's latest, New York bistro Mix.
November 1, 2003... When France's starriest chef opened his first New York venture, Alain Ducasse at the Essex House, he lovingly restored the interior's deco gilt, rosewood, and granite to a level of opulence appropriate to the $165 prix fixe. For his new, less...

Clubhouse rules: Architect Jacqueline Miro-Abreu breaks them all--with a contemporary duplex at New York's venerable National Arts Club.
November 1, 2003... You could lose yourself for hours, even days, in the National Arts Club, circumnavigating wood paneled rooms jumbled with antique bird cages, bronze busts, dusty taxidermy, and ceiling-high vitrines encasing assorted bric-a-brac. To the...

Charging ahead: design Laboratories goes the distance at Red Bull in Hoboken, New Jersey.
November 1, 2003... "This is not a suit-and-tie culture we're talking about," says Design Laboratories principal David Ruff, "Some people don't feel the need to wear shoes at work." And that's OK when your employer is Red Bull, the energy drink company whose...

Turning points: a Los Angeles house shapes the careers of architect David Chun and interior designer Jamie Bush.
November 1, 2003... You can always count on Morn and Dad, especially if you're a promising young architect-just ask Charles Gwathmey. Four decades later, another brilliant newcomer, David Chun, has followed suit. Taking time off from the Harvard Design School, he...

A German lesson: designing part of Berlin's Ku'damm 101 was a hospitality-project education for Ascan Tesdorpf and Vogt + Weizenegger.
November 1, 2003... Now the third most popular tourist destination in Europe-behind only London and Paris-Berlin is unquestionably booming. About 30 high-end hotels have opened in the last four years, and dozens more are scheduled for 2004. While most of the large...

Ready for their close-up: with the completion of a New York loft, Dufner Heighes comes of age.
November 1, 2003... Design firm Dufner Heighes was not much more than a twinkle in the eyes of Gregory Dufner and Daniel Heighes Wismer in November 2001, when Interior Design published the partners' first New York loft project. (Wismer was still working 40-hour...

Band of brothers: HLW consolidates Warner Music Group's diverse labels in Los Angeles.
November 1, 2003... Naughty Missy Elliott, baritone Josh Groban, tattoo-covered Kid Rock. On the music-image spectrum, these artists couldn't occupy further points. Yet all three are represented by the Warner Music Group in Los Angeles. Their diversity is...

World wide web: for HLW, a global network ties a strategic growth plan together.
November 1, 2003... Call HLW the ultimate entrepreneur. For the 118-year-old firm, new business means more than a lengthening roster of architecture and design projects. Growth entails devising strategies and expanding services not only to acquire clients but also...

All white now: IA interior architects displays pure genius for New York real-estate management company iStar financial.
November 1, 2003... In certain circles, white doesn't cut it past Labor Day. Better alert the fashion police: At iStar Financial in New York, white is in season all year-round, thanks to a serene and efficient scheme by IA Interior Architects, "The client asked us...

All right now: how AI Interior Architects has capitalized on the economic downturn.
November 1, 2003... With 253 employees, 15 Locations, a roster of Fortune 500 clients, and the number-four slot in the most recent Interior Design Giants listing, IA Interior Architects thinks big. Indeed, CEO David Mourning launched the practice in 1984 with...

Tall order: atop the Sears Tower in Chicago, Perkins & Will fulfills a law firm's desire for ultimate flexibility.
November 1, 2003... The bigger your office, the bigger your paycheck. For most professionals, that's a long-held belief. But the equation stopped making sense to the lawyers at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal--for two reasons. One, when associates move to a bigger...

For the better: adopting a new philosophy brought on big changes--and big successes--at Perkins & Will.
November 1, 2003... Change is good. Change is inevitable. But is it a smart business plan? At Perkins & Will, the answer is a resounding yes. Since a 1995 reorganization, evolution has been gospel P&W prides itself on a flexibility that informs every element...

Performing for Chayanne.(freeze frame)
November 1, 2003... The profuse light of Miami Beach works miracles with simple materials. At the 8,000-square-foot waterfront house that Venezuelan architect Luis Pons built for Latin pop sensation Chayanne and his family, creatively applied stone, concrete,...

Rockwell's encore.(freeze frame)
November 1, 2003... To vamp up the Murano Grande, a luxury condominium in Miami Beach, the Rockwell Group introduced an oval staircase that sweeps through the center of the triple-height lobby, connecting it to the mezzanine. The staircase curves around a column...

Gene Summers: Art/Architecture.
November 1, 2003... by Warner Blaser Boston: Birkhauser Publishing, distributed by Princeton Architectural Press, $72 228 pages, 202 illustrations (81 color) Gene Summers is a multitalented phenomenon, and this monograph of his work is long overdue. After...

