Interior Design articles from November 2004

Interior Design archives from November 2004

Update: catch these events in December and January.(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... 1. For the next few weeks, southern Florida is art central. Running concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach is the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art's "I Feel Mysterious Today," presenting 25-plus international artists representations of...

Pedigree plus provenance.(news desk)
November 1, 2004... Two impressive 20th century design collections, embracing overlapping material, are coming up for sale almost simultaneously at Sothebys in New York. One collection belongs to New York decorative and fine art dealer Barry Friedman, who has...

The eternal Wright.(news desk)
November 1, 2004... Among the hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright sketches potentially available for posthumous construction, one boasts the most long-lasting appeal Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation architect Anthony Puttnam and Stievater & Associates Architects have...

Arts & Crafts, then & now.(news desk)
November 1, 2004... An exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art puts William Morris and friends in their place--in an international context, that is. The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America, 1880 1920: Design for the Modern World" presents...

Local heroes.(news desk)
November 1, 2004... The Butts, the Bears and... Brininstool + Lynch? Chicago, a city that knows great buildings when it sees them, has supported this cutting-edge architecture firm since it was founded there in 1989. Now, the Urbana-Champaign campus of the...

To your health.(news desk)
November 1, 2004... Interior designers who specialize in medical facilities face the daunting task of combining aesthetics with spit sinks or X-ray machines, so it's about time that these hardworking professionals got their due. If the nonprofit American Academy...

La dolce vita.(news desk)
November 1, 2004... Bringing a bit of the Via Durini to NE First Court, the Loft Building in Miami's Design District welcomes "Luxury in Living: Italian Designers for Italian Industries. Part of the Italian Trade Commissions promotional campaign "Italia: Life in I...

Mi-Mi-Mi in Milan.(news bites)
November 1, 2004... Architect Elisabetta Fabbri has almost completed her renovation of Milans Teatro alla Scala--ditto Marie Botta Architetto and a tower addition for the musical theater. On December 7, it reopens with a performance of Antonio Salieri's Europa...

Drive-by art.(news bites)
November 1, 2004... Interstate 101 in Santa Rosa, California, will soon offer a drive-through course in art appreciation. In 2007, the city's Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center will open on a site adjacent to the freeway. Designed by Oakland...

Art stars.(news bites)
November 1, 2004... At a recent dinner in New York, photographer and video artist Shirin Neshat shared this year's American Federation of Arts Cultural Leadership Award with two representatives of the Art institute of Chicago. One is James Wood, outgoing director...

M marks the spot.(news bites)
November 1, 2004... Moet & Chandon is uncorking a series of marketing-driven temporary environments. Moet M Lounge travels to New York this month and Miami in December. In all, Architropolis principal Michael Czysz mixes hot-pink carpet, fur covered beds, and a...

Your name here?(news bites)
November 1, 2004... Gluckman Mayner Architects and Milford Wayne Donaldson Architects can now begin construction on a 16,000-square-foot wing for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, thanks to a $3 million check written by Copley Press CEO and president David...

Before the frost: just in time for winter, icy blues arrive.(pin ups)
November 1, 2004... 1. Exposure 6858 cotton-polyester in 16 by Carnegie. circle 300 2. Charlotte Sheer cotton in Denim MZ 0070TU03 by Missoni. circle 301 3. Sheer Hawaii silk-metal in turquoise MZ 00220002 by Missoni. circle 302 4. Ondule silk in Sun/Pacific by...

Winter sky: gentle grays and blues evoke a subtle elegance.(pin ups)
November 1, 2004... 1. Cafe Stripe 9507-02 cotton in Ocean by Larsen. circle 305 2. Ceylon rayon-polyester blend in Ravana 4525-06 by Brentano. circle 306 3. Limbo acrylic-polyester blend in Samba by Architex. circle 307 4. Finestra Sheer 2427-GWF 53 polyester in...

Made in Miami Beach.(walkthrough florida)
November 1, 2004... RARE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO conceive it all--from site plan to floor lamp. But for Oppenheim Architecture + Design, a 16-unit condominium in Miami Beach offered essentially that scenario. The developers enlisted principal Chad Oppenheim as the...

Come out and play.(walkthrough Florida)
November 1, 2004... IN A PART OF SOUTH FLORIDA more associated with Lilly Pulitzer than Roberto Cavalli, Guillermo Gomez Architect is amping up the nightlife scene. The firm had already designed a West Palm Beach restaurant, Tsunami, for entrepreneur Frank...