Oriental Carpets and Their Structure: Highlights From the V&A Collection.
November 1, 2003... by Jennifer Wearden London: V&A Publications, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, $45 M4 pages, 150 color illustrations This instructive book presents not just another portfolio of beautiful carpets but also a succinct tutorial on how they were...

Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations Decompositions Critiques.
November 1, 2003... by Peter Eisenman New York: Monacelli Press, $60 304 pages, 150 black-and-white illustrations, 350 two-color diagrams Giuseppe Terragni was the Peter Eisenman of his day: an architect whose influence was immense in comparison with his body...

What they're reading ...
November 1, 2003... Thomas Bartlett Founder of a namesake firm most associated with residential work in California's Napa Valley Van Day Truex: The Man Who Defined 20th-Century Taste and Style by Adam Lewis New York: Viking Studio, $40 262 pages, 130...

Conrad.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... CONRAD's custom window shades of renewable natural fibers are each individually handwoven to size in less than seven weeks. CONRAD offers expertise with motorization, privacy options as well as custom workroom requests, CONRAD's large looms can...

Hunter Douglas.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Just introduced, Alouette[TM] Light Louvers combine the best features of shutters. blinds and shades. Soft fabric louvers with an elliptical shape soften and diffuse light and tilt 180 degrees. The elliptically shaped headrail and bottom rail...

Cascade Coil Drapery.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Woven wire mesh makes a dramatic and elegant dining room divider. The wide range of applications include our multi story mesh draperies for hotel and auditoriums, dividers for visual merchandising, and semi-security. Low maintenance, fire...

Techniku.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Control the light, heat and view of any interior with Techniku's unique automation systems for window coverings! Whether you require simple automation solutions for tilting blinds or more sophisticated solutions for raising and lowering shades,...

Hunter Douglas.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Silhouette[R] window shadings and Luminette[R] Privacy Sheers work together with their sheer facings and soft fabric vanes to offer a clean, elegant look as well as light control and privacy options. Silhouette shadings showcase fabric vanes...

Gige Interiors, Ltd.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Window Treatments * Pillows * Bed Canopies * Upholstered Walls * And More Special consideration to the trade 215.493.8052 circle 236 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Cherry Tree Design.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Custom Shoji Screens featuring solid American hardwoods, traditional craftsman technique and beautiful, durable facings. Perfect for window and sliding glass door coverings. Also used for room dividers, closet and pocket doors. See our 28-page...

SM Automatic.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... SM Automatic offers a complete line of motors, motorized systems, and controls for automating interior window treatments. Draperies, sunscreen and blackout shades, cellular and pleated shades, Roman and Austrian shades, or vertical and...

Whiting & Davis.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Whiting & Davis' metal mesh is the ultimate fabric fat your decorative designs. Metal mesh is delicate and alluring, yet it is extremely durable. It has superb draping characteristics and is maintenance free; air conductive, fireproof, and...

Nanik.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Nanik builds operable specialty shapes that are limited only by your customer's imagination. Available in 1", 1-3/8", 2" and 2-3/8" horizontal slat sizes. Nanik custom options such as FREE custom color available. Uniquely shaped windows no...

FLEXCO.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... FLEXCO's rubber flooring prodauts offer incredible versatility, durable construction and consistent color, FLEXCO's Repel formulation is available in any of our rubber tile and tread options, designed specifically to be oil and grease...

Forms + Fixtures.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Fine furniture for the bath Each design includes vanity base with solid 1.25" granite top & backsplash undermount basin drilled for faucets. To obtain more Information call t. 336.389.0101 f. 336.389.0102 www.forms and fixtures.com ...

Epic Furniture.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Crescent is the latest product introduction from Wolfgang C.R. Mezger. Extremely durable stacking design for conference, reception, or training environments. Clean design lines for transitional or contemporary interiors. A matching barstool is...

Mission Hills Trading Group.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Mission Hills Trading Group exclusively represents 15 different ceramic, glass and wooden artists from Europe and the UK. We discover exceptional talent that one rarely sees here and bring it to your doorstep. Items are stocked in the US for...

Pratt & Larson Ceramics.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... Pratt & Larson Ceramics designs and manufactures distinctive, handmade tile. It is a flexible collection of distinctive textures, patterns, architectural and relief elements. Available in hundreds of glazes. Please visit our website for your...

StoneImpressions.(window treatments)
November 1, 2003... StoneImpressions creates stunning murals, borders and accents handmade by skilled artisans using an artist-developed, patented process. The depth and range of colors and clarity of detail surpass existing products. Marble, tile, concrete,...

Prince Seating.(business design)
November 1, 2003... 300 Styles * Custom Design www.princeseating.com t. 800.5.PRINCE circle 246 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Windham.(business design)
November 1, 2003... European charm. Solid-cast aluminum furniture never rusts. Custom finishes and fabrics. A multitude of tables and accessories. Made in America. For more information please call t. 229.824.5343 or visit www.windhamcastings.com] circle 248...