Multiuse and multimedia.(walkthrough Florida)
November 1, 2004... WHEN ELLA FONTANALS Cisneros, a Venezuelan philanthropist devoted to supporting emerging visual and performing artists, decided to found Miami Art Central she could have turned to local architectural talent. So why did she set her sights on...

Absolutely 100 percent.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Each September in London, the 100% Design fair vies with fashion-show festivities for the spotlight, not to mention hotel rooms. But we furniture types think it's worth the effort--if HM83 seating from Hitch Mylius is anything to judge by. ...

Egg.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Succulents indigenous to the African desert inspired the motif for this imaginative take on storage by young husband-wife designers Greg and Roche Dry. Their laser-cut steel cubbies are powder-coated in epoxy. 27-31 313-8200;...

Hay.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Since debuting last year at the Copenhagen Furniture Fair, this company has launched its sophomore selection, including the One series. The stacked tubes of Leif Jorgensen's Round One lounge and ottoman modules recall Joe Colombo's Tube chair....

Extremis.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... A deceptively simple outdoor table with integral benches, Dirk Wynants and Xavier Lust's PicNik begins as a single a/s-inch-thick aluminum plate. Once folded, it forms a finished piece small enough for an urban balcony. Also available are...

Digitile.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... The Extreme series includes the kaleidoscopic Clouded7. Printed with an exclusive process on square ceramic floor tiles, Dominic Crinson's flexible digital pattern comes in a standard repeat or as a large-scale mural. The company can also apply...

Ali Rhind Textiles.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... This designers background in rag rugs informs her shaggy, citrus-spotted upholstery fabric of hand-dyed recycled wool. The chunky cut pile comes from wide strips of old blankets, but the technique is equally appropriate for rugs, wall hangings,...

Helen Amy Murray.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... A patent is pending on this designers technique for producing three dimensional laminated upholstery of leather or fabric bonded on foam. Completely transforming a vintage pedestal chair, the leather version shown is incised with a hand cut...

Louise Body wallprint.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Tantalizing twins on trapezes, oh my! We cant take our eyes off Erotic, Louise Body's orgy of lovelies in various states of undress. She offers her provocative hand printed patterns on bespoke panels and canvases, too 73 The Drive, Flat 6,...

Miranda Watkins.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... The Random Light electrified us. This crisply modernist fixture features 1 1/2-foot-tong kinetic strips of semitranslucent acrylic and anodized aluminum-forever shifting in the breeze to diffuse the incandescent illumination from a single...

Marotte.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... From a supplier of classic wood veneer interior wall paneling, Cocoon 02 features a mosaic pattern of nests and branches on a birch background. Custom decorative mural panels are offered at almost 4 by 10 feet, with optional matched edges for...

Prandina.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... The Extra F1 fixture puts a new spin on one of this Italian company's main stays, adding a mirrored finish to the upper parabola of the diffuser as well as a titanium-painted base with four spokes plated in brushed nickel. Coordinating pendant...

Maxdesign.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... A highlight of Belgian-born, Milan-based Gabriele Pezzini's Simple series, the indestructible Dancer stool is wrought from satin finished stainless steel The seat and footrest are adjustable, rising and falling on a pneumatic cylinder and...

Living with colour.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Wendy Morrison's hard-wearing hand-tufted rugs of pure New Zealand wool hail from the windswept western coast of Scotland. But the densely woven yarns of Joy, from her debut collection, capture the earthy warmth of Africa. Comraich, 4 Littleton...

Cole & Son.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Beauty always loves company. This venerable wallpaper supplier has cloned and updated its frilly Belle Voir archival floral. The new rose flushed gold metallic print appears on a luscious, subtly striped background. Lee Jofa, 201 Central Avenue...

Moroso.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... The functional centerpiece of London based Tord Boontjes experimental Forever collection is Cushion, a monumentally outsize ottoman. The lush pattern of the cover fabric translates Boontje's signature illusionistic two-color florals into a...

SCP.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Terence Woodgate's low-slung landsdowne sofa system updates the button-tufted English chesterfield, substituting foam for feathers. The three-seat frame of solid beech stands on legs of stainless steel. To create an L, connect the sofa and...

Site specific art management.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Its disco with a preppy spin. Deborah Czeresko's Plaids Illuminated Orbs come in blue, green, and black-and-white handblown glass. Suspended from a 30-inch-long steel stem, each globe measures 12 inches in diameter. Custom sizes available. 171...

Bernhardt design.(Market: 100% design, London)
November 1, 2004... Light yet heavy, transparent yet opaque. Opposing adjectives best describe the combination of acrylic and walnut in Philippe Cramer's Intermix lounger and Mix dining table. (The table comes in elliptical and rectangular shapes.) in walnut minus...

Not quiet the tooth fairy.(health care)
November 1, 2004... TAKING A CHILD TO THE DENtist can be as easy as, well, pulling teeth. Offices that are appearing and calming make the experience less painful for drill-shy kids--and their parents, too. So when North Shore Dentistry for Children in Evanston,...

On a higher plane.(health care)
November 1, 2004... THERE'S AN OLD JOKE ABOUT the guru who went to the dentist and refused novocaine. Why was that? He wanted to transcend dental medication. Transcendence isn't normally associated with cavities and root canals, but it may be now. When Doug...

Hitting it out of the park: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum has moved up to number two on the Interior Design Giants list for 2004.
November 1, 2004... Big-time clients usually want it all. And Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum aims to give it to them, says Susan Mitchell-Ketzes, a principal at HOK Atlanta. "Bring it on," she likes to say. "Just bring it on--anytime, anywhere." New numbers...

Net working.
November 1, 2004... Cisco Systems employees in London have desktops on their laptop screens--and nowhere else. In the age of the Internet, who needs permanently assigned workstations? The company's itinerant staff spends only a few days at a time in the office,...

Acing it: Game Show Network's Los Angeles office plays its cards right.
November 1, 2004... It was a clever PowerPoint presentation based on the quiz-show classic Jeopardy! that sealed the deal when Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum's Los Angeles office made its pitch to the Game Show Network. However, HOK's proposal didn't outline a plan...

Body and soul: inspired design elevates Christus St. Elizabeth's outpatient center in Beaumont, Texas.
November 1, 2004... From the moment that patients leave the parking garage at the Christus Outpatient Pavilion in Beaumont, Texas, they encounter an interior of eminent refinement. Wood, stone, water, sun shine, and a judicious deployment of tinted glass...

Up to the minute: at Time in New York, outdated office space gives way to a contemporary conference center.
November 1, 2004... New York's Time & Life Building, known fondly in journalism circles as the Shabby Palace, happens to boast some decent design credentials. Built in 1958 by Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris, the Rockfeller Center tower once had an Isamu Noguchi...

Long-haul flight: in the works for 14 years, northern Virginia's annex for the National Air and Space Museum is definitely worth the wait.
November 1, 2004... Visiting the National Air and Space Museum's new annex, which harks back to Eero Saarinen's plan for Washington Dulles International Airport right next door, you drive under a runway-approach zone, then glide up a graceful ramp to a kind of...

Call us anytime: for a Northern California regional headquarters, Nortel knew what number to dial.
November 1, 2004... Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum's history with Nortel Networks spans three decades, four continents, and more than 1,000 projects--and that doesn't even include the work of HOK's Advance Strategies arm, which has teamed up with the...

Hok offices.
November 1, 2004... Atlanta Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum 235 Peachtree Street NE Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30303 404-439-9000 Berlin HOK International 17 Kantstrasse 10623 Berlin Germany 49-30-243-1400 Brisbane...

She's on our team: with David Rockwell film sets, design is a heroine's secret weapon.(centerfold)
November 1, 2004... HAVING CONQUERED outsize glamour with his designs for W Hotels, Nobu, and the Broadway set of Hairspray, David Rockwell was more than happy to lend his firm's talents to the miniature sets of Team America: World Police, a Paramount Pictures...

Flying high: at New York firm AvroKO, there are four captains--no copilots.(crossline)
November 1, 2004... WITH A NAME INSPIRED BY A World War II-era aircraft manufacturer, AvroKO is a 16-person idea engine. This multifaceted New York firm's business combines architecture, interiors, graphics, branding, media, and packaging for two types of clients....

Change is in the air: Norwegian firm MMW has made pneumatics new.(matters of design)
November 1, 2004... THIS SPRING, AFTER DECADES OF false starts, Norway's National Gallery will complete a major expansion. Sort of. Unlike other museums, with their starchitect-powered edifices, the Oslo institution is making a lighter design statement. This...

Fall harvest.
November 1, 2004... We didn't have any problem spotting the best apples in this season's bumper crop of smart, young, fast studios--they had already been snatched up by some pretty impressive clients. Jean Paul Gaultier, for one, could have hired anybody on earth...

Dressed to kill: a shared fashion background informs Bonetti/Kozerski Studio's stiletto-sharp office for New York ad agency Laird + Partners.
November 1, 2004... Trey Laird knows about the power of image. Last year, his Gap ad featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott--dressed in corduroys and caps, singing a remix of "Into the Groove"--put the struggling retail giant back on the fashion map. This season's...