Glass & Mirror Craft.(business design)
November 1, 2003... We have been the leader in innovation for glass machining for over 38 years, shipping glass throughout the United States and all over the world. Our expert craftsmen and artists can work from your designs, or can create custom in house designs...

Chemetal.(business design)
November 1, 2003... Chemetal[R] offers ever 100 distinctive finishes, from traditional to exotic. Chemetal's brand new division, Treefrog Veneer[TM] now introduces 28 unique finishes that range from traditional species to tropical woods, burls, birds-eyes and...

Roppe.(business design)
November 1, 2003... Roppe Corporation's Raised Design file and Tread is PVC-free and performs with remarkable wear resistance. Raised Design Rubber Tile and Tread is offered in six profiles and 55 color choices including Highlights and is included under the single...

Aged Woods.(business design)
November 1, 2003... 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...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2003... The billboard-formal photograph in the courtyard shot that opens "It's Curtain Time (September, page 230) should have been credited to Bob Hiemstra. In "Fabric & Wall Covering" (Fall Market Product Tabloid, page 41), the ClassicCloth...

Design within reach.(catalogs & brochures)
November 1, 2003... Why wait months for designer furniture? Now you can get classics by masters like the Eameses, and Le Corbusier as well as products by innovative new designers in a matter of days from Design Within Reach. For a catalog call 866.377.0824 or...

Vertical Wall Solutions.(catalogs & brochures)
November 1, 2003... NEW--Vertical Wall Solutions EXCITING Vertical Wall Solutions CONTEMPORARY Vertical Wall Solutions DURABLE Vertical Wall Solutions TEXTURED Vertical Wall Solutions COLOR Vertical Wall Solutions ESSENTIAL Vertical Wall Solutions CLEANABLE...

Master Metal Works.(catalogs & brochures)
November 1, 2003... Custom manufacturing fur More than half a century. Be it YOUR custom design or modifying one of our products, Master Metal Works will provide YOU with HIGH QUALITY metal furniture and hardware. For your free catalog call 800.659.0818, fax...

Chairs Italia.(catalogs & brochures)
November 1, 2003... is a manufacturer of high quality wood-framed seating for restaurants, hotels, furniture dealers, and other commercial uses. Over the years, our factories have produced over one million chairs worldwide. Our seating lines feature high quality...

Wood River Veneer, Inc.(Custom Veneer Panels)
November 1, 2003... Let us help you create that unique look your client wants. Whether you are looking for European Pearwood wall panels, English Sycamore cabinet panels, Makers doors, or Walnut Burl tabletops, we have the expertise to fabricate it based on your...

Classic Windows, Inc.(Custom Woodwork & Installation Services)
November 1, 2003... Creators of fine quality custom window treatments and accessories using your C.O.M. Select from exclusive styles designed in our workroom or specify your own. You design it, we make it. Complete installation service available in the Tri-State...

Custom Laminations, Inc.(Finishing Services For Fabric & Wallcovering)
November 1, 2003... The Finest Decorative & Protective Enhancement Services for Residential, Commercial and Institutional Applications, We Set the Standard. ArmorFlex[TM] for healthcare upholstery applications. We offer Vinylizing and Vinyi-Tex[TM], now with...

Master Metal Works.(Furniture)
November 1, 2003... Master Metal Works has fabricated decorative metal table bases, cylinders and hardware in its California factory since 1934. Though we have our own product line, we do not shy away from custom work, in fact, we excel in custom work. We have the...

Cusp.(seating)
November 1, 2003... The ergonomic revolution is here. Make a sound investment in a healthy, happy workforce with the e-chair. Crafted from aluminum, polypropylene and mesh, the e chair offers a unique array of American-made controls to customize the chair to the...

Presto.(seating)
November 1, 2003... Comfort at the touch of a button. The now Presto from Girsberger provides energizing support tailored just for you. With variable seat depth, multi-functional armrests, and adjustable lumbar, Presto delivers Swiss engineered comfort at...

Trinity Furniture.(seating)
November 1, 2003... Trinity Furniture proudly announces the birth of the Quads, a family of four different lounge groups that share the same interior frame components. Be assured that each shares the same comfort, value, scale and features, such as fire optional...

Via Swopper[R].(seating)
November 1, 2003... The healthier way to sit. Manufactured to the highest standards. "Made to Order" shown--available in any in-stock fabric or leather. COM/COL also available: 48 hour quick ship program. t. 800.433.6614 www.viaseating.com circle 227 ...

Emuamericas.(seating)
November 1, 2003... Seating with Style[TM] From sheer gist of industrial design to Seating with Style emuamericas offers seating for outdoors & indoors, made of steel and aluminum in combination with wood or plastic. 50 years of manufacturing experience. To enjoy...

Here's to us!(snaps)
November 1, 2003... Interior Design has made history. Altagamma, an association that promotes the excellence of leading Italian companies operating in international luxury markets, has named us an honorary associate. The title has never before gone to any...