House of dreams: welcome to Alain Moatti and Henri Riviere's surreal Paris headquarters for Jean Paul Gaultier.
November 1, 2004... When Alain Moatti and Henri Riviere joined forces on a competition for Jean Paul Gaultier's new Paris headquarters, the pair didn't submit a single CAD drawing. "We gave them a CD-ROM filled with fantasy sketches--a dream project, with light...

All the Wright moves: with a nod to Fallingwater, 24H Architecture builds an expandable summer cabin by a Swedish lake.
November 1, 2004... If there's anything the Dutch have mastered, it's the art of making elbow room-a space-conjuring tradition that 24H Architecture principals Maartje Lammers and Boris Zeisser drew on in building a quirky addition to their summer cottage, and...

No frills, just thrills: contemporary artwork puts the edge on an updated New York apartment by Julie Hillman.
November 1, 2004... Moldings abounded, from baseboard to crown. Furniture clustered in fussy groupings. Some of the sofas even had skirts. Certainly not the domestic tableau you'd expect from a young family with a comprehensive collection of contemporary painting...

Say cheeeeese! This Paris graphics firm is all smiles, thanks to a silly-sounding anglo name and a smart-looking [G.sup.2]-designed office.
November 1, 2004... "Our name evokes smites," explains Alexandre Rata, an associate at the Parisian graphics firm Cheeeeese. "We are the Happy Designers, and everything here is happy." Not only is founder Christian Huon often called the Happy Boss and the...

Luxembourg deluxe: with the help of two mobile walls, Christian Biecher gives a penthouse loft a wealth of living options.
November 1, 2004... Imagine a novelist agonizing over a blank page. Then imagine Christian Biecher when he was hired to renovate and furnish a Luxembourg penthouse loft overlooking the roofs of the city. His client talked generally about a "happy," adaptable...

New kids on the block: at Le Parker Meridien Palm Springs, Jonathan Adler and a California resort both get a fresh start.
November 1, 2004... Just ask any SoHo, South Beach, or West Hollywood hipster: Jonathan Adler is the style visionary who single-handedly turned earthy-crunchy "pottery" into groovy "ceramics." But his name didn't ring any bells with Adam Glick. "It shows what a...

A sea of smiles.(Freezeframe: a closer look at the hottest solutions from November)
November 1, 2004... Finding Nemo, the nautical animated adventure that's charmed legions of young movie goers since 2003, is now working its magic on patients at North Shore Dentistry for Children in Evanston, Illinois. In reception, Design Collaboratives used a...

The key to the city.(Freezeframe: a closer look at the hottest solutions from November)
November 1, 2004... In the 4,400-square-foot lobby at California's Le Parker Meridien Palm Springs resort, walls of white-painted slump block inspired the reception desk by MR Architecture & Decor principal David Mann. The desk's 10-foot-wide front displays...

Airports: a Century of Architecture.
November 1, 2004... Airports: A Century of Architecture by Hugh Pearman New York: Harry N. Abrams, $75 240 pages, 320 illustrations (175 color) Among exciting building types of the last century, airports came in second only to museums. Architecture critic Hugh...

Tihany Style: Hospitality Design.
November 1, 2004... Tihany Style: Hospitality Design by Adam O. Tihany with Marci Sutin Levin Milan: Electa, $100 240 pages, 241 illustrations (237 color) Its been just five years since Monacelli Press published Tihany Design, which showed such restaurant...

Kelly Hoppen Style: the Golden Rules of Design.
November 1, 2004... by Kelly Hoppen New York: Bulfinch Press, $40 176 pages, 300 color illustrations In her introduction to this collection of her own work, London designer Kelly Hoppen writes of being "aware that mine is a took that has spawned a thousand...

What they're reading ...
November 1, 2004... Andrew Fisher Partner in Fisher Weisman Design & Decoration by Elsie de Wolfe New York: Rizzoli International Publications, $26 368 pages, 16 illustrations Elsie de Wolfe's 1914 book, thought to have been based on articles ghostwritten...

Xander Blue.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Xander Blue furniture fuses the mythical glow of old world stained glass and the sleek style of high tech construction. From the seductive Ruby Bed to the smoking Uptown Blues Bar, each piece is an enthusiastic blend of form and function, and...

Pratt & Larson Ceramics.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Pratt and 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...

Master Metal Works.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Has built it's reputation on quality architectural metal furniture since 1934. Now that same high quality craftsmanship is a part of our new line of wood veneered products. Pictured is Curvation, our first wood veneered dining table. Shown in...

Pioneer Millworks.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Pioneer Millworks offers you the widest choice of reclaimed wood flooring in the industry. Species available include chestnut, elm, oak, beech and jarrah to name a few, and we have almost 20 years of experience to call on. t. 800.951.9663 or...

Shaper Lighting.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Introducing Shaper's new direct/indirect Pendant Luminaire, a luminous cone with a double trim ring element, trim bars and a stepped finial. The 444 is shown in satin chrome with a triple stern assembly. Single stem, aircraft cable and multi...

Miele.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Miele, maker of the world's first, whole bean, built in coffee system introduces the next generation of at-home coffee service. The CVA 2650/2060 represents the first built-in capsule coffee system programmed to deliver a variety of perfectly...

Infinity photography.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Dramatic color, black & white photography AND photo murals Custom tailored to fit any project. t. 914.472.9459 www.infinitypix.com circle 236 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Westin-Nielsen: built to suit every body[TM].(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Plus Size Seating.[TM] For installations that call for seating in larger sizes... without sacrificing style and design. All Plus Size chairs have passed a 600 lbs. drop test and a 1200 lbs. static load test. Most can be made in wider widths,...

Tech Lighting.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Two-Circuit MonoRail from Tech Lighting provides two individually switchable low-voltage circuits on a single run for layered lighting control. Switch ambient or task lighting separately, or invent different lighting schemes to change a room's...

Hunter Douglas.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Soft, sheer Silhouette[R] window shadings are now available with the most versatile Silhouette window shadings hardware application ever: Top-Down/Bottom-Up TiltAnywhere[TM]. Silhouette shadings with this feature can open from the top down or...

Neo-Metro.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Quality stainless plumbing fixtures. Additional information located at neo-metro.com 800.591.9050 circle 240 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Nathan Allan: cast glass stair treads.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... This spiral staircase features cast glass stair treads, clear finish, with Nathan Allan's exclusive "Glass Sandpaper" safety finish on the walking surface. All Nathan Allan Glass treads and landings are laminated and tempered to meet...

Atmosphere furniture.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Malaca Armchair Showrooms: 121 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012 * 212.219.1110 8628 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90069 * 866.502.2866 Contact: info@atmospherefurniture.com Visit: www.atmospherefurniture.com circle 242 ...

Forms + fixtures: fine furniture for the bath.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Each design includes vanity base with selection of 12 different granite surfaces for top and backsplash. Undermount vitreous china, glass basin or COM basin. Standard 8" drill for faucets or may be customized. Ships in 4 weeks. For more...

Premium Wood Flooring & Design.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Turn your room into a masterpiece and get the hardwood floor of your dreams. Premium Wood Flooring and Design is a pioneer in classical wood flooring. Each design we create is done in our state-of-the-art facility by our skilled craftspeople....

Quadrus~Studio.(Design At Its Best)
November 1, 2004... Rizzo table lamp shown in crackle lacquer with hand painted chinoiserie decoration, bobeche and beeswax candle sleeve. Shown with silk pongee pleated shade (optional). Custom finishes available. UL approved. Dimensions: 8-3/4" dia x 34" h. t....

Emuamericas.(Seating)
November 1, 2004... 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 the colors & sunshine...

Cherner Chair Company.(Seating)
November 1, 2004... The molded plywood armchair designed by Norman Cherner in 1958 is found in museums and design collections worldwide. Please call our toll-free number to request information on the Cherner Armchair[R] and other designs by Norman Cherner. Toll...

Girsberger.(Seating)
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCING FOLIO A signature translucent membrane is the key to Folio's unobtrusive support. The membrane and a highly flexible frame work together to ensure optimal spinal and lumbar support with increased freedom of movement. For more...

Cabot Wrenn.(Seating)
November 1, 2004... The Chance chair is available with an all wood frame or a unique wood and metal combination frame. This chair can stand alone as an eye catching focal point or it can also be accessorized with a Chance round or rectangular table. t....

Haworth Avenue.(Seating)
November 1, 2004... Avenue Representing a revolution in office seating, Avenue brings the comforts of home to the office. Although it looks like an easy chair, Avenue features a synchronized mechanism, seat and back height adjustments making it the perfect...

Hunter Douglas.(Window Treatments)
November 1, 2004... Trio[R] Convertible Shades features 1-1/8-inch individual hexagonally shaped horizontal vanes that "open" (compress) and "close" (expand) even when the shade is partially raised, giving an option for light control never before available. Vanes...